Neil Fraser: News: .name Grandfathered

Verisign has reversed its plan to terminate 22,000 third-level .name domains and email redirects, though new registrations for such domains will still close. The decision follows a lengthy and costly campaign that included formal reconsideration requests to ICANN, legal action, and support letters from dozens of industry figures, with Jim flying to Bali to argue the case in person. Existing domains, including the site that reported the news, and their email redirects will now remain active indefinitely. The reversal matters because it preserves a legacy namespace that had faced elimination despite its small user base. What to watch next is whether Verisign and ICANN formalize the grandfathering in policy and whether other legacy domain tiers face similar reviews.