Applications won't be accepted until early 2010. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has pushed back its estimated time frame to start accepting applications for new top level domains. ICANN had hoped to accept applications by ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Demand Media to ICANN: Hurry Up
· Policy & LawCompany one of few to suggest IRT timeline is OK. Demand Media has been transparent about its desire to launch new top level domain names and to move the process along quickly. So it doesn't come as any surprise that it wants ICANN to push forward ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Verizon Voices Concerns about New Top Level Domain Names
· Policy & LawVerizon has several recommendations for ICANN -- including listening to the recommendations it has already received. I've read dozens of comments submitted to ICANN about its new top level domain name applicant guidebook. Perhaps the most thoughtful ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Pool Taking Pre-Orders for Non-Existent Domain Names
· ServicesPool teams up with Quintaris to offer pre-orders domains for new TLDs. In a move that will surely add confusion to an already crazy process, domain backordering service Pool.com is accepting pre-orders for non-existent domain names such as .xxx and ... Continue Reading4 Comments
What Does Vint Cerf Think About New Top Level Domains?
· Policy & LawFather of the Internet thinks there needs be a solid rationale for adding new TLDs. Domain investor George Kirikos recently found an article by Tim Berners-Lee, a key inventor of the World Wide Web, explaining his opposition to adding new top level ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Resounding Opposition to New Top Level Domains
· Policy & LawMost constituents opposed to new TLDs; propose major overhaul. The comment period for the second draft of ICANN's new top level domain name applicant guidebook concluded yesterday. Most commentors suggested ways to fix the process and rules, but these ... Continue Reading12 Comments
It’s D-Day for ICANN Comments
· Policy & LawWant to speak your mind? Today's the day. If you have an opinion (and you should) about the second draft of ICANN's plans to inundate the web with more top level domain names, today is the deadline to submit comments. As was the case last time, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Pol for Politicians? Easier Said Than Done.
· Policy & LawOp-ed suggests .pol to avert political cybersquatting. But the devil is in the details. Matthew Sanderson, a political law attorney at Caplin & Drysdale in Washington, published an op-ed in the Washington Post today suggesting a new .pol domain name. ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Threatdown: GAC Wants Second Level Place Names Protected
· Policy & LawAnother reason you need to pay attention to the new top level domain process at ICANN. I think it's time to start a "Threatdown" for domain owners, a la Stephen Colbert. The threats to domain name owners in the new top level domain process at ICANN ... Continue Reading5 Comments
PopSci Author Points Out the Obvious About New TLDs
· Policy & LawTom Conlon understands what new TLDs are all about: nothing. Popular Science author Tom Conlon published an article today about .eco specifically, but mostly about the challenges any new top level domain faces. The headline of his article is ... Continue Reading13 Comments