Who Will Control the Internet Domain Name and Number System?

 ICANN, ITU, or a separate IANA? Who will control the internet's domain name and numbering system? At this point that is an unknown -- one view below:

"The capabilities and political strength of the institution [ICANN] are unproven and remain a question mark. If, as the Chinese proverb goes, it is a curse to live in “interesting” times, I fear we may be facing several years of living dangerously."(source infra)

Who Controls the Internet Address Book? ICANN, NTIA and IANA: ".... It is simply untenable for the United States to continue to be the proprietor of the globalized internet domain. At some point, a transition to an international system was required. On the other hand, ICANN may not necessarily be in a good position to take over this responsibility (as anxious as it is to do so). Many are worried that ICANN is beholden to the domain name registry industry, who pay large fees to ICANN for the privilege of managing (and reselling) top level domain systems. When ICANN recently opened up new gTLDs it reaped a huge profit. If you accept the maxim that “he who has the gold makes the rules” the transition to ICANN control may actually be about a transition to corporate control through ICANN. ICANN is often thought of as unaccountable. It’s multi-stakeholder model of governance attempts to bring all parties to the table. But that’s an awfully big table. In the end, the ICANN executive group usually takes the initiative and drives the agenda—and without the check of the NTIA (however modest it has been in the past) they may have greater leeway to do as they please. More worryingly, from my perspective, is the question of technical expertise. It is far from clear to me that ICANN is ready and able to take over the implementation role of root zone management. The worst possible result would be a broken DNS system. The move by the United States to start this transition now is either very canny or panicked...." (read more at link above)

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Want to protect your trademark on the internet? It will cost you

ICANN Publishes Pricing for Trademark Clearinghouse | Morgan Lewis - JDSupra: "The Trademark Clearinghouse will charge trademark owners $150 to record an eligible mark for one year. Multiyear recordation is also contemplated, with a charge of $435 per mark for three years and $725 per mark for five years. Although trademark owners may record their marks directly with the Trademark Clearinghouse, the Trademark Clearinghouse's payment procedures may impede individual action because credit card payments are limited to 10 trademarks per card and all other payment options require a $15,000 minimum deposit to the Trademark Clearinghouse. Accordingly, some trademark owners may wish to have agents record their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse and, therefore, will likely be subject to additional fees. . . ."

Docracy Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Tracker - Changes: "Using Docracy's unique document change analysis, we are now tracking terms of service and privacy policies for hundreds of the world's top sites. See below for summaries of recent changes, or to see the complete terms for any of the sites we track. We started tracking these policies on January 16th, 2013. Earlier versions of selected policies can be found on EFF's TOSBack and TOSBack2 projects. . . ."

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Domain Holder Wins UDRP Without Attorney

Domain Holder Beats Back UDRP On ManhattanCenter.com, Without An Attorney
TheDomains.com
“Resolution of the question of bad faith registration of the domain name turns on a point which is undisputed by the parties, which is that Respondent acquired the domain name after seeing its appearance on a “drop list” of existing domain names which ...

Bloomberg: MDLive.com Sold for $200k
Elliot's Blog (blog)
1) This transaction serves as another piece of evidence that there is a huge amount of unreported private domain name sales that take place annually. I would say there are tens of millions of dollars in domain sales that are never reported. This number ...

Daily Dot | The Vatican literally wins the domain name lottery
The Vatican's dominance of the Internet continues as the Catholic Church's bid to control the top-level domain .catholic in Chinese might come true. The Internet ...

When should a domain name be your product name, vs. a phrase ...
The first domain is better. The second domain doesn't make any sense.
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Why Facebook Can Never Replace Your Own Domain

I've run across business people who actually believe that a Facebook page is sufficient as their only web presence! Here's another reason (out of many) why a Facebook page can never be a replacement for your own domain:

Why Facebook Can't Be The Center Of Your Social Strategy - Forbes: "The customer conversations that happen across the social Web are filled with user generated content that can boost search results, but only if they happen on our own domain. . . . The most cutting-edge B2B and B2C brands are placing bets on on-domain, owned, social media hubs where they can control the brand, guide the experience, and drive real business outcomes. . ."

Microsoft Files Complaint Over XboxFitness Domain Name
NowGamer
Spotted by Fusible, Microsoft apparently made similar moves earlier in the year in order to gain control of the domain name XboxMusic.com before it launched that particular service. According to the site Microsoft filed for European Community trademark ...

South America, Amazon square off in fight over control of .amazon domain name
New York Daily News
Powered by Inform. South America is squaring off with online retailer Amazon in a battle over the coveted top-level web domain name the firm shares with the continent's tropical rain forest. Brazil and Peru are formally opposing the e-commerce giant's ...

