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WIPO’s inconsistency called out at ICANN meeting. Tucows CEO Elliot Noss seized an opportune moment to call out UDRP provider World Intellectual Property Organization during the first day of ICANN’s Seoul meetings. During a session on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery, WIPO’s Eun-Joo Min commented that one of the problems with domain expiration is that registrars handle it inconsistently and in a non-transparent manner: I think it is really important for the — not only for — especiall

Rod Beckstrom New ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded to the concerns regarding additional gTLDs raised by two of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s top Republicans, Lamar Smith and Howard Coble, saying that “the new gTLD policy development is the very type of process that the United States government envisioned, supported and encouraged through three presidential administrations.” In the detailed letter , Beckstrom addressed the three key questions raised by the congressmen: Q

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of interviewing Clint Page, CEO of Dotster , on social media return on investment. I’ve been a fan of Dotster for 7 years now and my appreciation for the company was reaffirmed when I heard about the nightmare Terms of Service that other registrars were leveraging on their customers. 2009 is the year of social media for Dotster. Dotster has expanded and hired a social media team and the results have already been exceptional. Dotster has even been able to d

The main source of funding for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) doesn’t get the attention it deserves. In my open letter to new ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, I made made a key point with regards to domain registrants: “Remember that domain owners ultimately fund your organization. Registries and registrars merely funnel domain owners’ money to ICANN.” It’s a fairly simple idea, but here’s a flow chart. The orange line are registration fees. Registrants pay

Live Current raises $1.06 million in private placement. Live Current Media (OTCbb: livc.ob) is facing a serious cash crunch, but it eased somewhat today. The company announced that it has raised $1.06 million through a private placement. Investors include Live Current CEO and Chairman, Geoffrey Hampson, the Company’s President and COO, Jonathan Ehrlich and Chief Corporate Development Officer, Mark Melville, along with outside investors. Hampson has already invested in the company, and it’s re