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History of ICANN « Todayisp's Blog

^{By todayisp}
The original mandate for ICANN came from the United States government, spanning the presidential administrations of both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. On January 30, 1998, the National Telecommunications and Information
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Non-Latin web addresses go live for first time

^{Corporate IT}
Non-Latin characters are being used for top level domains for the first time in the internet's history. Last week saw the introduction of the first three ....JOBS Comment Period To Open

^{ERE Media}
The proposal that was eventually approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) limited the awarding of . ...

Top Level Domains Alert: .KURD Top Level Domain project
^{By Jean Guillon}
KURD Top Level Domain project .KURD is a domain name extension for Kurdish communities and brands : ZKURD, KurdITgroup, KOSC, KAL ... With the support of many Kurdish groups, this project is committed to developing a domain extension ...
http://www.guillon.info/

.XXX? Just Wait Until They Learn About New TLDs

^{Domain Name Wire (blog)}
The majority of comments submitted to ICANN are from people opposed to pornography in general. Religious and conservative leaders are calling on others to ...

Religious Group Tries Letter-Writing Campaign to Topple .XXX

^{XBIZ Newswire}
Using an editable electronic form letter that is sent directly to ICANN, the Illinois Family Institute hopes to sway the board of the Internet domain name ...

Top Level URLs Not Good For SMBs

Launch of new generic top-level domains penalizes small and midsize businesses which must now register their brands in defense says anti-cybersquatting ...
www.zdnetasia.com/top-level-urls-not-good-for-smbs-620627...

dotNGO Comment: Are there not already security measures that charities can count on to obviate the necessity to defensively register new Top Level Domains? What is cyber-squatting and who is vulnerable? Here are some answers to these questions. Even when there are measures (as this link shows) to prevent taking another’s domain name illegally there is still a danger of fraud (phishing and so on) via a new site that appears to be legitimate in its own right. It need not be a site that relies on the consumer mistaking it for another business. Find out more …

^{reference: http://ibusinesstip.com/2010/04/cyber-squatting/}

Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse Says ICANN's gTLD Launch Will ...

^{Anna Johnson}
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has released a report indicating that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) anticipated launch of 400 generic top-level domains (gTLDs) could cost brand owners ...
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FSC Issues .XXX Comments, Call-to-Action
^{XBIZ Newswire}
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has announced its submission of a comment to ICANN regarding its stance towards the .XXX initiative. ...

ICANN's 37th international meeting recently concluded in Nairobi, Kenya and there were several developments that will impact the roll out of new gTLDs.  Taken as a whole, the package of resolutions passed by the ICANN Board indicate that they are looking forward to wrapping up the application development process.  Although there is still important work to be done, it appears the Board and ICANN staff are working  towards opening the application process in early 2011. Read more here...

Afilias Tells New TLD Applicants to Limit Their Expectations
^{Domain Name Wire (blog)}
A call for new top level domain name applicants to be realistic about how many domains they can sell is coming from an unlikely source: domain name registry ...

Icann closer to finalising rules on gTLD TM protections

Icann comment periods for a number of rights protection measures in new gTLDs closed last week, moving the debate on the controversial issue closer to ...
www.managingip.com/.../Icann-closer-to-finalising-rules-on-gTLD-TM-protections. html

ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Agreement Amendment Process and ...
ICANN invites community participation in an open consultation on the Process for New gTLD Registry Agreement Amendments and the Trademark Post-Delegation ...
www.pressreleasepoint.com/icann-consultation-new-gtld-agreement-amendment- process-and-postdelegation-dispute-resolution-proces

ICANN's gTLD Launch Costs Businesses $746 Million, Increases Cyber ...
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2010--The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has released a report which found that the Internet Corporation for Assigned ...
www.cadna.org/en/newsroom/press-releases/icanns-gtld-launch-costs-businesses

ICANN | ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Agreement Amendment Process ...
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07apr10-en.htm

Canon to Create ".canon" Top-Level Domain
Canon is taking advantage of the expansion of the top-level domain space available by applying for their own TLD.
www.amvona.com/blog/canon-to-create-canon-top-level-domain.html

.co domain name up for grabs from 26 April
The Colombian move, which mirrors the opening up of the .tv country-code top-level domain (TLD) by Tuvalu, will be undertaken by a joint company called . ...

Top Level Domains Alert: .MLS Top Level Domain
MLS Top Level Domain. MLS Domains Association is a not for profit organization of real estate Multiple Listing Services (MLS). Benefits will be: Unique location of MLS data on the Internet ;; Key geographical second-level domains (SLDs) ...
http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/03/30/leading-american-mlss-form-association-to-seek-mls-gtld/  and http://mlsdomains.org/