.biz Domain Registration a Complete Shambles - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/22/biz_domain_registration_a_complete/
"The registration process for the new .biz TLD is so convoluted that even professional registration companies have no idea what is going on." By Kieren McCarthy. [Register] |
.biz Is Tiny -- or Is It? - http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/19/195040
Dueling accounts of the size of the PacificRoot .biz TLD. [ICANNWatch] |
Dot-Biz: An Illegal Lottery? - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/07/45584
"In a class action lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, Newman is charging that Internet regulators, the company managing the dot-biz domain and a list of more than 30 individual registers are conducting an illegal lottery for valuable online property." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired] |
ICANN Movie, The - http://www.paradigm.nu/icann/
Satirical series of Flash movies about ICANN. Part II focuses on the .biz dispute. |
ICANNWatch: Class Action Alleges ICANN's .biz Is an Illegal Lottery - http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/25/073442
A class action lawsuit was filed earlier this week alleging that the .biz registration process is an unfair and deceptive trade practice because it is running as an illegal lottery. |
Weird Doings at the FTC: Shoddy 'Consumer Alert' Appears, Vanishes - http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/17/222314
"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issues a pro-ICANN, anti-alternate root, consumer advisory entitled 'What's Dot and What's Not: Domain Name Registration Scams' that is partisan and inaccurate, then suddenly it's gone." News and discussion forum. [ICANNWatch] |
When Worlds Collide: The New Dot-Biz and the Old - http://slashdot.org/articles/00/11/28/030209.shtml
"It seems the new dot biz domain conflicts with domains registered in an alternative root system." News and archived discussion. [Slashdot] |