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IGF-USA Observations

Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 20 July Yesterday I attended the Internet Governance Forum USA (IGF-USA), hosted at the Georgetown University Law Center here in Washington, DC. Specifically, I went to sit in on an afternoon workshop titled “Changing Landscape of the Domain Name System: New gTLDs and their Implications for Users: Opportunities and Risks.” The IGF-USA

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Up in the Clouds

Taylor Frank ⬥ 15 July Back in April, the domain name iCloud.com made news with rumors that Apple had purchased it for a cool $4.5 million from Swedish company Xcerion, who had changed the name of its cloud-based storage service from “iCloud” to “CloudMe.” Now, it looks like clouds have rolled back into the media

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Playing Politics Online

Liz Sweezey ⬥ 28 June Back in February, Steve Levy blogged about Sarah and Briston Palin’s applications to trademark their names being held up. Last week, according to the Wall Street Journal, the mother-daughter duo successfully completed the trademark application process. Barring any last-minute objections or bureaucratic hiccups, the marks SARAH PALIN and BRISTOL PALIN

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