.academy

Overview

• .academy is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• The string was defined by the applicant as a means of providing greater expression on the Internet and is categorized among Education new gTLDs.
• The registry operator is Donuts; Demand Media provided back-end registry services.

History

• Application filed by Half Oaks LLC, an entity created by Donuts to submit gTLD applications.
• Donuts raised capital (reported as $100 million) and applied for a large portfolio of gTLDs (reported 307 strings).
• Donuts partnered with Demand Media to provide back-end registry services for .academy.
• A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on 07 November 2013.
• .academy was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 17 December 2013.
• The registry announced a Sunrise period from 07 January 2014 to 08 March 2014.

Usage and Audience

• The applicant positioned .academy as an open gTLD to allow greater expression online and placed the string in the Education category of new gTLDs.
• The registry indicated it would operate the string as an open TLD without pre-registration verification.

Registration Rules

• The application described .academy as an open TLD without pre-registration policies; the registry stated it would not use pre-registration verification.
• The registry intended to follow ICANN-required registration policies and to implement remediation and takedown policies to manage abuse.
• Sunrise period: 07 January 2014 – 08 March 2014.

Notable Cases or Examples

• A Legal Rights Objection was filed by Academy, Ltd. (doing business as Academy Sports + Outdoors) against Donuts' application for .academy.
• The objection was dismissed; Donuts prevailed. The panel decision was determined on 16 August 2013 and published by ICANN on 25 September 2013.

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domain:       ACADEMY

organisation: Binky Moon, LLC
address:      c/o Identity Digital Limited
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         Vice President, Engineering
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1.425.298.2200
fax-no:       +1.425.671.0020
e-mail:       tldadmin@identity.digital

contact:      technical
name:         Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1.425.298.2200
fax-no:       +1.425.671.0020
e-mail:       tldtech@identity.digital

nserver:      V0N0.NIC.ACADEMY 2a01:8840:1a:0:0:0:0:37 65.22.24.37
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.ACADEMY 2a01:8840:1b:0:0:0:0:37 65.22.25.37
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.ACADEMY 2a01:8840:1c:0:0:0:0:37 65.22.26.37
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.ACADEMY 161.232.12.37 2a01:8840:f6:0:0:0:0:37
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.ACADEMY 2a01:8840:1d:0:0:0:0:37 65.22.27.37
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.ACADEMY 161.232.13.37 2a01:8840:f7:0:0:0:0:37
ds-rdata:     21439 8 2 15eb9367def52ba7dce806a2d7adc6d3b279503235057fa6e7405e96b39f9052

whois:        whois.nic.academy

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/

created:      2013-12-12
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA