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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RESEARCH PAPER *************** ca: Government Regulation of the Dot-ca Domain Name Space by Marc Watkins [University of Ottawa Law and Technology Journal] This article tries to help fill the gap by taking a closer look at the Canadian dot-ca Top-Level Domain-Name and the Canadian Government’s current and possibly future regulatory regime. Emphasis is put on answering four key questions: What can be regulated? How can it be regulated? What is the current situation in Canada? And should there be regulation in the first place? http://www.uoltj.ca/articles/vol2.1/2005.2.1.uoltj.Watkins.145-172.pdf **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** iq: Internet oversight agency reassigns Iraqi domain The Internet's key oversight agency has quietly authorized Iraq's new government to manage its own domain name, allowing for the restoration of Internet addresses ending in ".iq." http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20050805-1406-iraqdomainname.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8845718 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1013301 http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=118778&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=28140 http://www.forbes.com/associatedpress/feeds/ap/2005/08/05/ap2174902.html .IQ Redelegated And No One Knows Why Bret Fausett on Lextext questions the decision to redelegate .iq. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/icann IANA Report on Redelegation of the .iq Top-Level Domain http://www.iana.org/reports/iq-report-05aug05.pdf IANA Report on Redelegation of the .kz Top-Level Domain http://www.iana.org/reports/kz-report-05aug05.pdf IANA Report on Establishment of the .travel Top-Level Domain http://www.iana.org/reports/travel-report-05aug05.pdf IANA Report on Redelegation of the .hk Top-Level Domain http://www.iana.org/reports/hk-report-05aug05.pdf US court files reveal Italian link to Indymedia server grab Documents relating to the seizure of Indymedia's servers at Rackspace's Heathrow premises have finally been unsealed by a Texas district court. Some information remains under seal, and the documents released by no means provide the full picture, but it is now clear that yes, it was the Italians, and no, there was no obvious legal basis for the seizure of the servers themselves. And as regards the British Government's apparent insouciance regarding the (faulty) operation of US court orders within British jurisdiction but without any British authorisation, well, that remains a puzzle. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/03/indymedia_texas_docs_unsealed uk: Legal fight over iTunes UK domain An internet entrepreneur has suffered a legal setback in his battle to win back the iTunes domain name in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4749667.stm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/05/itunes_nominet http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=12280 http://itvibe.com/news/3668 http://out-law.com/page-5979 Internet domain system wide open to fraudulent attack A large number of DNS servers, a critical part of the internet's infrastructure, are vulnerable to attacks that could lead to widespread fraud, according to a security researcher. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/D6008DEBB9372648CC2570530069E5A3 Spotlight: The Internet's chief operating officer It has been nearly 15 years since Paul Twomey first connected to the Internet from Australia, back when the Web's tentacles had just tentatively encircled the world. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/05/business/wbspot06.php au: Telefa (Digicommander) breaches transfers policy auDA has found that Telefa Pty Ltd (previously known as Digicommander), a reseller of TPP Internet, has breached the Transfers (Change of Registrar of Record) Policy (2003-03). http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-29072005/ XXX Domain Sunrise Period Begins RegistryX.com announced it has launched its highly anticipated .xxx pre-registration Web site specifically catered to ICANN's recently approved .xxx top-level domain. .xxx is a sponsored TLD specifically for adult oriented Web sites that consent to industry standards. http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/xxx080505.cfm http://www.thestandard.com/internetnews/003080.php eu: Website .eu ADR launched A temporary website of the The Czech Arbitration Court, appointed by EURid to provide Alternative Dispute resolution (ADR) for .eu domain name disputes, has recently been launched. http://www.eurid.eu/news/archive/webadr Web Server Survey Turns 10, Finds 70 Million Sites Netcraft's Web Server Survey marks its 10th anniversary this month with a milestone, as we now find more than 70 million web sites on the Internet. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/08/01/web_server_survey_turns_10_finds_70_million_sites.html Registry Services Changes – Final Report Procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operation of a gTLD registry. This procedure, developed through the GNSO Policy Development Process, has been unanimously adopted by the GNSO Council as a Supermajority Recommendation for consideration and adoption by the Board as Consensus Policy. The Final Report describing this procedure has been posted since 10 July on the GNSO web site. A final public comment period is now opened in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws, Article 3, Section 6. Following this period, the Recommendation will be submitted to the Board for decision. The deadline for comments is Friday 26 August 2005. Comment can be made to registry-services-report§icann.org. The archive of comments is