New York Daily News

Moniker & SnapNames and the Dot TK Registry Announce Premium Registry ...
MarketWatch (press release)
AMSTERDAM, Dec 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Moniker(R) and SnapNames(R), both KeyDrive S. A. companies and leading providers of domain name solutions, announced today a new premium auction featuring Dot TK registry owned domains. ... "This is an ...

Thoughts on Web Hosting: The Importance of Domain Names - SYS-CON Media ...
Bayoubuzz (subscription)
The truth is, 1 & 1 is right – owning your domain name is vitally important for your business, both online and off. But why is this? What is so important about owing your domain name? If you're a business utilizing a web hosting service, why is your “www.

Domaining MBA Monday: 3 Ways To Avoid Buying Junk Domains ...
By Morgan
I do see your point, knowing the subject matter is of great importance, not getting carried away and buying the entire domain space surrounding the keyword is the best advice. ... But what metrics you use to see if a name is valuable? Here're ...
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Did Another Domain Parking Company Just Buy Internet-Traffic.com ...
By Michael Berkens
I just noticed an interesting domain name cross the Sedo.com sales wire today. The domain name is Internet-Traffic.com which is identical to Frank Schilling's monetization company, InternetTraffic.com with the addition of a hyphen.
TheDomains.com - Domain Blog

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Choosing a Domain Name

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The nightmare of choosing a domain name
Econsultancy (blog)
Recently, I've been working on a naming project for an overseas client. The company is launching a new online business that will operate in a relatively crowded niche. All I have to do is think of its name. Oh, and just one more thing. The name has to ...


Domain wars: South America vs. Amazon.com
GlobalPost
LIMA, Peru — In the latest battle over coveted web domain names, there's a rumble in the jungle — pitting Amazon vs. the Amazon. Brazil and Peru are attempting to block online retailer Amazon.com Inc. from acquiring new internet domains using the ...

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Domain Seizure and Due Process

How A Congresswoman Is Asking Reddit Users To Re-shape Copyright Laws
Fast Company
Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the House Ethics Committee, has published a thought-provoking article about the legal tactic of seizing of domain names when the owners are accused of copyright infringement. She wants to do something to prevent abuse of the ...

Fast Company

California rep asks Reddit for help drafting copyright law
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) is crowdsourcing feedback for a piece of legislation that covers domain name seizures in cases of copyright infringement. In a statement, Lofgren said the goal would be to require the government to give better notice and an ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog

NameCheap Offering Domain Transfers for Under $1.00
Elliot's Blog (blog)
There always seem to be great deals, coupons, and special offers when you are looking to register a new domain name, but when you are trying to renew one of your domain names, renewal deals are as common as unicorns. One way to save money when it ...

UDRP Panel Turns Back Ireland Governmental Agency Bid To Grab DrivingLicence.ie...
TheDomains.com
The disputed domain name was registered by the Registrant on September 23, 2011. On March 29, 2012, the Complainant telephoned the Registrant asking if it would transfer the disputed domain name to it. The Registrant stated that the disputed domain ...

The Sudbury Star
The Sudbury Star
14, a person who has chosen to remain anonymous, registered a domain name featured on a billboard that was set up on Kathleen Street to discourage the johns who pay for prostitutes -- especially underage girls -- in the Donovan area. The Coalition to ...

.ZA Central Registry Operator Agreement signed
Bizcommunity.com
The ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) and UniForum SA, signed the .ZA Central Registry Operator Agreement in Joburg earlier this week, which is the culmination of several years of research and is intended to transform the .za name space into a ...

New crowdsourced legislative proposal project on Reddit: Lofgren ...
By legalinformatics
New crowdsourced legislative proposal project on Reddit: Lofgren: Domain Name Seizures. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Zoe Lofgren is crowdsourcing the content of a U.S. federal legislative proposal, on the social media site ...
Legal Informatics Blog

domain name - Google Product Forums
domain name, GroveLiving.blogspot, 11/23/12 5:46 AM, I recently started a blog with the name ilovethegrove.blogspot.com, however, I didn't like the sound of it ...

Change domain name - Web Hosting Hub
When I purchased my hosting I put my jonesduolensphotograpy.com domain name in, well it is tied to my old hosting so I could not get it to work. I just purchased ...

Using your real name for your domain name for SEO
Until recently, if your domain name contained the keywords people searched for for your type of business—e.g., washingmachinerepair.com—you were almost ...

