Stuart Lawley the CEO of the ICM Registry, which operates the .XXX top level domain name extension and an applicant for .sex, .porn and .adult was interviewed by Cavuto, on Fox Business News, in a segment which lasted over five minutes. My favorite quote from the Story from Lawley on new gTLD's in response to Cavuto's question won't the new gTLD's be confusing to users: "There will be … [Read more...]
WSJ: If The UN Gets Control Of ICANN Your Domain Registration Fees May Increase, A Lot
The Wall Street Journal just published a story by Karl Borden who is a professor of financial economics at the University of Nebraska who warns that if the US gives up its oversight control over ICANN and the United Nations winds up in that roll, expect that fees are going to be imposed on every domain registration to support not only ICANN but UN activities. The professor cites "As far back as … [Read more...]
Strickling, Fadi, Steve DelBianco All Set To Testify In House Hearing On ICANN Tomorrow
There is going to be a house hearing tomorrow on the US giving up its oversight control over ICANN. The hearing is being held by the Energy & Commerce Committee of the United States House of Representatives The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is … [Read more...]
Well At Least Microsoft Is Happy About The US Giving Up Oversight of ICANN
In a statement issued by Microsoft today they "applaud The US NTIA’s transition of key Internet domain name functions" The statement was made on behalf of Microsoft by David Tennenhouse Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Technology Policy ""The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s recent announcement of its intent to transition key … [Read more...]
Who Should Oversee The Web ?
Who Should Oversee The Web ? PBS covered the topic of just who should oversee ICANN and what part government should have in that role. Host Judy Woodruff sat down with Vint Cerf from Google and Randolph May of the Free State Foundation. There is a full transcript on the site if you do not wish to watch the video. Cerf and May discuss their concerns with how the process may turn out, I … [Read more...]
Former CEO Of ICANN Beckstrom: US Surrender of Internet Governance Leads to Turbulence & Risks
In an email to subscribers of his newsletter, the former CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom says the US surrender of Internet governance role will leadsto new turbulence and risks Here is his statement: "During my tenure as CEO of ICANN, I signed both the 2009 Affirmation of Commitments and the 2012 IANA contract that governs changes to the global Internet’s root zone – the authoritative database of … [Read more...]
ICANN: Important Corrections To Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement
ICANN in a blog post today, entitled Important Corrections to General Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement and IANA Functions tries to quite the outrage coming from many in the domain community and Congress. Here is some of the blog post (edited) On Friday, March 14 the U.S. Government announced its intention to transition its stewardship responsibilities of the … [Read more...]