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Home :: ICANN 13 Nov 2008 ICANN finally turfs EstDomains ICANN After all the uncomplimentary things I've said about ICANN, in fairness I should acknowledge that they do, finally, seem to have terminated famously sleazy registrar EstDomains, brushing off last ditch attempts by its owner to claim that his conviction for fraud was under appeal and that he wasn't an officer any more. His conviction was nine months ago, and there's well documented evidence of years of involvement in crime ranging from phishing to child porn, but better late than never. I remain interested to see what, if anything, ICANN plans to do about registrar DynamicDolphin, whose owner also has been convicted of a felony. Followup Note: On 24 November, the 281,000 domains registered by EstDomains become available to transfer to any other registrar who wants them. But who'd want a portfolio of domains that are mostly notable for being used for criminal purposes? What if no other registrar wants them? Are they all just deleted? Go into limbo? If they're in limbo, how could a registrant take them out of limbo? Does ICANN have a plan? Stay tuned and in two weeks we'll find out. posted at: 07:36 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com./ICANN/estdead.trackback 08 Nov 2008 Registrar hide and seek ICANN In the past year ICANN has been putting a lot more effort into its compliance activities, which is a good thing, since the previous level was, ah, exiguous. That's the good news. The bad news is that while they're paying more attention to misbehaving registrants, the registrars, gatekeepers to the world of domains, have serious issues that ICANN have yet to address. See more ... posted at: 19:45 :: permanent link to this entry :: 1 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com./ICANN/notreg.trackback 11 Oct 2008 Cluck, cluck ICANN I've always been a fan of co-ops. In New York, we shop at greenstar.coop and my wife banks at alternatives.coop, in the UK we shop at co-operative.coop. So when the .COOP domain opened, I wondered if I could get my own clever domain name, but found that chicken.coop was taken by a small producer co-op in the southern U.S. Drat. See more ... posted at: 19:07 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com./ICANN/chicken.trackback 27 Sep 2008 Kentucky governor: All your gambling sites are belong to us ICANN According to news reports, the governor of Kentucky has filed a suit in state court to seize 141 gambling domain names. His claimed authority is a 1974 law against "gambling devices", on the theory that a domain is a "device", and online gambling is taking money away from in-state horse racing and the lottery. The judge sensibly has said that he doesn't understand all the issues, and has given all sides a week to submit briefs. Two domains, highrollerslounge.com and luckypyramidcasino.com have been reassigned to the state, probably by a registrar who didn't understand the issues either. I have to say that this is a phenomenally bogus case. See more ... posted at: 16:58 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com./ICANN/kygamble.trackback 10 Aug 2008 ICANN Paints Themselves into a Corner ICANN ICANN recently commissioned a report from a domain auction company to see whether it would be a good idea to auction TLDs that have multiple applicants. Remarkably, the domain auctioneers came to the conclusion that auctions are a great idea, which they surely are for some people. But are they a good idea for ICANN? And if ICANN admits they can't evaluate competing applications on their merits, how can they keep the process from turning into another speculative land grab? See more ... posted at: 20:52 :: permanent link to this entry :: 2 comments Trackback link is http://weblog.johnlevine.com./ICANN/icannauction.trackback

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