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Google’s .App Under Fire

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I've written about "closed generic" new TLD applications several times over the last year. I'm opposed to them, as I've said in the past and continue to say today. However I've generally been supportive of "restricted" TLDs. The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) has serious concerns about Google's application for .app and want ICANN's board of directors to … [Read more...] about Google’s .App Under Fire

Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements

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The 2013 RAA was approved by ICANN's board of directors less than a week ago. The new contract introduces a number of new obligations on ICANN accredited registrars, among them are several related to data validation, verification and retention. The Article 29 Working Party, however, has written to ICANN and made it very clear that it views these requirements to be … [Read more...] about Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements

IEDR Appoint New Registration Services Team Lead

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IEDR announced earlier today that Paul Shortt has been appointed Supervisor of the Registration Services team. Effectively the role is manager of the registration services team which handle the day to day operations handling new registrations, updates and transfers of .ie domain names. According to the announcement Mr Shortt will be reporting directly to IEDR CEO David … [Read more...] about IEDR Appoint New Registration Services Team Lead

Nominet Puts Draft Registrar Agreement Out For Consultation

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Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has published a draft registrar contract for consultation. The registry had been planning a revision of its contracts for some time. Full details of the consultation, as well as the related documents, may be found here. Nominet are currently planning two public sessions to discuss the contract in July, one in London and one in … [Read more...] about Nominet Puts Draft Registrar Agreement Out For Consultation

ICANN Board Set To Approve New RAA

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ICANN's board of directors is set to approve the new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) during a "special" board meeting at the end of the month The board meeting agenda for their 27th June meeting includes several "consent" items, but tucked the main agenda items include the 2013 RAA. If the board votes to approve it at the upcoming meeting then I suspect registrars … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Set To Approve New RAA

Making Sense of GAC Advice?

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On the final day of the recent ICANN meeting in Beijing the GAC, which includes representatives from many countries' governments, issued their communique as they do at all ICANN meetings. While the contents of a GAC communique always attracts commentary and reaction, the GAC communique from Beijing has probably provoked more debate, anger and confusion than any … [Read more...] about Making Sense of GAC Advice?

More Premium Domains Released by ME Registry

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The .me registry held back a bunch of domain names when they went live a couple of years back. They've been releasing some of them via auctions, while others have been made available to companies who were able to submit a project plan to the Montenegrin company. Some of the higher profile .me domains would include wp.me, fb.me, v.me and there are plenty of other ones being … [Read more...] about More Premium Domains Released by ME Registry