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Five More New gTLDs, One in English, Get The Nod From China
February 14, 2017 @ 2:41 AMTop Level Design’s .ink has become the sixth new gTLD in the Latin alphabet to be approved for sale in China. It was one of four new gTLDs given regulatory approval to begin operating properly in the country late last week. The others were all in Chinese script. From Finnish-founded TLD Registry, .中�-��’ (“Chinese web…
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A Surreal Trip to a Domain-Names Conference
February 13, 2017 @ 10:11 PMIf you’ve ever wondered what the peak of capricious financial speculation looks like, a domain-names auction might be a good guess. This is my visit to NamesCon in 2017.
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Chinese TLDs Get Chinese Approval
February 13, 2017 @ 7:06 AMFinally! Two Chinese IDNs get welcome news from China’s regulators. After a long wait, two Chinese internationalized domain names have been accredited by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). TLD Registry’s .在线 (Dot Chinese Online) and .中�-��’ (Dot Chinese Website) received the accreditation on February 10. The accreditation means that Chinese residents can…
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Delayed.art: .art Domain Name Launch Shuts Down Over Technical Difficulties
February 10, 2017 @ 10:25 AMRegistry blames overwhelming demand and searches for .art domains. [Update: .Art’s registration process is now back up as of about 2 PM ET Friday.] The .Art domain name was supposed to launch a qualified launch phase earlier this week, but it has been shut down for technical reasons. This phase of .art’s launch is for…
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PayPal Increases Fees for International Transactions
February 10, 2017 @ 6:30 AMPayPal is increasing two transaction fees next month. Are you a U.S. resident selling a domain name to someone overseas? PayPal is about to be a more expensive option to receive payment. PayPal has updated its user agreement and is raising fees in two ways that will make these transactions more expensive. First, it is…
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As Expected, .com/.net Shed 1.9 Million Domains Last Quarter
February 10, 2017 @ 5:45 AMDeletions greater than new registrations thanks to Chinese purge. The great Chinese domain name investment surge of Q4 2015 led to the great Chinese domain name purge of Q4 2016. The combined .com and .net namespace shrunk by 1.9 million domain names last quarter, which was within the range Verisign previously predicted. The drop was…
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Angry Reactions to "UDRP for Copyright"
February 10, 2017 @ 5:23 AMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation and Internet Commerce Association are among those expressing initial concern about the introduction of a new “UDRP for copyright” mechanism by the Domain Name Association. The EFF said the DNA’s new proposals want registries to become “private arbiters of online speech”, while the ICA expressed concern that the proposals could circumvent…
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.africa to Finally Go Live After Judge Denies Injunction
February 10, 2017 @ 4:39 AMA Los Angeles court has rejected a demand for a preliminary injunction preventing ICANN delegating .africa, meaning the new gTLD can go live soon. Judge Howard Halm ruled February 3, in documents published last night, that the “covenant not to sue” signed by every new gTLD applicant is enforceable and that Africans are being harmed…
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Antitrust Feds Probing Verisign's .web Deal
February 10, 2017 @ 3:51 AMUS antitrust authorities are investigating Verisign over its anticipated operation of the .web gTLD. The probe was disclosed by company CEO Jim Bidzos in yesterday’s fourth-quarter earnings call. He said: On January 18, 2017, the company received a Civil Investigative Demand from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, requesting certain information related…
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U.S. Antitrust Division Investigating Verisign Running .web
February 9, 2017 @ 7:05 PMU.S. government makes Civil Investigative Demand about .web. The long-running fight for the .web top level domain name has taken another turn as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation. Verisign CEO James Bidzos revealed the investigation on the company’s regularly scheduled earnings call today. Bidzos said the company…
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