The sale of .org was made public back in November of last year. ISOC probably thought that selling off PIR and the .org domain registry would be relatively simple and I sincerely doubt they expect the backlash that the announcement triggered. There have been thousands of articles written about the proposed sale. If you made the mistake of setting up an alert for mentions of … [Read more...] about ICANN and the Risk of Lobbying
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IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle
The sale of PIR, the company that runs the .org domain name registry, has attracted a lot of interest since it was first announced back in mid-November. The latest group to enter the fray is the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) which represents the interests of the five regional internet registries (RIRs) for IP addresses. As a general rule the NRO does not usually … [Read more...] about IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle