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After Years of Battle, Some '.md' Web Sites Are Going
Online (reg req'd)
There are few opportunities for really tailoring a Web
address to a profession. A marketing-minded lawyer,
for instance, cannot register a domain that ends in
".esq" (as in www.bigsettlements.esq), any more than
residents of the ivory tower can market themselves at
www.smartypants.phd.

http://nytimes.com/2004/12/13/technology/13domain.html

nz/au/uk: Apple's iTunes domain name spat, now Down
Under
Just a week after it emerged that a UK entrepreneur
had registered the itunes.co.uk Web address, much to
the annoyance of Apple, it has been revealed that the
Web addresses itunes.co.nz and itunes.com.au have also
been registered by third parties.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=10415

InternetNZ wins bid to host Icann in Wellington
InternetNZ has won its bid for New Zealand to host a
meeting of Icann, the private sector organisation
responsible for coordinating policy relating to
Internet domain names and IP addresses.

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/426D98C38B41EE99CC256F69001990B8

ca: Phishers take aim at dot-ca name holders
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is
warning those who have registered a dot-ca domain name
that an e-mail phishing scam is circulating, trying to
get user account numbers and passwords from its
victims.

http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041214.gtphishdec14/BNStory/Technology/

http://www.baou.com/newswire/main.php?action=recent&rid=1929

CIRA warns DOT-CA domain name holders of misleading
verification notices (news release)
 http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/139.html

ICANN Moves Forward in First Phase Commercial &
Technical Negotiations with Two Additional sTLD
Applicants
ICANN is pleased to announce that the independent
evaluation process, which began earlier this year has
resulted in two further sponsored Top Level Domain
(sTLD) applications moving to the next stage.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-13dec04.htm

Go-ahead for new internet names
The internet could soon have two new domain names,
aimed at mobile services and the jobs market.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4094503.stm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61424-2004Dec13.html

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEW_INTERNET_DOMAINS

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/icann_goes_domain_crazy/

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11685546%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html

New domain names coming
If you're looking for an Internet domain name, you'll
soon have several new options. Plans are in motion to
add at least four new top-level domains (TLDs),
including .post, .travel, .jobs and .mobi.

http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2336/nls_ecommerce_domain041216

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20041214/tc_nf/29037

Third-Level Domain Name Hijacking
A new type of domain-name hijacking is being carried
out unnoticed. It involves third-level domain-names
associated with affiliate programs.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/826_0_1_0_C/

Porn sites lay bare São Tomé 'image problem'
The tiny western African nation of São Tomé and
Principe claims it has unwittingly become the
continent's electronic porn publishing capital after a
Swedish company and its local partner sold the
country's internet identity without government
approval.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5393cf8e-4d74-11d9-b3be-00000e2511c8.html

nz: Hey, Molly, read this!
If your name is Molly and you've been wanting to
improve your online profile, now's your chance -- but
you'd better move quickly. That's because ownership of
the domain name of choice for all the Mollies in New
Zealand -- Molly.co.nz -- has expired and is on
auction, with less than 8 hours to go (4pm NZT).
 http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=10924

Harry Potter's authoress wins typo-squotting case
WIPO logoPopular author JK Rowling has won her case at
the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
for the control of two domain names kjkrowling.com and
www-jkrowling.com, that have been awarded to her after
being grabbed by Alvaro Collazo, a typo-squatter from
Uruguay.

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=4659

Domain Registration Opens for .PW To Public  	
PW Registry Corporation, the official Registry for .PW
domain names, today announced that it will start
officially accepting registrations for .PW domains on
December 15 at 12pm.
 http://www.thehostingnews.com/article840.html

us: Yahoo! halves! domain! prices!
Yahoo! has halved its domain name charges from $9.95
to $4.98 a year up until the end of the 2004. The
offer is limited to one domain per customer.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/13/yahoo_domain_name_price_promo
 http://p2pnet.net/story/3278

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/12/11/yahoo_slashes_domain_prices_to_498.html

us: Ad Store, GoDaddy in Big Game and Beyond
Consumers may not know domain name registrar
GoDaddy.com now, but after a Super Bowl spot and
another $10 million or so in ad spending in 2005, they
may be ready to join the family.

http://adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000736418

dotMP - Another First - .mp Mobile Domain Name
Reservations From Mobile Phones (news release)
dotMP Customers Can Reserve Their Mobile Domain Names
Directly From Their Mobile Phones
 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041215/law060_1.html

WebmasterRadio.FM Makes History With the Launch of the
First Domain Name Related Radio Show on the Internet,
DomainMasters
WebmasterRadio.FM, a free business, 24/7 internet
radio network, is proud to announce the launch of
their newest show on the radio network, DomainMasters.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prwebxml188937.php

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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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ITU Council Working Group on WSIS & Internet
Governance
The ITU Council Working Group on WSIS is holding a
meeting on 13-14 December 2004 discussing ITU
activities relevant to the World Summit on the
Information Society. The Working Group is to prepare,
based on inputs of ITU Member States and Sector
Members, as well as those of the Secretary-General and
the Directors of the Bureaux and submit to ITU Council
proposals on  necessary ITU actions to help accomplish
the goals and objectives articulated in the WSIS
Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/12/13.html#a763

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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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(c) David Goldstein 2004

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