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Google sets up as domain registrar
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according to the search company. A company representative said on Tuesday: "Google became a domain name... [02 Feb 2005]
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. However, competitors claim that the site allows VeriSign - and its Network Solutions registrar subsidiary - undue influence over... [06 Oct 2003]
Icann dot-eu vote: one week to deadline
News According to Tom Barrett, CEO of domain name registrar, NetNames, Icann has done a good job for specialist business groups, but consumers and non-business users have not been well represented so far. Phil Callan, managing director EMEA of domain... [24 Jul 2000]
WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes
News Full details of the first case to be put before the arbitration panel have not been released, but the disputed domain is managed by Australian registrar, Melbourne IT. If the defendant is found guilty, the registrar will either cancel the domain or... [06 Dec 1999]
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]
Icann getting heavy with VeriSign
News VeriSign Registrar appears frequently to publish incomplete Whois data and to routinely ignore reports of inaccurate and incomplete contact data in its Whois database," Louis Touton, Icann's VP and general counsel, wrote in a letter to VeriSign... [04 Sep 2002]
dot-eu drive hit by 'stupid' pre-emptive strike
News Domain name registrar Centralnic.com has been given permission by Icann to roll out dot-eu dot-com and the company is now subleasing it under the guise that it is an official dot-eu name. Icann is expected to meet in Japan in July to discuss the... [09 Jun 2000]
What's in a name? ICANN and the Net name game
Comment Jonathan Robinson, MD of UK registrar NetBenefit, is glad ICANN is trying to move disputes outside of the traditional legal system. At its most recent meeting on 26 August in Santiago, Chile, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers... [06 Sep 1999]
Can't pay, won't pay for Icann
News According to Richard Francis, lawyer for UK registrar Nominet, Centr has contributed half a million dollars to Icann over the last year, and they refuse to hand over any more money until the negotiations are complete. [14 Jul 2000]
Icann nominates 18 candidates for five top spots
News The global domain name governing body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has announced the eighteen candidates shortlisted to stand in its October elections. The five successful candidates will join Icann's board in... [07 Aug 2000]
VeriSign holds firm on 404 scrap
News On Monday, domain name registrar Go Daddy Software filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Arizona seeking to halt the SiteFinder redirection. Icann is the nonprofit organization that oversees internet domain names. [23 Sep 2003]
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on dot-net registry fees last month when it renewed a contract... [11 Jul 2005]
US body 'taxing' European domains
News We don't charge customers for domain names based on their size, so neither should Icann," said Black. If the deadlock continues the UK registrar is threatening to withdraw all payments, a move it claims many of its European counterparts would follow. [08 Jan 2002]
Icann's price hike raises industry ire
News Andy Duff, European director of New.net, which has launched new domain names independent of the Icann system said: "There is now a groundswell of opinion saying Icann should be limited in its powers. Dr Willie Black, MD for UK country code... [28 Feb 2002]
Alliance to champion top-level domain names
News Tom Barrett, CEO of UK registrar NetNames, one of the founding partners of Afilias, is confident the consortium will be successful. Icann [domain name regulator] wants to ensure that whoever it picks will be successful - we can always change the... [03 Oct 2000]
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