{"id":1182,"date":"2011-09-21T10:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T14:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.domainandtrademark.com\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:08:38","slug":"icann-businesses-must-educate-themselves-on-new-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/icann-businesses-must-educate-themselves-on-new-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"ICANN: Businesses must educate themselves on new regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Organizations need to get educated now about generic top level domain names<\/a>, according to the head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Speaking to V3.co.uk, ICANN president and chief executive Rod Beckstrom warned that businesses risk being left behind unless they prepare early for the new regime.<\/p>\n

From January, businesses will be able to create their own domain name extensions, subject to a limit of 42 characters.<\/p>\n

But they only have until April 12th to make their applications for generic top level domains.<\/p>\n

“My call to action would be to get educated now on this before the window closes,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’ve created rules to protect the industry, things on security and stability, the quality of the operators and intellectual property, more rules than for any previous [project].”<\/p>\n

Mr. Beckstrom also attempted to justify the $185,000 application fee, pointing out that ICANN is a not-for-profit organization.<\/p>\n

He explained it is expensive to conduct checks on things like financial background, cybersquatting<\/a> and dispute resolution.<\/p>\n

The fee has the benefit of erecting a barrier against criminality, Mr. Beckstrom stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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