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KeyDrive Gobbles Up Open Registry
February 9, 2017 @ 9:37 AMKSregistry and Open Registry are now one. Domain name company KeyDrive has acquired backend registry provider Open Registry, the company announced today. NCC Group previously announced the sale. KeyDrive is the holding company that owns Key-Systems and Moniker. Part of its business is KSregistry GmbH, which provides backend registry services to a number of .brand…
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Domain Name Association Unveils "Healthy Domains Initiative" Practices
February 9, 2017 @ 3:36 AM“Healthy Domains Initiative” (HDI) establishes voluntary practices aimed at safeguarding the evolution of the domain name system and defines measures for self-regulation. The Domain Name Association (The DNA), the Internet domain industry’s trade association, announced today the publication of four voluntary practice areas for domain registries and registrars that aim to help the domain name…
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Sean Spicer Brings More Attention to WHOIS Privacy
February 8, 2017 @ 10:10 AMHe didn’t use whois privacy. Most people don’t. Sean Spicer has made plenty of enemies in his short time as White House Press Secretary. And now, thanks to some domain names he registered long ago, people have a way to contact him about it. As Mashable wrote yesterday, Spicer registered domain names and didn’t initially…
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The Pirate Bay Likely to Be Sunk As .org Adopts "UDRP for Copyright"
February 8, 2017 @ 8:29 AMControversial piracy site The Pirate Bay is likely to be the first victim of a new industry initiative being described as “UDRP for copyright”. The Domain Name Association today published a set of voluntary “healthy practices” that domain registries can adopt to help keep their TLDs clean of malware, child abuse material, fake pharmacies and…
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Breaking: Verisign Loses Appeal in .xyz Lawsuit
February 8, 2017 @ 7:13 AMAppeals court affirms District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment to XYZ in false advertising case. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has lost its appeal in its false advertising lawsuit against .XYZ and its founder, Daniel Negari. Verisign, which runs the .com and .net namespaces, alleged in a lawsuit that Negari made false claims about registrations of .XYZ…
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A UDRP for Copyrights? DNA Proposes Healthy Domains Best Practices
February 8, 2017 @ 6:00 AMDNA releases Healthy Domain Initiative recommendations, including a way to take down domain names with pervasive copyright infringement. Most industries have a choice: do an effective job regulating themselves or face outside regulation. Domain Name Association (DNA), a trade group made up of domain name registrars and registries, has published its first rev of proposed…
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ISOC New York Challenges NEUstar's .nyc Contract
February 8, 2017 @ 4:51 AMThe New York chapter of the Internet Society has called upon the city to delay the renewal of Neustar’s contract to run the .nyc gTLD, citing numerous concerns about how it is being managed. In a letter (pdf) to Mayor Bill de Blasio, the group calls for a “town hall” and community consultation and for…
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.xxx Has Its ICANN Fees Slashed and Adopts URS
February 8, 2017 @ 4:33 AMICM Registry is to see its .xxx ICANN registry fees hugely reduced in contractual amendments approved by ICANN last week. The changes also mean that .xxx will now become subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension anti-cybersquatting mechanism, despite it being a pre-2012 gTLD. .xxx becomes the latest pre-2012 gTLD to move to a contract more…
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ICANN's Empowered Community to Get Its First Test-drive After Appeals Panel Vote
February 8, 2017 @ 4:18 AMICANN’s post-transition bylaws have only been in effect for a few months, but the board of directors wants to change one of them already. The board last week voted to create a new committee dedicated to handling Requests for Reconsideration — formal appeals against ICANN decisions. But because this would change a so-called Fundamental Bylaw,…
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Tucows Says eNom May Be Shrinking As Melbourne It Drives 2016 Growth
February 8, 2017 @ 3:29 AMTucows yesterday reported an 11% increase in revenue for 2016, driven partly by an acquisition, but warned that its more recent acquisition, eNom, may be shrinking. The company reported revenue for 2016 of $189.8 million, up from $171 million in 2015. Net income was up 41% at $16 million. For the fourth quarter, revenue was…
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