As Kevin Murphy chatted about on Domainincite.com today, a letter sent by the chair of the Government Advisory Council (GAC) Heather Dryden who happens to be the representative from Canada, to the ICANN board makes it clear that the GAC still has major issues with ICANN over the new gTLD program. One of the lingering issues The GAC has is "competition concerns in particualr those resulting … [Read more...]
USA Today Covers The New gTLD’s: “The Most Sweeping Transformation of the Domain Name System Since its Creation”
USA Today is just one of the many publications covering the ICANN meeting and the expected approval on Monday of the new gTLD program. In an article entitled: Internet braces for '.Vegas' and other not-coms USA Today Notes that: Coming soon to the Internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon." calling it "the most sweeping transformation of the Domain Name System … [Read more...]
As Your Reading This I’m On My Way To ICANN Singapore On The World’s Longest Non-Stop Flight (Really)
As the ICANN meeting in Singapore gets going Sunday night with a few receptions, I'm aboard Singapore Flight 21, which according to Wikipedia.org, is the longest non-stop flight in the world. The flight clocks in at 18 1/2 hours and travels some 10,000 miles. Add that to the time change that has Singapore 12 hours ahead from EST and I arrive some 30 hours on the clock after I take … [Read more...]
Here is The Letter The EU Sent To The US & The US Response Back ON .XXX: Hint The EU Is Not Happy
ankabooot.com just published the letter that the .EU sent to the US Commerce Department objecting to the addition of .XXX to the root and the response the US sent back to the letter. Its an interesting read: Here is the letter from the .EU: Dear Gary, I am writing to express my concern regarding the recent decision by ICANN on 18th March in its meeting in San Francisco, to … [Read more...]
So Is The World Going To Give The US The Power Over Every New gTLD?
As Kieren McCarthy points out this weekend in his excellent post entitled: ""US government overhauls main Internet contract"" In the document called the “further notice of inquiry” which will be formally published next week and put up for public comment the ‘IANA contract’ which is currently run by ICANN and is due to expire in September 2011. The Notice is signed by Larry Strickling who … [Read more...]
Exclusive: ICA Letter To ICANN Brass On Variable Pricing & URS Application To Existing TLD’s Including .Com
Yesterday Phil Corwin sent a letter to ICANN and copied several individuals concerning comments made by existing TLD operators that want the same terms and conditions placed on them that the new gTLD operators are getting most notable no more price caps, and therefore the ability to charge what amounts to a premium annual renewal fee which could GREATLY increase the costs of renewing premium … [Read more...]
ICA: “Registry/Registrar Integration at Existing gTLDs Could End Price Controls and Impose URS on .Com and .Net”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has just put up a post that all domainers need to take notice of and therefore I'm republishing it on theDomains. The Post is written by Phil Corwin of the ICA which talks about a topic we have been warning about for a couple of years now, which is the existing Registries may want the same terms and conditions in their contract the new gTLD operators will … [Read more...]