Calls it “predatory, exploitative and coercive” and points out bizarre contract with ICANN. The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) is asking (pdf) ICANN to halt Vox Populi’s roll out of the .sucks top level domain name, calling the registry’s unique pricing “predatory, exploitative and coercive”. According to a report by Domainnamewire.com, The group is upset that …
As writen by Kieren McCarthy on Theregister.co.uk Video footage has surfaced of ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade slagging off an independent team investigating how the internet’s crucial IANA body will be governed in future. Chehade said during breakfast with domain-name industry types: “There is no one today in the CWG [Community Working Group] who even understands …
Thomas Rickert, León Sánchez, Mathieu Weill Members and participants of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) met in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23-24 March 2015. The meeting was attended in-person by 42 members and participants. A number of participants and observers joined the meeting remotely using the virtual meeting room. Three …
The CCWG-Accountability and the CWG-Stewardship holds a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul, Turkey the week of 23-27 March 2015. The CWG and CCWG leaders coordinated the location, agreeing that holding their respective two-day meetings consecutively was the best way to apply resources and manage joint efforts. These decisive meetings are scheduled to help reinforce each group’s …
Stethoscope may be required to register a .Doctor domain name. Donuts has filed a reconsideration request after ICANN decided to slam the door on who can register a domain name under the .doctor top level domain name. Last month, ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee determined that .Doctor should be a namespace restricted only to “legitimate …
A public discussion of the outcome of the first ICANN IRP ruling of the new gTLD process has found its way to the Cross-Community Working Group as one of the current topics on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Whereas the entire ICANN community appears to work towards ways to improve the ICANN accountability mechanism some members from …
Source: CIO East Africa – Top Story The ICANN proposed Bylaws revisions that would incorporate a higher voting threshold for the Board to determine not to follow the advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has officially been “taken off the table”. Although a surprise announcement to the community, this has been confirmed by the …
In their continued fight against copyright infringement, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are now turning their attention to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Last month, MPAA sent a letter to ICANN in which they urged the organization to take strong action …
As published on CircleID Only proper regulation by an independent agency with full Congressional mandate will ensure that a ‘FIFA-Mafia type’ organization of systematic corruption does not emerge. ICANN should not be trusted by Congress to regulate itself. Introduction – The cure is closer, and not arms-length, Internet supervision The recent hearing conducted by the …
As published on CircleID The IRP Panel that was tasked with deciding the Booking.com vs. ICANN IRP that was filed regarding the application for the .hotels new gTLD name has made a decision that seems favorable to ICANN as the Defendant. However, this is not a victory for ICANN but an indictment of the ICANN …