Michele is co-founder and CEO of Blacknight. He is actively involved in Internet policy development, and is currently a member of ICANN’s GNSO Council as a representative of domain registrars. He is also involved with policy development for several domain registries, including .IE, .EU and .US. He previously served as chair of i2Coalition and is a member of the Names and Numbers Steering committee of eco. Michele received the Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Award in 2013 and was named one of Ireland’s 30 Technology Disruptors at The Spiders Awards in 2019.
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2021 - Jan 29 | on | WHOIS Record Redaction and GDPR: What's the Evolution Post-2018? |
2020 - Jul 11 | on | Freedom of Expression Part 1: Hate Speech, Linehan, Trans as a Protected Class in California |
2020 - Jan 02 | on | If ICANN Won't Stand Up to EU in WHOIS Dispute, Then the U.S. Congress Should |
2019 - Mar 19 | on | ICANN Terminates AlpNames |
2019 - Mar 19 | on | ICANN Terminates AlpNames |
2019 - Mar 18 | on | ICANN Terminates AlpNames |
2017 - Jul 29 | on | How Much Should Startups Budget for a Decent Domain Name? |
2016 - Jul 06 | on | A Year Later: Insights from dotSucks |
2016 - Jun 23 | on | How Diverse Is ICANN? New Study Explores Organisation's Makeup |
2016 - Mar 01 | on | How Much Has ICANN Spent On The IANA Transition? |
2015 - Aug 13 | on | ICANN Should Curb Anonymous Domain Name Abuses |
2015 - Aug 13 | on | ICANN Should Curb Anonymous Domain Name Abuses |
2015 - Aug 13 | on | ICANN Should Curb Anonymous Domain Name Abuses |
2015 - Aug 13 | on | ICANN Should Curb Anonymous Domain Name Abuses |
2015 - Jul 29 | on | Out of .Africa - Process Failures Don't Change the Facts |
2015 - Mar 04 | on | The Dot Green gTLD and the Domain Name Delusion That Foretells General gTLD Disaster |
2015 - Mar 04 | on | The DNS Still Isn't a Directory |
2015 - Mar 04 | on | The DNS Still Isn't a Directory |
2014 - Dec 01 | on | Is the ICANN New gTLD Program a Draft for a V2 of the Internet? |
2014 - Dec 01 | on | Is the ICANN New gTLD Program a Draft for a V2 of the Internet? |
2014 - Dec 01 | on | Is the ICANN New gTLD Program a Draft for a V2 of the Internet? |
2014 - Dec 01 | on | Is the ICANN New gTLD Program a Draft for a V2 of the Internet? |
2014 - Oct 09 | on | New gTLD Abuse Trends Beginning to Emerge |
2014 - Oct 02 | on | New gTLD Abuse Trends Beginning to Emerge |
2014 - Sep 19 | on | Industry Association: An Implementation Model |
2014 - Sep 19 | on | Is It Time for a Registration Operations Industry Association? (Part 3) |
2014 - Jun 10 | on | Welcome to the .uk - Unless You're Not in the UK |
2014 - Mar 03 | on | ICANN's Uniform Rapid Suspension: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
2014 - Mar 03 | on | ICANN's Uniform Rapid Suspension: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
2013 - Oct 08 | on | Domain Name Registrar Allows Completely Blank WHOIS |
2013 - Oct 08 | on | Domain Name Registrar Allows Completely Blank WHOIS |
2013 - Oct 08 | on | Domain Name Registrar Allows Completely Blank WHOIS |
2013 - Jul 10 | on | Singular and Plural TLDs: A Rather Strange Decision |
2013 - Jul 10 | on | Singular and Plural TLDs: A Rather Strange Decision |
2013 - Jul 09 | on | Rebooting Whois |
2013 - Jul 09 | on | Rebooting Whois |
2013 - Jul 09 | on | Rebooting Whois |
2013 - Jul 07 | on | Rebooting Whois |
