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3,000 Comments Submitted About WHOIS Privacy Proposal
June 24, 2015 @ 6:36 AMPeople upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a number of requirements on privacy and proxy services. The proposal that is drawing the most comments is…
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Donuts: Glitch Revealed Price We Would Pay for gTLDs
June 24, 2015 @ 2:50 AMThe recently discovered security vulnerability in one of ICANN’s web sites revealed how much Donuts was willing to pay for contested gTLDs at auction. This worrying claim emerged during a meeting between registries and the ICANN board of directors at ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires yesterday. “We were probably the largest victim of the data…
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Alpnames Claims to Be Second-largest New gTLD Registrar
June 24, 2015 @ 2:24 AMA little-known registrar with close ties to Famous Four Media says it is now the second-largest seller of new gTLD domains, after Go Daddy. AlpNames said it has 500,000 new gTLD domains under management, overtaking Network Solutions into the number-two position. Its number for February, the last month for which registry reports are available, has…
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Xyz Buys .security and .protection From Symantec
June 24, 2015 @ 1:57 AMXYZ.com has added .security and .protection to its portfolio of new gTLDs under a private deal with security software maker Symantec. Symantec originally applied for both as closed generics, but changed its plans when ICANN changed its tune about exclusive access gTLDs. The company won .security in an auction against Donuts and Defender Security late…
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ICANN Bans Closed Generic gTLDs, for Now
June 24, 2015 @ 1:28 AMICANN has slapped a de facto ban on so-called “closed generic” gTLDs, at least for the remaining 2012 round applicants. The ICANN board’s New gTLD Program Committee passed a resolution Sunday that un-freezes the remaining new gTLD applications that envisage a namespace wholly controlled by the applicant. The affected strings are .hotels, .dvr and .grocery,…
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House passes bill giving Congress more say in Internet transition
June 23, 2015 @ 10:57 PMThe House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed the DOTCOM Act, 378-25, giving Congress the right to review the move away from an American-controlled Internet domain name system to one overseen by the international community.
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A YouTube star's fans accused the site of giving his URL to a cosmetics company
June 23, 2015 @ 9:24 PMFans of YouTube vlogger Matthew Lush launched a petition after they thought they would be redirected to beauty brand Lush when they try to visit his YouTube channel, but it turns out that it was all a misunderstanding.
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Autism.rocks Sells for $100,000 [Updated]
June 23, 2015 @ 12:01 PMA shocking sale in a new top level domain name. The domain name Autism.Rocks has sold for a staggering $100,000. And there may be a good reason this domain name sold for so much. The new owner is listed as Sanjay Shah in Dubai. Shah started the charity Autism Rocks, which can be found online…
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Afilias Wins Auction for .promo Top Level Domain Name
June 23, 2015 @ 11:15 AMDomain name is second to sell through Innovative Auctions’ Top Level Auction service. Domain name registry Afilias has won rights to the top level domain name .Promo in an auction organized by Innovative Auctions. Phenomena Group Oy was the only applicant with ICANN for the .promo domain name, but the company decided it made more…
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Freenom Suspended for Cybersquatting Rival Registrars
June 23, 2015 @ 11:00 AMFreenom, the company behind .tk and other freebie ccTLDs, has had its ICANN registrar accreditation suspended for cybersquatting competing registrars including Go Daddy and Key-Systems. OpenTLD, its registrar business, has been told it cannot accept new registrations or inbound transfers from July 8 to October 6 or until it provides ICANN with a full list…
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