After requests of many groups, ICANN has officially extended the comment period on the new gTLD's for an additional 45 days. The new end date is now 26 September 2012. Its a good move by ICANN, which by eliminating digital archery and going with a one batch application processing system, is basically out to at least June before much else happens. Many trade groups including the Business … [Read more...]
How Can ICANN “Meter” The Roll out Of New gTLD’s When It Couldn’t Decide Which Applications To Process 1st
ICANN in announcing that it would process all new gTLD applications in one batch, did so after abandoning its Digital Archery service which was its last attempt to figure out which applications to process first. Quite a while ago ICANN rejected a first filed, first processed application approach which left them to figure out another method for selecting which applications got processed first, … [Read more...]
Beckstrom: “The Internet Needs To Be An Organized Chaos”
"The Internet needs to be an organized chaos" said the former CEO of ICANN Rob Beckstrom, speaking at the Def Con conference in Las Vegas, according to Venture Beat. "Rod Beckstrom called for the hacker community to protect the Internet from regulation." “We should not move our nation of the Internet from a multi-stakeholder model, which includes all voices, to a process that only includes … [Read more...]
ICANN Awarded Renewal Of IANA Contract By US Department of Commerce
Thought Domainincite.com broke the news last night, here is the official press release by ICANN that its contract with IANA has been renewed with the US Department of Commerce." Apparently the outgoing CEO Rd Beckstrom signed off on it on his last day on the job. "ICANN will continue to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions following the awarding of a new contract … [Read more...]
Hottest New Idea Out Of ICANN Meeting, Private Auctions Where Losing Applicants, Not ICANN Gets The Money
So as we discussed over at CircleID.com today, over the last week arguably best idea coming out of the ICANN meeting is the concept that applicants for new gTLD strings with more than one application, hold a private auction amongst themselves with the winning amount going to the other losing applicants instead of to ICANN. As a backdrop, under the Guidebook multiple applicants for a new gTLD … [Read more...]
ICANN On Excess Funds From Fees & Auctions: “We’re Not Going To Give You The Money Back”
In the public forum at the ICANN Meeting, Chairman of ICANN Steve Crocker told the crowd that when it comes to excess funds coming from application fees and auction proceeds, they don't know what they are going to do with the money, only that the excess money will will not be coming back to the applicants that paid the money. "On the subject of application funds received, we heard it's not … [Read more...]
ICANN Officially Kills Digital Archery
ICANN has officially killed off the Digital Archery program in an announcement today. ""Resolved the New gTLD Program Committee directs the President and CEO to terminate the Digital Archery process as approved in Resolutions 2011.12.08.04-2011.12.08.07." Rationale for Resolution: "To remain accountable to the ICANN community, after careful consideration of the objections raised to … [Read more...]