Recent Comments

• page howe: so did ICANN just imagine there is a ChatGPT for handing out domains? short timeline means it mus
• John Coleman: There should be a way to decentralize control over the .kids domain. No one group needs to have con
• Matthias Pfeifer: >i dont hear the public saying man im glad i >have the great .biz working for me.. or i love &
• Rubens Kuhl: ICANN can't cap the name system where it is, or face cartel charges. There is a legal need for ICANN
• Steve Gobin: Awarding such a sensible TLD to a company that is a priviledged partner for people that run websites
• Page Howe: So the ones ICANN launched in the testbed and 2014 rounds arent working for the public, just the reg
• NameMode: Most definitely.
• DomainsGENERAL.com: Sure Kevin. Agreed. My answer was directed at Steve if it wasn't clear.
• Kevin Murphy: The domain is priced for a user, not an investor.
• DomainsGENERAL.com: You cannot compare names with a renewal cost of $10 with this domain having a "premium" renewal of $
• Kevin Murphy: The annual tax return does list salaries of directors and the highest-paid staff as you say, but it
• Kevin Murphy: Somebody bought it for $13k.
• Steve: One of the most in-demand, short, single dictionary word for domains, and it couldn't sell for more
• WebSniffer: The same message across the board from all domain name community members: ICANN should be more trans
• Elieber: Do you have any information about the .web domain?
• Steve Gobin: Unless mistaken, ICANN's annual report actually mentions some of the top executives (CEO, COO, CFO..
• John: There are several alternatives. I have been using DaaZ.com for last 3 years. A london based start-up
• WebSniffer: Thanks, Owen! The numbers are really interesting.
• Owen: In March 2022, ICANN published the "ICANN Policy Status Report: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resoluti
• WebSniffer: It is likely that the number of disputes will continue to increase in the coming year. It would be i
• WebSniffer: It should be mandatory for public interest organizations like ICANN to disclose the salaries of all
• Kevin Murphy: Not clever, Jeff. Deliberately stupid. Just a comedic reminder that Marby was a terrible CEO who p
• Kevin Murphy: The writer of this comment is an anonymous coward. Use your own name if you want to be taken seriou
• Mike: The writer of this article does not have a clue.
• Kevin Murphy: Not any more! Thanks :)
• WebSniffer: There is a small typo in the article. One time the interim CEO's surname is written 'Costerton', ano
• Kevin Murphy: Thanks for the clarification Jothan.
• John Berryhill: In the movie version, Marby is played by John Travolta. https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/hey-q
• Jeff Sass: @Angie, pretty sure that's clever Kevin's statement on the other achievements... ;-)
• Angie Graves: Thanks for the clarification on the attached image, Jothan. What about the ending of the article?
• Jothan Frakes: The picture attached to the article currently is not one of Goran Marby or anyone named in the artic
• Dan: An utterly insane salary for the CEO of a monopoly... How on earth can that be justified when all he
• Mark Thorpe: About time
• Kevin Murphy: Honestly?
• Concerned Netzien: Honestly, so many of these posts are starting to have a drama queen feel. You’d probably make a lo
• Jovenet Consulting: ...anyone remembers when we first talk about the first alternative root? When was that? ;-)
• Steve GOBIN: Not to mention that some of the work done for the 1st round can be re-used for future rounds, thus t
• Rubens Kuhl: Unbiased opinion detected. #ohwait
• MapleDots: And the price increase on .com's had nothing to do with it. Nah, it did not affect investors at all.
• Kevin Murphy: I could make an argument that .uk did better.
• Alessio: Interesting .au as a tld has had as much uptake since similar efforts abroad havent seemed to go far
• Jeffry Stoud: I believe this increase along with the offloading of responsibility of man in the middle attacks wil
• John Berryhill: This is beautiful: "a decade of inflation alone would lead to a 28% price increase to $237,000"
• Rick Lane: So it is not just WHOIS that has gone dark, but all of ICANN org...
• Rubens Kuhl: It's curious that while ODAs carry the message from Org that the community shouldn't make decisions,
• Bret Fausett: This is not unusual in the legal field. From Facebook's own page for law enforcement: "Cost Reim
• Rubens Kuhl: Setting prices for a registry or registrar service would be a direct violation of the picket fence,
• Stephane Penaceque: Indeed, great to have you back Kevin. Your insights were truly missed over the last weeks !
• Jim Prendergast: Great wrap up Kevin. And wonderful to have you back. Best on your continued recovery.
• Paul Anthony Webb: Welcome back! StoppableDomains is incredibly litigious and has VC backing in the hundreds of mill