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ICANN wants India to take lead in governance of the web

< <http://www.techienews.co.uk/9724780/icann-wants-india-to-take-lead-in-governance-of-the-web/> http://www.techienews.co.uk/9724780/icann-wants-india-to-take-lead-in-governance-of-the-web/>

 

Asia driving the global Internet connections, says ICANN

< <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/asia-driving-the-global-internet-connections-says-icann/articleshow/46530097.cms> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/asia-driving-the-global-internet-connections-says-icann/articleshow/46530097.cms>

 

.FROGANS First With an Innovative Idea for a gTLD

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/03/09/frogans-first-innovative-gtld/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/03/09/frogans-first-innovative-gtld/>

 

Europeans digging new gTLD more than Americans?

< <http://domainincite.com/18116-europeans-digging-new-gtld-more-than-americans> http://domainincite.com/18116-europeans-digging-new-gtld-more-than-americans>

 

Music Industry Demands Action Against ?Pirate? Domain Names

< <http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-demands-action-against-pirate-domain-names-130311/> http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-demands-action-against-pirate-domain-names-130311/>

 

 

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ICANN wants India to take lead in governance of the web

India Head Samiran Gupta has called on India to take leadership role in governance of the web for being the largest democracy in the world and its heritage of ?frugal? innovation and education.

< <http://www.techienews.co.uk/9724780/icann-wants-india-to-take-lead-in-governance-of-the-web/> http://www.techienews.co.uk/9724780/icann-wants-india-to-take-lead-in-governance-of-the-web/>

 

Asia driving the global Internet connections, says ICANN

With nearly half of the world's total Internet connections, Asia region is driving the digital economy, ICANN said.

< <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/asia-driving-the-global-internet-connections-says-icann/articleshow/46530097.cms> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/asia-driving-the-global-internet-connections-says-icann/articleshow/46530097.cms>

 

Looking at India to take leadership in Internet governance: ICANN

Being the world's largest democracy, India can take a leadership role in governance of the web at a global level with its heritage of "frugal" innovation and education, Internet body ICANN's India head Wednesday said.

< <http://zeenews.india.com/news/net-news/looking-at-india-to-take-leadership-in-internet-governance-icann_1559952.html> http://zeenews.india.com/news/net-news/looking-at-india-to-take-leadership-in-internet-governance-icann_1559952.html>

 

India can shape the future of Internet, says ICANN chief

With next billion people on the Internet likely to come from India, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehad? on Monday said the country had the power to shape the future of Internet.

< <http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/india-can-shape-the-future-of-internet-says-icann-chief/article6975450.ece> http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/india-can-shape-the-future-of-internet-says-icann-chief/article6975450.ece>

 

Web should be open for all: Government [PTI]

Terming India as an important player in internet governance, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the future architecture of the web should not be a prerogative of a few and should be open to all. "India is an important player on international stage of internet governance. I am happy that USA has decided that the entire oversight mechanism must end by September 2015 or year end," Prasad said during an ICANN event here.

< <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Web-should-be-open-for-all-Government/articleshow/46504957.cms> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Web-should-be-open-for-all-Government/articleshow/46504957.cms>

 

Internet should be open to all: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad [PTI]

Terming India as an important player in Internet governance, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the future architecture of the Web should not be a prerogative of a few and should be open to all.

< <http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-internet-should-be-open-to-all-telecom-minister-ravi-shankar-prasad-2067269> http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-internet-should-be-open-to-all-telecom-minister-ravi-shankar-prasad-2067269>

< <http://www.bgr.in/news/internet-should-not-be-a-prerogative-of-a-few-ravi-shankar-prasad/> http://www.bgr.in/news/internet-should-not-be-a-prerogative-of-a-few-ravi-shankar-prasad/>

 

Africa Wins As Icann Ditches Plan to Hand Governments More Veto Power

The ICANN proposed Bylaws revisions that would incorporate a higher voting threshold for the Board to determine not to follow the advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has officially been "taken off the table".

