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RIPE-NCC Seeks Legal Clarity On How It Responds To Foreign Court Orders

RIPE-NCC Seeks Legal Clarity On How It Responds To Foreign Court Orders

“An international law enforcement action against a large botnet will set an important legal precedent regarding regional Internet IP Address registries,”...

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New IANA Contract An Important Milestone Says Milton Mueller

New IANA Contract An Important Milestone Says Milton Mueller

“The new IANA contract solicitation, which was posted by the U.S. Commerce Department November 10, represents a milestone in ICANN”s relationship to...

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Esther Dyson Says New gTLDs Will Not Add To “Sum Of Human Happiness”

Esther Dyson, the founding chair of ICANN, has voiced her disapproval of new generic Top Level Domains, telling TechCrunch.TV she does not think new gTLDs will “add...

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Valuable Words: Pricing Internet Domain Names by Thies Lindenthal

Abstract: This paper estimates the first constant quality price index for internet domain names. The index can serve as a benchmark for domain name traders and investors...

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New TLD registry service providers are not created equal says Adrian Kinderis

New TLD registry service providers are not created equal says Adrian Kinderis

by Adrian Kinderis, CEO of AusRegistry International, explains why choosing a registry services partner is the most important decision applicants will make. The...

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The Number is Me: Why Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses Should Be Protected as Personally Identifiable Information by Joshua J. McIntyre

Abstract: Although computer logs typically correlate online activity only to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, those addresses can be used to expose the individuals...

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The Internet community says thank you to ICANN for new TLDs by Krista Papac

The Internet community says thank you to ICANN for new TLDs by Krista Papac

After more than six years of consultation and negotiation regarding the New Top-Level Domain Program, the ICANN Board this week approved the program to the pleasure...

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Future Bright For Austrian Registry In Changing Times

Future Bright For Austrian Registry In Changing Times

It has been a busy 12 months for the Austrian registry nic.at and its CEO Richard Wein. In mid-2010 Wein passed his ten year anniversary with the organisation, in...

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Sex.com Future Likely To Lie In Mainstream

Since the recent purchase of sex.com for a record price of $13 million to a Caribbean company based in the offshore tax haven of St Vincent and Grenadines by a company...

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Domain Pulse 2011 Conference Registrations Open

Domain Pulse 2011 Conference Registrations Open

The eighth Domain Pulse conference is happening in February 2011 and registrations are now open.

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EURid Examines Domain Name Market With Insights Publications

EURid Examines Domain Name Market With Insights Publications

EURid, the registry for .EU domain names, have launched two new reports based on surveys, studies and research developed by EURid in cooperation with industry experts...

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Amusing Domain Names Listed in New Book

A new book has listed some of the more amusing domain names registered, although for the registrant it can be quite embarrassing, according to a report in London’s...

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By the way… Your IDN is live by Adrian Kinderis

By the way… Your IDN is live by Adrian Kinderis

Just when you think ICANN has got it right, it shoots itself in the foot as only ICANN can.Unfortunately it seems this is yet another case of one step forward...

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Milton Mueller finds ICANN’s Nairobi Board resolutions “painful to read”

Milton Mueller gave the ICANN board an A for effort following the fairly large number of resolutions it passed in its meeting last Friday, but an F for substance.

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Candidates, Squatters, and Gripers: A Primer on Political Cybersquatting and a Proposal for Reform

During last year’s election, were you hoping to read-up on Barack Obama’s abortion stance? Too bad, if you went to Obama ForPresident.com. It featured...

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