#ICANN president on .COM #domain prices : Articles perpetuate misunderstandings!
ICANN posted a new editorial claiming that industry articles that have been written about .COM price increases “perpetuate misunderstandings.” Signed by Göran Marby, ICANN President & CEO, the article says that ICANN is not a domain pricing regulator. But ICANN gave the green light to .COM Registry, Verisign, to uncap its pricing increase limits, so […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN bans travel to #China and Hong Kong thanks to #Coronavirus
ICANN has issued a travel ban to China, Hong Kong and Macau, to its organization members. The travel ban applies to all staff and includes connecting flights. ICANN is citing the WHO classification of the Coronavirus as a Global Health Emergency as the reason for this extraordinary notice. How exactly does ICANN plan to enforce […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Techdirt : Sketchy #ICANN executives and the #ORG deal
An article at Techdirt refers to the “self-serving” .ORG deal as the result of very “sketchy” actions by executives at ICANN. The article points out the various steps in the deal that secured the removal of price caps for .ORG domains, and once this was in place, the announcement of PIR’s sale for a reputedly […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#CZDS, the #ICANN #domain zone file platform is only 71% efficient
ICANN’s Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS), is not very efficient, with only 71% of requests to gain zone file access responded to after 3 business days. CZDS is basically a portal giving access to daily raw data related to new domain registrations and deletions. The zone files follow a specific format and such files can […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN paper : More than 2,000 new #gTLDs are expected for Round Two
ICANN released a short paper with notes about the next round of new gTLD applications. Titled, “ICANN Org’s Readiness to Support Future Rounds of New gTLDs,” the paper arrived right before the organization’s 65th meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, from June 24th-27th. The document anticipates 2,000 new gTLD applications for its next round, with a limit […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN scraps Dominican Republic meeting scheduled for 2023
ICANN has canceled its Dominican Republic gathering for ICANN77 Policy Forum, and is looking for an alternate locale for its luxurious meeting. Following recent mysterious deaths of American tourists in the Dominican Republic, the ICANN Team for Luxury Travel Planning (ICANNTLTP) has announced its deep concerns. “We want everyone to have a great time at […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#GDPR bullshit : Cause of #WHOIS nightmare is not a Euro money maker
GDPR, the bullshit Euro-law crafted to generate penalty money for the Eurocrats, is failing its privacy claims. According to a report from Digi.me, GDPR driven data breaches result in penalties only for 0.25% of the cases! This astonishing fact makes everyone in the domain world wonder why in fuck’s sake did ICANN push for WHOIS […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.On the #domain road to #Bangkok : Go Thai with #ICANN GDD summit “fun facts”
ICANN’s Global Domains Division summit (GDD) is taking place in yet another exotic destination, Bangkok. Accredited registrars and gTLD registries will get together for a three-day summit taking place in Thailand’s capital, between May 6-9, 2019. One night in Bangkok, says the old song by Murray Head, so what are some fun facts for the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#FreeSpeech .com : Kirikos’s new blog takes punches at #ICANN bureaucracy
Domain industry veteran, George Kirikos, has been fighting the bureaucratic processes of domaining for almost two decades. The Canadian domain investor with Greek roots is known for his vociferous stand on domain issues and procedures, engaging ICANN on many occasions and prompting others to share important news. Kirikos has launched a new blog from FreeSpeech.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN64 for domainers : Gala dinner could feed half of Africa!
ICANN64 is going strong in Kobe, Japan; the international gathering of industry masterminds is preparing to reshape the future of domaining. With Russia restricting Internet access to its citizens, offering its own version of Internyet, ICANN64 visitors have plenty to talk about through Thursday. Naturally, feeding the hundreds (thousands?) of domain ambassadors requires a lot […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Coming in 2020 : Dot .Airport to be a new #gTLD applicant
The future of new gTLDs is about to expand into the skies, with the upcoming application for dot .Airport. Although there’s no defined date for a new round of gTLD applications, the general consensus places that in 2020 or 2021. The dot .Airport applicant is founded by a European domain investor, broker and long-standing participant […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN shut down inactive #CZDS accounts with no explicit warning
ICANN has moved to shut down inactive CZDS accounts on its data portal, without any explicit warning. The system suffered security breaches in its early days, and is primarily being used to tap into gTLD data and daily registration records. By shutting down dormant CZDS accounts that have not been used in a year, ICANN […]
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