Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for all the news on ICANN in Lisbon and *that* decision on .xxx, as well as other domain name news over the last few days!
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/ ********************************************************** Scammers target domain name owners http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/domain_appraisal_scam/ ICANN sued by irate RegisterFly customer, as class action rumble begins http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/icann_lisbon_lawsuit_registerfly/ ICANN to review oversight of companies that sell domain names (AP) http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/03/27/1174761416275.html ICANN committee creates new working group to further explore domain name privacy (AP) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/29/1174761590912.html The New .xxx Domain: Just a .bad/idea (National Catholic Register) http://ncregister.com/site/article/2158/ Government Advisers Discuss '.xxx' Name (AP) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/24/1174597921741.html ICANN to vote Friday on .xxx domain (IDG) http://infoworld.com/article/07/03/26/HNicannxxx_1.html Kevin, Stop The Nonsense: Take the Logo Down and Give us the Data by Paul Levins http://blog.icann.org/?p=76 ICANN Factsheet: Registerfly and Registrars (pdf) http://icann.org/announcements/factsheet-registerfly-registrars-26mar07.pdf ICANN to Celebrate Three New Regional At-Large Organizations http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28mar07.htm Questions to Ask Before You Pick Your Domain Name Registrar http://blog.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/25/2834529.html auDA conducts online policy survey http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-29032007/ .nz Domain Name Fee Reduction Announced (news release) http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/FeeReduction *************** RESEARCH PAPERS *************** Cybersquatters and invisible ink: Challenges to trademarks on the Internet (2000) (sub req'd) Abstract: A trademark can be the most important intellectual property asset owned by a business. Frequently, it is more valuable than the products or services it identifies. Trademarks created with an eye to their exposure on the Internet are particularly valuable because they are less vulnerable to the challenges that are presented in bold relief by Internet usage. Domain names are the trademarks of the Internet and clearly can be as valuable to their owners as traditional trademarks. An effective strategy to protect rights in trademarks and domain names can be developed only after the development of an understanding of the basic principles that apply to the creation and protection of rights that attach to these assets. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/72514623/ABSTRACT Domain Names, Trademarks, and the First Amendment: Searching for Meaningful Boundaries by Margreth Barrett (University of California, Hastings College of the Law) This article argues that domain names for forum web sites are comparable to the titles of expressive works, and points out how existing principles defining and governing the regulation of non-commercial speech should apply when mark owners challenge incorporation of their marks into domain names for gripe sites and other forum sites that target the mark owner. Unfortunately, courts have generally ignored the Supreme Court's definition of noncommercial speech in this context, and the First Amendment implications of prohibiting the defendants' use. In particular, courts are equating commercial speech with the Lanham Act's recently expanded commercial use requirement. While the commercial use requirement has served in the past to ensure that Lanham Act protection is consistent with First Amendment principles, its recent expansion has seriously undermined its effectiveness to do so. The article also examines the interface of First Amendment protection with the Anticybersquatter Consumer Protection Act, focusing particularly on how the courts are construing and applying the forth and fifth factors that the Act lays out for determining whether a defendant has the requisite bad faith intent to profit from the plaintiff's mark. The article notes several concerns, including a tendency of courts to undermine the purpose of the fourth factor's safe harbor for noncommercial fair use by: 1) relying on recent expansion of the Lanham Act's commercial use requirement in infringement and dilution cases to find that the defendant's forum site use was commercial; 2) focusing on the defendant's intent to harm the plaintiff, rather than his intent to profit; and 3) defining profit to include non-financial interests, such as the defendant's personal satisfaction from airing his criticism of the plaintiff. The article also points out pitfalls in the courts' construction of the fifth factor, and suggests alternative constructions that are more consistent with First Amendment precedent. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=928261 Method for query of domain names of telephone numbers Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for query of domain names of telephone numbers, e.g., E.164 numbers. The method comprises: in ENUM DNS (Electronic numbers to URI Mapping Domain Name System), dividing a domain name of a telephone number into a public domain name part and a digit domain name part; storing sequentially public domain name information separated by spacer(s) in the public domain name part and the data obtained by arranging digits in the digit domain name part in a preset order into nodes of a search tree according to storage rules of the search tree; on receiving a query request, the ENUM DNS obtaining the public domain name information of the domain name and finding the corresponding nodes according to search tree rules; obtaining the digits separated by spacer(s) in the domain name, arranging the digits into data in a prescribed order of the system, and finding the next-level nodes of the search tree. With the method of