Keeping Adults Safe on the Internet

With the view to resist a proposal made by Nominet to bring down illegal activity related websites without the requirement of any court order, the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) recently joined forces with the Open...

The Open Rights Group has criticised Nominet's decision to take down websites at a ‘mere' request from law enforcement agencies. UK based domain name provider Nominet had opened a consultation on coming up with ways to help...

A new initiative proposed by Nominet could empower the law enforcement agencies in the country to effectively shut down any domain even in the absence of a court order to do so, new reports revealed.Nominet happens to be the...

UK website registry firm Nominet has invited the masses to give feedback on policies proposed by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), which could allow law enforcement agencies to quickly take down...

A host of new, short domain names will be made available under the body responsible for domain names ending in .uk, Nominet. It plans to allow the registration of previously-banned domain names consisting of one or two...

The body responsible for the .uk internet addresses disconnected over 1,200 websites without any oversight from a court. The much-publicised action last month was based only on police assertions about criminal activity on the...

The gold rush for .tel domain names has already started as the new told level domain name is released today, in what some have called, the biggest innovation in top level domains since the dotcom. .Tel domain names cost between...

Nominet has published the policy changes that have resulted from two consultations. One of the main changes allows undisputed cases to be settled in a summary judgment with a reduced fee."In cases where there is no response,...

A legal expert said that the plans will make brand protection a nightmare. The board of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, backed the move at a meeting in Paris yesterday. Presently, users have a...

The fact that the myspace.co.uk address led to a 'parked' page with adverts for social networking sites including MySpace was taken to be evidence of an abusive registration and the domain name was given to MySpace.The ruling was...

The organisation that oversees the dot UK domain has announced that it will devote GBP 5 million to set up a foundation to foster research and development as well as educational initiatives in the UK internet industry. Nominet...

The dispute resolution service for .uk registry Nominet refused to overturn a previous ruling which let Mark Adams keep the domain. Adams is a Milton Keynes-based web designer and domain name dealer.Maestro argued that Adams was...

A directory will be created which will oblige VoIP service providers to interconnect their network rather than reroute calls over the public telephone network. In effect, the Enum (from tElephone NUmber Mapping) registry creates...

UK businesses setting up online are choosing dot-uk domains in preference to anonymous dot-com addresses, according to domain registry Nominet, which sold the six-millionth dot-uk domain last week to a Merseyside builder.Read the...

Defence company Lockheed Martin Corporation has lost its attempt to gain control of a web address currently hosting a site devoted to cannabis paraphernalia. The ruling on the .co.uk domain was an appeal from an earlier...