Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. Within 24 hours of this news being posted, a more recent edition of the news will normally be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. ************ DOMAIN NAMES ************ Domain names near 77M Be it a dot-com, a dot-net or a dot something, the number of Internet domain names is speeding toward 77 million, according to a report from Verisign Inc., the Mountain View-based domain name registration company. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/06/06/daily12.html http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/06/06/daily12.html http://www.wwwcoder.com/main/parentid/472/site/5284/266/default.aspx Domain Registrations On The Rise Global top-level domain registrations have climbed past 50-million, an increase of more than 30% from this time last year. The domains business is on the move, and AITDomains.com (http://aitdomains.com/?news-bulk ) has bulk registration rates few other registrars can or will offer. “Businesses understand that not having a domain name is like not having a phone number, and an Internet address may be even more important,” said Beau Garcia, VP of Business Development at AITDomains.com. “It’s especially critical as more people begin working for themselves and the Web is a tremendous equalizer, particularly for small companies.” http://www.tophosts.com/articles/?001897.html au: auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains Australia's domain name regulator has seized more than 1,000 domains from Ansearch, saying the search engine company's intended use did not comply with its policies. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39195435,00.htm au: ENUM trial goes live Mapping telephone numbers to Internet addresses today became a reality in Australia, as a trial for ENUM technology went live. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39195439,00.htm http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Australia-kicks-off-ENUM-trial/2005/06/07/1117910285821.html nz: Domain regulator ‘power hungry' A website developer hit by sanctions from the Domain Name Commissioner’s office says the regulator is a "power-hungry bureaucracy gone mad." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10329357 nz: Labour grabs lobby group's web address Tension is rising between Auckland business groups and the Government over roading projects and Labour's hijacking of a website which was apparently to have been used in one group's proposed election-time campaign on roading. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10329390 uk/au: Nominet claims scammer victory Nominet, the British internet registry, has won an Australian Federal Court order to freeze the assets of two men who attacked its database http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1644420,00.html uk: Nominet consults on international domain names Should we be able to register domain names with non-standard characters, such as café.co.uk? http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39202151,00.htm http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39131061,00.htm uk: Cohen tried to sell iTunes.co.uk to Napster UK domain name regulator Nominet has today published its assessment of complaints made regarding its handling of the www.itunes.co.uk case. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050606/101/fkis4.html uk: ITV apologises after fictional web address leads Emmerdale viewer to racy site ITV has apologised after a supposedly fictional website address used in the Yorkshire farming soap 'Emmerdale' led a viewer to an adult website by mistake. http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewNewsArticle&newsID=478681 fr: Air France wins 'sucks' domain name The domain name AirFranceSucks.com will be transferred to Air France. But the airline's victory at arbitration was not without controversy: panellists disagreed about what the word 'sucks' really means to internet users. http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=airfrancewinssu1118156570 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/air_france_wins_sucks_domain_name/ us: Appeals court in Virginia hears arguments over Falwell Web domain name A Web site critical of the Rev. Jerry Falwell's views on gays contains constitutionally protected, noncommercial speech and should be allowed to keep its name -- a common misspelling for the conservative evangelist, a lawyer for the site owner argued Thursday. http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0505/31/0tech-195220.htm ccNSO Issue Report regarding Changes to Bylaws, Policy Development Process, and Scope of ccNSO Issues Report: At the ICANN meeting in Mar del Plata, ICANN’s Vice (Mr. Paul Verhoef) relayed a letter from CENTR, ccNSO Council and requested the Council to consider number of issues in relation to the ccNSO bylaws number of CENTR members joining the ccNSO. http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/issues-report-07jun05.pdf ICANN Vice President to head up major European Project 'Galileo' unit ICANN's Vice President for Policy Support, Paul Verhoef, currently on secondment to the ICANN Brussels office, has today been appointed by the European Commission to the post of head of unit for Project 'Galileo' and Intelligent Transport in the Directorate General for Energy and Transport. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-07jun05.htm The politics of .xxx Commentary--Now that pornographers have a domain name suffix reserved exclusively for them, look for politicians to become more eager than ever before to target sexually explicit Web sites. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5734012.html us: CWA Says ICANN'S XXX Domain Should Be Canned Concerned Women for America (CWA) says the plan by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a XXX domain for Internet porn sites is an idea that should be canned because it creates more problems than it can possibly solve. http://www.earnedmedia.org/cwfa0606.htm Do Not Enter -- It's XXX Only properly structured and clearly legit and globally strong trademark holders would be able to protect themselves; the rest with generic business names based on dictionary words, geographic names or general type surnames would have little protection. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/43581.html Internet's New 'xxx' District Won't Protect Kids and May Exacerbate Other Pornography Related Problems Last week, ICANN approved a plan to create "xxx" domains for websites that peddle pornography. Stuart Lawley, chairman of the ICM Registry, said in an interview last year that the xxx domain names will come with no restrictions except that any sexually explicit content feature only adults. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050606/pl_usnw/internet_s_new__xxx__district_won_t_protect_kids_and_may_exacerbate_other_pornography_related_problems108_xml New Internet porn domain draws fire Within hours of the organization responsible for Internet addresses approving a .xxx domain for porn sites, objections began piling up. http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=5dd0b3cddfca255d Why .xxx When ICANN Continues TLD Scarcity?Email This EntryPrint This Entry ICANNWatch.org has posted a defense of ICANN's approval of the ".xxx" top-level domain (.xxx Approval a Positive Sign). However, I agree with the dissenting comments from Michael Froomkin: http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/2005/06/05/why_xxx_when_icann_continues_tld_scarcity.php Go-ahead for adult TLD The .xxx sponsored top-level domain came a step closer last week after ICANN started negotiations with ICM Registry, which will manage the domain http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=516409&ISS=16664&LS=EMS45115 http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=1713 http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39130895,00.