Anthony Rutkowski, Principal, Netmagic Associates LLC writes an analytical article on CircleID on member states dropping their contributions to the ITU The ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference wraps up at the end of the week. The more than 2000 people present in Busan Korea from 171 countries — overwhelmingly government bureaucrats — have been busily polishing …
Agence France Presse BRUSSELS: The European Union Tuesday denounced Hungary’s plan for an Internet tax as a new threat to political freedom in the country and also for broader E.U. economic growth. E.U. digital commissioner Neelie Kroes believes it is a “particularly bad idea” and will continue to support protests like those against the proposed …
The recent release of a number of new generic top level domain (gTLDs) names by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) including .vin and .wine has been met with strong opposition from wine industry producers, associations and various member states around the world. The major concern with the release of .vin and …
(Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Sunday against a planned new tax on Internet data transfers, which they said would not only increase the tax burden but would also curb fundamental democratic rights and freedoms. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, which has been widely accused of adopting anti-democratic policies, first unveiled plans …
Multistakeholder Governance at Stake The official U.S. Internet policy calls for preserving a free and open Internet under a global multistakeholder community encompassing Web registries, website owners, and nonprofit organizations. To that end, the U.S. Department of Commerce is working on an overhaul of the current system of allocating domain names through an advisory group …
On February 8, 2000, the US government signed a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to run the so-called “IANA functions” – which glue together the internet as we know it. Ever since that day, people have been trying to end that contract. This time next year, it will finally …
Good news! As the ITU’s Plenipot Conference gets underway in Busan, Korea, the heads of delegation have met and decided to open up access to some of the documents associated with the meeting. At this time, it is only the documents that are classified as “contributions“—other documents such as meeting agendas, background information, and terms …
Paul Rosenzweig, Brett Schaefer and James Gattuso take a look at the Transition debate at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will hold a meeting next week in Los Angeles. The meeting, the 51st of its kind (hence the name “ICANN 51”), comes at an important cusp …
The new gTLD expansion has provoked some ‘so what?’ responses, so Roland LaPlante is here to discuss the main benefits of a ‘dot brand’ and review some important marketing trends. Over the past three years, you are likely to have read countless words on the expansion of the internet’s address system, where classic top-level …
Scotland’s vote for independence this Thursday brings with it a stack of issues to consider, including the potentially sovereign nation’s currency, economic stability, budget deficits, taxes and involvement in the European Union. But Scotland also faces another kind of fight: a digital one, involving its country code TLD. If Scotland decides to leave the United …