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Amazon’s application for the .amazon gTLD has yet again been frozen, after a South American government invoked ICANN’s appeals process. The bid, as well as applications for the Chinese and Japanese versions, were returned to “on-hold&...
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June 25, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, icann 65, marrakech, reconsideration, rfr, spec 13
ICANN will hand over cash to help community members cover their childcare commitments, the organization announced yesterday. If you show up to an ICANN public meeting with an ankle-biter under 12 years of age, ICANN will give you up to $750 to cover th...
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June 19, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy
ICANN has filed its tax return for its fiscal 2018, so it’s once again that time of the year in which the community gets to salivate over how much its top staffers get paid. The latest form 990, covering the 12 months to June 30, 2018, shows that...
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June 3, 2019 Kevin Murphy
990, Domain Policy, financials, tax
The leaders of four of the eight governments of the Amazon region of South America have formally condemned ICANN’s decision to move ahead with the .amazon gTLD. In a joint statement over the weekend, the presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and ...
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May 28, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, andean community, Domain Policy, dot-brands, tradermarks
ICANN has named the locations of two of its 2021 public meetings. Notably, it will return to Cancun, Mexico, in the March for ICANN 70, just one year after hosting ICANN 67 there. In both years, the dates appear to coincide with some US universities...
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May 7, 2019 Kevin Murphy
cancun, Domain Policy, hague, icann 67, icann 70, icann 71
ICANN’s government advisers wants cops, trademark owners and others to get access to private Whois data in under a year from now. The Governmental Advisory Committee wants to see “considerable and demonstrable progress, if not completion...
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April 29, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, epdp, gac, gdpr
Latvian diplomat and former senior WIPO member Janis Karklins has been appointed chair of the ICANN working group that will decide whether to start making private Whois records available to trademark owners. Karklins’ appointment was approved by ...
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April 25, 2019 Kevin Murphy
arms trade treaty, Domain Policy, epdp, gnso council, un
Amazon has rejected attempts by South American governments to make the would-be gTLD .amazon “jointly owned”. In a letter to ICANN last week, Amazon VP of public policy Brian Huseman finally publicly revealed the price Amazon is willing to ...
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April 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac
Tommy Robinson, who has been banned from most major social media platforms due to his anti-Islam “hate speech”, is now conducting business via a domain name that some believe rightfully belongs to the Muslim-majority nation of Turkey. The r...
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April 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.islam, .tr, censorship, Domain Policy, tommy robinson, turkey
Australian ccTLD registry auDA has rejected a proposal that would have essentially banned domainers from the .au space. In response to recommendations of its Policy Review Panel, auDA management said that the PRP “has not provided any evidentiary...
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April 16, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.au, auda, Domain Policy, second-level, warehousing