Despite last-minute push backs from the FTC and Senator Rockerfeller it looks like ICANN is pushing ahead with the opening of the application period for new gTLD’s on January 12th. ICANN announced…
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ICANN New gTLD Operators Need To Deposit $18k-$300K To Meet Three Year Reserve Requirement
As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide for three years of operating expenses, in the way of a cash deposit with a bank that…
ICANN Publishes It’s Annual Report & Reports $100 Million In Assets
ICANN just published its annual report for 2011 and god bless, in the worst economy of our lifetimes they manged to get up to just short of $100 Million in assets; cash,…
From House Hearing: CADNA “There Are Probably Tens of Millions of Cybersquatting Domains” in .Com
At The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing on new gTLDs Josh Bourne President of CADNA’s testified: “”The U.S Congress should take much-needed action to improve the language of the Anti- Cybersquatting…
House hearing On New gTLD’s Underway
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing on new gTLDs in underway. The title of the hearing is “ICANN’s Top-Level Domain Name Program.” You can watch the hearing live online We will…
The Washington Post Says After 6 Years ICANN Is Still Moving Too Fast On New gTLD’s
In an editorial published by The Washington Post entitled “What’s The .Rush”, the Post says that ICANN is moving too fast on the new gTLD program despite acknowledged that the program has…
FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan
According to several reports, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz said said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a…