John DemcoICANN Makes Case for More Autonomy – In making its submission in response to the midterm review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce, ICANN has made the case that it is meeting its responsibilities under the JPA and that the JPA should be concluded. This would represent…
Nick CaristinosIt’s is that time of year again. Many of us have made resolutions, some of which we’ll stick to and some, well, let’s just say began with the best of intentions. In the spirit of starting fresh, I have compiled a list of 5 domain related resolutions you or your business can follow to help…
Worldwide Domain Registrations Top 146 Million – VeriSign’s quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief indicates that the global number of domain registrations has topped 146 million, representing a 31% annual increase. The largest TLDs are .com, .de, .net, .cn, .uk, and .org. The Chinese TLD .cn has surpassed .uk to become the second largest ccTLD. The…
John DemcoTrade Organization Proposed to Tackle Cybersquatting – Technology law expert John Mackenzie of the firm Pinsent Masons has called on businesses to create a trade organization to police the cybersquatting industry. Former Microsoft Domain Manager Charged With Fraud – The manager of Microsoft’s domain name registrations between 2000 and 2004 has been indicted on allegations…
Garrett SaundrySpam! We all know it, and we all hate it. Some start out offering miracle cures for baldness, weight loss or magic pills for any other ailment you can think of. Others are from famous lawyers in another country, who would like to introduce you to one of their clients, most of the time disgraced…
Dell Files Cybersquatting Lawsuit – Dell Inc. is taking a number of domain registrars and companies to court for a combination of typosquatting and domain tasting. Alledgedly the companies were registering and profiting from domain names that were confusingly similar to Dell trademarks, dropping many of them as the five-day registration grace periods were to…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Director John Demco and Chief Operating Officer Cybele Negris are both featured in December’s BC Business Magazine. Check out Master of Your Domain, a feature length article on Demco that examines Canada’s coming of age as an Internet nation and the role John played in getting us there. Cybele is spotlighted as December’s Who-What-Wear…
John DemcoNominet Foundation Proposed – The Board of Nominet, the registry for the .uk domain, has proposed the establishment of a charity called the Nominet Foundation “for the purpose of public benefit to UK Internet stakeholders through education, research and the funding of suitable projects”, and has recommended a first year donation of 5 million pounds.…
John DemcoInternet Governance Forum Meeting This Week in Rio de Janeiro – The Internet Governance Forum is meeting this week in Rio de Janeiro. Themes of the meeting include access, diversity, openness, and security. Also, the theme of critical Internet resources, including the management of resources such as the DNS and IP addressing, is expected to…
JuliannaRecent reports indicate that China has surpassed the United States in Internet use. The Pew Internet and American Life project estimated the number of American Internet users to be between 165 and 210 million for July 2007. According to internal research by Charles Zhang, CEO of Sohu.com (the website ranks among the top 5 trafficked sites…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Director John Demco was recently featured in the Canadian version of Coscto Connection, Costco’s monthly magazine. Featured in “Members Connection,” the short article speaks to the founding of the .CA domain and Demco’s foresight in preserving a unique online identity for all Canadians. “Nobody predicted the World Wide Web; it’s hard to know if…
The Globe and Mail published an interesting article this about the Whois and whether or not it should be scrapped. ICANN Members are set to vote on whether or not to scrap the Whois today at the organization’s meeting in Los Angeles. What is the Whois you ask? It is a group of databases that…
John DemcoICANN Meets This Week In Los Angeles – ICANN is holding meetings in Los Angeles until Friday, November 2. A website provides updated information, and many events are being webcast. Among the topics to be addressed are: an open meeting of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) including a presentation on “domain name…
Cybele NegrisAs COO of Webnames.ca, board member of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and a former President of Wired Woman, I attend a lot of business and networking events. I have met a lot of successful entrepreneurs, executives of large corporations and owners of startup companies alike. One question that I get asked more than any other is…
This week the Internet and ICANN took a big step forward by launching 11 test sites in languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet ( eg. the 26 letters used in English and most European languages). ICANN aka the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a privately held, non-profit organization which reports to the U.S. Department…
