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New GNSO Policy Development Process Revealed; PDP-WT Presents its Initial Report
As part of GNSO Improvements, the Policy Development Process (PDP) Work Team (WT) was tasked to developing recommendations for a new GNSO policy development process....
ICANN: Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Publishes its Initial Report
The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today. The PEDNR WG was tasked...
ICANN: Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines Published; WG-WT Publishes its Report
As part of GNSO Improvements, which has as its objective to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), a Working...
Nic.at Introduces Whois Privacy Changes
Nic.at, the registry for .AT domain names, has introduced changes to its Whois privacy rules. As of 7 January 2010, phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses...
Registration Abuse Addressed: Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Publishes Final Report
The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group has published its Final Report today. Following a public comment period on its Initial Report, the Working Group...
ICANN: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Working Group Publishes its Initial Report
The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today. The IRTP Part B Policy...
Accountability in Internet Governance by Rolf H. Weber
Internet governance and Internet-related decision-making processes are gaining importance due to the increased use of new technological possibilities. Since a...
ICANN: Latest Draft Interim Report of Working Group on ICANN Geographic Regions Review Available
In preparation for community discussions at the next ICANN International Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, the community-wide Geographic Regions Review Working Group...
Pre-Brussels ICANN Policy Update Briefing
Meeting Details and How to Participate In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) to receive the...
DOMAINfest Europe Agenda Announced
The agenda for DOMAINfest Europe, to be held on 6 and 7 October, 2010, in Prague, Czech Republic has been announced. Sessions on the agenda will cover domain monetisation,...
.SPORT Requests ICANN Banish Individual Sport gTLDs
In a curious letter to ICANN dated 13 May 2010, the .SPORT Policy Advisory Council has requested that ICANN block any applications for any sport-related generic...
Almost 500 Cyrillic .РФ Domain Names Registered
As of Tuesday 25 May there were 476 .РФ domain names registered, Yulia Ovchinnikova of Russia’s Coordination Center for the National Internet Domain said...
DotAsia Requests ICANN Reduce Fees
In a letter to ICANN’s Kurt Pritz, DotAsia has requested ICANN reduce the Registry-Level Operator Transaction Fee in an effort to assist its outreach within Asia...
ICANN CEO Cautions Against UN Takeover
The ICANN CEO and President, Rod Beckstrom, has cautioned against allowing the United Nations to take control of its functions.
Adult Industry Detests .XXX: It Is “About Money, Plain And Simple”
In a letter to the editor of The Independent Florida Alligator, Mike South, who describes himself as “a gun-totin’ libertarian pornographer” accuses...
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