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“Don’t worry. We’ve done this before.” That was pretty much the first sentence out of my grandmother’s mouth when I called to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. She was talking about World War II and the immediate post-w...
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March 24, 2020 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, dns abuse, Domain Policy
ICANN has cancelled its annual GDD Industry Summit and DNS Symposium, which had been scheduled to take place in Paris, France, in May. “The decision to cancel these events was made in light of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 virus outbreak and, for...
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March 20, 2020 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, dns symposium, Domain Policy, gdd industry summit
Opponents of Public Interest Registry’s proposed acquisition by Ethos Capital are now claiming that ICANN should delay approval of the deal due to coronavirus. A statement, released yesterday by digital rights group Access Now with the apparent a...
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March 18, 2020 Kevin Murphy
access now, coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, ethos, isoc, pandemic, transparency international
ICANN has not yet decided to approve the acquisition of Public Interest Registry by Ethos Capital, but has not ruled out rejecting the deal either. That’s according to chair Maarten Botterman, speaking to his Governmental Advisory Committee this ...
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March 10, 2020 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, ethos, icann 67, isoc
ICANN is going to devote 90 minutes to discussing the controversial acquisition of Public Interest Registry by Ethos Capital on Monday, and the sparks could fly. It’s actually going to be the first formal session of the abridged, online-only ICAN...
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March 5, 2020 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, ethos, icann 67, isoc, price caps
Chilean registry manager Patricio Poblete will join ICANN’s board of directors this October, replacing longstanding member Chris Disspain. The Country Code Names Supporting Organization confirmed Poblete as its new nominee at the weekend followin...
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March 3, 2020 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, nic chile
Translation services are the first component of ICANN 67 to fail victim to the org’s decision to hold the meeting entirely online. ICANN announced last week that it has cancelled the in-person meeting, which had been due to kick off this coming S...
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March 3, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cancun, Domain Policy, icann 66
ICANN has cancelled its public meeting in Cancun, Mexico, due to fears over Covid-19, aka Coronavirus. Late this evening, the organization said that the ICANN 67 meeting, scheduled for March 7 to March 12, will now take place purely online. In a statem...
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February 19, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cancun, Domain Policy, icann 67
Queen Elizabeth II reportedly wants her grandson Prince Harry to stop using the domain name sussexroyal.com. Harry and his wife, Meghan, recently announced that they’re going to quit their royal duties and spend part of the year in Canada. They w...
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February 19, 2020 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, parasites, royal sussex, the queen
The fight over .hotel has been escalated, with four unsuccessful applicants for the gTLD whacking ICANN with a second Independent Review Process appeal. The complaint resurrects old claims that a former lead on the successful application, now belonging...
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February 7, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cpe, Domain Policy, domain venture partners, dvp, eiu, Fegistry, fti, glitch, irp, mmx, reconsideration, rfr