available at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/registry-services-report Who's in Charge? In a move that could head off attempts by other countries to exert more influence over the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), the Bush administration has announced that the United States will "maintain its historic role in authorizing changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file." http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20050805/tc_zd/157385 The Realm of Domain Names: An Indian Perspective (reg req'd) In the realm of cyberspace, when you browse a particular website on the Internet, it is actually the Internet Protocol address (IP address) that establishes the link between your computer and the particular website you are searching for. IP address is like a name of a person or moreover like a telephone number. It helps in identifying a particular computer connected to the Internet where the website is hosted on the Internet. http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_34095 The Domain Name Gold Rush (reg req'd) This article explains how domains come back onto the market, how prospectors are sifting through them to find the good ones, and how to find the expiring domains. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=34171&lastestnews=1 us: Fla. college paper wins rights to Internet domain names An independent student newspaper at the University of Central Florida has rights to two domain names despite the fact that each incorporates a university trademark, an arbitration panel ruled on July 13 following a university request that the domains be transferred to its possession. http://www.splc.org/newsflash.asp?id=1057&year= .WS Top Level Domain Names Benefit Nation of Samoa Born in Samoa in 2000 and now reaching out to the world, Website.WS is the brainchild of Alan Ezeir and Michael Reed in association with the tiny Island nation of Samoa. In November 2000, less than nine months after launching .WS to the global Internet community, GDI announced it had sold over 100,000 .WS registrations to customers such as Yahoo!, Intel, Cisco, Dell Computers, and other companies and individuals in more than 180 countries. http://www.cheaphostingdirectory.com/article1278.html New Instance of RIPE NCC Operated K-root Server Deployed in Miami, USA The RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) has deployed a new global node instance of the K-root Internet root name server at Terremark's NAP of the Americas in Miami, Florida, USA. http://ripe.net/news/kroot-miami-20052507.html MarkMonitor TLD updates The latest edition of MarkMonitor's domain name news includes: TWNIC Domain Committee announced the launch of 2nd-level ASCII .TW domain names, UAEnic has announced the launch of a 50 year registration term for .ua domain names and the second sunrise period for .ES domain names is scheduled to begin on September 5. See the link for more information: http://www.markmonitor.com/newsandevents/domainnews.html ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* Regime change on the internet? Internet governance after WGIG - Event notes Robert Guerra has written up his notes from the Internet Governance event he attended in Washington in late July and published them on his blog. His notes include his summaries of presentations by Markus Kummer, Richard Beaird, Lesley Cowley, Milton Mueller, Christopher Boam, Willie Currie and the Q&A session. http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/internet-governance-after-wgig---event-notes.html Initial comments by the European Union and the acceding countries Romania and Bulgaria, on the report of the Working Group on Internet Governance The paper includes the principles on which the new cooperation model "in order to concretise the provisions in the WSIS Declaration of Principles regarding the crucial role of all actors within Internet Governance, including governments, the private sector, civil society and international organisations". http://ssl.cpsr.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20050805/09b2794a/WGIGReport-InitialEUComments-0001.doc To ICANN or Not? (Internet Governance) The Working Group of Internet Governance Report comes as a reply to the U.S. statement that it has no intention of surrendering control of root zone file (i.e. a server internet network could not function without). The report offers four possible solutions (what should be done with the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers - ICAAN). First solution is replacement of the US Government in one of the executive boards with independent participation of the private sector and civil society associations. USA does not support the idea ICANN to be govern by international bodies and to loose the present position. http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/eng_vesti_detal.asp?id=431 Rwanda Set for WSIS Summit Rwanda has the ability to exhibit its development in ICT programs in relation to the World Summit for Information Society (WSIS) which is due November, 2005 in Tunis. This was revealed by Eng. Alfred Butare, the State Minister in charge of Energy and Communications, during the WSIS preparatory workshop held in Kigali recently. http://allafrica.com/stories/200508041044.html ITU Global Survey of Anti-Spam Laws and Authorities At the recent ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting on Cybersecurity, Maria Cristina Bueti, Policy Analyst, Strategy and Policy Unit, ITU, presented a background paper entitled ITU Survey of Anti-Spam Laws and Authorities Worldwide. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/ITU+Global+Survey+Of+AntiSpam+Laws+And+Authorities.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. 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