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Anti-Porn Lobby NCOSE Urges Action Against Netflix for 'Normalizing' Sex Work
Religiously inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE released yesterday its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of companies it alleges are “major contributors to sexual exploitation" and encourages its followers to target.
ICANN: Turmoil Around 1st Price Hike On .com Domains in 8 Years
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Los Angeles-based non-profit responsible for the databases related to internet namespaces and numerical spaces — including the .com domains — just wrapped their request for comments for a proposal to allow for price flexibility in domain names, which have been stable since 2012.
Verisign: Domain Name Registration Boom Continues
Verisign Inc., in its quarterly industry brief delivered this week, said that domain name registration continues on a booming pace.
.XXX Antitrust Claims Similar to Verisign Case, Manwin Says
Manwin attorneys responded Friday to ICM Registry and ICANN's dual motions to dismiss the adult entertainment conglomerate's .XXX antitrust claims.
Verisign Withdraws Request to Shut Down Sites
Verisign has withdrawn its request seeking the power to shut down non-legitimate websites, two days after submitting it to ICANN.
Verisign Seeks Power to Shut Down Websites Upon Request
Verisign, the company that manages all .com and .net domain registrations, has requested to be given the power to cancel registrations of non-legitimate abusive sites when asked by law enforcement without a court order.
VeriSign to Raise Prices on Dot-Com
Confirming what many domain registrars suspected, VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos said that his company, which controls the rights to the lucrative .com top-level domain, would raise rents sometime this year.
VeriSign to Control .Com Until 2012
The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a deal between VeriSign and ICANN that gives the Mountain View, Calif.-based company continued control over the lucrative .com top-level domain until 2012.
VeriSign to Increase .com Prices
VeriSign has made a deal to increase the cost of .com registrations by seven percent a year for at least four years. The move will mean that the price registrars pay for .com addresses will rise to more than $7.85 each. Registrars often boost the wholesale price of domains to the public by as much as 50 percent, which means costs for .com addresses could hit close to $12.
Registrars Say VeriSign Too Powerful
Top executives from more than half a dozen registrars have written a letter to ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf asking him to reject a new contract with VeriSign they say would give the registrar too much power and raise prices for Internet addresses.
ICANN Tentatively Settles VeriSign Dispute
ICANN said Monday it has decided to tentatively settle a longstanding dispute with VeriSign Inc. The dispute stemmed in part from the Internet’s key oversight agency’s attempt to pressure VeriSign into suspending a search service it created in 2003 for guiding Internet users who mistype web addresses.
EBay Buys VeriSign Unit for $370 Million
Online marketing giant eBay and domain registrar VeriSign announced a strategic alliance Monday that will include eBay’s purchase of VeriSign’s payment processing business.
VeriSign to Triple Number of DNS Servers
Domain registrar VeriSign has announced that it plans to add replicas of its Domain Name System root servers in order to increase protection against server attacks.
Verisign .net Award Prompts Questions
VeriSign, the registrar of .com and .tv domains, has been re-awarded control of the .net extension amid accusations of intimidation and improper procedure.
VeriSign Plans to Buy MMS Leader LightSurf
VeriSign Inc. said Monday it agreed to purchase LightSurf Technologies for $270 million. LightSurf is credited with developing software and services that allow customers of North American cellphone carriers to email and electronically modify images.
VeriSign: Record Domain Name Registrations Driven by PPC Ads
Domain name registrations had the highest quarterly growth ever during third quarter 2004, with 5.1 million new domain names being registered primarily due to pay-per-click advertising, according to Internet infrastructure giant VeriSign, Inc.’s quarterly domain name industry brief, released on Wednesday.
VeriSign Suit Heats Up; ICANN Wants to Dissolve Its Structure
VeriSign Inc. has violated the terms of its .com registry agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, according to a cross-complaint filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.
After Losing Suit, VeriSign Files Another ICANN Complaint
VeriSign Inc. has decided to continue its antitrust claims against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers despite having a similar case thrown out last week in U.S. District Court, XBiz has learned.
VeriSign Loses ICANN Lawsuit
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers claimed victory in a legal battle with domain registrar VeriSign after a federal judge dismissed claims that ICANN had misused its power as the Internet's governing body.
ICANN Claims VeriSign Against Free-Speech
On Monday, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will file a motion designed to block Mountain View, California, based VeriSign's antitrust lawsuit on the basis that the suit violates California's SLAPP law.