Senator Cruz' crusade against the IANA transition is back in full swing. With the deadline for the expiry of the IANA contract approaching both he and other anti-transition types have been working hard on their campaigns to block the transition. The latest addition to the Cruz website is a special lander page featuring a countdown clock: Yes, that's an image of … [Read more...] about Cruz Is Back Now With A Countdown Clock To “Doomsday”
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More Right-Wing Pushback On IANA Transition [Video]
Doing the rounds at the moment is the video below from a YouTube channel called "Black Pigeon Speaks". It's packed with the usual FUD, but has managed to get over 61 thousand views in the last week. Watch and listen: https://youtu.be/Fv1Wo9Eg40k Here's the transcript of the video with timestamps: 0:00the internet isn't broken 0:08so why fix it less than six … [Read more...] about More Right-Wing Pushback On IANA Transition [Video]
Heritage Holding Anti-IANA Transition Event With Cruz
The Heritage Foundation are conservative, in the American political sense. So it's not surprising that they've been linked to some of the anti-IANA transition stuff coming from Ted Cruz and Co. Tomorrow they're holding an event, which is clearly not aimed at bolstering support on Capitol Hill for the IANA transition. From the event description: But is the so-called "IANA … [Read more...] about Heritage Holding Anti-IANA Transition Event With Cruz
How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation’s Makeup
ICANN is a strange beast. Even the term "ICANN", which is itself an acronym, has more than one meaning. There are at least two "ICANNs", one is the "community", which is made up of everyone who engages with the ICANN "circus" and then there is ICANN the organisation itself - a California not-for-profit. While people outside the internet industry probably have never heard of … [Read more...] about How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation’s Makeup
Cruz and Duffy Introduce Legislation To Block IANA Transition Citing Internet Freedom
Senator Ted Cruz has upped the ante in his campaign against ICANN and the IANA transition. Over the past few months Cruz has written multiple letters to ICANN and others. Today, however, he switched gears and introduced a bill to the US Senate. The bill's very title gives an indication of its tone and content: "The Protecting Internet Freedom Act". The "freedom" line isn't a … [Read more...] about Cruz and Duffy Introduce Legislation To Block IANA Transition Citing Internet Freedom
ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Senator Cruz and ICANN have been involved in a game of "swap the letter" for the last couple of months. Earlier this week Cruz and Co sent a letter to ICANN that displayed a couple of key things: they were very unhappy with how ICANN had been responding (They're not alone in this one!) They were displeased with ICANN's concept of time (hey we've all been there! Welcome … [Read more...] about ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent yet another letter to ICANN. This time round the letter is addressed both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as to former CEO Fadi Chehadé. The letter (below) repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN, though the wording is much blunter this time round. Cruz' office … [Read more...] about Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs
Californian wine producer Gallo Vineyards Inc., has signed contracts with ICANN for two top level domains: .barefoot .gallo If you are a wine drinker then you'll probably recognise them as being two of the company's more popular brands. A lot of brands have applied for and got their own top level domain name, but what makes this interesting is the wine angle. While … [Read more...] about Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs
Carly Fiorina Fails To Protect Her Personal Brand
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP, has announced that she's running for the US presidency. Unfortunately, for her, she hadn't secured all the obvious domains that she should have. I stress for her, as the person who registered carlyfiorina.org has given the internet a rather humorous gift. The subject isn't that humorous - how many people Fiorina laid off during her … [Read more...] about Carly Fiorina Fails To Protect Her Personal Brand
DotSucks Takes The Prophylactic Metaphor Further Than INTA Member Might Like
This week INTA, the International Trademark Association, is meeting in San Diego. As can be expected with any trademark show a lot of domain industry companies are in attendance. What, however, seems to be catching more attention than many others is the presence of the .sucks registry. As others have mentioned, Vox Populi have a big billboard on the side of a truck near … [Read more...] about DotSucks Takes The Prophylactic Metaphor Further Than INTA Member Might Like