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And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates. ********************************************************** 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/ ********************************************************** ICANN rides to the rescue in Registerfly meltdown http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/23/icann_registerfly_accreditation/ Registerfly files suit against ousted CEO http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/22/registerfly_ceo_lawsuit/ With RegisterFly in Chaos, ICANN Threatens Action http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/02/23/with_registerfly_in_chaos_icann_threatens_action.html .ASIA Launch Update - Start Reviewing Your Trademark Portfolios (reg req'd) http://www.mondaq.com/news.asp?e=1&a=46310 What does it take to run a TLD registry? (ICANN blog) http://blog.icann.org/?p=21 ICANN Opens Comment Period on PIR Amendment to Implement Approved Registry Service http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-22feb07.htm ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ICANN rides to the rescue in Registerfly meltdown In a sudden about face, ICANN has concluded that it does indeed have authority over renegade domain pusher Registerfly. A lawsuit against the recently ousted CEO that alleges corporate spending on such sumptuous perks as escorts and liposuction, not to mention a Miami Beach penthouse, has shone a harsh light on the inner workings of the failing company, and left increasingly desperate and angry domain holders with nowhere else to turn. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/23/icann_registerfly_accreditation/ Registerfly.com threatened with ICANN shutdown ICANN has given scandal-hit domain name registrar Registerfly.com 15 days to sort its problems out or risk losing its license to sell domains. http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=208BDF4D%2D63C0%2D4EB7%2D8811%2D0AA91F261F44 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22022007/221/anger-fear-domain-firm-slowly-implodes.html Registerfly files suit against ousted CEO The split between the founders of Registerfly.com took a tawdry turn last week, as court documents filed by John Naruszewicz and Unifiednames, the corporation that owns Registerfly.com, made some shocking allegations against ousted CEO Kevin Medina. The complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages, and alleges that 75,000 domain names were lost in January 2007 alone due to failure to remit registry fees. The complaint goes on to accuse Medina of using corporate accounts as private slush funds, thereby failing to maintain sufficient float to cover registry fees. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/22/registerfly_ceo_lawsuit/ With RegisterFly in Chaos, ICANN Threatens Action Embattled domain registrar RegisterFly will lose its accreditation if it can't fix serious operational problems in the next 15 days. ICANN has informed the New Jersey-based registrar that it is in breach of its operating agreement, threatening enforcement action (PDF) after months of complaints from RegisterFly customers. The registrar's operations have descended into chaos this week, with its web site paralyzed amid allegations that the former president and CEO misused company funds. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/02/23/with_registerfly_in_chaos_icann_threatens_action.html ICA Questions ICANN on RegisterFly The Internet Commerce Association sent this letter to ICANN on 20 February in regard to the RegisterFly situation: http://www.circleid.com/posts/ica_questions_icann_registerfly/ .ASIA Launch Update - Start Reviewing Your Trademark Portfolios (reg req'd) While .ASIA launch will likely be as attractive to trademark owners as the .eu launch, the .ASIA launch procedures are designed to avoid many of the problems that befell the .eu launch. For example, the .ASIA launch will include a multi-tiered Sunrise period with application deadlines for qualifying trademarks, the ability to register keywords with the trademark, and live auctions. http://www.mondaq.com/news.asp?e=1&a=46310 What does it take to run a TLD registry? (ICANN blog) Thats the question that has been reverberating around one of the mailing lists that covers Internet issues. Its an important question, and once in which we hope our community have some answers - or, at least, some pointers. What does it take to run a Top Level Domain Registry? And whats more easy to run: a ccTLD or gTLD? http://blog.icann.org/?p=21 ICANN Opens Comment Period on PIR Amendment to Implement Approved Registry Service On 22 November 2006, ICANN's Board of Directors by a 10-0 vote approved Resolution 06.84 to implement the Public Interest Registry's proposed new registry service to implement an excess delete fee on certain ("excess") .ORG domain names deleted during the 5-day add-grace period. Specifically the new service approved by the Board provides that PIR may charge a registrar an excess delete fee of 5 cents on every domain name deleted during the 5-day add-grace period when the number of deletions is in excess of 90% of the total number of initial registrations made by a registrar in a 30-day period. