Ion Mag did an article that broke down the money that ICANN is making and the kind of salaries being paid out. It is a pretty thorough look at what goes on…
Category: ICANN
Google Hates ICANN’s Attempt to Eliminate Whois Privacy Calling it “Impractical & Ineffective
Google filed it’s comment on the whois privacy issue with ICANN today. Google seems to hate the proposal of the ICANN working group to prohibit commercial domain registrants from using proxy…
ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free Domains: 35% Worst Case
In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD’s. ICANN is saying its “Best” estimate is that the average renewal rate will…
ICANN March 2016 Meeting To Be In Morocco, October 2016 In Puerto Rico
The ICANN Board selected locations to hold its meetings for March 2016 and October 2016 before heading out of the ICANN Buenos Airs meeting. The March 2016 ICANN meeting (ICANN 55) with…
GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee…
Russian Govt Blocks The Way Back Machine: Still Sure The US Should Give Away ICANN?
According to GlobalVoicesOnline.org, the Russian government has blocked the Wayback Machine, which allows users to view archived webpages to see how domain sites looked like in the past. According to the website…
This is Why People Hate ICANN: GNSO Resolution for Next round of New gTLD’s
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) just sent me over this resolution concerning the next round of new gTLD’s which it seemed to just pass. Read through it a few times. I…