A few days ago I posted about the state of the EU. This was prompted in part by the first part of John's excellent study into the .eu namespace and activity therein and partially by Eurid's latest promotional campaign. My post here may have gone unnoticed, but shortly after it appeared on CircleID Jay Westerdal posted on his blog. While I agree with the thrust of his post ie. … [Read more...] about Privacy – US vs EU Perspectives
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EU Domain Scam – Eurid Pulls Registration
Francesco, who works for Ascio, posted to the Eurid registrars' list yesterday about a domain scam (in German). The scam is strikingly similar to so many of those that we have seen for .com, .ie and .co.uk over the last few years. The text of the mail is below: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Sie haben diese E-Mail erhalten, weil Sie der registrierte Inhaber von … [Read more...] about EU Domain Scam – Eurid Pulls Registration
Kieren McCarthy on Sex.com, ICANN and the domain industry
Kieren McCarthy was interviewed by Monte Cahn on Webmasterradio a couple of weeks ago. It's well worth listening to (mp3) Kieren talks about his book on the sex.com battle, his role in ICANN and gives some very interesting insights into the domain industry. You may not agree with everything he says, but you can't deny that it's a fascinating interview. … [Read more...] about Kieren McCarthy on Sex.com, ICANN and the domain industry
ICANN Focus On Registrants
In the aftermath of the RegisterFly fiasco there has been a lot of discussion of how best to protect registrants should a registrar fail. When the .travel registry had financial issues the issue of registry failure made it onto the agenda. The ICANN meeting in San Juan this week is not without discussions of these and other topics, which were topics in a workshop held there … [Read more...] about ICANN Focus On Registrants