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nz: Hallowed be thy domain name
How should disputes over internet addresses be
resolved in New Zealand?
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3164567a28,00.html

ph: Embattled .ph administrator lashes back at
critics, CICT
JOSE Emmanuel Disini, administrator of ".ph" Internet
domain, has broken his silence and lashed out at
critics, in particular the government Commission on
Information and Communications Technology (CICT).

http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=25208

in: Over 4000 applicants register for .IN domain name
.IN Domain Name Registry has received over 4000
applications from registered companies and trademark
owners for .IN internet domain name.

http://news.newkerala.com/business-news-india/?action=fullnews&id=64845
 http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/25domain.htm

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=4865&mhnews_page=1

Domain hijack: Dotster yet to comment (reg req'd)
Dotster, the domain registrar that manages the
panix.com domain which was hijacked over the weekend
of January 15-16, is yet to make a public comment
about the affair.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Domain-hijack-Dotster-yet-to-comment/2005/01/26/1106415642094.html

VeriSign breaks silence on domain hijack (reg req'd)
VeriSign, which serves as the definitive registry for
.com and .net domain names, says the panix.com domain
hijack, was an "unauthorized (sic) transfer" which
"occurred because of an inadvertent issue with a
Registrar transfer system."

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/VeriSign-breaks-silence-on-domain-hijack/2005/01/24/1106415511360.html

Merry chase but no need to Panix (reg req'd)
A prominent New York ISP discovered the true meaning
of the World Wide Web when a hijacker absconded with
its domain name this month.

http://smh.com.au/news/Next/Merry-chase-but-no-need-to-Panix/2005/01/24/1106415528114.html

Protect yourself against domain name theft
The domain name hijacking of panix.com last week
highlights a weaknesses in the Internet's registrar
system and should serve as a warning to all companies.
It could happen to anyone.
 http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=6990

Experts tip big net attack
Don't say we didn't warn you: At some point in the
next decade, there will be a "devastating attack" on
the internet or power grid.

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/470234%3fformat=html

us: Gambling Sites Hedging Bets
Super Bowl Sunday is two weeks away, so online
gambling venues are getting ready. Not just for the
usual rush of punters, but to also fend off
denial-of-service extortion schemes.

http://wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,66358,00.html

Future of Domain Names
Domain names are artifices, invented names that link
numbers, so-called IP addresses, to more meaningful
names. Would it have been more logical to create a
registry that used only words, and no numbers?
Perhaps, but while words are more meaningful to the
average user than are numbers, there’s only a limited
pool of meaningful words. And these days, the pool is
getting even smaller. The names, consequently, have
become valuable to the extent that they have become
cornerstones of billion-dollar business ideas.

http://www.siliconindia.com/magazine/fullstory.asp?aid=FRO217706919

CircleID and LEBC to Host ICANN Meeting in Vancouver
Internet authorities from around the globe will gather
in Vancouver to attend the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) annual meeting at
the Westin Bayshore from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, 2005.
Leading Edge BC and CircleID are co-hosting this
meeting that affects world-wide development of
Internet governance and management issues.

http://www.circleid.com/internal/internal_comments/920_0_4_0_C/

The Race Is On For .net (Slashdot)
mikrorechner writes "As reported previously, ICANN is
looking for a new registrar for the .net tld.
 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/23/163221

Dating-related domains for $1 millionEmail This
EntryPrint This Entry
The domain names Meetpeople.com, singlewomen.com,
singlemen.com, meetgirls.com and meetlocals.com are
for sale as a group for $1 million dollars. I'm
curious as to what you think the real value of these
types of domain names is.

http://www.corante.com/dating/archives/datingrelated_domains_for_1_million.php

Yahoo Extends $4.98 Domain Offer, Go Daddy Cuts Price
Yahoo has extended its $4.98 a year domain name
promotion through at least Feb. 8, the third such
extension since it introduced the offer on Dec. 10.
The promotion was intially scheduled to end Dec. 31,
but the extension suggests the offer is generating
business for Yahoo, which is seeking to attract small
business customers.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/01/24/yahoo_extends_498_domain_offer_go_daddy_cuts_price.html


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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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Tunisia Monitoring Group Expresses Serious Concerns
Over Continued Free Expression Violations in the
Country Ahead of WSIS Preparatory Committee Meeting in
Geneva (news release)
A joint monitoring visit to Tunisia undertaken by
members of the International Freedom of Expression
Exchange (IFEX) has found serious cause for continuing
concern about the current state of freedom of
expression and of civil liberties in Tunisia,
including gross restrictions on freedom of the press,
media, publishing and the Internet.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200501250038.html

Bangladesh’s 14-pt suggestion on ICT for SAARC summit
Bangladesh working group on World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS) yesterday proposed a
14-point recommendation on ICT for inclusion into the
13th SAARC summit agenda.

http://bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2005-01-26&hidType=ICT&hidRecord=0000000000000000032898

tn: Serious concerns for World Summit on the
Information Society
A joint monitoring visit to Tunisia undertaken by
members of the International Freedom of Expression
Exchange (IFEX) has found serious cause for continuing
concern about the current state of freedom of
expression and of civil liberties in Tunisia,
including gross restrictions on freedom of the press,
media, publishing and the Internet.

http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/1/tunisia-free-expression-groups-concerned-for.shtml

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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This is an update on an article posted in the previous
edition of the news as the link did not work.
Site Finder and Internet Governance by JONATHAN
WEINBERG (University of Ottawa Journal of Law and
Technology)
Abstract: In this paper, I unpack the Site Finder
story. Site Finder was highly undesirable from a
technical standpoint; it contravened key elements of
Internet architecture. ICANN had power to force
VeriSign to withdraw it, though, only if VeriSign was
violating the terms of its registry contracts. The
arguments that Site Finder violated VeriSign's
contractual obligations are plausible, but they don't
derive their force from Site Finder's architectural or
stability consequences. The registry contracts gave
ICANN no hook to invoke those concerns; if VeriSign
was in breach, it was by happenstance. Part of the
lesson of Site Finder is that there needs to be an
effective institutional mechanism for protecting the
domain name space infrastructure from unilateral,
profit-driven change that bypasses the protections and
consensus mechanisms of the traditional Internet
standards process. Notwithstanding ICANN's flaws, it
may be better suited than any other existing
institution to protect against that threat. Yet ICANN
regulation is itself highly problematic, and so any
plan to expand its authority must be approached with
care.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=475281
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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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