John Demco
ICANN Board Recommends Action On Domain Tasting – ICANN is “looking to effectively end domain tasting”. At its January 23 meeting, the ICANN Board passed a resolution to begin the process of including ICANN transaction fees, presently $0.20 per domain, for all domain registrations including those deleted during the five-day Add Grace Period (AGP). More that 90% of domains registered are deleted during the AGP.
DoC To Hold Public Meeting On ICANN Agreement – On February 28, a public meeting will be held to discuss the mid-term review of the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN. The three-year agreement was entered into in September, 2006. In its submission to the review, ICANN has begun making its case for autonomy. The meeting will be webcast.
Picks To Click
- The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) recommends that U.S. Government retain control over ICANN, and Milton Mueller posts two articles criticizing CDT’s position.
- MySpace has won a dispute over myspace.co.uk, even though the domain name had been registered by another firm six years before MySpace launched.
- The preliminary report of the January 23 ICANN Board meeting.
- Comments are being sought on a draft report on fast-tracking a limited number of IDN ccTLDs.
- The DNS is 25 years old.
- Austria’s .at domain has been in operation for 20 years.
- A criticism of the .eu domain.
- The Diller Corporation wins a dispute over formica.ca.
Timeline
- Sun, Feb 10 – Fri, Feb 15: ICANN meetings in New Delhi, India
- Fri, Feb 15: last day for submissions to the midpoint review of the NTIA/ICANN agreement
- Wed, Feb 20 – Wed, Mar 12: .asia domain landrush
- Tue, Feb 26: last day for comments on fast-tracking a limited number of IDN ccTLDs
- Thu, Feb 28: U.S. DoC public meeting on ICANN Joint Project Agreement
- Wed, Mar 26: .asia domain first-come-first-served registrations begin
- Tue, Apr 15: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Comittee
- Sun, Jun 22 – Fri, Jun 27: ICANN meetings in Paris, France