Several organizations including EFF, NTEN, Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, and other nonprofits have planned an in person protest rally outside ICANN’s offices in Los Angeles for the planned .Org sale to Ethos Capital. The protesters will also be delivering a petition, signed by over 21,000 individuals and 600 organizations and NGOs, to ICANN …
Last November, shocking reports revealed that a Private equity firm Ethos Capital was in the course to acquire the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which runs the .org domain used for non-profit organisations’ websites from the Internet Society ISOC. The acquisision move has been denounced by Internet freedom groups as well as ICANN’s decision to remove …
Early this month Internet Society (ISOC) announced that Private equity firm Ethos Capital had acquired the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which runs the .org domain used for non-profit organisations’ websites that it currently runs. The sale has howeevr elicited major opposition from organizations and individuals such as the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), Electronic Frontier Foundation, …
Amidst hushed and public questions, reports are rife that Private equity firm Ethos Capital has acquired the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which runs the .org domain used for non-profit organisations’ websites from the Internet Society ISOC. PIR was created in 2002 and The Internet Society acquired the .org registry. While announcing the acquisition, Internet Society …
Nominet has been reappointed by ICANN as an Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). UK internet infrastructure company Nominet was first appointed as an EBERO operator in 2014. As well as the .UK domain, Nominet runs more than 70 top level domains. Nominet currently operates the “.uk” gTLD, as well …
The storm over since ICANN approved the new .org contract without price caps is showing no sign of slowing down. The ICA posted some scathing remarks about the contract renewal. Last month, one of the largest domain registrars Namecheap has filed a Reconsideration Request (pdf) to ICANN to have a second review at its recent …
One of the largest domain registrars Namecheap has filed a Reconsideration Request (pdf) to ICANN to have a second review at its recent decision to remove price caps on certain TLDs. ICANN in a decision taken in June end, removed price caps from .org & .info. Namecheap claims to have been affected from this decision …
The AICPA is in final contract talks with the internet’s global governing body to oversee a new internet domain for CPAs. The Institute announced on Monday that it is in the final stages of being awarded the exclusive .cpa domain, which will provide a unique and secure online identity for certified public accountants and CPA …
Two new gTLD applicants have notified ICANN that they no longer wish to run the .Brand domains, they join an ever growing list of applicants who are ditching their names. The Top-Level Concerned are: The .ISELECT new gTLD is run by a compnay which describes itself as Australia’s go-to destination for comparing and saving across …
ICANN’s published its most recent Form 990 tax return last Friday for fiscal year 2018. Form 990 is a financial disclosure required by law to be made annually by non-profit organizations in the United States, and if financial stability is a metric of overall organizational health — and we argue that it is a critical …