Domain name reseller to provide refunds
Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd has agreed to pay
refunds to those who were misled by its "renewal notices"
issued in September.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/06/1038950181119.html

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20270526,00.htm

Fourth Supplemental Implementation Report
In this report, the ICANN Evolution and Reform Committee
(ERC) discusses and recommends adoption by the ICANN Board
of a Transition Article and of minor amendments to the New
Bylaws adopted 31 October 2002 in Shanghai:

http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/fourth-supplemental-implementation-report-08dec02.htm

Name games: Should trademarks rule Web?
First shot at a Web domain name, for starters — and that's
a thorn in the side of Orlando resident Jeff Davies, a
counselor for the U.S. Small Business Administration and a
Florida Supreme Court certified mediator.

http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2002/12/02/story3.html

ICANN At-Large Reps Can Keep Jobs 
The five democratically elected board members of the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers won't
lose their posts this month after all.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56740,00.html

Surfing Kids Master Their Own Domain
U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed the Dot
Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act, creating kids.us, a
second-level Internet domain designed to create an Internet
safe haven for children.
 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,107696,00.asp

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8016-2002Dec4.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-976115.html

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/12/04/kids.internet.ap/index.html

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1851644

ICANN urged to scrutinise domain claims
An Internet taskforce is calling for increased accuracy of
domain-name owner data and the elimination of bulk
marketing that uses domain-name information.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2127142,00.html

Federal Court Orders Suspended Sentence for Internet
Traders for Contempt
The Federal Court has again found Neal Arthur Lyster and
Helen Therese Glover guilty of contempt and issued warrants
of committal for a prison term of one month, suspended on
condition that they comply with other orders. The warrants
follow an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
application to bring contempt proceedings against Purple
Harmony Plates Pty Ltd and its directors for failure to
obey court orders and pay fines previously imposed. 

http://203.6.251.7/accc.internet/digest/view_media.cfm?RecordID=884

New WIPO UDRP Schedule of Fees (three member panels) took
effect as of December 1, 2002
The new Schedule of Fees affects fees in three-member panel
cases only, for complaints received on or after December 1,
2002. Fees for single panelist cases remain unaffected.
 http://www.arbiter.wipo.int/domains/fees/index.html

"UDRP Doesn't Apply To .EU.COM Domains" Says WIPO Panel
A WIPO panelist has dismissed a complaint under the UDRP
after it was decided that the Policy did not apply to
.eu.com domains.
 http://www.demys.net/news/02_dec_06_eucom.htm

New Public Order / Decency Domain Name Controls
Following the liberalisation of the Dutch country code top
level domain .nl in September, the independent body charged
with overseeing their dispute policy has published its new
rules and regulations.
 http://www.demys.net/news/02_dec_06_cvkb.htm

The Politics of Code: Shaping the Future of the Next
Internet
A one day public conference organised by the Programme in
Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford. ...
High profile speakers - among them Prof. Larry Lessig,
renowned thinker on Cyberlaw and Esther Dyson, celebrated
digerati and founding chairman of ICANN - will discuss the
key choices that need to be made on privacy, security,
access, openness and control in the design of Internet
technology and Internet Governance.
 http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/code/

.Net.uk domain granted stay of execution
The underused .net.uk domain has been granted a stay of
execution after a meeting of Nominet's Policy Advisory
Board decided that still more consultation was needed
before a decision on its future was taken.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28473.html

Nominet explains role in ebay.co.uk detagging slip
Remember the ebay.co.uk detagging fiasco earlier this week
when the popular auction site was disrupted due to some
administrative error?
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28460.html

Domain Name Issues, National Security And Nigeria
The revelation recently that most national assembly members
use either Yahoo, Hotmail or MSN to communicate with
colleagues or other top government officials is sending
serious concern to Nigerians both at home and abroad.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200212080208.html

Dot-ca Board of Directors to Host Open Meeting in Ottawa
CIRA Board of Directors wants to hear from Canadians
interested in dot-ca activities.
 http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/85.html

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