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********************************************************** Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ Sponsored by EuroDNS and AsiaDNS - for your domain name registration http://www.eurodns.com/ ********************************************************** Entrepreneurs are taking advantage of a five-day grace period to sample millions of domain names (AP) http://iht.com/articles/2007/02/20/business/names.php Grace period for domain name registration being abused http://bizreport.com/2007/02/period_of_grace_for_domain_name_registration_being_abused.html Domain Registration Loophole http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/02/19/domain-registration-loophole Big names may not prevail in domain disputes http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6160795.html Cerf: Internet is a reflection of society http://infoworld.com/article/07/02/21/HNinternetreflectsociety_1.html DNS attack puts in perspective http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1653053785;fp;2;fpid;3 Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070217-111155-9747r Registerfly on the fly, ICANN on the run http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/19/registerfly_angry_customers/ Anger and fear as domain firm slowly implodes http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F4D808F5-530F-4F5B-BECF-F87EA05CBF15 Doubts over internet porn domain http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=7363F661-74C2-4483-9AF0-7CC0CD6D3E8B ***************** GOVERNANCE ***************** Forum de la Gouvernance Internet : où en est-on ? Où en est-on du FGI, après une première réunion fin 2006 ? Une réunion d'étape vient de se dérouler à Genève pour répondre à cette question. Louis Pouzin, l'un des pionniers de l'Internet, y était. En exclusivité pour Domaines.info, il nous fait le point sur le FGI. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1136/forum-de-la-gouvernance-internet-bilan-de-la-premiere-reunion.php ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** Entrepreneurs are taking advantage of a five-day grace period to sample millions of domain names (AP) This Associated Press story compares buying clothing to domain names - with the practice of domain tasting akin to buying clothes on a credit card in that one has a period in which one can return both. The article notes "entrepreneurs have turned the return policy into a loophole for generating big bucks". Further, "Experts believe spammers and scam artists are also starting to use the grace period as a source of free, disposable Web addresses." The article also notes there were an "average tasting of 1.2 million names each day in December, compared with 7,200 two years earlier" using data from Name Intelligence while "Legitimate registrations made up 2 percent of the registrations at the end of 2006, down from about half in 2004." Another point the article makes is of "A newer variant, sometimes called 'kiting,'" that "involves the same company reregistering the same name every fourth or fifth day to hang onto it in perpetuity, without ever paying for it." http://iht.com/articles/2007/02/20/business/names.php http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-02-19-web-address-sampling_x.htm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17237209/ http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2007/2/20/2751452.html Grace period for domain name registration being abused A grace period, which was originally put in place to allow purchasers to double-check their proposed internet address, has proved a lucrative loophole for entrepreneurs and spammers. http://bizreport.com/2007/02/period_of_grace_for_domain_name_registration_being_abused.html http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/02/16/misspellings-as-business-names Cybersquatters Gamble on Possible Web Gold It may not be as sexy as winning the Powerball or Texas Hold 'Em, but there are people who hope to cash in on the famous and possibly soon-to-be famous. http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2385290&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 Domain Registration Loophole It's always satisfying to learn something new about an industry, and today brings to light a marketing practice, I never knew existed. AP explores a loophole with domain registration, which allows anyone to return a registered domain name within 5 days and get a full refund. This has led to hundreds of thousands of domain speculators and search arbitragers registering domain names, testing which ones do well for type-in traffic, and getting a full refund on any duds. http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/02/19/domain-registration-loophole Big names may not prevail in domain disputes There was a time when it seemed that powerful trademark holders generally prevailed when they sought the transfer of Internet domain names that contained their trademarks. But recent decisions show that domain name registrants have a fighting chance under certain circumstances. http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6160795.html Cerf: Internet is a reflection of society The Internet is a mirror of the population that uses it, said Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist Vinton Cerf said in reference to the proliferation of fraud, social abuse, and other online crimes. "If you stand in front of a mirror and you don't like what you see, it does not help to fix the mirror," Cerf said. http://infoworld.com/article/07/02/21/HNinternetreflectsociety_1.html http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/070221cerf/ http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=28931 Internet is beyond political control: Cerf This article in The Hindu quotes Vint Cerf saying "It is a huge, new democratic opportunity and beyond any one agency's political control." Further, "Nations had tried to control portions of the Internet for their own national goals but the Net is too ubiquitous for any single agency to throttle, Dr. Cerf said. "No one owns the Internet but there must be some agencies to make it work." http://thehindu.com/2007/02/21/stories/2007022100661500.htm DNS attack puts in perspective A few years ago, the author of this article had the privilege of seeing some root DNS servers in action at VeriSign's main headquarters. It's something he had wanted to do for over a decade, and he was literally slightly shaking with excitement. Physical security was high. It took three-factor authentication to get me past the two mantraps and the bomb-blast protected walls. His escort had to use handprint geometry, a PIN, a smart card, and a retinal scan to get me into the inner sanctum. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1653053785;fp;2;fpid;3 http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;1653053785;fp;16;fpid;0 http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;1653053785;fp;2;fpid;3 Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl Google has launched legal action against a group of Polish poets, demanding that they give up their Internet domain name gmail.pl, a member of the cultural collective said Friday. Google claims the group of poets, known as "Grupa Mlodych Artystow i Literatow," or Group of Young Artists and Writers, has no rights to gmail.pl. The group claims they have no intention to give up the name. http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070217-111155-9747r http://www.techshout.com/internet/2007/17/google-sues-polish-poets-gmailpl-web-site/ Registerfly on the fly, ICANN on the run The Register questions the role of ICANN in this article about Registerfly - a US-based registrar that has 900,000 customers and 2 million domain names. The Register asks "just what is ICANN responsible for, anyway?" Apparently there is a power struggle between two Registerfly partners with customers left "scrambling to recover domains that were not automatically renewed as agreed, or were paid for and for no apparent reason allowed to lapse well before the agreed upon expiration date." The Register asks"what of ICANN's decision to simply refer customers back to Registerfly, when the reason they are contacting ICANN in the first place is for a problem concerning domain registration that Registerfly either cannot or will not resolve on its own? If ICANN itself is either unable or unwilling to handle a problem of this magnitude, what is the point of having ICANN around?" The Register concludes "With ICANN watching from the sidelines, customers can only hope that local or feder! al authorities will step in. Stay tuned. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/19/registerfly_angry_customers/ http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/229050/cs/1/ Anger and fear as domain firm slowly implodes Domain name industry overseer ICANN is today expected to take 'decisive action' to help protect the approximately 900,000 domains that customers of scandal-ridden registrar Registerfly.com believe are in danger of being lost. http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F4D808F5-530F-4F5B-BECF-F87EA05CBF15 http://computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=A513D2DC%2D83C8%2D47BE%2D94F5%2D3580F36F87CE Doubts over internet porn domain The resurrected proposal to open an internet domain reserved for porn web sites is looking less likely to succeed, with ICANN's board of directors last week expressing 'serious concerns' about it. http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=7363F661-74C2-4483-9AF0-7CC0CD6D3E8B http://davidneal.itweek.co.uk/2007/02/any_old_xxxcuse.html ICANN Publishes Revision to Proposed ICM (.XXX) Registry Agreement for Public Comment Consistent with the direction given by the ICANN Board as described in the Preliminary Report of the 12 February 2007 Special Meeting of the Board, ICANN today posted for public comment a revised Appendix S of the proposed registry agreement with ICM (sponsoring organisation for the proposed .XXX registry). http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-05jan07.htm ICANN Ombudsman Releases Report The ICANN Office of the Ombudsman has released a report concerning the At-Large Advisory Committee and its handling of an application for At-Large Status. The Ombudsman's Report contains twelve recommendations. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-15feb07.htm Final Reports of the 2005 and 2006 Nominating Committee The Final Reports of the 2005 and 2006 Nominating Committee have been prepared by the Chair, George Sadowsky. The purpose of the Final Reports is to provide a clear, transparent and well-documented account of the background, design, motivation and execution of the Nominating Committees selection process. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-20feb07.htm New Way To Resolve .nz Domain Name Disputes (reg req'd) New Zealand has recently adopted a new dispute resolution procedure for resolving .nz domain name disputes. Under the new procedure, you can lodge a complaint with InternetNZ where a third party has registered or is using a domain name that is identical or similar to a name in which you have rights. This came into effect on 1 June 2006. