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Brand Owners Urged To 'Say ICANN'
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse planned to send an e-mail to thousands of brand owners on Thursday urging them to get involved in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the global body that administers the World Wide Web.
The group's cleverly phrased May Day message, "Say ICANN," is aimed at curbing abusive practices of certain Internet registrars and registrants, Tech Daily Dose has learned. "Suspicious new registrar activities such as domain front running and the proposal of a new voting structure that will strengthen the strangle hold that registrars and registries have on the ICANN process necessitate immediate action on the part of brand owners," the e-mail said.
Recently, concerns have been raised about domain name "tasting" and "kiting." Tasting is when an entity registers several Web addresses and exploits a five-day grace period, during which names can be returned for refunds. Kiting is repeatedly adding and dropping domains to avoid registration costs while making money off pay-per-click links.
Four CADNA members -- AIG, Dell, Eli Lilly, and DirecTV -- have already answered the call by pledging to join ICANN’s business constituency, officials said. "Currently, domain industry insiders dominate ICANN’s membership and often sway decisions in their favor," the e-mail argues. ICANN's next meeting will take place in Paris, France in June.
According to ICANN's business constituency site, its membership outreach already extends directly to over 50,000 companies and indirectly to over 1.5 million companies worldwide. Some big-name members include eBay, Microsoft, News Corp., Nokia, Walt Disney Co., Time Warner, and Verizon.
View CADNA's "Say ICANN" page here.
Posted by Andrew on May 1, 2008 10:13 AM | Permalink
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