Kevin Murphy

4 days ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Kevin Murphy |Kevin Murphy

ICANN’s decision to remove the words “diversity” and “inclusion” from its web site has prompted the first public, angry response from a community organization. The Asia-Pacific Regional At-Large Organization, APRALO, one of the five regional groups making up the At-Large Community, wrote to ICANN’s top brass to say that “diversity, equity and inclusion” should be […]The post ICANN faces first pushback over DEI U-turn first appeared on Domain Incite.

2 weeks ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Kevin Murphy |Kevin Murphy

Team Internet is to take over back-end duties for .co, after agreeing to take less than half as much as GoDaddy was charging. The London-based company has teamed up on a joint venture, Equipo PuntoCo, with Panama-based registrar CCI REG to sign a 10-year deal with Colombia’s communications ministry, MINTIC. The handover will put an […] The post GoDaddy loses .co to Team Internet first appeared on Domain Incite.

1 month ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Kevin Murphy |Kevin Murphy

Amazon Registry’s launch of three gTLDs last week saw some registrants pay premium prices for .hot domain hacks. Zone file data shows domains such as moons.hot and slings.hot were registered towards to the end of the five-day Early Access Period, with the registrant likely paying close to a thousand bucks for each. cums.hot, longs.hot, moneys.hot, […]The post Some people paid premiums for .hot domain hacks first appeared on Domain Incite.

1 month ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Kevin Murphy |Kevin Murphy

The UK government has signed a treaty handing over sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius, which could eventually turn out to be bad news for .io domain name owners. Currently known as the British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos was seized in the 1960s and 1970s, its citizens deported, and is home to a strategically […]The post .io questions in sharp focus as UK signs Chagos treaty first appeared on Domain Incite.

1 month ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Kevin Murphy |Kevin Murphy

Singaporean drop-catching registrar Gname has added another 200 shell registrars to its collection, bringing its total to over 500. The 200 companies are named Gname 301 Inc through Gname 500 Inc. More accreditations means more connections to gTLD registries and a better chance to catch expired domains when they are deleted. Gname last boosted its […]The post Gname adds another 200 registrars first appeared on Domain Incite.