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• Peter Vergote:

  April’s fool???... read more

• Camino Manjon:

  Dear Mr. Bladel, Had you ever been affected by a harassment case you would know that regardless of any “official confi... read more

• James Bladel:

  Given the seriousness of these accusations and the lack of any official confirmation, I think it's irresponsible to post... read more

• James:

  Verisign probably thought this was getting too close for comfort, so decided it was time to sever the relationship. Aft... read more

• Steve GOBIN:

  I'm not in favour of this decision nor do I approve the untold arrangements between ICANN and Verisign. However, ICANN'... read more

• John Colascione:

  June 4, 2019 Why Verisign ‘NASDAQ:VRSN’ Will Inevitably Get Its .COM Domain Price Increase Sought https://www.strategi... read more

• Chris:

  The department of commerce isn't actually raising the prices, but they intend to increase the pricing flexibility for Ve... read more

• Rob Golding:

  The only part that was ever in doubt, was whether the 20m$ bung was enough !... read more

• Ian Ingram:

  Verisign has been on easy street for far too long. They have no competition. Their operating costs have been going down ... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  An election is coming this year to who is new POTUS, so every registered US voter can factor this price increase in his ... read more

• Iliya Bazlyankov:

  Funny how to implement that if you have a parked domain name with coming soon page...... read more

• Rob Golding:

  Mark has covered it far more succinctly and eloquently than I could. The constant attempt to both demonize registrar... read more

• Daniel Ruzzini Mejia:

  Thanks Kev for sharing this, I just joined!... read more

• Michele Neylon:

  Theo - I focussed on the .ie domain names and found three categories in their list: 1 - domains that aren't pointing an... read more

• Theo Geurts:

  I just parsed a few thousand domain names of the DT list and I notice that several parking providers like Efty.com are n... read more

• Theo Geurts:

  Mike, filtering out the domains that are up for sale is no issue as they are usually parked on known platforms.... read more

• Mike:

  Theo the majority of the domain name industry is to intelligent to register such domains, as they know they have no mark... read more

• Theo Geurts:

  I would suggest people in the domain name industry join the Covid-19 Cyber Threat Coalition. https://join.slack.com/... read more

• Mark Jeftovic:

  Your version of what happened with the Airmailchemist situation is not entirely the way it went down. The fatality wa... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Every registry and registrar can take a look at https://1984.sh/covid19-domains-feed.txt and look for domains under its ... read more

• Traci Hersey:

  A change sometimes takes time and sometimes it happens all of a sudden. All suspicion towards new gTLDs will slowly disa... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Sites selling 10-minute coronavirus tests, while there is no such thing, is one example.... read more

• Emiliano Pasqualetti:

  What kind of coronavirus websites do you guys think should be taken down and why? Do you have any examples?... read more

• John Berryhill:

  I'm old enough to remember the refrain of "if you don't play along with (insert policy proposal here), then legislators ... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Just the ones registering corona domains.... read more

• Raj:

  Rubens Kuhl: Are you saying all domainers should rot in hell? Or just any person who registers corona domains in h... read more

• Brad Mugford:

  This deal is still terrible for pretty much every stake holder, outside Ethos and PIR/ISOC. No amount of time or supe... read more

• domainers:

  check Covid19.com, they are straight up jack asses... read more

• www.whatsapp.com:

  si... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Hope one of those is coronadomainersshouldrotin.hell.... read more

• CoronaNames.com:

  We have over 400 Corona Names for sale at http://CoronaNames.com... read more

• Frank Wang:

  Just some feedback on the website: covid-19.com, when you open it in China, the data in the left of your screen is the d... read more

• Roger:

  Interesting and well-researched recap. But... First, so no one can buy a domain name with an intent to make money ... read more

• Snoopy:

  "For the record, I agree with Allemann: serious domain investors should never attempt to exploit these kinds of crises f... read more

• Rubens:

  .net is the only agreement with prices set by ICANN, for now. It's probably just a calendar cycle and by the time the ne... read more

• John:

  Rubens, You claim “it’s discretionary by ICANN” to control pricing. But ICANN is currently controlling pricing. I... read more

• Leo:

  ICANN67 was a successful learning experience. There technology basically worked well on the sessions I attended. There a... read more

• Jean Guillon:

  For the first time ever, I see people wearing masks in the Paris' tube. It happened in the past to see tourists wearing ... read more

• Michael:

  I am sure ICANN will increase prices before we all die.... read more

• Chris:

  The GDPR truly shows the cultural differences between American and European lawyers. American laws are more absolute, wh... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Contract negotiations are bilateral in nature in every industry, and the domain industry is no exception. It's not only ... read more

• John:

  Rubens – but the removal of all pricing caps in .ORG is what caused this entire mess. This Ethos Capital deal would h... read more

• John:

  Most importantly – if ICANN does not want to be a pricing regulator – it should have followed the United States Departme... read more

• John:

  But ICANN is a price regulator. They are engaged in price regulation today. ICANN has been a price regulator since its... read more

• ralph:

  sussexduke.com is logical... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Every decision based on pricing makes ICANN a pricing regulator, a role they are running from like hell. Unless the ... read more

• Greg Thomas:

  1) Is it appropriate that there is such certainty in a registry operator’s capture of their concession that monetization... read more

• Chris:

  The new pricing structure is now reality thanks to ICANN. Which is exactly why they should take that into consideration ... read more

• Jonathan Frost:

  I'm not sure that Kevin's statement that "ICANN has the ability, under its registry agreement with PIR, to reject a chan... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  .org pricing caps removal is a decision already taken by ICANN Board, so pricing is not a factor for ICANN Board to appr... read more

• Ryan Evans:

  Well he barely beat me to it on the name. I just listed the following names on GoDaddy auction for sale, and these are ... read more

• John:

  Look at what Jon Postel said in June of 1996. Jon Postel is one the creators of the Internet: “Another concern with ... read more

• John:

  The ICANN board should pay close attention and listen to what the Founding CEO and Director of ICANN (Mike Roberts) rece... read more

• John:

  In PIR’s 2018 annual report, they admitted the new gTLD program has not created new competition. When talking about t... read more

• John:

  The .ORG domain extension has 10.4 million registrants (at end of 2018.) PIR has consistently said they have very hig... read more

• John:

  My concern is that Ethos Capital continues to spread false information regarding competition and how they compete in the... read more

• John:

  Brad is right: "The bottom line is basically no one believes a 10% increase per year is either justified, or deserved."... read more

• Brad Mugford:

  The community has spoken loudly and clearly on this. The bottom line is basically no one believes a 10% increase per ... read more

• Snoopy:

  "But Ethos has offered to cap price increases at 10% per year on average for the next seven years, reimposing a price ca... read more

• Andrew Merriam:

  It's happened/happening to most of us in the industry. I think you're truly part of the club now?! Cheers!... read more

• John:

  It is time to STOP the wholesale shift-in-control and -ownership of key swaths of the internet to BIG MONEY interests. ... read more

• Konstantinos Zournas:

  "Anyone dropping the F-bomb or calling the deal “gay”, as happened during the recent .com comment period..." Please s... read more

• Snoopy:

  Ridiculous request, one of the co’s requesting a handout is Alibaba, a $560 billion dollar company. These Chinese cor... read more

• James:

  The real savings will come from any future cancelations (GDD? Kuala Lumpur?)... read more

• James:

  Agreed, Kevin, I can't see ICANN granting this request. The precedent would be set for registrars in other affected are... read more

• Mark Thorpe:

  It won't be approved.... read more

• 168:

  Happy Anniversary ! Thoroughly enjoy the cheeky Keen "incite", Greatly appreciate the balanced commentary you put e... read more

• Christa Taylor:

  You, dry? LOL ;-) Happy 10th Anniversary and a big thank-you for always keeping it humorously real.... read more

• Anthony Mitchell:

  There was a tech writer from Londonish Whose domain portfolio was admittedly amateurish. His readers’ joy increased W... read more

• Emiliano Pasqualetti:

  Hey Kevin, Tell the distracted taxi driver that at least you don’t make a living by suggesting domains. Most of my dr... read more

• Bob Hawkes:

  Congratulations on the 10 years and thank you for your research and clear and insightful writing. And also for this deli... read more

• Claudio:

  Definitely the funniest domain article I've ever read. At least you have the comedy career to fall back on! Fairness... read more

• Keith:

  I receive about 100 spam emails ending in .icu now. I loathe this domain now.... read more

• ASHKUM:

  Hi Kevin, I liked your above article on COVID-19's meticulous grab by some domainer. I am a dark-horse domainer and p... read more

• Normand Fortier:

  Thank you Kevin, we want another 10 years and an option for another 10 years, same as registry contract with ICANN. Keep... read more