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Icann ruling opens up domain name market
News A controversial ruling by Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the body which oversees Web address allocation, has laid the foundation to open competition of domain name registration. [05 Nov 1999]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (Icann), which oversees domain names, said on Friday. [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News The move by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was expected after ICM Registry, the Florida company that plans to operate dot-xxx, agreed on Monday to a month's delay, saying the additional time would permit it to... [17 Aug 2005]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 2006]
Icann dot-com handover backed by court ruling
News VeriSign, which has a government-granted monopoly as the main database administrator for .com and .net domain names and addresses, recently has been sparring with Icann over the company's controversial "Site Finder" service, which snared traffic... [17 Nov 2003]
VeriSign drops Site Finder
News In a letter sent to VeriSign on Friday, ICANN CEO Paul Twomey told the domain name registrar that it had until 6 p.m. Icann is the nonprofit organisation responsible for administering internet addresses. [06 Oct 2003]
Icann still can
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was granted another extension to oversee the administration of domain names - the third expansion of an agreement originally struck in 1998. [23 Sep 2002]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News The suit, filed in the central district of California, claims that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has transformed itself over the last six years from a modest technical coordinating body into the "de facto... [27 Feb 2004]
WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes
News The scheme has the backing of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the independent body set-up to govern the Internet. Gurry refuted suggestions that small companies and individuals will lose out, and added: "The... [06 Dec 1999]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News In an interview with silicon.com, Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, said the case will be a distraction but that the organisation will continue with "core" issues such as internationalised domain names. [08 Mar 2004]
Exposed: Dodgy domains spam message boards
News Moniker.com operates out of Florida and although the state's reputation has been tarnished in recent years by strong associations with cyber crime, CEO Cahn is insistent his Icann-approved registrar is operating entirely within the law and the... [11 Jan 2006]
Web activists urge public to vote in Icann election
News Icann was formed in 1998 to take over the management of top-level internet domain names from Network Solutions (NSI) and to arbitrate on controversial issues such as intellectual property and copyright on a worldwide basis. [30 Jun 2000]
Icann plans thwarted by US bill
News Two US congressmen introduced a bill on Thursday that would block an Icann plan to give control of all expiring domains ending in dot-com and dot-net to VeriSign. The bill also calls for a federal investigation of Icann's business practices. [20 Jun 2003]
Outrage as surfers' voices are silenced
News As one anonymous contributor to the ICANN.BLOG discussion group wrote, "Personally, I find this very disappointing. Yesterday Verisign shut down the "Domain-Policy" list, in which users could debate controversial issues regarding the allocation of... [25 May 2001]
Icann signs off controversial budget
News Icann then had to gain approval for increased fees by two-thirds of the very domain name registrars paying the fees. Icann, the non-profit agency in charge of the internet's address system has gained approval for its controversial 2004 to 2005... [14 Oct 2004]
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