WordPress › Support » my first blog - change domain-name
hello, i am a new member here. i have the following question: a week ago i've published my first blog under the domain-name: http://www.hotusasoundz.com.

domain name on wrong blog « WordPress.com Forums
I purchased a domain name last night but it mapped to the wrong WordPress blog. How do I move the domain name to the correct WordPress blog? I own both ...

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The strange case of one domain name

The strange case of the inte1sat domain name - Security Labs: "Using the registration information, we found a paper authored by Command Five that indicates that the contact has been registering domains involved in APT and corporate cyber espionage attacks. The entire document is available here: http://www.commandfive.com/papers/C5_APT_SKHack.pdf   We cannot confirm that there is a problem in the Google OCR PDF caching mechanism that results in instances of . . . .  showing up in search results, particularly those of papers hosted by the FCC. We can conjecture that if there is a flaw, it is being exploited via a typo squatting technique to deliver an exploit.     Continuing our search, we discovered additional strong evidence. Going back to the beginning of the analysis, it turns out that the IP address 174.139.91.163, where . . . . is hosted, also hosts many other domains. Four especially attracted our interest. Specifically: . . . "

Blizzard files complaint over Heroes of Warcraft domain name
Joystiq
The company has also filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in order to expedite a transfer of control for the HeroesofWarcraft.com domain name from a private owner. It's unclear what Blizz intends to do with the name, though it did ...

GiftBasket.com domain sells for $350000
Domain Name Wire
Domain name broker FindYourDomain.com is reporting its second six figure domain name sale in less than a week. Today the company announced the sale of GiftBasket.com for $350,000. Thedomain forwards to WineGiftBaskets.com. The buyer is the ...

ICANN threatens registrar for failing to respond to UDRP requests
Domain Name Wire
The latest issue appears to involve the domain name Rexrothdistributors.com, which was subject to a UDRP with Asian Doman Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC). Although I've never heard of Bargin Register before (yes, that's how it's spelled), ...

Walmart owns key domains for Black Friday union showdown
Domain Name Wire
Walmart has asked the National Labor Relations Board to help shut down potential worker protests at its stores on Black Friday. The protests are being organized by a group called Our Walmart. Our Walmart has been part of the United Food and Commercial ...

New site collates registrar stats and pricing
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registrar NameSilo has just launched a new web site that tracks domain registrar and top level domain data. RegistrarOwl.com tracks domain name stats ... It would be great if you could see pricing by TLD. Despite a few kinks to work out, I ...

Marchex posts domain jobs: domain sales, inventory analyst
Domain Name Wire
Responsible for managing and maintaining the Marchex-owned domain portfolio and providing related internal and external support for the domain inventory management department. Both positions are in Seattle. Given all of the low hanging fruit in Marchex ...

ICANN's 11th-Hour Domain Name Trademark Policy Negotiations: The Good ...
CircleID
The IPC-BC's proposal to block Internet domain name registrations based on trademarks was unequivocally rejected by the meeting participants. Given its absence of any support outside the IPC-BC proponents, the participants did not include the blocking ...

Domain names: expression that deserves protection
Global Voices Online
This process is managed by the Domain Name System (DNS). The DNS associates site names (google.com, for instance) with those long and complex numeric addresses and allows users to connect a domain name to an IP address — that which marks the ...

Representative Zoe Lofgren Shows Her Internet Savvy: Ask Reddit for Internet ...
The Mary Sue
The more feasible way to mitigate the possibility of abusing it and other bills that would allowdomain name seizure would be to create a bill modifying the ways in which the U.S. government could wield domain name seizure in general. From her site ...

Ask Shama: Should we switch to a .com?
Upstart (blog)
We own a .net domain name, and have a pretty robust website. When we first started the business, the .com version was not available. On our website we have hundreds of pages all indexed by Google, and we rank well in the search engines. Recently, we ...

Barnes & Thornburg has strengthened its DC office with the addition of a new ...
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)
"Our clients will also be well served by his technical experience and extensive background in domain name disputes." In an interview, Weinstein said, "My prior platform was one of the premiere IP boutiques in the country, and although I'm sad to leave ...

Media Options Brokering SSL.com
Elliot's Blog (blog)
The SSL market is very competitive, and having an exact match domain name like this can be an advantage. Essentially, it's already a proven business, although I don't know the marketing costs that were required to drive the revenue. I wasn't told why ...

FairWinds Partners Crowns Cyber Monday Champion
PR Newswire (press release)
20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the holiday shopping season fast approaching, FairWinds Partners, the leading domain name strategy consultancy, has named Target Corporation and Vistaprint as its first-ever Cyber Monday ...