< <http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/africa-wins-as-icann-ditches-plan-to-hand-governments-more-veto-power> http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/africa-wins-as-icann-ditches-plan-to-hand-governments-more-veto-power>

< <http://allafrica.com/stories/201503111443.html> http://allafrica.com/stories/201503111443.html>

 

No, Democracy is Not Excess Baggage

There was quite some controversy at the 3-4 March 2015 UNESCO Connecting the Dots Conference regarding whether or not the term ?democracy? should be included in the conference?s outcome statement to make it clear that internet governance must be democratic.

< <http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/03/11/no-democracy-is-not-excess-baggage/> http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/03/11/no-democracy-is-not-excess-baggage/>

 

ICANN brings Caribbean voices to global Internet policy debate

2015 could be the year to kick some Caribbean stereotypes to the curb. The region has been progressively piping up on the global stage, breaking longheld cultural paradigms in the process, in some fairly unlikely ways. Across the Caribbean, the words ?global Internet governance,? for example, are becoming a meaningful catchphrase for collective action through new channels of collaboration, as Caribbean states hammer out their own spaces to discuss their own technology development issues relevant to their national and regional agenda. 

< <http://www.guardian.co.tt/technology/2015-03-09/icann-brings-caribbean-voices-global-internet-policy-debate> http://www.guardian.co.tt/technology/2015-03-09/icann-brings-caribbean-voices-global-internet-policy-debate>

 

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Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level

Purpose (Brief): During the new gTLD program's Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT), ICANN has noted a large number of IDN table submissions. The IDN tables submitted by the new gTLD registries varied in the repertoire of characters, variant and contextual rules, and format.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-03-10-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-03-10-en>

 

IDN ccTLD Request from Macao Successfully Passes String Evaluation

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful evaluation of the proposed IDN ccTLD string for Macao.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-10-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-03-10-en>

 

What we learned in Singapore by Chris Gift

In my previous post, ahead of ICANN52 in Singapore, I asked that the ICANN community took the opportunity to let me know what it was that they needed ICANN's Digital Services to deliver. And I'm happy to report that many of you did.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/what-we-learned-in-singapore> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/what-we-learned-in-singapore>

 

Music Industry Demands Action Against ?Pirate? Domain Names

Pressure is mounting on companies that provide domain name services to alleged pirate sites. Following in the footsteps of Hollywood and the U.S. Government, the music industry is now demanding strict anti-piracy measures. The EFF, however, notes that companies are not obliged to take action without a valid court order.

< <http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-demands-action-against-pirate-domain-names-130311/> http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-demands-action-against-pirate-domain-names-130311/>

 

Hollywood Asks Domain Registrars to Censor the Web for Intellectual Property Infringement

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has built an arsenal of tools to pressure other nations to enact enforcement measures that benefit major entertainment companies such as the members of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America.

< <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/03/hollywood-asks-domain-registrars-censor-web-copyright-infringment> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/03/hollywood-asks-domain-registrars-censor-web-copyright-infringment>

 

ICANN, copyright infringement, and ?the public interest?

Last month, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) issued a carefully-worded statement urging ICANN ? the overseer of much of the Internet?s fundamental naming and numbering infrastructure ? to take more vigorous action against the ?use of domain names for illegal and abusive activities, including those related to IP infringement? (i.e., motion picture piracy).

< <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/09/icann-copyright-infringement-and-the-public-interest/> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/09/icann-copyright-infringement-and-the-public-interest/>

 

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Top 10 Trending Keywords in .COM & .NET Registrations in February

This Sun., March 15, marks the 30th anniversary of the first .COM domain name registration, Symbolics.com. Today there are more than 116 million .COM domain names registered globally, and more being registered every day. Below is a list of the top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET during the month of February 2015.

< <http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/top_10_trending_keywords_in> http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/top_10_trending_keywords_in>

 

Happy Anniversary to .Com! Sedo Celebrates .Com?s 30th Anniversary

Sedo congratulates .com on its 30th anniversary and along with the well wishes, provides some insight on the outstanding performance that .com has established in the aftermarket during its history*. Once again, the numbers and facts from Sedo?s research make it obvious that .com is clearly the King and Queen of TLDs to date.

< <https://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?language=us&id=679&session=32adc814249d6ccc80e7b468fd9e28ad> https://sedo.com/presse/presse.php?language=us&id=679&session=32adc814249d6ccc80e7b468fd9e28ad>

 

fi: Winds of change for domain names

The overhaul of Finnish electronic communications legislation, i.e. the Information Society Code, also touches on the domain name business. In this respect, the goal of the new legislation is above all to clarify the roles of the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) and domain name brokers by offering customers a one-stop shop.

< <http://www.castren.fi/Page/c1ccbac8-1bad-436e-bb79-e1ffaa00df14.aspx?groupId=a0231459-d54f-4ff6-8057-034a2b359a33&announcementId=337f7d4d-56bd-4f77-99f5-e58775b3678c> http://www.castren.fi/Page/c1ccbac8-1bad-436e-bb79-e1ffaa00df14.aspx?groupId=a0231459-d54f-4ff6-8057-034a2b359a33&announcementId=337f7d4d-56bd-4f77-99f5-e58775b3678c>

 

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.FROGANS First With an Innovative Idea for a gTLD

There were 1,930 applications for 1,409 unique strings when applications closed for new gTLDs back in mid-2012. Since then there have been 523 new gTLDs delegated by ICANN. And one of the aspects of the new gTLDs that ICANN said they were looking forward to was innovation.

< <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23584> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23584>

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/03/09/frogans-first-innovative-gtld/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/03/09/frogans-first-innovative-gtld/>

< <http://www.domainnews.com/frogans-first-innovative-gtld.html> http://www.domainnews.com/frogans-first-innovative-gtld.html>

 

Europeans digging new gTLD more than Americans?

Are European registrants more likely to register new gTLD domain names than those in the US and elsewhere?

< <http://domainincite.com/18116-europeans-digging-new-gtld-more-than-americans> http://domainincite.com/18116-europeans-digging-new-gtld-more-than-americans>

 

Rightside to release 20,000 two-character domains

A week from now, new gTLD registry Rightside is to release over 20,000 two-character domain names.

< <http://domainincite.com/18140-rightside-to-release-20000-two-character-domains> http://domainincite.com/18140-rightside-to-release-20000-two-character-domains>

 

Adware dominating popular new gTLD ranks

Afilias? .kim has become the latest victim (beneficiary?) of adware, as robo-registrations boost the gTLD?s zone file and apparent popularity.

< <http://domainincite.com/18128-adware-dominating-popular-new-gtld-ranks> http://domainincite.com/18128-adware-dominating-popular-new-gtld-ranks>

 

.porn now the biggest new gTLD sunrise

.porn and .adult have taken the crown of the most-subscribed new gTLD sunrise periods to date.

< <http://domainincite.com/18124-porn-now-the-biggest-new-gtld-sunrise> http://domainincite.com/18124-porn-now-the-biggest-new-gtld-sunrise>

 

.xxx to sell at .com prices to pump .porn launch

ICM Registry is to offer .xxx domain names at dramatically reduced prices, which could be in line with .com pricing at some registrars, for the month of April.

< <http://domainincite.com/18119-xxx-to-sell-at-com-prices-to-pump-porn-launch> http://domainincite.com/18119-xxx-to-sell-at-com-prices-to-pump-porn-launch>

 

Dot London lends its support to the Internet Watch Foundation

Dot London has signed up to Internet Watch Foundation Membership to provide a trusted and secure service to help protect people from exposure to child sexual abuse images online.

< <https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf/news/post/401-dot-london-lends-its-support-to-the-internet-watch-foundation> https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf/news/post/401-dot-london-lends-its-support-to-the-internet-watch-foundation>

 

Don't Confuse Brand and Category-Label New gTLDs by Alex Tajirian

The domain name industry gets brand and label confused. A brand sums up what makes a company unique to its customers. A label tells what category a company goes in; it sums up what the product has in common with other products of that type. Sedan and SUV are category labels; Volvo is a brand, one that means safety to customers. Similarly Tesla Motors has its distinctive "Tesla" brand, but it introduces products to its users as "electric vehicles."

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150311_dont_confuse_brand_and_category_label_new_gtlds/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150311_dont_confuse_brand_and_category_label_new_gtlds/>

 

Going .Green with Annalisa Roger ? DNW Podcast #23

The .Green TLD comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and individuals will use the domain name.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/03/09/going-green-with-annalisa-roger-dnw-podcast-23/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/03/09/going-green-with-annalisa-roger-dnw-podcast-23/>

 

The New gTLD .HIV Auction on Sedo May Go Without a Sale

58 .HIV new gTLD's are at auction at Sedo.com in a themed auction which ends tomorrow. I believe all of the domain names are owned by the .HIV registry, however the registries whois does not seem to be working, even resolving for that matter. As of publication only 4 domain names have bids and none are close to meeting reserve.

< <http://www.thedomains.com/2015/03/09/the-new-gtld-hiv-auction-on-sedo-may-go-without-a-sale/> http://www.thedomains.com/2015/03/09/the-new-gtld-hiv-auction-on-sedo-may-go-without-a-sale/>

 

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"What's in a Name?" Using DANE for Authentication of Internet services

Do we already have strong security protections for our Internet services? For many years now, we have had numerous cryptographically enhanced protocols. Standards and suites like S/MIME, Transport Layer Security (TLS), IP Security (IPSec), OpenPGP, and many others have been mature for years, have offered us a range of protections and have been implemented by a wealth of code.

< <http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/what_s_in_a_name> http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/what_s_in_a_name>

 

Seeking Proposals for ICANN 53 DNSSEC Workshop on June 24, 2015, in Buenos Aires by Dan York

Are you interested in sharing lessons you've learned in deploying DNSSEC or DANE with the wider community? Have you performed new measurements related to DNSSEC deployment that you want to share publicly? Do you have a new tool or service that you think people in the DNSSEC community would find interesting? Are you seeking feedback on some ideas you have to make DNSSEC better or easier to deploy?

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150311_seeking_proposals_for_icann_53_dnssec_workshop/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150311_seeking_proposals_for_icann_53_dnssec_workshop/>

 

Cybersecurity Law a Priority This Year: Top Official

Chinese leaders have made the passage of a cybersecurity law a priority for this year, despite protests from the U.S. against the country?s growing restrictions on technology firms.

< <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/03/08/cybersecurity-law-a-priority-this-year-top-official/> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/03/08/cybersecurity-law-a-priority-this-year-top-official/>

 

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Kraftwerk singer sues over same-name charger

Hu?tter is suing Dresden-based eZelleron for trademark infringement after they named their new fuel cell-powered phone charger 'kraftwerk' ? German for power station. ... Hu?tter is seeking, among other things, compensation for damages as well as "any and all the domain name registrations owned or controlled by [eZelleron] containing the term KRAFTWERK be transferred" to him.

< <http://www.thelocal.de/20150310/kraftwerk-lead-sues-electronic-company> http://www.thelocal.de/20150310/kraftwerk-lead-sues-electronic-company>

 

Why the long face? Retailer says walmart.horse domain infringes its IP

The artist behind the comic Questionable Content has fallen in the crosshairs?or should we say "the horsehairs"? of retail behemoth Walmart. The mega-retailer is demanding that Jeph Jacques "discontinue any and all use" of the walmart.horse domain, which renders at a tumblr and displays a horse in front of a Walmart store.

< <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/why-the-long-face-retailer-says-walmart-horse-domain-infringes-its-ip/> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/why-the-long-face-retailer-says-walmart-horse-domain-infringes-its-ip/>

 

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One does not simply ask the inventor of the WWW what he thinks about memes

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, academic, internet activist, and widely acknowledged lovely guy appeared on Reddit earlier today to do an Ask Me Anything (AMA). Here's what he had to say.

< <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/10/one_does_not_simply_ask_the_inventor_of_the_www_what_he_thinks_about_memes/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/10/one_does_not_simply_ask_the_inventor_of_the_www_what_he_thinks_about_memes/>

 

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Trio of Six-Figure Sales (one Topping a Half Million Dollars) Headline This Week's Domain Sales Report 

Spring is still a couple of weeks away but impressive domain sales continue to blossom at a variety of venues. Heritage Auctions closed several sizeable sales made at the live auction they staged last month at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, including three that smashed through the six-figure barrier. That trio, led by NL.com at $575,000, fills the first three slots on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. NL.com also ranks as the third biggest sale reported so far this year.

< <http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2015/20150311.htm> http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2015/20150311.htm>

 

 

 

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