Abstract: This paper divides in two parts. The first part elaborates on the difference among categories of “legalities” that have developed on the globe, and considers their shapes and thickness as irreducible to the uniform notion of a “global law”. Different pictures and explanations affect sensibly in epistemic and pragmatic sense the understanding and the [...]
Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s CEO and president, recently visited China on 2-3 March for talks with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Industry leaders and CNNIC, the China Internet information Network on his way to the ICANN Nairobi meeting that is currently underway.
The visit was Beckstrom’s first major bilateral visit since he was appointed president [...]
Following the earthquake in Chile, NIC Chile posted an update on the status of its services during and after the earthquake early in the morning of Saturday 27 February.
In their update NIC Chile advised that during and after the earthquake, DNS service for .CL worked without interruption. Service continuity was achieved due to the actions [...]
The “DNSSEC Testbed for Germany” has entered a decisive phase: as of 2 March 2010 DENIC has given all second level domains under .DE the opportunity to participate in the DNSSEC testbed and to record their experiences.
In this process, DENIC initially registers the Key Signing Keys used as Trust Anchor, and then publishes the corresponding [...]
SIDN has modified the Dispute Resolution Regulations for .NL domain names as of 4 March 2010. As a result of the changes, much of the correspondence that previously went by post will in future go by email.
For example, an initial complaint will have to be submitted to the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in Geneva [...]
UNINETT, the .NO (Norway) registry is currently holding a consultation process on how individuals can register Norwegian domain names in the future. The consultation process will be open until 17 May.
The major issue is whether private individuals should continue to register domain names in the PRIV.NO category or be allowed to register directly within .NO. [...]
Responding to concerns on cybersquatting, the .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna – the South African registry) has announced they will be introducing new regulations in 2010.
“In .ZA, licensing regulations are expected to come into operation this year. The .ZA licensing regulations will allow Zadna to license the entities such as GOV.ZA [...]
The sale of poker.org for $1 million was the biggest sale in the three weeks to 21 February according to Domain Name Journal’s list of reported domain name sales. The sale was the largest .ORG sale ever with the previous record being engineering.org, sold several years ago for $198,000.
Other big sales over the last three [...]
.MX, the country code Top Level Domain for Mexico, has passed the 400,000th domain name registration reports NIC Mexico.
As of 4 March, NIC Mexico reported the following breakdowns for each classification of .MX domain names:
Type of dominion
Amount
Percentage
.com .mx
292,135
73,01%
.gob.mx
5,253
1,31%
.net .mx
412
0,10%
.edu .mx
6,485
1,62%
.org .mx
14,572
3,64%
.mx
81,270
20,31%
TOTAL
400,12
To register your .MX domain name, check out America Registry here.
[news release] Targeted TRAFFIC is gearing up for its first 2010 European show, which will be held on April 27th-29th 2010 in Milan, Italy. Milan is the largest metropolitan area in Italy with an estimated population of 7.4 million. The city has the largest financial and business center in Italy, it is known for its [...]