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/technology/06drill.html Why Not a Politically Incorrect Top Level Domain Brad Templeton reports that ICANN will soon launch a new top level domain, ".polinc", for politically incorrect websites http://www.corante.com/importance/archives/2005/06/07/why_not_a_politically_incorrect_top_level_domain.php Computer group fetes Internet pioneer A California scientist who created the domain name system for the Internet has won a lifetime achievement award from a computer networking group. http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050607-102352-6392r New domains must protect trade marks, says WIPO A uniform intellectual property protection mechanism should be established to protect trade marks whenever new gTLDs are introduced, according to WIPO. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/06/new-domains_must_protect_trade_marks_says_wipo/ http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=newdomainsmustpro1117796826 WIPO proposes uniform domain name protection The introduction of a single protection system covering all new generic top-level domain names would be the best way to protect IP owners and avoid a rise in cybersquatting, the World Intellectual Property Organization said in a report http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=516408&ISS=16664&LS=EMS45115 Wipo Raccomanda Maggiore Protezione Per i Marchi Con Nuovi Domini Per tutelare i marchi commerciali quando sono introdotti nuovi top level domain generici (gTld) serve un meccanismo di protezione uniforme della proprieta' intellettuale, secondo l'Organizzazione mondiale per la proprieta' intellettuale. http://it.news.yahoo.com/050607/26/3979j.html ca: Claiming Your ".ca" Domain With the millions upon millions of domain names registered for the Internet, getting the unique domain name you want can be quite the challenge as you can imagine. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/Gazin/2005/06/03/1070512.html eNom, Inc. Wins Three Top Name Intelligence Awards-More Than Any Other Registrar (news release) eNom, Inc. announced that it has been awarded three of the prestigious Name Intelligence Awards for 2004. eNom was honored as the Best ICANN Registrar with a Reseller Business, the Best Drop Catcher, and the Users' Choice Registrar, at a ceremony held in Seattle, WA, on Thursday, May 26th. eNom has won the award for Best Reseller Registrar the last four years consecutively. http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=12254 Name Intelligence Domain Industry Awards Announced (news release) Name Intelligence — the premier source for semantic domain name suggestion technology — recognizes industry leaders in an awards ceremony at the 2005 Domain Roundtable Conference. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prwebxml247503.php ***************** WSIS & GOVERNANCE ***************** UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) Releases ORDIG Policy Brief and Input Paper on Internet Governance UNDP-APDIP's Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG) has produced a two-part report entitled, "Voices from Asia-Pacific: Internet Governance Priorities and Recommendations" - consisting of 1) the ORDIG Policy Brief and Executive Summary, and 2) the ORDIG Input Paper for the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). For all documents, please go to: * ORDIG Policy Brief http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG_Policy_Brief.pdf * ORDIG Input Paper http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG_Paper.pdf * ORDIG Survey Report http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG.Survey.Report.pdf * ORDIG Forum Summary http://igov.apdip.net/undp-apdip%20forum%20summary.pdf eu: Commission outlines EU negotiation principles for the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis Preparations for the second World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis (16-18 November 2005) have entered a crucial phase. This summit should reach an international consensus on two key unresolved issues from the first phase: Internet governance and financial mechanisms for bridging the digital divide between developed and developing countries. The European Commission has now adopted a communication outlining the EU’s priorities for the Tunis meeting. To promote an Information Society for all, respectful of human rights and of freedom of expression and cultural and linguistic diversity, the EU wishes to preserve and strengthen the sound foundations laid during the first summit in Geneva. http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/672&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en Time for Icann to let the world look after the net? With the EU gearing up for the WSIS, it seems top of the agenda is who runs the internet - and whether current internet guardian, US-based Icann, should get the chop in favour of a more international grouping. http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39131071,00.htm http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050608/36/fkoq8.html http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=europeancommission1118147757 http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/64298 European Commission mulls who should govern the internet The European Commission yesterday set out its priorities for a forthcoming international summit on developing the information society. Top of the agenda is the question of internet governance, currently in the control of US-based ICANN. http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=europeancommission1118147757 A battle for the soul of the Internet With little fanfare, there is a battle going on for the soul of the Internet. The United Nations and the ITU are trying to wrest control of domain names, the DNS and IP addresses from ICANN. This battle manifests itself through the U.N.-created World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) and the ITU-lead WGIG. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5730589.html Can the Internet be governed? The Internet remains the world’s biggest open source application. The protocols are open, free, and available to all. The Internet is governed based on the end-to-end principle, which is in big trouble these days. Countries like China routinely violate it. So do companies like Verizon. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=319 EU says how it will negotiate on internet governance at World Summit Preparations for the second WSIS in Tunis have entered a crucial phase. This summit should reach an international consensus on two key unresolved issues from the first phase: Internet governance and financial mechanisms for bridging the digital divide between developed and developing countries. The European Commission has now adopted a communication outlining the EU’s priorities for the Tunis meeting. http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3022 WIPO Recommends Uniform Mechanism to Regulate Domain Name Registrations WIPO has recommended the introduction of a uniform IP protection mechanism designed to further curb unauthorized registration of domain names in all new gTLDs. This came in a report by WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) on the IP implications of introducing additional new gTLDs. The report, "New Generic Top-Level Domains: Intellectual Property Considerations", which is available at http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/reports/newgtld-ip, said that such a preventive mechanism would complement the curative relief provided by the existing UDRP. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/WIPO+Recommends+Uniform+Mechanism+To+Regulate+Domain+Name+Registrations.aspx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2005 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home * Note new address and home phone number as of 28 May 2005. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.comReceived on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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