The Onion : No excuse for ICANN to give away our dot .Onion brand
The Onion is a popular online publication, specializing in breaking news and almost real stories. As part of its annual gTLD allocation program, ICANN apparently identified dot .Onion as a reserved TLD and “gave” it to the Tor Project, without first consulting The Onion. Naturally, this unexpected move did not sit well with The Onion […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Blue Cloak Research : Security firm warns about the Internet’s most dangerous domains!
Blue Cloak Research, a security firm with decades of experience in the field, has released a shocking report about the Internet’s most dangerous domain names. Issuing a stern warning about where unsuspected Internet users should be pointing their browsers to, Blue Cloak Research CEO, Hugh G. Johnson, stated: “If you’re visiting anything other than a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Antitrust lawsuit against ICANN dropped at the 9th Circuit
An antitrust lawsuit against ICANN has been dropped, as the 9th Circuit declared that the plaintiff cannot proceed with antitrust claims. Name.space, a registry specializing in so-called “expressive” top-level domains such as .art and .food, opposed ICANN’s new round of gTLD applications in California in 2012. In that lawsuit, Name.space claimed that it had applied […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Webmaster Radio : Attorney David Weslow interview on domain theft and China
Attorney David Weslow was recently interviewed on Webmaster Radio, by Cyber Law and Business Report expert Bennet Kelley. The discussion spanned almost an hour of covering the reasons behind an ongoing spike in domain theft and assorted cybercrime, pointing out the Chinese domain market as a factor. David Weslow mentioned on the subject of the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN .WTF ? New web site on WHOIS privacy reform issues
ICANN is about to taste some of its own medicine, after opponents of a pending WHOIS privacy reform launched a protest web site. Operating from ICANN.WTF, the web site contains a letter addressing ICANN on the issue of privacy, mirroring the public letter drafted by civil rights groups. Naturally, the WHOIS info of ICANN.WTF is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN to Bangladesh about .Bangla : If you don’t use it, you lose it
ICANN’s rules on new gTLD applications are clear: if you don’t use it, you lose it. With that basic rule in mind, Bangladesh – the country – has lost the rights of using dot .Bangla, because they failed to launch it within three years of getting approval in 2012. Bangladesh uses .BD for its national […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.“FIFA reminds us of ICANN” : Sophia Bekele & Fadi Chehade’s resignation analysis
Sophia Bekele, founder of DotConnectAfrica and the Yes2DotAfrica campaign does not mince her words. In an article that offers an analysis of Fadi Chehadé’s resignation as president and CEO of ICANN – effective next year – Ms. Bekele invites more ICANN officials to resign. Cauterizing Fadi Chehadé’s departure as an indication of “mixed leadership record“, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : Dot .Sucks domain debate to be decided with traditional process
After being unsuccessful at passing the ball to FTC about the dot .Sucks gTLD, ICANN is determined to come to a mutually agreeable launch with its Registry. Hours after the FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez declined to sanction the agency’s direct involvement in the debate, ICANN delivered a new process. “We’re resorting to the oldest and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Music : Victory for Constantine Roussos as RIAA supports Community gTLD applicant
The ongoing battle for the dot .Music gTLD, one of the most prestigious keywords in the new Internet namespace, has garnered an important victory for founder Constantine Roussos‘s team effort, to build a Community-led dot .Music. The dot .Music founder announced that RIAA, the Recording Industry Association of America, is throwing its support behind his […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN improvisation : Donuts, Inc. can offer ‘Combo gTLD’ strings
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé might be enjoying his final 10 months in office, but his ongoing efforts towards a unified multi-steak holder model are reaping results. The latest announcement from ICANN is related to gTLD string combining, a process that allows gTLD Registries such as Donuts, to offer domains in combined gTLDs. According to directive […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNS expert calls for ‘cooling-off period’ before domain names get activated
Paul Vixie, author of several RFC publications and an expert on DNS and security subjects, proposes a “cooling-off period” before new domains become active. In the early days of the commercial Internet, the DNS propagation mechanism would take up to 72 hours to enable a domain’s resolution as an active web site. Vixie’s concern, is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.It doesn’t have to suck: ICANN allows less expensive dot .BLOWS to launch
After a massive number of complaints were lodged against the allegedly pro-consumer gTLD dot .SUCKS, ICANN, the governing authority of domain names is taking a different approach. “Indeed, paying $2,000 dollars to protect one’s brand amounts to highway robbery, and we’re going to fix that,” said the ICANN CEO, Fadi Chehadé. “Why deal with the […]
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