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First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published

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AFNIC's new dispute resolution system, Syreli,  is now live with one decision published so far. The first case involved infragenius.fr The case was processed fully in less than a month, with the initial complaint being logged on November 22nd 2011 and the decision being handed down on December 19th 2011. The first case was pretty simple and wasn't that contentious with … [Read more...] about First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published

AFNIC Chief Happy With Results of New Rules

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In the last few days, on July 1st, AFNIC, the registry for .fr, relaxed some of its domain registrati0n rules in accordance with the French government's wishes. The more relaxed rules meant that a large number of reserved names became available for registration on July 1st on a "first come, first served" basis. Daily lists of registered domains are now also being … [Read more...] about AFNIC Chief Happy With Results of New Rules

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

Big Changes Chez AFNIC

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Image via WikipediaThe .fr domain name registry (AFNIC) will be making changes to its modus operandi in the coming months as a result of legislative changes in France.From July 1st 2011 AFNIC will be publishing a full list of the previous day's domain name registrations, while they are also making significant changes to how they handle domain name disputes. From 15 April their … [Read more...] about Big Changes Chez AFNIC

AFNIC Survey About .Fr

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AFNIC, the body that runs .fr, is currently conducting a survey about people's views on the .fr domain extension.The survey covers a number of areas including people's perception of .fr and what kind of services they expect to get with a .fr domain name.UPDATE: It transpires that the survey was not meant to be public! … [Read more...] about AFNIC Survey About .Fr

AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?

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AFNIC, which runs the .fr registry, has published its Action Plan for 2010.While the "old chestnut" of DNSSEC is on the agenda (no surprise there!), there's also reference to a change in the registration rules. Under the current registration rules registrants need to supply an address in France. The proposed change is intended to open up registration to all French nationals … [Read more...] about AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?

AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris

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The Mayor of Paris was very upbeat about the new TLD project when he spoke during the ICANN meeting in Paris. Not surprisingly Paris is one of the European cities that is pushing hard to get its own tld .paris.According to news released earlier today the .paris bid is going to be using a combination of AFNIC and CORE.AFNIC already runs the .fr cctld operations, while CORE runs … [Read more...] about AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris