Well some 13 years after I registered my first domain, I’m heading off to my first ICANN meeting. I’m really not sure what to expect, but we are off to Brussels. If…
Category: ICANN
ICANN Predicts 500 new gTLD Applications & A $2M Profit, but It’s Budget Is Flawed
Courtesy of our friends at Mind +Machines, it appears ICANN has based it budget on its prediction of 500 applications for new gTLD’s on the initial roll out. The document showing this…
If Your Planning On Applying For A New gTLD You Better Plan On Being Patient
The 312 page ICANN gTLD Gudebook v4, was released over the weekend and all I can say if your going to apply for one of these new extensions you best be patient….
Will A Domainer Who Lost A Few UDRP’s Be Barred From Owning Or Being Involved With A New gTLD?
One of the nuggets in the The 312 page ICANN gTLD Guidebook 4th edition, released over the weekend was a catch all disqualification clause: (Guidebook 1-16/1-17) “Circumstance where ICANN can deny an…
ICANN Comment Period Closes Today On “Registration Abuse Policies” Report
Your chance to comment to ICANN on the “Initial Report (IR) of the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (“RAPWG”) ends today, March 28, 2010 According to ICANN, the Report includes concrete recommendations…
Wired.com Interviews ICANN’s Beckstrom, & Covers The New gTLD’s, Trademarks & More
A new article published today by Wired.com entitled: Domain Name Czar Seeks .OnlineUnity interview Rob Beckstrom CEO of ICANN discusses the proposed gTLD’s and various ICANN and domain issues. My favorite quote…
Will ICANN On Now Approve .XXX? ICM Says Yes; ICANN Seems To Say No
As we wrote about over the weekend the independent panel that reviewed ICANN’s handling of the application of ICM Registry to run the .xxx registry, ruled that since ICANN voted to approve…