Seemingly the Cayman Islands has appointed a representative to ICANN’s GAC – where all the governments hang out. Their appointee, who should be attending the meeting in Toronto next week, is Mr Samuel Rose. Mr Rose hails from the Caymans’ Ministry of Finance, Tourism and Development. This appointment might have something to do with Frank… Continue reading Cayman Islands Joins GAC
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ICANN Launching 2nd Round of Accountability & Transparency Reviews
When ICANN signed the affirmation of commitments back in 2009 it committed to conducting regular reviews on its accountability and transparency. According to the AOC these are meant to happen at least once every 3 years. So, although the ink has only just dried on the first round, ICANN is now seeking volunteers for the… Continue reading ICANN Launching 2nd Round of Accountability & Transparency Reviews
Strickling To Crocker – ICANN Needs To Do More To Protect IP
The US Department of Commerce’s Larry Strickling has written to ICANN again. This time it’s about new TLDs, the RAA, law enforcement and trademark protections in new TLDs. By the tone and choice of words it sounds like the US Department of Commerce either assumes that ICANN will be able to force registrars to agree… Continue reading Strickling To Crocker – ICANN Needs To Do More To Protect IP
IEDR Data Dump
As regular readers probably know, I run Blacknight. Blacknight is Ireland’s largest hosting provider and domain name registrar. We’re also the only Irish company to ever have been accredited with ICANN. And we’re the single largest registrar of .ie domain names on the planet. If you peruse the archives here and on my personal blog… Continue reading IEDR Data Dump
ICANN Advertising For Director of gTLD Registry Services
ICANN currently has a number of job vacancies open, which isn’t that surprising for an organisation of its size. One of them, however, caught my eye: Director, gTLD Registry Services, Los Angeles, United States Reading the job description this sounds very like the role formerly held by Kurt Pritz (well – one of his roles… Continue reading ICANN Advertising For Director of gTLD Registry Services
Nominet Sucking Up To Law Enforcement With New Proposals?
Nominet, the registry for *.uk, has opened a public consultation on the re-introduction of .uk domain names ie. domains directly under .uk such as businessname.uk The proposals from the registry, however, sound like they’re heavily influenced by the law enforcement “asks” during the current RAA negotiations. They also ignore the recent Article 29 Working Party… Continue reading Nominet Sucking Up To Law Enforcement With New Proposals?
Cloud Registry’s Calendar For ICANN Toronto Is Now Available
The guys in Cloud Registry have made available a “sane” iCal feed of the ICANN Toronto timetable You can grab it here They’ll try their best to keep it up to date, but it’s a free service to the ICANN community, so you get what you pay for 🙂 I’d recommend following them on Twitter… Continue reading Cloud Registry’s Calendar For ICANN Toronto Is Now Available
Article 29 Working Party Deem RAA Asks In Violation of EU Law
The Article 29 Working Party has written to ICANN to express their concerns about some of the “asks” being tabled by law enforcement in the RAA negotiations. They focus on two areas of contention: Annual re-verification of contact details Data retention In both instances they find that the “asks” are in violation of EU law.… Continue reading Article 29 Working Party Deem RAA Asks In Violation of EU Law
ICM To Launch Search.xxx This Week
ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain, are getting into the search business. This Thursday they’ll launch search.xxx, which is going to allow you to “search .XXX” ie. developed sites that use the .xxx top level domain. If you use a .xxx domain name and want to find out about getting it… Continue reading ICM To Launch Search.xxx This Week
New ICANN Boss Rejigs Management
ICANN’s new CEO Fadi Chehadé started working full-time for ICANN yesterday. His first order of business? Rejigging the organisation’s management structures and bringing in new execs. It’s going to take time to fully understand the implications and the impact of the changes that were made in yesterday’s announcement, and you can probably expect to see… Continue reading New ICANN Boss Rejigs Management