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-22feb07.htm Where will the Domain Name Market Head from Here? Pay-per-click, type-in traffic, social media, and valuation will all affect the domain name industry but how? http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/22/where-will-the-domain-name-market-head-from-here/ auDA publishes response to DCITA review and awareness market research (news release) auDA has published its response to public submissions received by DCITA, and market research on SME awareness of auDA. http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-23022007/ Application for a new 2LD - bank.nz (news release) An application has been received to create a new, moderated second level domain (2LD) bank.nz. http://dnc.org.nz/story/30272.html Melbourne IT clicks as result soars 39% THE internet continues to flow with money for Australian domain name registrar and web-hosting company Melbourne IT. Chief executive Theo Hnarakis yesterday announced a 42 per cent increase in revenue to $103.8 million, with a 39 per cent rise in earnings before interest and tax to $8.3 million in the financial year ended December 31. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/20/1171733824647.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/02/20/1171733824647.html .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Under Scrutiny Domain Names identify Internet sites. They are the text name of a numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet. The increased popularity of the Internet has demanded an Internet presence and every company/organization wants to have a webpage in their name. This development has lead well-known companies/organizations to become protective of their domain names, as everyone has realized that having a domain name identical or similar to them can establish and increase their Internet presence. http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_46454 When is a Typo Not a Typo? By Frank Schilling I was reading about the Nieman Marcus lawsuit and on a phone call related to the "Working Group on Mechanisms to Protect Rights of Others", when suddenly it occurred to me that this whole rush to rid the world of typos could eventually head in a messy direction... How far can this go? Let me take you back to that phone call I was on where representatives of Yahoo indicated they would try to secure Flicker.XXX as a TYPO of Flickr.com (their made up brand name) during a potential new TLD sunrise period. How backward is that? A Typo that became a brand, trying to call the generic name a variant of their trademark! http://www.circleid.com/posts/when_is_a_typo_not_a_typo/ Commercial DNSSEC? By Ron Aitchison Seems that DNSSEC is being subjected to what an old boss of mine used to call the "fatal flaw seeking missiles" which try to explain the technical reasons that DNSSEC is not being implemented. First it was zone walking, then the complexity of Proof of Non-Existence (PNE), next week ... one shudders to think. While there is still some modest technical work outstanding on DNSSEC, NSEC3 and the mechanics of key rollover being examples, that work, of itself, does not explain the stunning lack of implementation or aggressive planning being undertaken within the DNS community. http://www.circleid.com/posts/commercial_dnssec/ Free Speech Vs. Trademarked URLs & Keywords Consumer watchdog Public Citizen has filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of Michael Morgan, a Florida realtor sued by homebuilder Lennar for using its corporate name in the URL of a web site critical of Lennar, and for buying sponsored search ads using the trademarked name to promote the site. http://searchengineland.com/070222-165226.php dotMobi to Auction 15 Premium Names in March (news release) On the heels of a successful auction appearance in 2006 when .mobi domain names sold for a combined total of just under US$400,000, dotMobi is making 15 premium names available via auction. http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-22-2007/0004532905&EDATE= Domain group to .xxx-amine a spot for porn XXX has been used as the universal symbol for pornography on everything from bookstores to movie houses to video outlets. But for the Internet, the moniker has become a bit of a scarlet letter, as global Net supervisors have struggled over whether to use XXX as a domain for pornography. http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_5285459 Domain-Namen nicht absetzbar Selbstständige und Unternehmen, die eine Internetadresse kaufen, können die Kosten dafür nicht von der Einkommenssteuererklärung absetzen. http://www.testticker.de/news/professional_computing/news20070223024.aspx Skandal um Domain-Registrar Registerfly.com Wenn es dumm läuft, entzieht die ICANN dem Domain-Registrierer Registerfly.com in gut zwei Wochen die Lizenz. Die Besitzer von 900.000 Internet-Adressen fürchten um ihre Präsenzen. http://www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/588497/ A quoi sert l'ombudsman de l'ICANN ? Les anglo-saxons ont la culture de la médiation. Dans l'entreprise, ils ont donc dédié un poste à cette fonction. L'ombudsman est le médiateur dont le rôle est de tenter de désamorcer les crises potentielles. Mais celui de l'ICANN sert-il vraiment à quelque chose? http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/121/a-quoi-sert-l-ombudsman-de-l-icann.php 7000 .SU font de la résistance Selon un site Russe, lICANN renoncerait à supprimer le .SU (Union Soviétique) ainsi que dautres extensions nationales obsolètes suite aux protestations des propriétaires de noms enregistrés sous ces extensions. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1137/union-sovietique-7000-su-font-de-la-resistance.php +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, including an RSS feed - already online! The domain name news is supported by auDA. See http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/mailman/listinfo/technewsreview for an archive of recent newsletters and to subscribe to the domain name and general internet news. Also see http://technewsreview.com.au/ for recent news updates. 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