2013 - Jul 03 | on | Rebooting Whois |
2013 - Jul 03 | on | Rebooting Whois |
2013 - Mar 08 | on | Mishandling the Registrar Contract Negotiations |
2013 - Jan 02 | on | Copyright Infringement and ccTLDs |
2012 - Jun 15 | on | Big Brands Trying to Corner Generic Domain Namespaces? |
2012 - Jun 14 | on | The Business Parallels Between IPv6 and DNSSEC |
2012 - May 30 | on | It's Not Enough to Succeed. Others Must Fail. |
2012 - Apr 03 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
2012 - Mar 29 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
2012 - Mar 28 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
2012 - Mar 28 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
2012 - Mar 28 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
2012 - Mar 28 | on | Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar |
2012 - Feb 07 | on | New gTLD Application Monitoring? Now? |
2012 - Feb 06 | on | Reducing Unreachable ICANN Registrations |
2012 - Feb 02 | on | Reducing Unreachable ICANN Registrations |
2012 - Jan 16 | on | What ICANN is Doing Wrong |
2012 - Jan 15 | on | What ICANN is Doing Wrong |
2011 - Sep 10 | on | Removing Principle of Confidentiality in ICANN's NomCom is a Bad Idea |
2011 - Sep 10 | on | Removing Principle of Confidentiality in ICANN's NomCom is a Bad Idea |
2011 - May 27 | on | The User Experience with New TLDs: How to Avoid the Junk Mail File or 'User Unknown' |
2011 - May 27 | on | The User Experience with New TLDs: How to Avoid the Junk Mail File or 'User Unknown' |
2011 - May 26 | on | The User Experience with New TLDs: How to Avoid the Junk Mail File or 'User Unknown' |
2011 - May 25 | on | The User Experience with New TLDs: How to Avoid the Junk Mail File or 'User Unknown' |
2011 - Apr 05 | on | Still Missing in Action |
2011 - Apr 05 | on | Garth Bruen Discussing Whois, DNSSEC and Domain Security |
2011 - Apr 05 | on | Garth Bruen Discussing Whois, DNSSEC and Domain Security |
2011 - Apr 05 | on | Epsilon Interactive Breach the Fukushima of the Email Industry |
2011 - Apr 05 | on | Garth Bruen Discussing Whois, DNSSEC and Domain Security |
2011 - Jan 23 | on | What New gTLDs Mean for Developing Economy Applicants? |
2011 - Jan 07 | on | ICANN Board - GAC Geneva Meeting: Open to Observers? |
2010 - Dec 09 | on | Two Years Later Dozens of Registrars Still in the Shadows |
2010 - Sep 10 | on | What Does the .CO Launch Mean for New gTLDs? |
2010 - Jul 23 | on | Brand Protection Domain Registrations: There Are More Than You Think |
2010 - Jul 23 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
2010 - Jul 21 | on | DotCo Launch: Over 90 Thousand Domain Names in 15 Minutes! |
2010 - Jul 16 | on | Top Ten New gTLD Gotchas |
2010 - Jul 02 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
2010 - Jun 30 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
2010 - Jun 30 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
2010 - Jun 29 | on | The .XXX Fiasco is Almost Over |
2010 - Jun 29 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
2010 - Jun 29 | on | Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2 |
2010 - Mar 27 | on | EU Ruling on Google Ad Keywords: Implications for Brand Owners |
2010 - Mar 16 | on | "Thin Brand Line" Breaks as Canon Announces Plans for .CANON |
2010 - Feb 19 | on | Domain Registry Locking Program: It Is There for a Reason, So Why Not Use It? |
2010 - Feb 18 | on | Domain Registry Locking Program: It Is There for a Reason, So Why Not Use It? |
