FTC defends availability of Whois, and you should too. The debate over availability of Whois information continued this week during the Morocco ICANN meeting. FTC Commissioner John Leibowitz presented several examples of how Whois helped the FTC shut ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN Domain Name Marketplace Workshop
· Policy & LawThis week's ICANN meeting in Marrakech, Morocco will feature a workshop about current trends in the domain name marketplace. Jothan Frakes of Domain Roundtable/DomainTools.com will introduce the 3 hour workshop. The workshop was organized in response ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Vint Cerf in The Economist
· Policy & LawA recent edition of The Economist magazine profiles Vinton Cerf, ICANN Chairman of the Board. A couple months ago I had the good fortune of having breakfast with Cerf at Domain Roundtable, where he gave a keynote address. He's a fascinating guy who ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Conflict of Opinion
· Policy & LawIf a UDRP panelist believes domainers are the same thing as cybersquatters, is he fit to arbitrate? I came across an editorial on CNET today by Doug Isenberg, an attorney in Atlanta and founder of GigaLaw.com, and a domain name panelist for the World ... Continue Reading8 Comments
VeriSign ICANN settlement gets political
· Policy & LawWhich politicians support VeriSign's lawsuit settlement with ICANN? It depends on whom bankrolls the politician... CNET writers Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache published an excellent story about the VeriSign-ICANN settlement and how it is hitting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy’s Bob Parsons on BusinessWeek.com
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawBob Parson is taking his fight against abuse of the 5-day domain registration grace period beyond his blog. Bob Parsons has written a couple blog entries about abuse of the 5-day domain registration grace period. He has named the abuse "domain ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Dotster named in cybersquatting lawsuit
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawDomain registrar Dotster has been named in a large cybersquatting lawuit. However, it is likely the actions of a rouge employee that put the company in the hotseat. According to an article on CNET, domain registrar Dotster has been sued in federal ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Fun and games with UDRP
· Policy & LawDomain name, registered by cat, goes back to Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley must have been mad. After all, a consultant was using the domain name mymorgan stanleyplatinum.com in his seminars to show how large companies fail to register obvious domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New York wants to regulate domain names
· Policy & LawIn a move that flies in the face of established international guidelines, the New York Senate is pushing through a bill that would forbid registering the name of a living person with the purpose of selling the domain to that person. The New York ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Tel approved
· Policy & Law.Tel sponsor Telnic says ICANN has approved the new TLD. On the surface this is one of the worst new domain names to be approved -- let alone suggested. As I wrote last month: This idea makes sense for one group only: the registry that will make ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment