The growth in domain names was once upon a time not so many years ago on a sharp upward trajectory. But over the last couple of years that growth has slowed dramatically, with registrations growing 1.0% in the year to the end of the first quarter in 2018, or 3.2 million, to approximately 333.8 million…
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Is auDA Facilitating Branchstacking Ahead of SGM?
Allegations of branchstacking have surfaced ahead of the upcoming auDA Special General Meeting with supply class members rumoured to be encouraging staff to join along with what appears to be family members of the Chair Chris Leptos. The allegations also include a rumour that leading supply organisations may also be offering to subsidise membership fees,…
ICANN: Update to Short-term Options to Adjust Timeline for Specific Reviews
ICANN announces changes to the Public Comment on Short-term Options for the timeline of ICANN reviews. ICANN has removed the Registration Directory Service Review (RDS-WHOIS2) options and references and posted an updated Short-term Public Comment at the request of the Review Team. Any comments regarding the RDS-WHOIS2 request should be addressed to the RDS-WHOIS2 Review…
UK owners of .EU domains will lose their websites
In a meeting with its UK domain registrar community on June 4th, EURID (the operator of .EU domains) outlined the European Commission’s directive on how Britain’s withdrawal from the EU will affect UK Registrants of .EU domain names. It has ordered EURID to delete all domain names registered to UK owners as soon as March…
German Court Rejects ICANN Bid to “Protect” WHOIS Data
In a bid to “to protect the data collected in WHOIS”, ICANN last week sought a court ruling in a German court to “ensure the continued collection of all WHOIS data, so that such data remains available to parties demonstrating legitimate purpose to access it, consistent with the GDPR.” The “one-sided filing” in Bonn, Germany,…