AU domain administrator issues fresh warning
auDA has issued another consumer alert about a deceptive
mail-out to Australian domain name holders by Domain Names
Australia, possibly breaching undertakings given to the
Federal Court.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20276338,00.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/18/1058035175032.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6771695%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2003071703.html

Tell Nominet what you think
Major changes are being proposed to the way in which new
Second Level Domains are created within .uk, following a
comprehensive review of the original policy and procedures
by Nominet UK. It is proposed that an independent
secretariat and panel of experts should be set up to review
all future applications, which will be open to competitive
tender and subject to two rounds of public consultation -
whoever makes the initial application.  Other changes
include the more detailed criteria against which
applications will be assessed and the introduction of
cost-recovery fees for applicants.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/News/PressReleases/2003PressReleases/TellNominetWhatYouThink.html

InternetNZ unlikely to act on child-trapping domains
If you want to start a pornographic website with the name
pokemom.co.nz, InternetNZ is unlikely to stand in your way.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/D225D2F6DC6D6193CC256D65000DB04E

Starbucks Finally Gets Its Frappuccino
International coffee shop chain Starbucks has won
starbuckscoffee.com and frappuccino.com under the Uniform
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) finally ending
a dispute started over 6 years ago.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/07/17_starbucks.htm

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0262.html

Ruling The Net
Members of the Domain Justice Coalition filed a lawsuit
today requesting a temporary restraining order and other
relief against ICANN to block the implementation of a
domain name Wait Listing Service (WLS). The WLS was
proposed by VeriSign, Inc. (pdf) and approved by ICANN in
federal court in Los Angeles. The suit challenges ICANN's
failure to comply with its internal decision-making process
requirements when it approved implementation of the WLS in
the face of opposition from domain name registrars,
resellers and consumers.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/163_0_1_0_C

Do You Agree With WLS? Your Chance to Comment! 
Should ICANN's Wait-Listing Service be implemented? Why yes
or why not? What are the negative or positive consequences
that are being overlooked? In light of the recent events
regarding ICANN’s approval of the Wait-Listing Service
(WLS), CircleID is requesting all stakeholders (all
individuals or organization that own domain names or sell
related services) to submit their comments ‘for’ or
‘against’ WLS. All comments gathered will be posted on
CircleID [http://www.circleid.com] and presented to key
decision makers.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/166_0_1_0_C/

From the latest edition of The L.I.N.K.
  - BRAZIL Intelig ordered not to use domain name
  - FRANCE Freedom of speech & companysuck's web sites
 http://www.vocats.com/


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