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Is Domain Name Front Running About To Come To An End?

This Thursday, ICANN will vote on next fiscal year's budget, and included in that is a provision to charge 20 cents per registration for domain names that are deleted during the grace period. There will still be a refundable grace period, but if the "level of deletions exceeds 10 percent of a registrar’s net new registrations in that month," the fee kicks in—in effect, making front running uneconomical. Network Solutions is urging ICANN to approve it, and has said that it will stop pre-registering domains if the provision is approved. More »

11:48 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Chris Walters
4,099 views, 19 comments

Latest by LucasAnderson: The resolution passed today! The live feed and full text logs can be found at: [ses1.penn.icannmeeting.org] more »

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Telemarketers Weep As President Signs Do Not Call Improvement Act

Never again will you have to worry about renewing your Do Not Call List registration thanks to Public Laws 110-187 and 110-188. Our newest laws provide a permanent stream of funding for the Do Not Call List and guarantee that registrations will never expire. Read the White House's ebullient press release, after jump. More »

10:45 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Carey
8,245 views, 114 comments

news from the swamp

FTC Vows Not To Expire Numbers From The Do Not Call List

The FTC will vow in Congressional testimony today not to purge numbers on the Do Not Call List while Congress considers making registrations permanent. Do Not Call registrations currently last for five years, and are set to start expiring in April 2008 despite the list's broad popularity: 92% of Americans have heard of the list, 76% have added their number, and 92% claim to receive fewer calls marketing calls. Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, appearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hail the list for 'restoring the sanctity of the American dinner hour.'

The FTC's promise, after the jump.

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9:24 AM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Carey
1,896 views, 25 comments

Latest by KJones: The "Do Not Call" list is an obscenity. The public should not have to tell businesses not to call, businesses should require our permission to call in the first place. The fact that government acceded to business instead of individual more »

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