Emperor of the Internet

Et Tu, ICANN? ICANN Board’s Recent Decision on the .Islam and .Halal TLD …CircleIDOn Feb. 7, 2014 Dr. Stephen Crocker, the Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors, wrote to Asia Green IT System (AGIT), a Turkish company which applied…

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Syracuse University News Plan to End US Control of ICANN Submitted to Brazil Meeting on the Future of …Syracuse University NewsThe proposal, which involves removing root zone management functions from ICANN and creating an independent and neutral private sector consortium…

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ICANN, Brittany TLD group pen agreement ahead of .bzh launchTelecompaper (subscription)ICANN and the www.bzh association signed an agreement on 28 February for the new .bzh GeoTLD, reaching a key milestone towards the upcoming launch of the new domain names with…

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Internet Governance: Will ICANN Be The Next International Organisation In …Intellectual Property WatchGeneva is home to the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), viewed by some governments as a more neutral venue for internet governance discussions, and by others as a…

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ICANN’s Uniform Rapid Suspension: The Good, the Bad and the UglyCircleIDWith so many new gTLDs moving into their respective general availability periods, and incidents of cybersquatting beginning to appear, many companies are now looking towards the URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)…

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ICANN to Registrars: We’re working on legal issues with 2013 RAADomain Name WireICANN Vice President of Domain Name Services Cyrus Namazi has sent a letter (pdf) to domain name registrars regarding their concerns over legal implications of the 2013 Registrar…

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