House of Representatives lead by Tom Reed wrote to ICANN (again) on .WINE and .VIN
A member of the US House of Representatives has written to ICANN on the .Wine .Vin case. The letter is posted below
Category: Domainnews
.nyc: New York’s hottest new real estate exists only on the Internet
Washington Post Writes: A vast new stretch of digital real estate opened on Monday in New York City, where several dozen local businesses, non-profits and institutions went live online with enviable new dot-nyc Web sites. The early settlers include a savvy local photographer (casey.nyc), a beekeeping association (bees.nyc), a renowned jazz club (birdland.nyc), a university …
Six .Hotel applicants question CPE panel decision
Six companies that saw their bids for the .hotel domain name die as a result of a Community Priority Evaluation decision in favor of HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l have asked ICANN for information regarding the decision. The applicants filed a Document Information Disclosure Policy Request (DIDP) with ICANN on August 4. The DIDP requests resumes for …
ICANN staff imposed Accountability Process receives a formal Reconsideration Request (RR) to the ICANN Board
As posted on CircleID by Philip S. Corwin, In a rapid follow-up to the unprecedented joint letter sent on August 26th by all members of the ICANN community questioning the proposed Accountability Process imposed by ICANN staff, three of the groups that signed that letter have now submitted a formal Reconsideration Request (RR) to the …
Clarification or correction WANTED: ICANN Community writes letter Questioning ICANN’s Proposed Accountability Process
In another unpredicted development the entire community of ICANN stakeholders has sent a joint letter to CEO Fadi Chehade and the ICANN Board that strongly questions the “Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance – Process and Next Steps” document published by ICANN staff on August 14th over widespread community objections. Signatories to the August 26th letter …
Pending US court case may shed light on ICANN’s legal status
Our legal system likes to divide the world into categories. Some things are property and some are not. Property has distinct owners. Some brands are trademarked and some are not. Most legal precedent is about drawing demarcation lines and inventing new categories to cover new circumstances. The Internet has upended many traditional categories, and the …
Sophia thanks GNSO on Unanimous call for ICANN accountability, Seeks to clarify ICANN Presidents comments on SHE.africa
The Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Trust fired back a written response on CircleID – an ICANN related industry opinion blog to clarify to a statement made by ICANN’s CEO at a press conference to journalist at ICANN 50 International meeting in London, to what he said “Similarly the Africa where single applicant has filed …
AUC GAC Rep exposes the African state of affairs concerning ICANN procedures on .Africa
During the just ended ICANN 50 meeting in London, several domain issues came to the fore. Hot in the heels of a disappointed .Wine opposers about how ICANN managed the decisions of the domain with the EU and specifically France showing the deep disappointment with ICANN. The .africa delay was also part of the GAC …
EU-US at stand-off over .wine domain names
France is being broadly backed by the European Commission in its call for safeguards on who gets access to .wine and .vin internet domain names, setting up a potential legal showdown with the US government. Enraged French officials said today (26 June) that the body responsible for assigning web domain names, ICANN, is unfit to …
Nominet sets June 2014 for .uk Launch
UK internet registry company Nominet has announced that .uk domain names will be available from June 10 2014. The .uk domain Top Level Domain (TLD) will be offered in addition to similar domain TLDs such as .co.uk and .org.uk. At present, .co.uk is aimed at British businesses, while .org.uk is predominantly for non-commercial organisations whose …