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.XXX Gets The "X"… Again
The third time was not a charm for proponents of the implementation of the gTLD .xxx. In a 9:5 vote on Friday March 30, 2007, the proposal was rejected yet again. ICM Registry LLC had first submitted the proposal to ICANN seven years. Needless to say, ICM Chief Executive Stuart Lawley was not pleased with [...]
RegisterFly Targeted By Class Action Lawsuit
The legal eagles at The Dummit Law Firm have their sights set on RegisterFly. They are calling for persons who have been wronged by the registrar to join a class action lawsuit sparked by allegedly wronged domain owner Anne Martinez. More specifically, the law firm is calling for persons who have experienced one or more [...]
ICANN Discusses New Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)
Bruce Tonkin and Kurt Pritz shared some interesting information on the progress towards creating new generic top level domains (gTLDs) at the March 2007 ICANN meetings in Portugal. Tonkin began the session by providing a history of domains, going back as far as when domain names were more like domain codes (IP addresses) because they [...]
.XXX May Be The Solution, But What Is The Problem?
The .xxx domain extension, whose introduction is currently being discussed at ICANN, has created quite a stir. Does the Internet really need another domain? Are there any alternative solutions? And most importantly, what exactly is the problem that .xxx is trying to solve? Domainer George Kirikos suggest an alternative to .xxx: special port numbers. [...] [...]
It's Over: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly's Domain Registrar Accreditation
The party is over for Kevin Medina. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a letter to Mr. Medina that RegisterFly will cease operating as an ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007. ICANN also terminated RegisterFly's right to use the ICANN Accredited Registrar logo on its website. The logo however is [...]
Kevin Medina Regains Control of RegisterFly
The mainstream media is beginning to take notice of the RegisterFly disaster. BusinessWeek reports that Kevin Medina has regained control of the company after he had been fired by his former partners several weeks ago: In a legal decision that stunned even the lawyers for the victor, a U.S. District Court judge on Mar. 8 [...]
RegisterFly Meltdown Continues
The meltdown of troubled domain registrar RegisterFly continues. Here's a quick review of what happened in the past two weeks. On 21 February 2007, ICANN issued a letter to RegisterFly (PDF file), indicating a Notice of Breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and demanding that RegisterFly act within 15 working days to cure the [...]