ICANN Meetings in Montréal, Canada - 22-26 June 2003
The second round of ICANN meetings in 2003 will be held
22-26 June in Montréal, Canada. The meetings are free to
attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages
broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development
process. You can take part in these meetings by attending
in person, by taking part in the webcast and remote
participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the
various ICANN-related mailing lists.
 http://www.icann.org/montreal

Formation of At-Large Groups
 http://www.icann.org/montreal/alac-organization-topic.htm

Proposed Budget for 2003-2004
 http://www.icann.org/montreal/budget-topic.htm

Proposed Revisions to Bylaws to Implement ERC's ccNSO
Recommendations

http://www.icann.org/legal/proposed-bylaws-revisions-13jun03.htm

Whois Workshop (to be held 24 and 25 June)
 http://www.icann.org/montreal/whois-topic.htm

MelbourneIT unconcerned over new domain transfer policy
The au Domain Administrator has commenced a new policy on
transferring domain name registrations which some in the
industry are calling the final nail in the coffin for
Melbourne IT.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000048620,20275414,00.htm

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/13/1055220760662.html

auDA - New transfers policy commences Monday 16 June 2003
The new Transfers (Change of Registrar) Policy (2003-03)
will come into force at 10am AEST on Monday 16 June 2003.
 http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2003061603.html
 http://www.auda.org.au/docs/auda-2003-03.pdf

ALJAZEERA.NET Hijacker Pleads Guilty To Us Federal Charges
A Californian website developer, who duped Network
Solutions (formerly Verisign) into giving him control of
the domain name account for Al Jazeera, the Arabic-language
media organisation, has agreed to plead guilty to two US
felony charges of wire fraud and unlawful interception of
an electronic communication.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/06/17_aljazeera.htm

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/EB9E8902D8B850A3CC256D43007952E3
 
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-jazeera12jun12,1,4854278.story

Zombie Parody Defence Wins Dispute
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch have lost a domain
dispute relating to "aberzombie.com" - a web site which
parodies their clothing range and sells "Aberzombie"
tee-shirts which according to the complaint "mocked and
disparaged the Complainants' trademark and...merchandise".
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/06/13_zombie.htm

NZ porn king, stock exchange at odds over domain name
A New Zealand porn king is threatening to sue the country's
stock exchange for stealing the name of his sex magazine,
news reports said today.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/16/1055615710343.html
 
Law Society of Scotland pays £10K to 'cybersquatter' for
domain
The Law Society of Scotland has climbed down on the eve of
a court case to decide ownership of a domain it claimed was
run by a cybersquatter.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31184.html

UK Businesses Fly .CO.UK Flag
According to a survey by UK naming authority Nominet, over
a third of UK businesses say that their online image is the
most important factor when choosing a domain name.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/06/11_no.htm

Domainz looks to future ahead of sale
Domainz, the company which used to have sole charge of the
register of ".nz" Internet addresses, has begun reinventing
itself ahead of its imminent sale by its sole shareholder,
the non-profit Internet Society, InternetNZ.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2540294a1896,00.html

Squabble settled over most lucrative domain name in the
world... What could it be?
Sex.com, widely believed to be the most valuable URL in the
world, has been returned to its rightful owner after a
six-year custody battle.
 http://www.silicon.com/news/500014-500001/1/4664.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2987296.stm
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31180.html

Statement on UK Internet Registry Ltd
Nominet UK is concerned about the confusion that has been
created by the sales tactics of a company called UK
Internet Registry Ltd. (www.ukinternetregistry.com).

http://www.nic.uk/News/NewsStories/StatementOnUkInternetRegistryLtd.html

Defending your DNS: Best practices for reliable DNS and
DHCP
Well-publicized attacks against Domain Name System (DNS)
root servers and top-level domains highlight the
vulnerability of the DNS infrastructure. Many CIOs are
looking for ways to ensure secure, reliable network
services.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_1321804_9677_1-5046.html

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