Get Paid Faster With Go Daddy Premium Domain Listing Sales
Elliot's Blog (blog)
Previously, if you sold a domain name via Go Daddy, you had to wait up to 45 days to receive payment, which came by check in the mail. I am use to receiving payment within less than a week when I sell domain names elsewhere, and 45 days seems pretty ...

eNom Gives Customers an Introduction to New TLDs
Elliot's Blog (blog)
For many of these companies, educating consumers starts at the registrar level, as small business owners may opt to register a shorter gTLD as opposed to a longer tail, hyphenated, abbreviated, or some other type of .com domain name that is available ...

How to protect your reputation online
NEWS.com.au
DOMAIN NAME – be the master of your domains. Problem: The .com.au domain for your name has been snapped up by your Google twin. Solution: You can register the other versions such as .net.au or .com, or use a middle name or initial and get a .com.au.

Reddit Is Literally Writing Our Laws Now
The Atlantic Wire
Lofgren's law will legislate how domain name seizures are handled in the United States, specifically in the cases of copyright infringement, accusations of libel and obscenity. The new law would apply to cases like that of Kim ... Lofgren went on to ...

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren courts Reddit users for a crowdsourced copyright ...
VentureBeat
In both sting operations, the federal government took ownership of the domain namethese organizations were using, which essentially shut them down (at least temporarily). The practice of seizing domain names is highly criticized by online communities ...

VentureBeat

40 Domain APIs: DNSimple, DomainTools and RoboWhois
By Wendell Santos
DNS Made Easy API: Internet domain hosting service. DNSimple API: Domain management service.Domain API: Domain registry and whois lookup service. Domainbox API: Reselling of domain names service. Domainr API: Domain name ...
ProgrammableWeb

The Law According To Reddit: Crowdsourcing Policy Advice - Reason
By Rachel Moran
Although I am considering introducing a bill on domain name seizures for infringement, that does not mean I accept the practice as legal or Constitutional. Nonetheless, since these seizure actions are occurring, I thought it worthwhile to ...
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FindYourDomain.com Brokers GiftBasket.com For $350,000 ...
By Michael Berkens
The domain name GiftBasket.com just sold for $350000. The domain name was brokered by FindYourDomain.com, who sold Feng.com last week for $250000. Domaintools.com shows thedomain name GiftBasket.com being owned earlier ...
TheDomains.com - Domain Blog

IT-Liability Ltd - Artists Against 419 - Fake Bank Database
COM ================ Domain name: IT-LIABILITY.COM Created On: 9/20/2012 1:56:10 PM Expires On: 9/20/2013 1:56:10 PM Last Updated On: 9/20/2012 1:56:10 PM Domain Status: Registrant [PAK12092095339-1]: Falco Arguello ...
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How to Recover Expired Domain Names at Godaddy – PCDIY!
By Terry Lin
Just because I forgot to renew my domain name and it was expired.. It's too bad for my careless mistake, the webiste was down for 3 weeks. My doamin is registered at Godaddy, the biggestdomain registrar on Internet. For taking my website ...
PCDIY!

Congresswoman turns to Reddit for domain name seizure bill | The ...
Those who visit the websites now only see a banner that states the domain name has been seized by U.S. law enforcement. The banner links to an anti-piracy ...

Lofgren crowdsources domain-name seizure bill - Political Blotter ...
“During SOPA I saw firsthand the Reddit community's strong dedication to free expression. Because of that dedication, I thought I would attempt an experiment: ...

Domain Name Sitting In Pending Status - GoDaddy.com - Go Daddy
Last Tuesday, I bought a domain name, went in to “Hosted Domains” in my hosting control center, and pointed the domain at a folder in my hosting directory.

Adobe Community: Issue with domain name
My domain name has been registred and set to the dns servers that I have got here. However thedomain could not be activated as the dns servers apparently ...

Change domain name registration and hosting from Verio to Word ...
My domain name (durgama.com) is registered with Verio, and the current web site with this URL is hosted by Verio. Another version of this site has been ...

Never register a domain name with your hosting provider - weblog ...
A smart developer I respect recently asked my why I didn't just register my domain names through my hosting provider. I hoped he was joking, that he knew why ...

how to put username after domain name | CodeIgniter Forums
I saw some website deal/groupon can put username after domain name example :www.xyz.com/abc and in my website I want allow some users register ...

Do not register a domain name with your hosting provider | Hacker ...
You could reduce this blog post down to "Don't register a domain name with your brother-in-law... if your brother in law is a fucking asshole who will try to rip you ...

BUG?: ip / domain name - Plex Forums
Oke, so i have a domain pointed to my ip address. when my girlfriend is using the web interface using the ip address it works fine. But when using t...

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