Internet Domain System Until earlier this month, the United States has enjoyed complete control over the Internet Domain System. Now, they have decided to relinquish that control in favor of a “multi-stakeholder” system. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has managed the internet system since 1998, due to a contract from the […]
Agreeing with the Iranian, Russian, and Chinese Representatives Means You Must be at an ICANN Meeting.
March 25, 2014, Singapore: GAC Meeting with the ICANN Board In its meeting with the ICANN Board, the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) representatives from around the world provided some highlights of the issues that may be in their forth coming Singapore Communique. Key concerns are: the use of auctions to solve competition for important gTLD […]
ICANN 49 Opening Remarks – Transfer of US Control of IANA Functions
March 23, 2014, Singapore — During the welcoming remarks, ICANN CEO, Fadi Chehade opened the meeting by asking the community to embark on the historic process to help determine what organization will replace the United States Government stewardship of the Internet. Only a week prior to the opening of the ICANN 49, the announcement was […]
Dot Berlin First City New gTLD To Go Live
Global Post did an article which focused on Dot Berlin being the first city new gtld to go live. From the article: Berlin won the race to become the world’s first city with its own domain name. Websites using the .berlin suffix are to debut March 18. “Domains are descriptive, not just cryptic abbreviations like […]
.SUCKS gTLD – Burden for Companies and Individuals or Good for Free Speech.
Yesterday, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV voiced serious concern in a letter to ICANN regarding the lack of “public interest” in the .SUCKS new gTLD string. At its creation, the new gTLD Program was designed to foster innovation and new opportunities for positive growth. As with any business venture, some are exploiting the process for […]
