According to a report, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is heading to the ICANN meeting in Sydney to support his efforts to launch new gTLD's and has several new extensions on his menu. According to the report, he is a definite go with .Food and looking at .Wine and .Restaurant. Having someone of Mr. Pucks statue and reputation behind any of these brand couldn't hurt, but you have to wonder if … [Read more...]
It Pays To Work For ICANN, Especially In a Recession: Hey Wait, That’s My Money
George Kirikos posted tonight about the Executive Compensation being paid to some of the higher ups in ICANN and not only does he point out that some people are making big bucks working for ICANN, but actually they got some nice raises in this horrible economy. I kind of got a kick out of it for a few seconds; the only one's making more money this year than last are people working for … [Read more...]
.XXX Extension Heading To Arbitration To Beat The New gTLD Clock
ICM Registry’s top-level domain .XXX proposal is going to arbitration in Washington in late September. ICM Registry is asking for a three-judge panel to rule in favor of its application to serve as .XXX registry operator" because it met criteria set forth in a December 2003 request for proposal". ICM Registry claims in more than a 1,000 pages of documents that ICANN acted inconsistently with … [Read more...]
Rumor Of The Day: Who Will Be ICANN New CEO?
According to the Internet Governance Project blog, Rod Beckstrom, the former director of the US Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity Center, may be the new CEO of ICANN. The blog also says that David Eisner, the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service under G.W. Bush and former VP at AOL, is in the running. """"Perhaps someone familiar with DC is a prudent … [Read more...]
The ICA “Urges The Commerce Department to Extend and Revise Their Agreement with ICANN”
The Internet Commerce Association (the "ICA) made public tonight the comments it filed with U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) which is considering their agreement with ICANN with expires on September 30, 2009. If anyone doesn't understand the importance of having the ICA representing the interests of the average domainer, after taking into acccount this letter, the amicus brief that the ICA … [Read more...]
Appeals Court Reverses & Allows Suit Against Verisign To Go To Trial: This Is A BIG Deal
A lawsuit was filed in 2005 over the no bid, VeriSign contract, with ICANN which gave VeriSign a monopoly to administer the .com and .net registries., by the Coalition for ICANN Transparency (“CFIT”). Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reversed the lower court, and allowed the case to proceed against VeriSign, in the case of: CFIT v. VERISIGN, INC. The court … [Read more...]
Congress Finally Calls ICANN Out On It’s Finances
Florida Republican Cliff Stearns (a fellow Gator) called ICANN out on its finances , noting that the last balance sheet the nonprofit group showed a $7 million surplus. "You should take that $7 million and make sure that cyber-squatters are gone," he said. "I think your job should be not just developing a surplus but actually implementing, making it cheaper for consumers, and actually doing … [Read more...]