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A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names. VerandaGlobal.com, d/b/a First Place Internet, filed the suit in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles in August. ICANN has published...

A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names. VerandaGlobal.com, d/b/a First Place Internet, filed the suit in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles in August. ICANN has published...

The DNS grew by 1.7 million domains in the second quarter, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The quarter ended with 356.6 million domains across “all” TLDs, the company said. That’s up 1.7 million on the quarter and 4.3 million on the year. Read More.

The DNS grew by 1.7 million domains in the second quarter, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The quarter ended with 356.6 million domains across “all” TLDs, the company said. That’s up 1.7 million on the quarter and 4.3 million on the year. Read More.

On Thursday, ICANN executed a renewal of a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running the .net registry. It extends the agreement to June 30, 2029. The renewal allows ICANN to increase wholesale prices by 10% a year, over the objections of many people who submitted comments...

On Thursday, ICANN executed a renewal of a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running the .net registry. It extends the agreement to June 30, 2029. The renewal allows ICANN to increase wholesale prices by 10% a year, over the objections of many people who submitted comments...

Verisign, operators of the .com Registry, have released a “Domain Name Industry Brief” since 2004. The latest edition spans Q1/2023 and here are the highlights: Read More

Verisign, operators of the .com Registry, have released a “Domain Name Industry Brief” since 2004. The latest edition spans Q1/2023 and here are the highlights: Read More

the first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.1,2 Domain name registrations also increased by 3.5 million, or 1.0%, year...

the first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.1,2 Domain name registrations also increased by 3.5 million, or 1.0%, year...

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ICANN, the organization that regulates global domain name policy, and Verisign, the abusive monopolist that operates the .COM and .NET top-level domains, have quietly proposed enormous changes to global domain name policy in their recently published “Proposed Renewal of the Registry Agreement...

ICANN, the organization that regulates global domain name policy, and Verisign, the abusive monopolist that operates the .COM and .NET top-level domains, have quietly proposed enormous changes to global domain name policy in their recently published “Proposed Renewal of the Registry Agreement...

Adding ZONEMD Protections to the Root Zone The Domain Name System (DNS) root zone will soon be getting a new record type, called ZONEMD, to further ensure the security, stability, and resiliency of the global DNS in the face of emerging new approaches to DNS operation. While this change will be...

Adding ZONEMD Protections to the Root Zone The Domain Name System (DNS) root zone will soon be getting a new record type, called ZONEMD, to further ensure the security, stability, and resiliency of the global DNS in the face of emerging new approaches to DNS operation. While this change will be...

Verisign has announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. This follows a similar increase announced in 2022. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 after the increase and doesn't include ICANN's 18 cent fee. Ouch!! but...

Verisign has announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. This follows a similar increase announced in 2022. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 after the increase and doesn't include ICANN's 18 cent fee. Ouch!! but...