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The ICANN board of directors’ decision to scrap the in-person component of its next public meeting was not unanimous, it has emerged. Three directors voted against the November 4 resolution, which said ICANN 73 would be ICANN’s seventh cons...
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November 17, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 73, pandemic, Puerto Rico
ICANN has canceled its plans for a “hybrid” ICANN 73, saying this morning that the meeting will go ahead as an online-only virtual meeting. Its board of directors yesterday voted to abandon efforts to have a face-to-face component in Puerto...
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November 5, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 74, pandemic, Puerto Rico, The Hague
Puerto Rico has its own ccTLD, dot .PR and pricing is not exactly cheap! Most domain registrars quote a price of over $1,100 dollars per year to register and renew domain names. Regardless, the dot .PR registry released 64,000 domains that it kept rese...
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April 28, 2020 DomainGang
Boricua, dot .PR, dot .PR domains, PR, Puerto Rico
As you know by now, “domain sightings” are random encounters with domain names in the real world: Cars, boats, shops, stores, and products. Witnessing a domain name on a tangible item makes domain names more related to the brand they repres...
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January 13, 2020 DomainGang
Condado, Condado Blu, CondadoBlu.com, Puerto Rico
ICANN has selected Puerto Rico for its ICANN 73 public meeting. The meeting is slated to be held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan from March 5 to March 10, 2022. That’s the same venue ICANN visited in March last year, in the wake ...
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November 11, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, icann 73, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is up in arms after its governor, Ricardo Rosselló, used Telegram to exchange a long series of derogatory messages. The governor’s messages targeted minorities and spoke about women and political opponents with strong racist overtones...
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July 22, 2019 DomainGang
.PR domains, dot .PR domains, Puerto Rican governor, Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, ricky renuncia, ricky resign, RickyRenuncia.com
ICANN has formally extended its middle finger to its Governmental Advisory Committee for only the third time, telling the GAC that it cannot comply with its advice on Whois privacy. It’s triggered a clause in its bylaws used to force both parties...
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May 8, 2018 Kevin Murphy
article 29, bylaws, Domain Policy, dpas, gac, gdpr, Puerto Rico
ICANN61 is ongoing in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico. While some reported challenges at the event are only true in a parallel universe, those attending the ICANN gathering, surely have their personal viewpoints to share. Take GDPR, for example. The Ge...
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March 13, 2018 DomainGang
comics, Domainer Comics, gdpr, icann61, Puerto Rico
Extreme use of the wi-fi during ICANN61 in San Juan, has led to a temporary power depletion in Puerto Rico. According to local officials, more than 800 gigawatts of energy were consumed during the first 24 hours of the ICANN conference, as the free wi-...
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March 12, 2018 DomainGang
Despacito, icann61, Parody news, PR, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico power loss, San Juan
South American governments are discussing whether to reverse their collective objection to Amazon’s .amazon gTLD bid. A meeting of the Governmental Advisory Committee at ICANN 61 in Puerto Rico yesterday heard that an analysis of Amazon’s p...
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March 11, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac, icann 61, Puerto Rico