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INDOM signs new ICANN registrar contract
Tuesday, July 7. 2009
INDOM (4th from the right) is the first French registrar to sign ICANN's new contract designed to bring consumers an even higher level of protection.
During last month's Sydney ICANN meeting, INDOM became the first French registrar to sign the new RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement). The RAA is the contract binding ICANN and its official registrars.
The current RAA goes back to the creation of ICANN in 1998, was last updated in 2001, and is now clearly outdated. The various stakeholders within the GNSO (Generic Names Supporting Organisation – ICANN's policy-making body for generic Top Level Domains) have long wanted to bring consumers enhanced protection as part of a revamped RAA.
After lengthy negotiations within the community, the GNSO Council (of which I am a member), voted in favour of the new RAA last March during the Mexico ICANN meeting. The RAA was subsequently given a green light by the ICANN Board.
The new RAA toughens registrar requirements for compliance and clear business practices. It is a stronger enforcement tool for ICANN to ensure consumers are treated fairly and registrars reach the high standards ICANN now comes to expect of those companies it accredits.
A handpicked number of registrars were selected by ICANN to be part of the inaugural signing ceremony for the new RAA in Sydney. The only company in France to be asked was INDOM. "Together, the signatories represent about 50 percent of the 110 million generic top-level domains registered on the Internet," says ICANN in its official press release.
INDOM is proud to be amongst those flagship registrars working to bring an even higher level of service to domain name registrants the world over.
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I can't find the press release you refer to, but I wonder, why would it be relevant in this context, and how would ICANN know, how many TLDs are "generic"? Why differentiate between generic domains and those supported by registered trademarks, or those that incorporate trademarkable terms. (Rhetorical questions.)
Thanks for your question.
In this context, the term "generic" simply refers to a certain class of TLD. These are the .COMs or .INFOs of the world, as opposed to the ccTLDs which denote country code domains.
Under the current ICANN structure, a distinction is made between gTLDs and ccTLDs. Both have their supporting organisations, the one for the gTLDs being the GNSO.
The ICANN accredited registry and registrar system only pertains to the gTLDs. A registrar does not have to be ICANN accredited to sell country code domains such as Germany's .DE, rather it must seek to be accredited by the relevant local registry (DENIC in this case).
However in order to sell and manage gTLDs directly (there are many resellers out there that operate as customers of ICANN-accredited registrars), a registrar needs to be ICANN-accredited.
The RAA only impacts those registrars accredited by ICANN for gTLDs.
Hope this helps answer your questions.
In this context, the term "generic" simply refers to a certain class of TLD. These are the .COMs or .INFOs of the world, as opposed to the ccTLDs which denote country code domains.
Under the current ICANN structure, a distinction is made between gTLDs and ccTLDs. Both have their supporting organisations, the one for the gTLDs being the GNSO.
The ICANN accredited registry and registrar system only pertains to the gTLDs. A registrar does not have to be ICANN accredited to sell country code domains such as Germany's .DE, rather it must seek to be accredited by the relevant local registry (DENIC in this case).
However in order to sell and manage gTLDs directly (there are many resellers out there that operate as customers of ICANN-accredited registrars), a registrar needs to be ICANN-accredited.
The RAA only impacts those registrars accredited by ICANN for gTLDs.
Hope this helps answer your questions.
Very interesting. I had never thought of an extension like this before, but of course, a ccTLD and the sponsored TLDs (eg .aero) have a secondary meaning and therefore are not generic. Many thanks Staphane!