2010 - Jan 29 | on | Why is ICANN Traveling Without Moving and Thwarting Innovation in the Domain Space? |
2010 - Jan 05 | on | The World's Most Dangerous Country Code Top-Level Domains |
2009 - Dec 22 | on | Berlin the Latest New TLD Battleground? |
2009 - Dec 22 | on | Berlin the Latest New TLD Battleground? |
2009 - Sep 22 | on | Trademark Owners Beware: Cybersquatting Spreads to Twitter |
2009 - Aug 31 | on | Corporate Domain Registration Practices in Light of New gTLDs |
2009 - Aug 30 | on | Domain Registry/Registrar Cross Ownership: A Reality Check |
2009 - Aug 29 | on | The Chinese Domain Name Bubble Bursts |
2009 - Aug 29 | on | Corporate Domain Registration Practices in Light of New gTLDs |
2009 - Aug 29 | on | Swedish Regulator Bans Inclusion of Letters "b", "a", "n", "k" in Domain Names Under .SE |
2009 - Aug 18 | on | ICANN Culls Three More Domain Name Registrars |
2009 - Aug 18 | on | Realizing There's More to Life Than .COM, Europe and Asia Already Do |
2009 - Aug 12 | on | Realizing There's More to Life Than .COM, Europe and Asia Already Do |
2009 - Jul 25 | on | Think China Is the Highest Spamming Country? Think Again |
2009 - Jun 12 | on | New TLDs For Dummies (Sort of) |
2009 - May 06 | on | ".Pol", a ".Com" for Political Candidates |
2009 - May 05 | on | ".Pol", a ".Com" for Political Candidates |
2009 - May 05 | on | ".Pol", a ".Com" for Political Candidates |
2009 - May 05 | on | ".Pol", a ".Com" for Political Candidates |
2009 - May 05 | on | ".Pol", a ".Com" for Political Candidates |
2009 - Apr 26 | on | Domain Name Registries Must Do More to Protect Highly-Trafficked Domains |
2009 - Apr 25 | on | Domain Name Registries Must Do More to Protect Highly-Trafficked Domains |
2009 - Mar 01 | on | Trademark Owners Should Consider .mp Domain Name Registration |
2009 - Mar 01 | on | Domain Name Registration: Not a Technology Service Any More? |
2009 - Feb 02 | on | Dublin.tel Grabbed by Lantec |
2008 - Jul 29 | on | Study Finds 75% of Malicious Websites from Legitimate, Trusted Sources |
2008 - Jul 01 | on | Launch of .PARIS |
2008 - Jan 16 | on | North Dakota Judge Gets it Wrong |
2007 - Nov 08 | on | Domain Management White Paper |
2007 - Aug 14 | on | ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting |
2007 - Jul 17 | on | EU NameSpace is Dead? |
2007 - Jun 05 | on | IPv6 for the Rest of Us |
2007 - Apr 22 | on | Getting WHOIS Server Address Directly from Registry |
2007 - Apr 20 | on | Getting WHOIS Server Address Directly from Registry |
2007 - Apr 02 | on | .COM and .NET: Thick Or Thin? |
2007 - Apr 02 | on | .COM and .NET: Thick Or Thin? |
2007 - Feb 26 | on | Irish Government To Kill IE ccTLD? |
2007 - Feb 07 | on | IP Address Intelligence Burdening Content Providers with Regional Laws? |
2007 - Jan 26 | on | IE Namespace: We Need Personal Domains! |
2007 - Jan 26 | on | IE Namespace: We Need Personal Domains! |
2005 - Dec 15 | on | She Gave Me a Fake Phone Number! |
2005 - Dec 08 | on | The "Parked Domain Monetization" Business |
2005 - Dec 06 | on | The Problem With Wikis |
2005 - Jul 06 | on | IETF Publishes RFCs on SPF and Sender ID |
2004 - Nov 12 | on | ICANN Transfer Policy: Domain Hijacking Got Easier or Did It? |
2004 - Jul 28 | on | ICANN Starts IPv6 Ball Rolling |
2004 - Apr 29 | on | Ireland's .ie To Come Under Government Control |
2004 - Mar 05 | on | New Regime for Registration of .fr |