A white paper put up by ICANN tonight entitled “At-Large White Paper on Future Challenges Entitled Making ICANN Relevant, Responsive and Respected” opens up for comments on January 3rd Of course no…
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CNET: Russian Continuing To Push To Take Over Control Of Domain Naming System From ICANN
According to a story published in Cnet.com last night, according to ” documents leaked on Friday from an upcoming treaty conference, the Russian Federation is calling on the United Nations to take…
ICANN CEO: Until the first new gTLD is Delegated, Akram Attalah & I Will Personally Oversee the Whole New gTLD Program
According to a blog post by the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehadé, he and Akram Attalah will “personally oversee the whole new gTLD program until the 1st new gTLD is delegated. This…
Guest Post: Clarifying Clarifying Financial Questions: What New gTLD Applicants Need To Do To Pass Evaluation
This is a guest post by Phil Buckingham, CEO Dot Advice Ltd. Mr Buckingham was involved at the start of the DNS in the UK in 1995, as CFO of Netnames, the…
ICANN Needs To Come Clean On Kurt Pritz, The Conflict Of Interest & Be Transparent As Promised
In announcing that Kurt Pritz resigned from ICANN today due to a “recently identified conflict of interest” ICANN didn’t specify what the conflict was. Apparently Kevin Murphy of Domainincite.com, reached out to…
ICANN Pays Over $1.5 Million For Director’s Travel & Compensation
ICANN released today the list of compensation and travel expense paid to or on behalf of Directors of ICANN for the fiscal year ending June 2012. “This table represents reimbursements and compensation…
Registrars Come Out Against Additional Rights Protections Policy Changes For New gTLD’s
In a letter sent by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to ICANN, today, the group has come out against making any additional changes to the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) for trademark holders in…