Policy & Law

China has announced its own internet address naming system - but what are the implications? If you haven't already heard, China has announced that it is releasing its own domain name system. It will be used in China as competition to ICANN's domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments

The majority of the domain community doesn't want ICANN to approve new domains. [Editors note: this is the tenth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The complete results of the survey will be posted soon.] Only ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment

The government of Switzerland is trying to get its hands on three domain names owned by a Swiss citizen. The government claims to have a right to three specific URLs - www.schweiz.ch, www.suisse.ch and www.svizzera.ch (all translate to the country's ... Continue Reading1 Comment

Only 38% of respondents to our survey approve of transferring control of the internet and domain name system to an international body. [Editors note: this is the ninth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The ... Continue Reading6 Comments

Survey shows only 25% of domain owners support agreement. [Editors note: this is the eighth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The complete results of the survey will be posted soon.] Opposition to the proposed ... Continue Reading2 Comments

Freelance Journalist Kieren McCarthy has signed a publishing deal for an upcoming book "Sex.com". Everyone in the domain name business knows the basics of the Sex.com domain. A domain name so valuable that it was stolen from the rightful owner who, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment

China isn't known for respecting intellectual property rights and its latest domain name policy reinforces its stance. According to reports by vmunet and Sina.com, China is changing the way it rules on trademark disputes for its .CN domain names. In ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment

The domain industry might crumble if the Unites States Congress gets more involved in domain name policy. I've seen a lot of scary things that could knock the domain name industry off its upward trajectory. But this takes the cake. According to an ... Continue Reading1 Comment

An article in Red Herring talks about Verisign, its Network Solutions disaster, and where it's headed. The article in the January 30 print edition discusses CEO Stratton Sclavos' vision to make the company last into the future. But its past isn't so ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment