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| 2023 - Dec 19 | on | Who Is Really Behind the Plan to Block .Web? |
| 2022 - Mar 06 | on | The Ever-Evolving Problem of DNS Abuse |
| 2022 - Mar 06 | on | The Ever-Evolving Problem of DNS Abuse |
| 2022 - Mar 05 | on | The Ever-Evolving Problem of DNS Abuse |
| 2020 - Sep 23 | on | A Failed Whois Policy |
| 2020 - Sep 22 | on | A Failed Whois Policy |
| 2020 - Sep 08 | on | Only Bad Actors Should Worry About the URS |
| 2019 - Mar 14 | on | Portrait of a Single-Character Domain Name |
| 2019 - Feb 12 | on | Revisiting How Registrants Can Reduce the Threat of Domain Hijacking |
| 2018 - Oct 24 | on | Is finals.afl the Most-Viewed .Brand Domain Ever? |
| 2018 - Oct 19 | on | Is finals.afl the Most-Viewed .Brand Domain Ever? |
| 2018 - Aug 15 | on | How Big Is the Domain Business? |
| 2017 - Jun 26 | on | Cars.com $850 Million Valuation: Methodology Critique |
| 2017 - Jun 05 | on | Does ICANN's UDRP Preserve Free Speech and Allow Room for Criticism? |
| 2016 - Jul 12 | on | New Top Level Domain Industry First Half 2016 Analysis & Insights (Infographic) |
| 2016 - Jul 12 | on | New Top Level Domain Industry First Half 2016 Analysis & Insights (Infographic) |
| 2015 - May 22 | on | Should Barclays Lose the .Barclays Top-Level Domain? |
| 2015 - May 20 | on | Should Barclays Lose the .Barclays Top-Level Domain? |
| 2014 - Jan 20 | on | How to Keep Track of the New Generic Top-Level Domains (newgTLDs) Now Appearing Weekly |
| 2014 - Jan 09 | on | Domains Locked in London Police Takedown Ordered to Be Transferred |
| 2013 - Sep 12 | on | More than 85% of Top 500 Most Highly-Trafficked Websites Vulnerable |
| 2013 - Sep 12 | on | More than 85% of Top 500 Most Highly-Trafficked Websites Vulnerable |
| 2013 - Jul 26 | on | Avoiding an ICANN Monopoly on Policy |
| 2013 - Jul 26 | on | Avoiding an ICANN Monopoly on Policy |
| 2013 - Jul 26 | on | Avoiding an ICANN Monopoly on Policy |
| 2013 - Apr 23 | on | gTLD Contention Auction in May: Request for Comments |
| 2013 - Mar 03 | on | An Update on the Closed Generics Debate |
| 2013 - Feb 09 | on | What Did we Learn Today About .XXX From IFFOR Tax Return |
| 2013 - Feb 09 | on | What Did we Learn Today About .XXX From IFFOR Tax Return |
| 2013 - Feb 07 | on | What Did we Learn Today About .XXX From IFFOR Tax Return |
| 2013 - Feb 07 | on | What Did we Learn Today About .XXX From IFFOR Tax Return |
| 2012 - Jun 06 | on | ICANN Gets Crazy... Again! |
| 2012 - Feb 16 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 16 | on | Anonymous Plans to Go After DNS Root Servers. What Will Be the US's Response? |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Anonymous Plans to Go After DNS Root Servers. What Will Be the US's Response? |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Anonymous Plans to Go After DNS Root Servers. What Will Be the US's Response? |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 15 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 14 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2012 - Feb 14 | on | Google's Free Public DNS Load Tops VeriSign, Raising Dot-Com Contract Tender Question |
| 2011 - Dec 01 | on | The Death of TLD Front Running |
| 2011 - Aug 24 | on | Underneath the Hood: Ownership vs. Stewardship of the Internet |
| 2011 - Aug 11 | on | Kudos to ccTLD Registries for Taking Measures to Improve Security |
| 2011 - Jun 19 | on | ICANN Hubris Knows No Ends |
| 2011 - May 17 | on | Last Minute Surge of Opposition to VeriSign .NET Auto Renewal |
| 2011 - May 04 | on | Who is Wagging Who? Same Dog, New Tale. |
| 2011 - Mar 02 | on | ICANN's New gTLD Double Standard? |
| 2011 - Feb 22 | on | A Tribute to the STI (Special Trademarks Initiative Team) |
| 2011 - Feb 19 | on | On the Introduction of new Top Level Domains into the Domain Name System |
| 2011 - Jan 19 | on | Rod Beckstrom, Twiki and the Foswiki fork - ICANN Must "Get Things Right" on New TLDs |
| 2011 - Jan 18 | on | Rod Beckstrom, Twiki and the Foswiki fork - ICANN Must "Get Things Right" on New TLDs |
| 2010 - Dec 04 | on | ICANN's Governance Conundrum |
| 2010 - Dec 04 | on | ICANN's Governance Conundrum |
| 2010 - Dec 04 | on | ICANN's Governance Conundrum |
| 2010 - Oct 07 | on | NAF Panelists and Complainants Caught Systematically Copying/Pasting Nonsense Into UDRP Decisions |
| 2010 - Oct 07 | on | NAF Panelists and Complainants Caught Systematically Copying/Pasting Nonsense Into UDRP Decisions |
| 2010 - Aug 10 | on | Three Things Registrars Must Do to Enhance Security |
| 2010 - Aug 09 | on | Three Things Registrars Must Do to Enhance Security |
