https://www.circleid.com/blogs/ Postings from on CircleID en Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted. 2026-03-31T21:29:00+00:00 https://circleid.com/posts20150520_should_barclays_lose_the_barclays_top_level_domain https://circleid.com/posts20150520_should_barclays_lose_the_barclays_top_level_domain More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20130109_loopholes_and_ambiguities_in_contracts_that_icann_oversees https://circleid.com/posts20130109_loopholes_and_ambiguities_in_contracts_that_icann_oversees More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postsgoogle_free_public_dns_load_tops_verisign_raising_dot_com_contract_question https://circleid.com/postsgoogle_free_public_dns_load_tops_verisign_raising_dot_com_contract_question More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postsis_icann_opening_up_public_comment_periods_in_bad_faith https://circleid.com/postsis_icann_opening_up_public_comment_periods_in_bad_faith More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postsrod_beckstrom_twiki_and_the_foswiki_fork_icann_must_get_things_right https://circleid.com/postsrod_beckstrom_twiki_and_the_foswiki_fork_icann_must_get_things_right More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postsnaf_caught_revising_past_udrp_decisions https://circleid.com/postsnaf_caught_revising_past_udrp_decisions More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20100423_naf_copying_pasting_nonsense_into_udrp_decisions https://circleid.com/posts20100423_naf_copying_pasting_nonsense_into_udrp_decisions More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090930_doc_to_icann_end_double_weighted_voting_registries_registrar https://circleid.com/posts20090930_doc_to_icann_end_double_weighted_voting_registries_registrar Affirmation of Commitments. One of the important elements of that document was in section 4, namely that "ICANN and DOC recognize that there is a group of participants that engage in ICANN's processes to a greater extent than Internet users generally." More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090618_most_popular_invalid_tlds_should_be_reserved https://circleid.com/posts20090618_most_popular_invalid_tlds_should_be_reserved More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/postshow_is_icann_spending_your_money https://circleid.com/postshow_is_icann_spending_your_money More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090304_flawed_economic_report_gtlds_icann https://circleid.com/posts20090304_flawed_economic_report_gtlds_icann reports and analysis by Dr. Dennis Carlton are deeply, deeply flawed. I will prepare a long rebuttal to it in the coming weeks, but wanted to go on the record early as to its weaknesses. The analysis appears to be based on a very limited review of the market for domain names, and utilizes little actual data. It fails to even consider how nuanced the market for domain names has become, and how registry operators can exploit those nuances, including tiered-pricing... More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090219_tiered_pricing_continues_in_new_gtld_guidebook https://circleid.com/posts20090219_tiered_pricing_continues_in_new_gtld_guidebook More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090108_pir_anti_abuse_policy_domain_names https://circleid.com/posts20090108_pir_anti_abuse_policy_domain_names More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090108_wipo_proposal_paperless_udrp https://circleid.com/posts20090108_wipo_proposal_paperless_udrp World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has sent to ICANN a letter proposing Paperless Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)... This would save considerable amounts of paper, reduce courier charges (as the notice weighs far less than the full complaint), and thus would be good for the environment. More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090105_icann_for_profit_companies_comparables https://circleid.com/posts20090105_icann_for_profit_companies_comparables More...]]> 2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00