July 7th, 2010 by 
David Goldstein
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 and sector leaders. The reports are:
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June 3rd, 2010 by David Goldstein
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 Daily Telegraph. Businesses have naively registered the domain names without realising that when words are combined into a domain name they can be read differently. … more
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May 7th, 2010 by David Goldstein
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 and two steps back.
While we should be celebrating the fact that Internationalised Domain Names (IDN’s) have finally been entered into the Root Zone, we are instead left shaking our heads at the seemingly nonexistent process lines nor communication lines between ICANN and its technical off-shoot IANA. … more
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March 16th, 2010 by David Goldstein
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. … more
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January 16th, 2010 by David Goldstein
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 crossword puzzles and fantasy football rather than public-policy papers. Were you looking to volunteer for U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu? If you visited JohnSununu.com, it allowed you to sign up for a free online dating service but not to sign on to a political campaign. Did you want to help finance John McCain’s bid for the presidency? During much of the 2008 campaign season, a contribution submitted through the official-looking JohnMcain.com would have supported a man in Houston, Texas, without one nickel funding McCain’s run for the White House. … more
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January 10th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Predictions for the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in 2010 by IANA will not come true reports Enterprise Networking Planet, but it will happen in the next two to three years. … more
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November 22nd, 2009 by David Goldstein
While you could call it a meaningless poll, for those who want to voice their opinion on what ccTLD will be huge in years to come there is a poll currently underway that allows you to vote. … more
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November 9th, 2009 by David Goldstein
Abstract: A domain name is a unique alphanumeric designation that facilitates reference to sets of numbers which actually locate a particular computer on the Internet. Domain names are a fundamental part of the Internet’s user interface. Improving the usability of the Internet depends upon effective domain name policy. This study is intended to contribute to improvement in Internet usability for the end users of domain names. Benefits of more usable domain names include: higher sales, customer satisfaction and productivity, and reduced support costs. … more
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September 21st, 2009 by David Goldstein
The running out of IPv4 address and the need to adopt IPv6 is being addressed around the world, although with not enough urgency. Sweden is in the same position as other countries, and the registry for .SE domain names, .SE, has found that neither the Swedish internet industry nor its business or public sector customers have done much to prepare for the transition to IPv6. This is evident in three recent surveys concerning supply and demand of IPv6 services. … more
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September 11th, 2009 by David Goldstein
One of the longest established candidates for a new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), dotBERLIN, have denied reports that .BERLIN domain names will cost €30 each, assuming the gTLD is approved in ICANN’s gTLD process. … more
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August 16th, 2009 by David Goldstein
Abstract: Rights over Domain Names (DNs) arise from the contract that governs the relationship of the DN registrant with the registrar (the entity that undertakes DNs registration on the internet). Additionally, rights may also be established under Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) created and governed by the statute concerned. This paper provides a comparative analysis of DNs protection in the field of intellectual property law. Focus is centred upon the study of the Israeli and Palestinian law. … more
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April 29th, 2009 by David Goldstein
A small number of registries and registrars are responsible for three-quarters of child porn websites says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in their annual report released this week.
The IWF found 74 per cent of child sexual abuse domains they traced are commercial operations selling indecent images of children with 76 per cent of these (some 850 unique domains) are registered with just ten unnamed domain name registries. Of these, five registries and registrars accounted for 55 per cent of all the commercial child sexual abuse domains known to IWF during 2008. … more
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April 29th, 2009 by David Goldstein
Telnic, the registry operator for .TEL, have launched a free Microsoft Outlook plug-in application that will enable anyone with Outlook to have their address book updated dynamically. … more
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February 19th, 2009 by David Goldstein
The global financial crisis has impacted on domain name registrations with global domain registrations rising 16 per cent in 2008 to a total of 177 million domain names compared to a 27 percent increase in 2007. Overall in 2008 there were approximately 300,000 less domain name registrations each quarter than there were in 2007, according to the fourth quarter 2008 Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign. … more
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January 23rd, 2009 by David Goldstein
Michael Collins, Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association has announced his resignation from his post with the organisation in an email to members of the ICA. … more
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