ICANN Approves Decision to Create New gTLDs

By Nicole Henderson,June 20, 2011
A diagram from the application guidebook illustrates the evaluation process

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- International internet regulation group ICANN (http://www.icann.org/) has approved a plan to increase the number of generic top-level domains to include "almost any word in any language" - though it won't come cheap.

According to an announcement by the organization on Monday the new gTLDs will enable companies to extend their branding to a specific domain or register domains like .eco or .green for example.

A factsheet released by ICANN says the evaluation fee is approximately $185,000 and applicants will have to pay a $5,000 deposit per requested application slot when registering.

ICANN says the fee is set to recover costs associated with the program to ensure it is fully funded and revenue neutral. According to the application guidebook, "this deposit amount will be credited against the evaluation fee for each application. The deposit requirement is in place to help reduce the risk of frivolous access to the online application system."

With only 22 current gTLDs, this move will exponentially increase branding opportunities and as some have argued, trademark disputes and cybersquatting.

The plan has been discussed since 2008 and ICANN says its decision to proceed with the program "follows many years of discussion, debate and deliberation with the Internet community, business groups and governments." The ICANN board members voted 13 for, one against, two abstain at the 41st ICANN Meeting in Singapore, according to a report by CircleID.

“ICANN has opened the Internet’s naming system to unleash the global human imagination," Rod Beckstrom, president and chief executive officer of ICANN said in a statement. "Today’s decision respects the rights of groups to create new Top Level Domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all of mankind."

ICANN says that it will start accepting new gTLD applications on January 12, 2012 and soon will launch a campaign to advertise the new program.

The concerns on Monday echo the same debates from three years ago. While brand owners have an opportunity to create domains to align with separate products, each gTLD requires a separate application for $185,000 a pop (not to mention any other fees incurred in the application process and detailed in the application guidebook).

While the intention is to make the process more open and inclusive, the hefty price tag could deter some companies from applying. The program will open up gTLDs to various languages, however.

 
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ICANN Leaders to Discuss Generic Top-Level Domains

June 15th, 2011 By: THN News

(The Hosting News) – Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer will join Board Chair Peter Dengate Thrush and Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz at news conference immediately following an historic special meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors to decide the future of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).

The potential expansion of new gTLDs could mark one of the biggest changes ever to the Internet’s Domain Name System.

The news conference and the preceding Board meeting will occur on 20 June at the launch of ICANN’s 41^st public meeting in Singapore.

In addition to taking journalists’ questions on gTLDs at the Monday news conference, the three ICANN leaders will also answer questions on other subjects, ranging from IPv6 implementation to DNSSEC adoption.

Journalists who will not be present at the Singapore meeting are invited to participate in the news conference via a live video web stream or an international toll-free telephone connection.
A recording of the news conference will be posted to the press page of the ICANN web site (http://www.icann.org/en/press/) as soon after the event as possible.

Here are the details:
WHAT: News Conference
WHO: Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO; Peter Dengate Thrush, Board Chair; Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President

WHEN: Monday, 20 June 2011, 1330-1430 Singapore (0530 UTC).
WHERE: Swissôtel The Stamford, VIP Lounge (4^th Floor), 2 Stamford Road, Singapore
OFF-SITE ACCESS: Journalists from around the world can participate in the news conference via remote access.

• A live video webcast may be accessed at http://icann.adobeconnect.com/sin41-press.

• Telephone access may be obtained by dialling an international toll-free number obtain from this list www.adigo.com/icann.  The toll free access number in the U.S. is +1.800.550.6865.  Once you have reached the conferencing center, dial 25594.

INFORMATION ON gTLD PROGRAM: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/factsheet-new-gtld-program-14apr11-en.pdf.
SINGAPORE MEETING PRESS KIT: http://www.icann.org/en/press/

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Brad White, ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118, brad.white@icann.org
Andrew Robertson, Edelman Public Relations, London, U.K.
Tel. + 44 (7811) 341 945, andrew.Robertson@edelman.com
About ICANN:

ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet.
To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other.
ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world.
Without that coordination we wouldn’t have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998.
It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.
ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet.
But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.

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ICANN Approves .XXX Top-Level Domain

By Liam Eagle, March 21, 2011

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- At its meeting in San Francisco last week, the board of Internet regulatory body ICANN (www.icann.org) decided Friday that it intends to contract with ICM Registry (www.icmregistry.com) for the creation of a .XXX top-level domain, in spite of protestations from within the adult content business.
In a press release, ICM Registry, which has spent years campaigning for the creation of the TLD, says it intends the domain do be “a clearly labeled place where adult entertainment can be accessed.”

As a sponsored TLD, .xxx would have certain restrictions, being available only to the adult entertainment industry, and requiring registrants to complete an application process overseen by the International Foundation for Online Responsibility.

Opponents within the adult business have fought against the domain’s creation, via an organization named the Free Speech Coalition, arguing that, among other things, a .xxx domain would “ghettoize” their content, that its creation implies the adult Internet was previously operating irresponsibly and that they would be forced to register domains at considerable expense to protect their existing trademarks.

ICM Registry says the benefits to consumers would include an assurance that they’re protected from risk associated with identity theft, credit card fraud and images of child abuse, and that that consumers not interested in encountering adult material would have a simplified means of blocking it.

The approval of the domain might have been in part due to the scale of the opposition. In a post made Thursday on Domain Name Wire, Andrew Allemann wrote that a protest against the .xxx domain only managed to draw about 25 protestors.

ICM Registry also insists that there are benefits for the adult community.

“The knock-on benefit for the adult industry,” says ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley, quoted in a press release, “beyond the fact that consumers are going to be more prepared to make purchases when they know that they will be secure, is that the consumer will also know that .xxx sites are scanned daily for malware, thereby being safer to visit, leading to greater traffic. It’s a win-win situation.”
In another Domain Name Wire post reporting on the approval, Allemann wrote that many board members had spoken about the vote, with several saying they had voted in favor, partly because if a .xxx TLD isn’t approved now, it would almost certainly be submitted and approved in the new TLD process, and that the regulation around the current bid is preferable to the unregulated potential future domain.
The domain itself seems to have some traction. A ticker on the ICM Registry site is currently showing more than 300,000 pre-registrations for .xxx domain names.

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