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VeriSign to put more backbone into the Net
VeriSign plans to significantly increase the number of
DNS servers it operates, a move that it says will make
a key part of the Internet's infrastructure more
resilient to cyberattacks.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5714319.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-7347_3-5714319.html

Panelist Says ThumpRecords.com Complaint Outside Scope
of Policy (more at http://udrplaw.blogspot.com)
In a UDRP decision issued May 11, 2005, National
Arbitration Forum Panelist Sandra Franklin denied a
complaint brought on behalf of Santa Monica-based
Thump Records over the domain name ThumpRecords.com.
Panelist Franklin found that the complaint was a
contractual dispute, outside the scope of the UDRP.
Thump Records, Inc. v. WebPros, NAF Case FA446911 (May
11, 2005).
 http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/446911.htm

RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Kazan 2005
Due to logistics and scheduling, the RIPE NCC Kazan
Regional Meeting has been cancelled.
 http://ripe.net/meetings/regional/kazan-2005/

RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2005 Highlights
The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2005 was held on
Thursday, 5 May 2005, adjacent to the RIPE 50 Meeting,
at the Clarion Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden.

http://ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2005/highlights.html

ALAC Comments on .NET
In recent weeks, the At Large Advisory Committee
("ALAC") has been pleased to provide comments, both in
writing and at the Mar del Plata meeting, to the ICANN
Board and staff about the .NET process and the
Telcordia report. While the ALAC does not make any
recommendation to ICANN about which registry operator
ultimately should be awarded the .NET contract, it
does believe that (a) the selection process should be
open and transparent; and (b) all public comments
solicited by ICANN and submitted in a timely manner by
concerned persons, including the ALAC, should be
reviewed and considered in the .NET evaluation.

http://alac.icann.org/announcements/announcement-11may05.htm

ca: Web entrepreneur owns domain name
There's money in murder. Web savvy entrepreneurs have
snapped up domain names related to the Paul
Bernardo-Karla Homolka case, while others are peddling
videotapes and books about the case on EBay.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/05/22/1050951-sun.html

uk: MSN brings in new email domain names
Hotmail users can now choose to personalize their
Hotmail accounts and help charity with .co.uk email
domains.

http://www.whatpc.co.uk/computeractive/news/2012348/msn-brings-email-domain-names

uk: Tourism websites row over address
A row has broken out between two Shropshire tourism
groups because of similarities in website addresses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4567679.stm

jp: Compliance of JP Domain Name Registry Service to
"Personal Information Protection Act"
In Japan, the "Personal Information Protection Act
(the Act)" became fully effective on April 1, 2005.
This page explains how JPRS accommodated its JP domain
name services to this Act. The following page provides
a full explanation of documents such as registration
rules that are currently applied to JP domain name
registration, based on the concept explained in this
Web page.
 http://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/050510.html

Extortion via DDoS on the rise
Criminals are increasingly targeting corporations with
distributed denial-of-service attacks designed not to
disrupt business networks but to extort thousands of
dollars from the companies.

http://www.techworld.com/security/features/index.cfm?featureid=1452

Finding the right domain name
A University Heights inventor has received a patent on
technology that would assist Internet users in finding
available web site domain names.
 http://crainscleveland.com/news.cms?newsId=3382

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Tunis WSIS to tackle fundamental obstacles facing the
Internet
Making the Internet cheaper and more accessible to all
will be the challenges of the Phase II of the Tunis
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), according
to the International Telecommunications Union on
Tuesday during the observation of the World
Telecommunication Day.
 http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13545

ITU chief calls for equitable information sharing
THE HEAD of the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) is urging both its members and world leaders to
implement strategies and policies that will help least
developed countries strengthen their communications
infrastructure.

http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=37501

WGIG Questionnaire & Forum on Internet Governance
Dear Colleagues, This is an invitation and an
opportunity to provide input directly into the current
discussions on Internet Governance. The UN's Working
Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) is conducting a
survey to ask stakeholders for their thoughts on
current Internet Governance arrangements.
 http://ripe.net/news/wgig-questionnaire-200505.html

us: Internet and Politics: U.S. Style - Report from
the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City, May 16,
2005
Commentary: A problem that surfaced at the conference
was that there were statements made by the panelists
that merited discussion but there was little
opportunity for discussion from the audience, except
for a few of the panels. For example, during the final
panel on "The Future of Political Media", a Republican
Party consultant, Tucker Eskew, made a statement that
he advises his clients not to talk about Internet
governance but to support the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This is the
private sector body that the U.S. government is trying
to develop for its privatization plan for the
ownership and control of the key functions of the
Internet's infrastructure.

http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=227041&rel_no=2

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

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