• Deal places limits on '.com' price hikes
  VeriSign Inc. must meet certain conditions in order to fully raise fees for ".com" domain names under a new tentative settlement reached with the Internet's main oversight agency.
  The new deal also would prevent VeriSign from ultimately passing on to domain name holders separate surcharges that help fund the agency, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN.
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01/30/2006

• ICANN releases new dotcom contract
  Big changes made to VeriSign agreement - but are they enough?
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01/29/2006

• ICANN Posts Revised Settlement Agreement
  ICANN today posted a newly revised proposed set of agreements which, if approved, will settle all pending litigation with VeriSign. The proposed agreement documents are being posted for public comment in order to inform the Board's deliberations; the proposed settlement remains subject to final approval or disapproval of the ICANN Board
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01/27/2006

• The World's Most Underused Domain Name Sold For $12m
  Sex.com, potentially the worlds most lucrative domain names has been sold in deal worth an estimated $12m in cash and stock
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01/26/2006

• Nomination for Chair of the Technical Panel on New Registry Services
  ICANN is pleased to announce the nomination of Lyman Chapin as the Chair of the Technical Standing Panel for review of proposed new registry services. In accordance with the recently approved consensus policy adopting a process for the implementation of proposed new registry services (see http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-08nov05.htm ) applying directly to all gTLD registries, the Chair will coordinate the technical evaluation of a proposed registry service along with a Standing Panel of experts
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01/09/2006

• Cultural diversity in cyberspace: The Catalan campaign to win the new .cat top level...
  This paper describes the history of the Catalan campaign to win the ‘.cat’ domain against political opposition from the former conservative Spanish government and the reluctance of some decision–makers within ICANN circles. While ‘.cat’ creates a precedent for greater use on the Internet of ‘minority languages’, there are significant hurdles for other candidates for language–based top–level domains. The paper discusses the concomitant factors needed to support the greater use of any minority language on the Internet
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01/03/2006

• Call for papers -- Policy Development for introduction of new gTLDs
  The GNSO Council has voted to launch a Policy Development Process on new gTLDs and to establish a work program in consultation with the ICANN staff and the Board. As part of this process, the GNSO Council has extended the public comment process until January 31, 2006
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