ICANN has filed a motion to quash in a US court today. The filing is in relation to a court case being brought by victims of terrorism who are trying to get assets of the countries involved. One of the assets that they were trying to go after were the ccTLDs and and IP address assignments to those countries, namely Syria (.sy), Iran (.ir) and North Korea (.kp). You can … [Read more...] about ICANN Tells US Court Country Codes NOT Property
John Jeffrey
Are ICANN Senior Staff Getting A Payrise?
At the ICANN meeting in Brussels one of the topics that came up for discussion both during the public forum and the board meeting, was the topic of remuneration. That time round it was specifically in relation to the board and more specifically its chair. The discussion during the public forum was very interesting, as getting the balance right in such matters is awkward. There … [Read more...] about Are ICANN Senior Staff Getting A Payrise?