Hanks said there was no evidence to prove harm. On Friday, United States District Judge George Hanks in Galveston denied a request for an injunction that would have stopped the United States from allowing its contract with ICANN for IANA functions to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Here’s what happened to ICANN on Capitol Hill yesterday
· Policy & LawHearing gets feisty: threats of jail time, questions about China and more. Ted Cruz is on a mission to halt the U.S. government from relinquishing contracts with ICANN related to IANA functions. That transition is due to take place at the end of this ... Continue Reading29 Comments
GAO: Internet IANA functions transition is not a transfer of government property
· Policy & LawGAO says IANA transition is not a transfer of government property, which would require congressional approval. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an analysis yesterday determining that the proposed transition of IANA functions to ... Continue Reading41 Comments
IANA transition from U.S. government could ride on a rider
· Policy & LawSenator suggests appropriations ride as a way to stop transition. Will the transition of the U.S. government's oversight of IANA internet functions end this month as planned? Or will it be delayed? It could ride on a rider. Senator Ted Cruz has ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Com price doubling? Here’s what all that talk is about
· Policy & LawCould the price of .com domain names skyrocket in a couple years? You might have received a couple of emails from Domaining.com this week (or seen a post on its site) suggesting that the price of .com's might double in 2018, and urging you to comment ... Continue Reading18 Comments
IANA transition will not remove government relationship with .com contract
· Policy & LawDepartment of Commerce will still have a say over .com prices. Today, ICANN posted proposed contracts with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for the Root Zone Management Agreement (RZMA) and an extension of the .com registry contract. The RZMA is a necessary ... Continue Reading16 Comments
NTIA gives green light to IANA transition
· Policy & LawNTIA approves transition, but congress might be a roadblock. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today gave its approval of a community-led proposal to eliminate the U.S. government role in overseeing the Internet ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Google and Vint Cerf explain the NTIA transition (video)
· Policy & LawSimple video explains what's going on with the U.S. government's role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the "father of internet" and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the history of internet ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Larry Strickling speech to American Enterprise Institute
· Policy & LawSpeech lays out what's ahead and why some people are overreacting. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), gave a speech to American Enterprise Institute yesterday about the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NTIA: U.S. won’t abandon its role in the internet until it’s satisfied with the alternative
· Policy & LawStrickling makes it clear that IANA contract won't be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment