The AmLawDaily, poses the above question to Stephen Ryan, a partner in the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery who according to the post is "the longtime outside counsel for the American Registry of Internet Numbers. According to the article the "Internet Governance Forum" is being held in India this week and ""The main topic of conversation this year: Should the United Nations or some … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2008
Here Comes Another Geo Site: Knoxville.com to Premier Next Week
The Knoxville News Sentinel, announced today that they were finally going to use their long owned domain, Knoxville.com. """"Starting Friday, Dec. 5, Knoxville.com will become the News Sentinel's premier online source of information about things to do in the Knoxville. Major sections of the site will include movies, music, events, nightlife and dining. There also will be a visitor's guide with … [Read more...]
XM Radio: R.I.P
This is off the topic of domains, but I find most domainers are Tech Toy crazy. I did want to acknowledge the passing of one of the original tech toys, XM Radio. About 10 days ago the official merger between XM Radio and Sirius went into effect, with Sirius being the surviving company. As one of those who had XM, almost from the start, I will miss it. Everyone who had XM for a number … [Read more...]
Icahn Buys More Of Yahoo
According to the AP, Carl Icahn, bought 7 million more shares of Yahoo for $67 million. That works out to about $9.92 a share. His stake in Yahoo is now 75.6 million shares, or nearly 5.5 percent of the company Icahn previously bought 70 million shares for about $25 a share and has lost $900 million on that investment. So what do you think is Yahoo a bargain at $10 a share and what is … [Read more...]
Enom Renews Agreement on .TV
eNom, announced today the renewal of their Domain Name Services Agreement with VeriSign, under which eNom serves as the registrar for premium .tv domain names. According to VeriSign, .tv domains have experienced annual growth of over 60 percent and a doubling of new .tv domain name registrations. More than 7,000 premium .tv names are currently registered—a 40 percent increase in premium .tv … [Read more...]
TheDomains.com Turkeys Of The Year Award
First I want to wish all of you and your families a great thanksgiving, as we all have so much to be thankful for. With so many people out of work; losing their homes, companies out of business and retirement plans wiped out, as an industry, we are very, very fortunate. I see many TV shows giving out their "Turkeys of the Year" award. Here are thedomains.com Turkeys of the Year: 1. The … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Twomey: “We Are Not Expecting Tens Of Thousands” New Extensions
In an interview with iTWire, ICANN CEO, Paul Twomey, said that he expects ICANN to start accepting application for the new gTLD"s by mid 2009." Aside from restrictions in relation to trademarks, intellectual property rights, potentially confusing names like .kom and some character strings that will cause problems for the Internet's name servers, like .1234, Twomey said names would be allocated … [Read more...]