GoDaddy Press Release: “GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of new domain names for the past three years, announced today that it had surpassed Network Solutions in total domain names under management, to become the world’s No. 1 ICANN-accredited domain name registrar for the .COM, NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ, and .US domain extensions, according to the April 20 statistics reported by domain industry analyst Name Intelligence, Inc.”

Interesting discussion on whois and national laws (and related mp3 file of today's conference call).

Here’s the Agenda for the next GNSO Council meeting, taking place on 12 May 2005.

Question of the Day. Which ICANN Board member said: “The internet is a bottom up network and I think it is the cornerstone of democracy.” Answer here.

John C. Dvorak has gripes -- what else? -- on domain name registrations and domain squatting.

Here's a fascinating privacy issue. California is thinking about putting a unique identifier on all bullets sold in the state and tracking who purchases them. According to the Attorney General, the proposed law "will strip criminals of their anonymity." Actually, it will strip everyone of their ammunition anonymity. Which raises the question, should anyone be allowed to buy bullets anonymously? Are bullets really as evil as domain names?  And how long until we see a bullet proxy service?

This is one of the most frightening things I've read in a long, long time. Like every parent, I hope the world is a safer, kinder place for my children than the one I grew up in.