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		<title>Michele Neylon &#45; CircleID</title>
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		<description>Postings from Michele Neylon on CircleID</description>
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		<dc:rights>Copyright 2013, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
		<dc:date>2013-06-14T09:53:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> Belgian Country Code Now Supports Internationalized Domain Names (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week dns.be launched Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). The Belgian registry opted to support the accented characters for Dutch, French and German. In so doing they've also ended up providing support for other European languages, such as Swedish, Finnish and Danish... The registry reported quite a bit of interest in the launch with over 3000 IDN domains being registered in the first hour. That number had practically doubled by close of business on the first day. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130614_belgian_country_code_now_supports_internationalized_domain_names">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-06-14T09:53:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Google Does the Right Thing Opening Several Closed Generic TLD Applications (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months one of the areas of attention in the new TLD project has been "closed generics". I've written about this several times in the past and I've also raised the issue in as many fora as possible. Yesterday ICANN published a letter they'd received from Google with respect to several of their new TLD applications. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130410_google_does_right_thing_opening_several_closed_generic_tld_apps">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-04-10T11:03:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Google Bows to Pressure on Closed Generics (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The debate surrounding "closed generics", which has been covered several times in the past, has attracted a lot of attention in recent weeks. At the centre of the debate were a number of new TLD applications from large companies including Google, Amazon and others. Google had stated that they planned to establish a number of domain extensions and operate them as "walled gardens". At the ICANN public meeting in Toronto Google attempted to defend their plans and their position until today was unchanged. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130308_google_bows_to_pressure_on_closed_generics">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-03-08T11:15:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Booksellers Weigh In On Amazon's New TLDs (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some pretty big companies are beginning to show an active interest in ICANN's new TLD project. The most recent of them is bookseller Barnes &amp; Noble. The letter, which is available both on the ICANN website, is quite narrow and pointed in its scope and focusses on the perceived competition issues with Amazon's bids for several "closed generics". <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130228_booksellers_weigh_in_on_amazons_new_tlds">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-02-28T16:54:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> 5 Reasons Why Closed Generic New gTLDs Should Be Opposed (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130224_5_reasons_why_closed_generic_new_gtlds_should_be_opposed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm on the record multiple times over the last few months for my opinions on "closed generics"... Since then I've sent several letters to ICANN (supported by many others) and have been quoted and referenced in several articles on the subject including Politico.com... If you're not a domain "geek" then the danger of this issue might not be that easy to understand, so here are five reasons why "closed generics" are a really bad idea. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130224_5_reasons_why_closed_generic_new_gtlds_should_be_opposed">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-02-24T21:44:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN Should Clarify Position On Key Word New TLDs (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130125_icann_should_clarify_position_on_key_word_new_tlds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Back in September a number of domain name industry leaders wrote to ICANN to express deep-felt concerns about some companies' declared plans for generic domain name extensions. We have sent ICANN another letter this week which is also planned to be distributed in a press release included here in this post. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130125_icann_should_clarify_position_on_key_word_new_tlds">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2013-01-25T06:45:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Letter to ICANN on Big Brands Proposed Usage of Generic Domain Extensions (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120925_letter_to_icann_brands_proposed_usage_generic_domain_extensions</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We have been taking an active interest in the development of the new TLD program by ICANN and excited by the many opportunities and challenges that this "opening up" will bring to us, our customers and the internet ecosystem as a whole. However, we also have our concerns about how some entities wish to use generic domain name extensions as "walled gardens". <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120925_letter_to_icann_brands_proposed_usage_generic_domain_extensions">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-09-25T07:47:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN 44 Prague: A Look at the Future (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ICANN's 44th public meeting is about to start in a few days with a number of topics on the agenda. Some of them are new, while some of them are ongoing. First off, ICANN will be announcing the new CEO this Friday afternoon in Prague. Whoever it is will be coming to the organisation at a time when it faces a number of significant challenges. While the actual official meeting does not start until Monday morning there will be plenty of meetings on over the weekend as well... So what's on the "menu" for Prague? <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120621_icann_44_prague_a_look_at_the_future">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-21T21:25:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Big Brands Trying to Corner Generic Domain Namespaces? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Trying to make sense of the nearly 2000 new TLD applications is not something that anyone can do quickly. Sure, you can look at the list and see who has applied for what, but it's only when you actually read the "public" part of their submission that you can get an insight into their plans. Let's call a spade a spade. If a big brand wants to get its own TLD then it's pretty much their own business how they use it, as long as they don't do any "harm" to the rest of the internet ecosystem... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120614_big_brands_trying_to_corner_generic_domain_namespaces">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-06-14T18:55:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Don't Make Us Treat Our Customers Like Criminals! (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120529_dont_make_us_treat_our_customers_like_criminals</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Crime, fraud, scams etc., they're all very bad things. They're also not going to go away anytime soon. As a domain name registrar and hosting provider we're constantly "at risk", as we sell a lot of services that are both cost-effective and also give criminals the tools they need to attack 3rd parties. Again, this isn't exactly news. We've always taken a very pro-active approach to dealing with criminal activity and network abuse... But recently I've been losing sleep. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120529_dont_make_us_treat_our_customers_like_criminals">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-05-29T17:40:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN Takes "Fail" To A Whole New Level (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today is April 12 2012. It's also meant to be the day that the new TLD application window closes. Now it's not. ICANN has spectacularly failed to manage the new TLD process and will miss its own deadline by over a week... In a rather badly worded announcement ICANN states that it's extending the deadline for online applications (the only way to apply) until April 20th at 23:59 UTC. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120412_icann_takes_fail_to_a_whole_new_level">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-04-12T10:47:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ICANN To Publish New gTLD Applicants On April 30th (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In a recent press release ICANN has stated that they will publish the list of applicants for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) on April 30th. Previously many had spoken of a "big reveal" on May 1st, though that would have coincided with a public holiday in many countries and might have been "missed". However ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, claims that the organisation had always planned to publish the list two weeks after the application window closed. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120404_icann_to_publish_new_gtld_applicants_on_april_30th">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-04-04T08:10:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Nominet to Apply for .Wales and .Cymru Top-Level Domains (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the run up to the launch of new TLDs there were a lot of rumours about which organisations would apply for which strings. Detractors might pick holes in the entire project, but it's very hard to argue against the merits of new TLDs specifically in the context of cultural linguistic communities that fall outside the realm of ccTLDs (country code top level domains). The case of Catalonia and .cat is probably the best one and has been vaunted as the poster child for new TLDs in some circles. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120303_nominet_to_apply_for_wales_and_cymru_top_level_domains">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-03-03T11:22:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> New TLD Application Window Opens Tomorrow - What Does It Mean? (Here are Answers to Some Basic FAQs) (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, January 12th 2012 ICANN will open the application window for new TLDs. This post includes answers to some of the based frequently asked questions. If you have any other questions/queries, or if something is unclear please let me know via the comment at the end of the post. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/new_tld_application_window_opens_tomorrow_what_does_it_mean">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-11T15:35:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> ARIN Launches WHOWAS: Trial Service Providing Historical Information for a Given IP Address (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is running a trial service that gives users access to historical IP whois data &ndash; that is, it will tell you who was responsible for an IP address or block of IPs. The service is not automated and if you want to access it you will need to submit a request via email with information about not only what you want to know, but why you are interested in accessing the information. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111128_arin_launches_whowas_service_historical_registration_info">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-11-28T12:14:01-08:00</dc:date>
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