| 2010 - Jun 16 | on | NAF Caught Revising Past UDRP Decisions? |
| 2010 - Jun 02 | on | For ICANN, a New Path Toward an Old Goal |
| 2010 - Jun 02 | on | For ICANN, a New Path Toward an Old Goal |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | The Sad State of WHOIS, and Why Criminals Love It |
| 2010 - May 13 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 12 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 12 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 12 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 11 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 11 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 06 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 06 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 05 | on | When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid |
| 2010 - May 04 | on | NAF Panelists and Complainants Caught Systematically Copying/Pasting Nonsense Into UDRP Decisions |
| 2010 - May 01 | on | The Domain Aftermarket Redux: Are Domainers "Investors" Yet? |
| 2010 - Apr 27 | on | NAF Panelists and Complainants Caught Systematically Copying/Pasting Nonsense Into UDRP Decisions |
| 2010 - Apr 23 | on | NAF Panelists and Complainants Caught Systematically Copying/Pasting Nonsense Into UDRP Decisions |
| 2009 - Sep 01 | on | Domain Registry/Registrar Cross Ownership: A Reality Check |
| 2009 - Aug 31 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Jun 21 | on | Advocating for Domain Name Registry-Registrar Separation |
| 2009 - Jun 19 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 19 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 19 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | Most Popular Invalid TLDs Should Be Reserved |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Jun 18 | on | How is ICANN Spending Your Money? |
| 2009 - Mar 12 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 27 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 19 | on | Threat of Tiered Pricing Continues in New gTLD Guidebook Version 2 |
| 2009 - Feb 19 | on | Your Comments Front and Center in ICANN New gTLD Process |
| 2009 - Feb 19 | on | Your Comments Front and Center in ICANN New gTLD Process |
| 2009 - Feb 12 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 11 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 09 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 06 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 05 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 05 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 05 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 05 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 04 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 04 | on | ICANN Blows $4.6 Million In Stock Market |
| 2009 - Feb 04 | on | Logical Deduction on Why New TLDs Will Not Increase Costs for Trademark Holders |
| 2009 - Jan 13 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 12 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 12 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 12 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 12 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 12 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 11 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 11 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 11 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 11 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | 2008: A Historic Year for DNS |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | 2008: A Historic Year for DNS |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 09 | on | PIR's Anti-Abuse Policy for .ORG Offers No Due Process for Innocent Domain Registrants |
| 2009 - Jan 08 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What? |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 06 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2009 - Jan 05 | on | ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation |
| 2008 - Oct 24 | on | Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon? |
| 2008 - Oct 24 | on | Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon? |
| 2008 - Oct 24 | on | Will VeriSign Be Able to Engage in Tiered Pricing for .com Soon? |
| 2008 - Jul 17 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
| 2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
| 2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
| 2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
| 2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
| 2008 - Jul 15 | on | Not a Guessing Game |
