A class-action lawsuit has been filed against domain registrar and hosting service RegisterFly.com.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has also been named in the suit for its alleged “breach of duty” for allowing RegisterFly to remain an accredited domain registrar, despite numerous complaints about the company’s services. (Read more…)
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The outcry over RegisterFly has generated a lot of discussion about the regulation and oversight of registrars.
A domain name registrar is a company accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to register Internet domain names. Much of the furor and finger pointing is missing the point. The interests of the businesses and individuals who buy domain names have been lost in this debate. There are a whole raft of existing rules and policies, defined by ICANN, that govern how the domain name registration system should work. The problem is that the people who buy domain names (formally known as registrants) are not familiar with the rules and do not know how to help themselves. (Read more…)
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DomainNews as well as other Security watchers are calling on net governance body ICANN to adopt a new top level domain name (TLD) to be used exclusively by registered banks and financial organisations.
A .safe or .sure domain name would give consumers increased piece of mind that they are dealing with a legitimate financial institution while making it easier to identify rogue sites… (Read more…)
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Washington, D.C. – The Family Research Council (FRC) praised the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for rejecting a proposal that would create a XXX domain address to house pornographic websites. The ICANN board voted 9-5 to reject the domain, which is the third rejection within the last seven years. (Read more…)
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ICANN defeated a proposal Friday to give adult websites their own “.xxx” domain. Many in the adult-entertainment industry and religious groups alike had criticized the plan, which the Canadian government also warned this week could leave ICANN in the tricky business of content regulation. The 9-5 decision by ICANN’s board came nearly seven years after the proposal was first floated by ICM Registry LLC. It was the third time ICANN has rejected such a bid. Paul Twomey, ICANN’s chief executive, who had described the proposal this week as “clearly controversial, clearly polarizing” abstained from the vote but did not say why. (Read more…)
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John Coghlan (CEO of Visa) announced his company’s plans for mobile financial services, partnerships with VeriSign and Ecrio and a strategic investment in the dotMobi initiative.
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ICANN will wrap up its triennial meeting tomorrow with an unusual open board meeting on the controversial .xxx gTLD. The week has been a mixed bag – the unveiling of a new, more user-friendly ICANN website has been one of the nicest surprises, although the news that ICANN was itself subject to a lawsuit arising out of the seemingly never-ending RegisterFly disaster deflated what was an optimistic beginning to a long week. Ongoing arguments by the representatives of intellectual property owners (i.e., intellectual property attorneys) provided a nonstop subtext to just about every meeting attended by yours truly. The article addresses the main topics for meetings attended – IDNs (superficially uncontroversial but subtly troubling to all involved); and the Whois database (proposed changes to the registry are problematic inasmuch as there is little middle ground between the opposing parties – Europeans and Americans). (Read more…)
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Security watchers are calling on ICANN to adopt a new TLD to be used exclusively by registered banks and financial organisations. The proposed TLD – proposals include .safe, .sure or .bank – would aim to give consumers increased piece of mind that they are dealing with a legitimate financial institution while potentially making it easier to identify rogue sites. The idea has been in existence for some time, but the massive rise in phishing attacks over recent months has renewed interest. (Read more…)
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Pornographic web sites could have a virtual red-light district if ICANN agrees Friday (30/3) to a proposal that would create a “.xxx” Internet address aimed at making clear what content is adults only. ICANN has already rejected similar proposals twice since 2000. ICANN plans to vote on whether to approve the domain name for voluntary use by porn sites after a week of meetings and public forums in Lisbon, Portugal, focusing on if it could help keep objectionable material away from underaged eyes or promulgate censorship of free expression. The Canadian government has raised objections relating to a ‘.xxx’ domain name may inadvertently leave ICANN in the business of content regulation, “which would be inconsistent with its technical mandate.” (Read more…)
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The chairman of a key ICANN committee said Thursday that questions remain about how to implement a new “.xxx” domain name for pornographic and adult websites, a signal that its creation could be delayed again. Janis Karklins, chairman of ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee, said ICANN’s board had not yet answered questions about whether the application meets the standards needed to be established. (Read more…)
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