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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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The
35th public ICANN Meeting
got
underway Sunday in Sydney, Australia where the
event will continue through Friday. Those on the scene
say it looks to be one of the largest crowds
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ever
for an ICANN meeting. Of course there are a
number of hot topics that are drawing a
crowd this time, including the introduction of
new gTLDs and attempts by trademark interests to
change dispute resolution procedures that, if successful,
could have a huge negative impact on
registrant rights.
Internet
Commerce Association Legal Counsel Phil
Corwin is in Sydney to stand up for the
domain community and he does an excellent job in
detailing what is at stake in this 6-minute
video interview from Australia that
was posted on YouTube by Dyn Inc.
Corwin
also wrote about the first full day of ICANN
business today in a special report filed at the
ICA website - InternetCommerce.org.
Corwin said the ICA will continue to issue periodic updates
from the Sydney meeting to keep members and other interested parties fully informed.
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ICA
Legal Counsel Phil Corwin |
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While
many in the domain community are opposed
to ICANN's plan to roll out an unlimited
number of new gTLDs, it does look like
it is going to happen and several
companies are already hard at |
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work
offering consulting services to those
who want to try to land their own
extension. Minds
+ Machines probably heads
that list since they have been chosen to
help parties going after .nyc, .eco
and .food among others. Famous
chef Wolfgang Puck enlisted them
to back his .food effort. Minds +
Machines is also screening a 25-minute
video in Sydney to support
their campaign to land .eco. |
If
you have some money burning a hole in your
pocket this is going to be a busy week for
domain auctions. The extended online auction
tied to last week's Domain Roundtable
conference concludes tomorrow at 5pm (US
Eastern time). You can check out the full
catalog (with more than 250 lots still open) here.
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MyID.ca
will be auctioning off more than 50
premium .ca (Canadian
country code) domains Wednesday
and Thursday. The catalog
includes Job.ca, Theatre.ca,
Timeshares.ca, Mike.ca, Newspapers.ca
and IceSkating.ca to name just a
few. Full information on that sale can
be found here.
Meanwhile GreatDomain's
latest premium auction will conclude Thursday
(June 25) at 12 Noon (U.S. Eastern
time). The names on the block there
include 70.com, Consoles.com
and Funds.net.
Looking a
little further down the line, Rick
Latona Auctions and Netcom.cm
Sarl will team up to sell a group of
45 premium .cm (Cameroon
country code) domain names in an online
auction that will run from July 7
to July 14. These |
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exclusive
names, including Casino.cm, Poker.cm
and Cars.cm, will not be included
in the regular .cm land rush or open
registration. Land rush for the soon to
be unrestricted .cm extension will begin
as soon as the auction ends. Interest is
expected to be higher than usual because
.cm is a common typo of .com, meaning
that many of these terms are likely to
get a lot of error traffic. |
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(Posted
June
22, 2009) |
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