| 2008 - Jun 22 | on | Potential Danger Ahead for Registrants: dot-info Abusive Domain Use Policy |
| 2007 - Sep 15 | on | Radio Interview Discusses Domainers and Domaining |
| 2007 - Sep 13 | on | Microsoft Files Three More Cybersquatting Cases |
| 2007 - Aug 29 | on | iREIT Drops TM-Typo Domains? |
| 2007 - Aug 20 | on | BMW Goes After BMW.cat |
| 2007 - Apr 02 | on | When Domain Names Aren't Enough |
| 2007 - Mar 30 | on | Why I Voted for .XXX |
| 2007 - Mar 30 | on | Why I Voted for .XXX |
| 2007 - Mar 29 | on | Registerfly Victims Are Really Stuck Now |
| 2007 - Mar 18 | on | An Alternative to .XXX: IANA Adult Port Assignments |
| 2007 - Mar 17 | on | An Alternative to .XXX: IANA Adult Port Assignments |
| 2007 - Mar 09 | on | XXX Comes to a Head |
| 2007 - Mar 09 | on | XXX Comes to a Head |
| 2007 - Mar 09 | on | XXX Comes to a Head |
| 2007 - Mar 08 | on | Social Networking and Web 2.0 Creating DNS Performance Issues for Carriers |
| 2007 - Mar 01 | on | Domain Aftermarket Overdue for an "Asset Repricing" |
| 2007 - Jan 24 | on | Help! My Domain Name Has Been Hijacked! |
| 2007 - Jan 16 | on | Google's Top-10 Search Terms Dominated By Trademarks |
| 2007 - Jan 16 | on | Google's Top-10 Search Terms Dominated By Trademarks |
| 2007 - Jan 12 | on | Help! My Domain Name Has Been Hijacked! |
| 2006 - Dec 28 | on | Earthquake in Asia, Spam Plummets |
| 2006 - Nov 06 | on | Huge Increase in Spam in October Email |
| 2006 - Oct 07 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Oct 07 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Oct 07 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Oct 02 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Oct 01 | on | Another View of the New ICANN-DoC Agreement |
| 2006 - Sep 29 | on | ICANN and the DOC |
| 2006 - Sep 21 | on | Response to Inaccurate .travel Wild Card Assessments |
| 2006 - Sep 21 | on | Response to Inaccurate .travel Wild Card Assessments |
| 2006 - Sep 11 | on | ICANN Confirms: Tiered Pricing Not Forbidden in New .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG Contracts |
| 2006 - Sep 06 | on | Summary Judgment Denied in a Case of Creative Typosquatting |
| 2006 - Sep 06 | on | Summary Judgment Denied in a Case of Creative Typosquatting |
| 2006 - Sep 06 | on | Summary Judgment Denied in a Case of Creative Typosquatting |
| 2006 - Sep 06 | on | Summary Judgment Denied in a Case of Creative Typosquatting |
| 2006 - Sep 06 | on | Summary Judgment Denied in a Case of Creative Typosquatting |
| 2006 - Aug 31 | on | Tiered (Variable) Pricing Compromise? |
| 2006 - Aug 31 | on | Tiered (Variable) Pricing Compromise? |
| 2006 - Aug 28 | on | ICANN Confirms: Tiered Pricing Not Forbidden in New .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG Contracts |
| 2006 - Aug 25 | on | ICANN Confirms: Tiered Pricing Not Forbidden in New .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG Contracts |
| 2006 - Aug 25 | on | ICANN Confirms: Tiered Pricing Not Forbidden in New .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG Contracts |
| 2006 - Aug 07 | on | Nation of Cameroon Typo-Squats the Entire .com Space |
| 2006 - Aug 06 | on | Nation of Cameroon Typo-Squats the Entire .com Space |
| 2006 - Aug 02 | on | VeriSign Director Charged with Securities Fraud |
| 2006 - Jun 04 | on | Domain Tasting Target of US Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuit |
| 2006 - Apr 28 | on | Wall Street Journal Article on Whois Privacy |
| 2006 - Mar 01 | on | A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement |
| 2005 - Oct 25 | on | VeriSign and ICANN Settle Lawsuit |
| 2005 - Jan 17 | on | Hijacking of Panix.com: A Call for An Emergency Rollback Procedure |
| 2004 - Jul 23 | on | The Site Finder Reprise |
| 2004 - Jul 15 | on | The Site Finder Report: Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the Committee |
| 2004 - Jul 15 | on | The Site Finder Report: Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the Committee |
| 2004 - Jun 17 | on | Recent WHOIS Report Overlooking Fundamental Issue? |
| 2003 - Dec 05 | on | Why WIPO Does Not Like the UDRP |
| 2003 - Dec 02 | on | Market Forces Should Control Registry Services? |
| 2003 - Nov 09 | on | NAT: Just Say No |
| 2003 - Nov 09 | on | NAT: Just Say No |
| 2003 - Nov 07 | on | An Unsanctioned Whois Database |
| 2003 - Nov 05 | on | NAT: Just Say No |
| 2003 - Oct 26 | on | NAT: Just Say No |
| 2003 - Oct 03 | on | Can VeriSign Sue You Over SiteFinder? |
| 2003 - Sep 22 | on | Go Daddy Sues VeriSign Over Site Finder |
| 2003 - Sep 20 | on | Petition Against Site Finder |
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