Broken mirror : #ICANN deletes new brand #gTLD dot #Spiegel
ICANN has deleted the new brand gTLD, dot .Spiegel by removing it from the IANA root zone. The German-owned brand gTLD never took off, having had only one domain, nic.spiegel, in the IANA database. That’s basically the default reserved Registry domain. Spiegel means “mirror” in German. The following information reflects the dot .Spiegel applicant, a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Comics : The End of the Internet era
Welcome to another edition of Domainer Comics, the open-ended coverage of current domain industry events. Sometimes, it’s about fun subjects, other times it’s about serious subjects. Today, October 1st, 2016 marks the end of the Internet era as we know it. Effective today, IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority responsible for the global coordination of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : IANA is ready to relinquish control of the Internet, god-willing
The United States Department of Commerce, sent an official notice to ICANN yesterday, regarding the final stage of the Internet control transition. The notice indicates that it is still NTIA’s intent to allow the contract to expire as of October 1, 2016, “barring any significant impediment.” There is no clear definition of what a “significant […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.This trademark owner will NEVER get the matching dot com domain!
It’s one of these cases that makes one scratch their head in amazement. When you spend thousands of dollars to secure a trademark in several classes, spanning hundreds of different items and objects, not to mention thousands of dollars in lawyers’ fees, what good is all that if you’ll never be able to get the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Congressman Sean Duffy: Do not surrender our Internet, ICANN!
Congressman Sean Duffy represents Wisconsin’s 7th District for the Republican party; he’s an American politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator and reality television personality. Duffy’s YouTube channel recently included a Fox News take on the transition of core Internet functions away from US government oversight. During the three minute clip, aptly titled “Must not cede control […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Americans for Limited Government on ICANN: Cannot surrender the First Amendment!
An article by Robert Romano, senior editor of Americans for Limited Government points out the dangers of transferring control of key Internet functions from the US government, to a yet unspecified international body. Romano indicates that the US government is bound to the First Amendment, which protects the freedom of speech: “All ICANN is, is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN: Getting ready for ‘Public Discussion’ of transition away from US government control
With the ICANN49 conference in Singapore ending today, ICANN has prepared a checklist that lays the groundwork for the IANA transition – the move away from US government control. The multistakeholder-designed process for the community, was presented at ICANN49 and its purpose has been to address how the mechanism of the transition should occur. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN49 & IANA transition in Singapore: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
ICANN49 continues for the 4th day today in Singapore, and the question remains: Who should oversee the Internet? A new article on Bloomberg.com raises several valid points about the timing and method of the expected transition away from US government control: “The NTIA has done an exemplary job protecting the Internet’s openness and stability with […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WP Archive: ‘Obama administration joins critics of U.S. nonprofit group that oversees Internet’
A Washington Post article from exactly three years ago, titled “Obama administration joins critics of U.S. nonprofit group that oversees Internet” delivers some important insight about the US government’s concerns related to the ICANN’s pressure to surrender oversight of key Internet functions. “The California nonprofit organization that operates the Internet’s levers has always been a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Interview from 1995: Who made this man the ‘King’?
The late Jon Postel was an American computer scientist who among his many contributions, administered the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his untimely death in 1998. In 1995, David S. Bennahum, then a contributing writer for WIRED, had an interview with Jon Postel, and the following dialogue ensued: David Bennahum: [Some people say,] “Well, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.From G8 to ICANN49: Russia joins Singapore conference
After a much anticipated exit from the G8 over the Crimea crisis, Russia is joining forces with the ICANN pro-globalization committee. Andrei Globilenko, Russian representative for the Kremlin Bureau of Intercultural Propaganda (KBIP), took the podium at ICANN49 in Singapore. “Ladies and gentleman, let me thank you, and assure you that profil we aim to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Edward Snowden: I will gladly help ICANN transition away from US control
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who has found asylum in Russia, appeared on TED Vancouver today. Speaking to the crowds through a specially designed touch-screen terminal, Edward Snowden embraced the transition that ICANN has planned, away from US control. “The people of the world should be free, and the ICANN declaration of independence is […]
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