Network Solutions says it will stop controversial practice if ICANN adopts fee next week. Next week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board will vote on its 2009 budget. The budget includes the much-talked-about provision ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ICANN Puts eNom and Moniker “On Notice”
· Domain RegistrarseNom and Moniker were named in "Worst Spam Offenders" report. In the words of Stephen Colbert, ICANN has put eNom and Moniker "On Notice". The two registrars were named in a recent report from KnujOn titled "The 10 Worst Registrars in terms of spam ... Continue Reading10 Comments
.Org Domain Name Prices to Jump 10%
· Domain RegistrarsPublic Interest Registry to raise wholesale prices of .org domain names. Public Interest Registry, the registry for .org domain names, has notified ICANN that it is increasing wholesale prices 10%. The annual wholesale price for .org domain name ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Canada Leading the Way with Whois Changes
· Policy & Law.Ca is getting a whois overhaul. Perhaps the rest of the domain world can use it as a framework. There have been a number of suggested changes to ICANN's whois framework. But Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is making changes to its ... Continue Reading6 Comments
GoDaddy Allows Transfers After Whois Changes
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy complies with ICANN advisory for transferring domain names. Last September I wrote that GoDaddy might have to end its controversial practice of denying transfers-out when a domain owner changes whois information in the preceding 60 days. A ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Network Solutions, ICANN
· Domain RegistrarsLawsuit stems from "customer protection measure". My prediction has come true: Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Network Solutions for its practice of preemptively registering domains names searched for on its site. ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Google Duped Us
· Policy & LawGoogle is smart, and it proved it with its "we are not evil" approach to domain kiting. I knew those engineers at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) were smart. But they also have smart PR skills. Last week, Google decided to let the world know it was going to ... Continue Reading3 Comments
