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What Does The Whitehouse SOPA Statement Actually Mean?

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The proposed legislation coming from the US to combat online piracy known as SOPA has not been popular among internet industry professionals or internet users. The debate surrounding the legislation heated up considerably in the runup to Christmas and there is now a planned "blackout" being organised by several high profile content providers. In a rather interesting and … [Read more...] about What Does The Whitehouse SOPA Statement Actually Mean?

ICANN Seeking Feedback on Domain Transfers

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As part of its ongoing review of domain transfers ICANN has opened a public comment period. You can read the full announcement here. This time round the focus is on: "change of control" ie. when a domain changes registrant / holder with OR without a change of registrar Timing out / expiring transfer authorisations. At the moment it's a bit "up in the air", so it … [Read more...] about ICANN Seeking Feedback on Domain Transfers

CoCCA Ploughs Ahead With Policy Changes

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CoCCA is implementing a number of significant policy changes effective 7th November. The changes, which were only announced today, will impact registrations in several cctlds, namely: .af .cx .gs .gy .ht .ki .ms .nf .sb You can read about the actual changes here, but basically they're going to be sending lots of emails to registrants and confusing the life out of … [Read more...] about CoCCA Ploughs Ahead With Policy Changes

Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

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CoCCA have published a set of proposals under the title of "Best Practice Recommendations for Minimising Harm ( and increasing trust ) in small ccTLDs". While the spirit of the proposals is admirable I find the proposals themselves to be more than a little disturbing from both a registrant and registrar viewpoint. Since I'm not sure if the comments on the proposal will be … [Read more...] about Comments On CoCCA’s Proposals

ICANN Seeks Input On Issues Surrounding Domain Transfers

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ICANN's domain name transfer policy, which is abbreviated to IRTP, is undergoing a series of reviews. To date two of those reviews have taken place. IRTP A is finished, while IRTP B's recommendations are currently being processed. The next review is, logically, "C" and the preliminary issues report is now available for public comment ie. feedback. This time round … [Read more...] about ICANN Seeks Input On Issues Surrounding Domain Transfers

.Kz Registry Clarifies Position On Nameservers

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The .kz registry (Kazakhstan) recently contacted domain registrants informing them that they needed to host their domains "in country". They have since clarified that the rules will only apply to new registrations and not to existing domains. (via MailClub) Seemingly this is their idea of how to develop their country's internet industry and infrastructure! Here's their … [Read more...] about .Kz Registry Clarifies Position On Nameservers

AFNIC To Hold Webcast On Registry Changes

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AFNIC's CEO Mathieu Wiell and Isabel Toutaud will be holding a webcast this Friday from 11am to 12 (CET). The session will cover a number of topics including: the change in procedure for registering listed terms (banned words, reserved words), the new dispute resolution procedure, access to the list of domain names registered under the .fr TLD, the opening up of … [Read more...] about AFNIC To Hold Webcast On Registry Changes

Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective

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The "hot topic" at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore will, of course, be whether or not the new TLDs will actually launch or not. Sure, they'll launch at some point, but ICANN has been pushing to make the big announcement at Singapore. There has been a lot written over the last couple of years about new TLDs over the last couple of years. We are now coming into what … [Read more...] about Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective