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• fronty:

  I'm looking forward to the next series of "Can't Pay We'll Take It Away" where ICANN heavies turn up at some CEO's door ... read more

• John:

  Neustar touted the 2012 round of nTLDs as "the next big thing." They continued to be consistently - and $ub$tantially -... read more

• John:

  A point of clarification, please. It is mentioned that this is the first "involuntary" termination, and then conclude... read more

• MapleDots:

  So the big question is.... Does everyone who bought a domain with that extension suddenly have no ownership rights or... read more

• Steve GOBIN:

  Having been part of ICANN staff between 2008 and 2013, I can confirm that, I never heard of any discrimination based on ... read more

• domains:

  expected to pay between 10k or 20k to renew a portfolio of 10k domains. The price changed overnight and cost now 100k to... read more

• Reviewu:

  Their abuse mitigation is ridiculous and needs reviewing by ICANN. GoDaddy are surely ranked at the top for not addressi... read more

• John:

  Peace out is nice, but as an observation, revolution is more likely to deliver a meaningful piece of the pie. When ... read more

• Staff 3:

  See below good Samaritan John set you straight. ... read more

• Another Staff:

  Thanks John, you hit it on the nail. No ill for ICANN and don't know what's the deal with this Rob guy, probably a wolf ... read more

• Rob:

  Thats not his job. He is the General Counsel of ICANN, and as such as a duty to the Corporation. The Board decide... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Customer is the one who pays you. The ones that don't, are just freeloaders.... read more

• Green Jobs:

  Lame! ... read more

• steve brady:

  IT Engineer's whose resume listed "Adobe PDF" under SKILLS with a "Proven Track Record" got fired.... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  PDR is mostly a wholesale registrar, so it's likely they moved to one of their many resellers.... read more

• John:

  Not simple, simplistic. Passing the butter does not make ICANN "the hand that feeds" anyone. While they're at it, the B... read more

• stats:

  GRS / PWC has now lost over 95% of their customers...... read more

• Vika Mpisane:

  I'm happy to see Andrew Mack in there. He certainly looks the part:-)... read more

• Vika Mpisane:

  The dotAfrica stuff was some experience of course! Jokes aside, I suppose if Göran is on a prevention is better than cur... read more

• Rob:

  Dear John, “It is always so wonderful when people bite the hand that feeds them.” Simple. When an employee write... read more

• Rob:

  How is it an act of executives self bonusing themselves ? The Board of Directors gave the executives the bonus. The... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  domainers are crazy for corona. ... read more

• John:

  Hey “Asshole” You write that, “It is always so wonderful when people bite the hand that feeds them.” Excuse me? ... read more

• John:

  Hey "Asshole" You write that, "It is always so wonderful when people bite the hand that feeds them." Excuse me? H... read more

• Rob:

  Hey "Staff" It is always so wonderful when people bite the hand that feeds them. You are clearly a junior staffe... read more

• xt:

  This is what you write about for a gTLD? What the hell is wrong with you?... read more

• Staff 3:

  This act of some executives self bonusing themselves while leaving the others in the org high and dry just broke the tru... read more

• Another Staff:

  ICANN now has many disappointed and angry staff.... read more

• Also Staff:

  Also staff. Can confirm the above. ICANN stopped employee merit increases due to “economic uncertainty.” Also froze hiri... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  The appearance of JJ pulling all the strings is probably the work of CEO and other senior executives, not his. Why takin... read more

• Giselle:

  When this pandemic will finish these domains will be unusable.... read more

• Rob:

  I want to comment on some of your statements, as some of them made me laugh out loud. "John Jeffrey seems to be the m... read more

• Staff 2:

  Goran: "The negative economic impacts around the world are undeniable, and ICANN is not immune to the economic impacts o... read more

• Staff:

  What is really missing from this article is that ICANN staff were told that there will be no raises this year because of... read more

• Mogreen:

  reading this I am not sure if you are more upset on the scale of the pay increase or that these particular people are st... read more

• kd:

  John Jeffrey seems to be the most powerful of all. Especially with his salary. He seems to pull all the strings at ICA... read more

• Kd:

  Of course they can. They took quid-pro-quo money from Verisign for many many millions. To only just cover these raises... read more

• Scott:

  Very well detailed news coverage here. This is the latest in a series of tough features you've done on ICANN budget a... read more

• Samer:

  More potshots at Epik, I see. Come on, Kevin... Focus on a story ICANN execs get pah-raises over epik clickbait titl... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  They're happy that they facilitated 0% intrest payday loan for registries forcing poor registrants to send in 10-year lu... read more

• Kyle:

  God for bid an American concludes that importing immigrants illegally leads to them wanting to tear down statues of the ... read more

• Michael:

  Well, let’s see. Three days to request the auth code from NSI but then not receive anything. Another two days to get a r... read more

• John Berryhill:

  Yes. It's gone up since then, but the process, as I understand it, is no less complicated. It's surprising they would ... read more

• Riley:

  Those registrations range from the misguided to the malicious. Well at least the registries pocketed all the registr... read more

• David J Castello:

  I predict a big future for asteroid domains.... read more

• John Berryhill:

  I wonder if they would share with us what was the cost of the commercial filming license at the Taj Mahal. I understand... read more

• Rob Golding:

  I'm wondering if/how they will handle social distancing for the public sessions with the new phases. Those queueing f... read more

• Rod:

  This is the problem with people who live off of other people's money and spend it for a living. Once they've spent on on... read more

• gpm group:

  Does any brand actually use them beyond an expensive redriect or a corporate magazine / company information portal? Don'... read more

• Konstantinos Zournas:

  Bonus bonus bonus... read more

• Jovenet Consulting:

  I say they are a great tool and we will sell plenty of them for the next round. They need time and to get rid of the... read more

• Fat Anon:

  due to the coronavirus-related shift At first glance I misread the last word here... no real difference though... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  Don't they just sit on the cash? Do they promote domain names at all? Probably not... They have a budget, but is i... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  I believe that while most brands indeed fell to the fallacy of defending against abuse, some saw it as a conditional opp... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  .intel and .metlife also bite the dust.... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  It's very unlikely that ICANN not had a contract with the venue before disclosing the location. That said, the contract ... read more

• John McCormac:

  The .BRANDs were a big mistake after large-scale Domain Tasting ended in 2007. They were largely sold on the basis of br... read more

• Anonymous:

  I will be dumping 3 of mines by the end of this year. Originally they were just used as a shortcut to redirect to a spec... read more

• David J Castello:

  Spot-on.... read more

• John:

  Wow! All this chatter about registrations of fraudulent domains at the registrar level (elsewhere in DomainIncite.com),... read more

• architectures:

  solid state... read more

• Andy:

  So RM who is a "Bible-bashing Christian" also apparently supports Antifa? Get out of here with this nonsense! RM is tota... read more

• Ash:

  It sounds like ICANN staff will be in for a Hard Day's Night. Sorry.... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  Maybe 'they' created a whole fake city and staged all this, like a Hollywood movie - a huge conspiracy theory! Funny,... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  Yeah, right it's all over the news even with video footage. I find it hard to believe to fake at this point. Source: Eve... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  Rob sends his right-hand man, Rob Davis (@Intelliname) to LIE about being interested in purchasing domains. I have 20... read more

• Jennifer Santiago:

  Hello - None of this is true. Source: I live in Seattle.... read more

• David J Castello:

  Without checking, I believe our sale is in that first question. :)... read more

• Chris:

  Here in the Netherlands political discrimination is illegal. So I cant help but see it through those glasses. You cant s... read more

• Samer:

  More divisiveness. Thanks Kevin! Answer NO — How about try returning NC, first? Samer... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  Cue victimhood. Groups that regard themselves as victims generally retaliate with more evil. They believe they are entit... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  As far as 'leaving him alone', per your request. I don't think so. "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at a... read more

• Lifesavings.online:

  I think the points, similarities went over your head. I can clue you in a bit. He takes control of these places and m... read more

• JZ:

  People like Monster are deluded people who can't accept reality for what it is. Instead everything is a "false flag" whe... read more

• Bul:

  Now lifesavings.online, I doubt you're on the rails as you claim to be given your last comment about Governor Inslee and... read more