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GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple

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GoDaddy has been on an acquisition spree this year, announcing a number of acquisitions in recent months. Today's announcement is that they've acquired Media Temple. Media Temple are a relatively big hosting provider whose focus has always been on serving developers and designers. That GoDaddy should acquire the company while surprising is logical. Media Temple made the … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple

Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1

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Telnic, the .tel registry, have informed registrars that the wholesale rate for .tel domain names will be increased by $1 per year from $8 / year to $9/year effective December 1 2013. How are they justifying such a hefty price increase? This increase takes into account inflation rates and the continuing maintenance, development and provision of the Community Telhosting … [Read more...] about Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1

DotGreen Is No More

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Kevin reported on this last night. As you can see from the reactions to his post a lot of people are surprised, shocked and even quite upset that the DotGreen application has been withdrawn. It's not the only application for the string, which is why it was withdrawn, but to many people in the ICANN space it was the applicant everyone associated with the string. The … [Read more...] about DotGreen Is No More

New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

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The Domain Name Association, which we mentioned in the past, has announced its membership fees According to a slide deck published on the organisation's site the membership fees range from $1000 / year to $50 thousand / year. The membership tiers are: Executive Member - $50 thousand / year Strategic Member - $20 thousand / year Supporting Member - $5 thousand / … [Read more...] about New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped

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ICANN's Compliance team have sent a breach notice to registrar Dynamic Dolphin. Why? They've got three issues with them: Legal issues with company officers Failure to comply with the domain transfer policy (IRTP) Not providing registration agreements to registrants The first one, however, is probably the "meatiest" of the lot. Scott Richter has a rather … [Read more...] about Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped

Is Lady Gaga A Trademark Bully?

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In the last couple of days there's been some media coverage in Ireland of a case involving a small Irish business and Lady Gaga. Some people are crying foul and accusing Lady Gaga and her lawyers of being heavy-handed and that their actions were tantamount to bullying. While the Irish Independent's coverage of the story is comprehensive I wanted to dig a little deeper as … [Read more...] about Is Lady Gaga A Trademark Bully?

ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details

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ICANN has published details of the process that registrars signing the 2013 RAA will need to follow in order to be granted a waiver. Under the 2013 contract registrars will have to collect and retain a lot more data in relation to their customers, which could be in conflict with national laws governing data protection and data privacy. The process that ICANN has outlined … [Read more...] about ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details

IEDR Hiring

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The IEDR is hiring to fill a couple of roles. One of the roles is "Registration Services Administrator" which sounds like an entry level position (€23k / year) processing new domain name registrations and transfers: Reviewing, authenticating and processing automated applications (tickets) for new registrations received from customers, and ensuring these applications are in … [Read more...] about IEDR Hiring