The new gTLD .Web is scheduled to go to an ICANN auction, on July 27th. There are 8 companies in the auction and 3 of them are public. The public companies are Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) and Cimpress NV (NASDAQ: CMPR) which is the parent company of Vistaprint Limited. Google has a market cap close to $500 Billion, Web.com has a market cap of $1.26 Billion while Cimpress … [Read more...]
Phil Corwin Of The ICA To Speak At Heritage Foundation Event On ICANN With Ted Cruz
Phil Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), of which we are a Gold Member of, is speaking at a Heritage Foundation event on ICANN taking place from 3-4:30 pm tomorrow along with Senator Ted Cruz. The event is entitled: What Are the Concerns about Ending the U.S. Contractual Relationship with ICANN? The event will be webcast … [Read more...]
Senators To NTIA: Agency Violated Fed Law Using Fed Funds To Relinquish U.S. Oversight
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), today sent a letter to NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling, questioning the agency’s apparent violation of federal law in using federal funds to relinquish U.S. oversight of the Internet. Here is the letter The Honorable Lawrence Strickling Assistant Secretary for … [Read more...]
“Protecting Internet Freedom Act” Introduced By Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) introduced the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, which "would prevent the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) from allowing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions contract to expire, unless specifically authorized by Congress. The Protecting Internet Freedom Act would also ensure that the United … [Read more...]
Watch Out for DomainVerification.Net emails; Charging For ICANN Whois Verification
I got an email today which looks like one of those ICANN required verification emails that registrars have to send out to domain holders. ICANN requires registrars to send a notice to verify whois information and "when a registrant does not respond for over 15 calendar days to a registrar's inquiries regarding the accuracy of contact details or Whois data associated with the registration, the … [Read more...]
March 2017 ICANN Meeting Set For Copenhagen, Denmark
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced they will be holding its 2017 March conference from March 11-16, 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark The ICANN conference will be hosted by the The Danish Business Authority in conjunction with the Danish Internet Forum and the convention bureau. If you're planning on going you better bring some warm clothes. Apparently … [Read more...]
How Many New gTLD’s Are Left To Be Launched?
A reader to thedomains.com asked as a comment on another post, as to how many new gTLD's are there still to come Good question The answer is quite a few. We have excluded .Brand gTLD's which can basically launch once the .Brand decides to move it along There are two new gTLD's that are scheduled for an ICANN auction in May unless settled privately prior. .DOCTOR .MOBILE The … [Read more...]