John Demco
CIRA Issues Operations Update in Advance of WHOIS Changes – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has issued an operations update effective June 10. Many of the changes are amendments to legal documents related to the WHOIS service. Under the new policy, public availability of individual registrants’ personal information will no longer be required.
.ORG Registry Fees To Increase – Public Interest Registry (PIR), registry operator for the .org domain, has announced that as of November 9 the registry fee for .org domain names will increase to US$6.75 per year. This an increase of approximately 10%, up from $6.15.
.PRO Changes Approved – RegistryPro, registry operator of the .pro domain, has announced that the ICANN Board has approved RegistryPro’s application to make changes to its registry operator agreement. The changes include increasing the number of professions allowed to register under .pro, increasing the ability to make secdond-level registrations, and adding a Terms of Use to the registry agreement.
dotMobi Purchases Content Adaptation Engine – DotMobi, the registry operator for the .mobi domain, has announced that it has purchased the IP assets of Mowser, a content adaptation engine. The software is to be used to help owners of existing sites create .mobi-compliant sites.
Picks To Click
- Poland’s .pl domain surpasses one million registrations.
- “VeriSign get patent for DNS redirect it can’t use itself“, in ars technica.
- ICANN formalizes its relationship with the manager of Iceland’s .is domain.
- “Vint Cerf: Internet pioneer, coffee drinker“, in seattlepi.com.
Timeline
- Wed, May 21: last day for comments on GNSO anti-tasting motion
- Sat, May 24: last day for comments on DNSSEC proposal for .org
- Thu, May 29: last day for applications to CIRA’s Nomination Committee
- Sun, Jun 1: new .au transfers policy takes effect
- Tue, Jun 10: implementation date for new WHOIS policy for .ca
- Sun, Jun 22 – Thu, Jun 26: ICANN meetings in Paris, France
- Thu, Jul 17: last day for comments on proposed IDN plan for .nz
- Wed, Sep 10: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Vancouver
- Thu, Sep 18 – Thu, Sep 25: voting period for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Wed, Oct 1: .com and .net registry fees increase
- Sun, Nov 2 – Fri, Nov 7: ICANN meetings in Cairo, Egypt
- Sun, Nov 9: .org registry fees increase