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ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership

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Back in June of last year the controversial registrar Epik changed owners. Whether that change was purely on paper or if it was a completely new set of people behind the company or not was unknown. Yesterday, however, ICANN finally granted its approval to the transfer of the accreditation's ownership. Epik put out a press release on the news: [Sheridan, WY. January … [Read more...] about ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership

RIPE 88 Registration Open

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Registration for RIPE 88 is now open. The meeting will be held in Krakow, Poland from May 20th to May 24th 2024. A ticket for the full week costs €400, while a day ticket is €130. Students can avail of a special rate of €50 for the week. The full event schedule hasn't been published yet, but the meeting plan has so you can easily see when the various working group … [Read more...] about RIPE 88 Registration Open

French Domain Registry Launch New Video Ad Campaign

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Afnic, the French domain name registry, has launched a new video advertising campaign. The campaign is aimed at French SMEs and is 25 second 3D animation. Here it is: The script focusses on a few key points that should resonate with small business owners: Here's a rough translation of the script: Welcome to my domain! Uh, I'm not talking about this old … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Launch New Video Ad Campaign

French Registry Opens Consulations

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Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has opened two public consultations which are related to mitigating DNS abuse. Afnic is the domain registry for .fr, which is France’s country code top level domain (ccTLD). They also run the registry for several of Frances “overseas territories” (.re, .pm,, .wf and .yt).  The consultations are covering two separate, yet related … [Read more...] about French Registry Opens Consulations

Registration for Nordic Domain Days 2024 Opens

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While it might only be October 2023 several events next year have already opened registration. Among them is Nordic Domain Days. The 2024 event will be held on May 13th and May 14th 2024 in Stockholm. While a lot of the details of the 2024 event are not announced yet the event organisers have announced a number of changes for next year: The 2023 event had about 300 … [Read more...] about Registration for Nordic Domain Days 2024 Opens

ICANN Hamburg Schedule Published

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The full schedule for the upcoming ICANN meeting in Hamburg has been published. ICANN's 3rd meeting of 2023 is being held later this month in the German city of Hamburg. As it's the 3rd and final meeting of the year it's also the organisation's AGM. While that might not sound exciting, and really isn't unless you are super bored, it does mean that it's the time of the … [Read more...] about ICANN Hamburg Schedule Published

Centralnic Rebrands

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Centralnic is to rebrand. The company plans to switch its name to "Team Internet Group" this week. The name change will also impact how its shares are seen on the stock market with them being listed now under "TIG". (As I'm Irish I'm kind of amused that the new ticker means "house" in the Irish language) Team Internet, which includes Parking Crew, is a German company … [Read more...] about Centralnic Rebrands

Nominations Open for 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award

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Nominations have opened for the 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award. The award, which will be presented during RIPE 87 in Rome this November, is run by the Rob Blokzijl Foundation. Who is the award for? According to the announcement they're looking for people who've "contributed" to the internet either locally or internationally. While a lot of these kind of awards tend to go to … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award