Company picks up five TLDs that were using its registry services. GoDaddy Registry has acquired five more top level domain names: .wiki, .tattoo, .ink, .gay, and .health. The first four domains are part of Top Level Design's portfolio. In fact, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Gay domain now available for all
· UncategorizedThe .gay domain name has finally entered general availability. The .gay top level domain name entered general availability today, meaning anyone can register the domains. It took a long time for .gay to come to fruition. There was a contentious ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Oh Hey .Gay – DNW Podcast #299
· PodcastsRay King discusses the .gay launch and some domainer-friendly upgrades at Porkbun. My guest this week was the very first guest on the Domain Name Wire podcast back in 2014. Ray King runs two domain name companies: Top Level Design and Porkbun. Today, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Gay domain name applicant denied again
· Policy & LawICANN Board Governance Committee denies one .gay applicant's request for reconsideration. dotgay LLC has lost again in its attempt to get community status for its .Gay top level domain name application. The company lost its first bid for community ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Gay fails community test, again
· Policy & LawQueue the complaints about ICANN again...even though it's not its fault. dotgay LLC, an applicant for the .Gay top level domain name that was seeking community status, has once again failed (pdf) to convince an independent panel that it ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN struggles to beat echo chamber after .Gay decision
· Policy & LawMany responses to .gay community application decision are oversimplifying what happened...and getting it wrong. In headlines and tweets, it's pretty easy to knock ICANN for a recent decision not granting .gay applicant dotgay llc community status for ... Continue Reading23 Comments
.Gay Objector Strikes Out
· Policy & LawILGA loses three community objections against .gay and one against .LGBT International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has lost (link removed because decisions no longer online) three community objections it brought against ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Iran: .Gay domain would spread hatred
· Policy & LawRepublic of Iran wants to stop .gay top level domain. The government of Iran has filed an early late warning to applicants for the .gay top level domain name. Iran thinks that a .gay top level domain will "spread of hatred and hostility in the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Gay Trademark Application Filed
· Policy & LawTrademark frontrunning continues. A Washington man has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for ".gay" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thomas Petersen DBA Creighton Investments, LLC filed the application on June 20 just after ... Continue Reading4 Comments