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... on 17 November 2009 in Washington (DC), the World Wide Web Foundation, also known as the Web Foundation, was committed to promoting the web as a public good and fundamental right. Its goal was a world in which everyone has the same rights and opportunities online. The ‘Contract for the Web’ was ...

An open secret has been confirmed: the NIS 2 Directive will not be transposed into national law in the Federal Republic of Germany by 17 October 2024 as planned. Spring 2025 is currently considered realistic. The Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across ...

... how renewals are influenced by the use of domains and the age of domains. Unfortunately, only Myles' blog entry is available - so far. There is no public access to the study he refers to in his article. However, the blog post already provides far-reaching data. The study analyses the relationship ...

The ‘Clearingstelle Urheberrecht im Internet’ (CUII) has responded to the publication of the complete list of blocked domain names by a 17-year-old student: as the bloggers at netzpolitik.org report, 39 blocks have now been lifted. Since 2021, the CUII has been ...

... 157 million registered .com domains, VeriSign is therefore far more exposed to abuse than any other registry of a generic domain extension. The public has until 5 November 2024 to comment on the draft agreement. In view of the discussions on fees, particularly in June and July 2024, it can be ...

... are already several interested parties for the same domain at this stage, a three-day private auction will decide who wins the bid. The first public auction will start on November 15, 2024, with SK-NIC grouping the domains available for selection depending on the progress of the trademark ...

... eco to combat the misuse of the Domain Name System (“DNS Abuse”). The members include the .com and .net registry VeriSign, the .org administrator Public Interest Registry (PIR), CentralNic Group PLC, which acts as both registry and registrar, and several larger domain registrars. Their aim is ...

... under the domain asweev.co, as evidenced by a screenshot, which it uses, among other marketing measures, to make its brand known to retailers, the public and investors. The domain asweev.com is confusingly similar to its trademark “ASWWEV”, the opponent has no right or legitimate interest in the ...

... in a statement on the nTLD program, the Russian government is calling on ICANN to become more independent from the USA. Since July 24, 2024, the public has had the opportunity to comment on ICANN's formulation proposals regarding the support of applicants for a new top-level domain (Next Round ...

... in Puerto Rico to improve the speed and reliability of local services. In addition, the registry is promoting the use of .pr to companies and public and private organisations, offering them special prices. Furthermore, the registry has gained an important technology partner in nTLD registry ...