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=46336 Runet: domain registration market assessed RU-Center estimated the domain registration market in 2006 at 375mln rubles ($14mln). 15% of the sum was spent to support the domain RU infrastructure, the rest 85% on registrars. The number of second-level domain names grew by 60% and is expected to reach 1mln in autumn. http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/02/16/236272 us: National Arbitration Forum Reports 21% Increase in 2006 Domain Name Filings (news release) The National Arbitration Forum reports that their domain name disputes resolutions increased by 21% in 2006 compared to 2005. The National Arbitration Forum handled 1,658 Internet trademark disputes in 2006, making it the largest filing year since the inception of their domain name dispute program. Notable disputes involved famous trademarks such as George Foreman, Stevie Wonder, Vin Diesel, Louis Vuitton and the New York Yankees. http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070220005436&newsLang=en http://prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb505898.htm Freeparking gives Kiwis Australian domain names (news release) Domain name registrar, hosting and email solutions company, Freeparking, has launched a service providing New Zealand businesses with Australian .com.au and .net.au domain names. http://m-net.net.nz/latest-news/1442/freeparking-gives-kiwis-australian-domain-names-/1/read.php MelbIT reaps WebCentral rewards DOMAIN name registrar Melbourne IT has reported a 42 per cent increase in revenue for the 12 months to December 31 as it begins to reap benefits from its $64 million acquisition of WebCentral Group. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21257037%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html NetRegistry expands hosting business INTERNET services firm NetRegistry has bought the assets of domain name and web hosting outfit PlanetDomain from Primus Telecommunications for about $8 million. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21250525%5E15318%5Enbv%5E,00.html http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/021907_NetRegistry_Acquires_PlanetDomain.cfm http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;977563753;fp;2;fpid;1 McAfee wins against cybersquatters In an impressive victory by McAfee Limited against the Cyber Squatters, who are posing the great threat to the domain names of rightful owners, McAfee wins the disputed domain name www.mcafee.co.in in its favour. http://www.pr-inside.com/in-an-impressive-victory-by-mcafee-r54470.htm European Commission is the villain over .eu controversy European Commissioner Vivianne Reding the internet's biggest villain of the year, according to UK internet service providers. She was given the title by the ISP Association (ISPA) in protest at the rules for registering a .eu domain name. http://out-law.com/page-7792 Dotster Settles with Neiman Marcus over Typosquatting Domain registrar Dotster has settled a lawsuit brought by Neiman Marcus. David Steele, an attorney with Christie, Parker & Hale LLP that represented Neiman Marcus, said Neiman Marcus has settled with domain registrar Dotster over typosquatting charges. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/19/dotster-settles-with-neiman-marcus-over-typosquatting/ Tale of Two Tandbergs: Tandberg Pays Tandberg Data $1.5 Million for Tandberg.com The first 7-figure sale to come to light in 2007 is now on the books. Two Norwegian public companies actually completed their $1.5 million deal for Tandberg.com at the end of December but it just became public knowledge when Tandberg Data released a fourth quarter financial highlights report http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales02-20-07.htm John Wants His Domain Name The generic domain name John.com has received 17 bids at domain aftermarket Sedo and has met its reserve. The auction will end February 23. You can expect this one to go much higher in the coming days. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/20/john-wants-his-domain-name/ .xxx - das wird wohl nix Seit Jahren kämpft ICM Registry Inc. aus Florida für die Top-Level-Domain .xxx zur Unterbringung von Porno-Websites. Doch die zuständige ICANN ist dafür einfach nicht zu begeistern. http://www.tecchannel.de/news/themen/business/462384/index.html Con Telecom il sito web sale sul cellulare: nasce l'era dei .mobi Al 3Gsm World Congress Telecom Italia non si è fatta notare solo per il "Librofonino" presentato in anteprima mondiale da Tim. http://www.panorama.it/internet/meglioweb/articolo/ix1-A020001040163 Le WHOIS du .SE bloqué Depuis lundi 12 février, les opérations liées aux modifications des coordonnées WHOIS des noms en .SE sont bloquées, suite à la mise en place dune nouvelle plateforme de gestion. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1134/suede-le-whois-du-se-bloque.php La stratégie de nommage : fiabiliser et optimiser ses noms sur Internet Choisir, enregistrer et protéger son identité sur Internet un enjeu majeur au centre de la conférence INDOM organisée vendredi dernier à la Bourse de Paris. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1135/la-strategie-de-nommage-fiabiliser-et-optimiser-ses-noms-sur-internet.php Modifican reglas bajo el .ar Tras año y medio de mantenerse estática la web del ccTLD .ar, en los últimos días ha presentado una serie de modificaciones en relación a plazos para presentar solicitudes así como mecanismos por los mismos. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1438 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! 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