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Kiwi.nz Registrations Opening September 11th

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The .nz (New Zealand) domain registry has announced that provisional registrations under the new extension kiwi.nz will open from next Tuesday September 11th 2012. The new extension under .nz will not "go live" until 500 registration requests have been received. During the provisional registration phase, domain names:     Can only be registered for a maximum term of … [Read more...] about Kiwi.nz Registrations Opening September 11th

Chilean Domain Registry Launch 1 Year Registrations

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The Chilean domain name registry (.cl), which is celebrating its 25 years in existence has launched one year .cl domain name registrations. As of September 1st 2012 it is possible to register .cl domain names for either 2 years or 1 year. It's not clear if the registry has any plans to extend registration periods to the more "standard" 10 year period.   Related … [Read more...] about Chilean Domain Registry Launch 1 Year Registrations

ICANN 47 Confirmed For Durban South Africa

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ICANN's 47th public meeting will take place in Durban, South Africa from 14th to 19th July 2013. The meeting location was confirmed in the most recent ICANN board minutes. The .za Domain Name Authority will be the local hosts. Here's the relevant snippet from the board resolution: Whereas, ICANN intends to hold its second Meeting for 2013 in the Africa region as per … [Read more...] about ICANN 47 Confirmed For Durban South Africa

Icelandic Registry To Introduce “Very Important Domains”

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The Icelandic registry (.is) plans on introducing extra levels of protection to some domains and their registrants. The new program is called "Very Important Domains" or VID for short (yes another acronym and you'll have to excuse my childish snigger when I misread it as VDS) It's not clear from the registry's announcement how exactly this service will work, though it's … [Read more...] about Icelandic Registry To Introduce “Very Important Domains”

Dot Nxt Cancelled

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Rumours were flying around last night that the Dot Nxt conference scheduled for London next week had been cancelled again. Michael Berkens posted about the rumour over on his blog. Now this appears to have been confirmed by one of the attendees: https://twitter.com/ausregistryint/status/238539841585967104 Cancelling at this short notice will mean that a lot of … [Read more...] about Dot Nxt Cancelled

Google’s Copyright Algorithm Change Welcomed By White House

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Late last week Google announced a change to their algorithm to penalise copyright infringers in the search engine's results. The White House's Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel, last night welcomed this move: On Friday, Google announced that it will incorporate valid copyright removal notices into its search algorithms, moving infringing sites … [Read more...] about Google’s Copyright Algorithm Change Welcomed By White House

GoDaddy Responds To Front Running Claims

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Over the last week several bloggers have posted accusing GoDaddy of "front running", which is a practice that was effectively blocked by ICANN several years ago. GoDaddy have responded and explained how people can confuse lack of originality (their chosen domain wasn't really unique) with nefarious activity. Their post is short, sweet and to the point, but also … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Responds To Front Running Claims