Voicing Our Concerns on the Global Digital Compact Process
Earlier this year I wrote about the Global Digital Compact and why we felt it was so important [...]
Statement on the Global Digital Compact Zero Draft
We've been taking an active role in global Internet governance for well over a decade. While we might [...]
So Long Whois and Thanks for all the Fish
I've written about Whois, RDAP and ICANN policies many many times over the years. They're topics that are [...]
Raising the bar on DNS Abuse
I've written about our views and approaches to internet and DNS abuse many times over the years. Many [...]
Sorry, But We Simply Have to Increase Prices
Over the last few months we've all seen prices rising. From the price of a loaf of bread [...]
Some Important Changes to .eu Domain Policies
The .eu domain is rather special domain name. Unlike .com, which is global, or .ie which is national, [...]
Blacknight is Heading to NamesCon 2022 in Austin Texas!
Jonathan and I will be at NamesCon next week in Austin, Texas. It's one of the first [...]
Issues With Proposed Changes for ZA Domains
As regular readers of our blog know we are actively engaged in internet and domain name policy both [...]
Blacknight Signs Joint Statement in Response to Proposed EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulations
The EU is once again trying to regulate away the idea of end-to-end encryption in messaging systems. This [...]
Farewell Windows Shared Hosting
Earlier today we contacted all remaining clients of our Windows Shared Hosting services to let them know that [...]
Hey ICANN! What’s With the Draconian Waiver?
For the past two years, many of us have been working in quite strange conditions. For a lot [...]
IE Domains Myths vs Facts
We've been registering and managing IE domain names for our clients for nearly 20 years. I've personally been [...]