CENTR have released a video which explains the role of domain name registries in relation to illegal content. It also goes into different types of content. It's worth a watch, as most of the points they highlight are applicable to all domain names: CENTR’s Policy Advisor, Polina Malaja, highlighted that: "Any measures taken at the internet infrastructure level in … [Read more...] about Video: DNS and Illegal Content
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More Right-Wing Pushback On IANA Transition [Video]
Doing the rounds at the moment is the video below from a YouTube channel called "Black Pigeon Speaks". It's packed with the usual FUD, but has managed to get over 61 thousand views in the last week. Watch and listen: https://youtu.be/Fv1Wo9Eg40k Here's the transcript of the video with timestamps: 0:00the internet isn't broken 0:08so why fix it less than six … [Read more...] about More Right-Wing Pushback On IANA Transition [Video]
Nominet AGM 2016 [Video]
Nominet has published the video recording of their AGM from earlier this week. https://youtu.be/3IRuUNhp7pg Nominet's staff got quite a few questions about the organisations finances and plans. What makes some of these exchanges quite intriguing is that not all of those asking questions were registrars, some are also deeply involved in the registry business … [Read more...] about Nominet AGM 2016 [Video]
DotCEO Release New Marketing Video
The .CEO registry have released a new video. They seem to have dumped their previous style and opted for a more traditional and professional approach. Here's the video: http://youtu.be/oRUHOihs_mk The video is a big improvement on their previous marketing efforts, but they're still trying to pitch the .ceo lander pages as a "solution" to a problem that may not … [Read more...] about DotCEO Release New Marketing Video
DotCEO’s Latest Video
The guys from DotCEO have now enabled embedding of their videos, so here's the latest one they released: http://youtu.be/OONKMHkLras … [Read more...] about DotCEO’s Latest Video
DNS Industry Explained (Sort Of)
Quite an amusing video from JPRS (the .jp domain registry) that "explains" what they do .. or tries to ... With subtitles And now you know how your friends feel when you talk about domains :) … [Read more...] about DNS Industry Explained (Sort Of)
Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video
ccTLD registry managers have been "upping their game" quite a bit over the last couple of years. Whether this was inevitable or is due to the oncoming "threat" of new TLDs isn't clear. In any case it's a positive move. Some of the registries have embraced social media, unveiled slick websites and done some interesting stuff with multimedia. The .ca registry operator (CIRA) … [Read more...] about Canadian Domain Registry Embraces Video
XXX To Go Ahead (really)
Friday morning's ICANN board meeting was quite eventful with the board finally voting on the signing of a contract for .xxx Here's an interview with Rod Beckstrom and Peter Dengate Thrush about that decision (and other matters): https://youtu.be/mcu0IAwTJvU … [Read more...] about XXX To Go Ahead (really)
Telnic Video – Alternate Ending
I know I'm a bit late to the game with this one, but here's the Telnic promo video with the alternate ending: … [Read more...] about Telnic Video – Alternate Ending
Minds and Machines Launch YouTube Channel
Minds and Machines had several videos about some of the new TLD projects they're working on at the ICANN meeting in Sydney. They're now available on YouTubeUnfortunately they don't seem to have one up there yet for dotFood (Wolfgang Puck)Here's the one about DotRadio: … [Read more...] about Minds and Machines Launch YouTube Channel