the present invention the height of the search tree can be effectively reduced, the hash degree of the HASH values generated by the nodes may be improved, and the possibility of conflict may be reduced, thus improving the query efficiency of the system. http://freepatentsonline.com/20070002778.html Load balancing network access requests Abstract: A method of load balancing network access requests comprises receiving a network access request from a serving node linked to a radio access network. The network access request identifies a mobile node receiving wireless service from the radio access network and identifies a data network to which the mobile node has requested access. The network access request requests a communication channel with the serving node for transporting data communications between the mobile node and the data network. The method further comprising determining one or more gateways providing access to the data network, selecting one of the gateways, and forwarding the network access request to the selected gateway. http://freepatentsonline.com/7185067.html IDNs: Straightforward Technical Problem or Machiavellian Nightmare? by Greg Goth Three of the leading figures trying to solve the technical aspect of IDNs — Internet domain names containing non-ASCII characters, such as those used in Arabic or Chinese — have been alternately hopeful and pessimistic recently. Vint Cerf, chairman of the ICANN board, says he’s more optimistic about finally deploying a globally workable IDN solution than he’s been in a year. Cary Karp, director of Internet strategy and technology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, paints a darker picture of disingenuous and cynical maneuvering by parties with axes to grind. And John Klensin, former chairman of the Internet Architecture Board, says his outlook on one of the global Internet community’s most vexing and longest-running problems depends on the developments on any given day. http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/mags/ic/2007/01/w1011.pdf ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** Scammers target domain name owners Fraudsters are targeting domain owners in a new spam-based scam. Typically the sophisticated fraud, which is still under investigation, starts with an email message to domain owners offering to purchase a domain. Prospective marks are directed to a forum ostensibly set-up to discuss domain appraisal services. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/domain_appraisal_scam/ ICANN sued by irate RegisterFly customer, as class action rumble begins The Dummit Law Firm announced today on its website that it has filed a class action lawsuit against internet registrars Registerfly, Enom and ICANN. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/icann_lisbon_lawsuit_registerfly/ http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/237454/cs/1/ http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/237454 Registerfly-lawsuit.com Release Comment on Registerfly lawsuit (news release) A U.S. District Court judge unsealed a class action lawsuit against RegisterFly along with ICANN, among others. The lawsuit (Anne Martinez v RegisterFly, ICANN et. al.) filed by Attorney E. Clarke Dummit alleges that RegisterFly has systematically defrauded its customers who attempted to register or renew Internet domain names, causing them to lose their domain names, finances, and even entire businesses. The lawsuit was initially sealed due to fears of retribution by RegisterFly.com towards plaintiff Anne Martinez for filing the suit, but since then other concerns have become more pressing, and the case was opened to the public. http://registerfly-lawsuit.com/press/ http://uk.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=20065 ICANN to review oversight of companies that sell domain names (AP) ICANN is reviewing the way it oversees businesses that sell domain names in the wake of financial and operational problems that left customers of one company nameless. ICANN already has taken steps to decertify RegisterFly.com, whose troubles it said resulted in many customers unable to renew names before they expired or to transfer them to rival registration companies, known as registrars, as required under ICANN rules. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/03/27/1174761416275.html http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/26/business/NA-TEC-US-Internet-Names.php http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/16976811.htm http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_NAMES http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=368558 ICANN: Let’s Learn from RegisterFly Many in the domain name community are blaming ICANN for not taking action sooner against disgraced (and disaccredited) domain registrar RegisterFly. The company imploded earlier this year, placing valuable domain names in limbo. ICANN intervened after it was too late, say critics. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/03/27/icann-lets-learn-from-registerfly/ ICANN Lisbon day 2 - Intellectual property debate heats up, as ICANN looks to the future The Register focuses "on the registrar and intellectual property angles, which have revolved around the issuance of new TLDs, and the privacy debate surrounding the Whois database." The Register notes "[t]he current process (for new TLDs) seems to be far more inclusive than the divisive process" that was happening at the time of the .travel and .aero approvals. The writer notes the .asia process has gone very well, and looks at a couple of the issues facing .asia as it works its way to its launch. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/icann_lisbon_intellectual_property/ Of ICANN and the registrar zombies ICANN Lisbon 2007 officially opened today, although in true ICANN style work has been going on all weekend - it's just the public part began today, with the usual welcoming speeches by Chairman Vint Cerf and CEO Paul Twomey. The opening speeches provided a glimpse into some recent ICANN accomplishments - Libya got its own TLD, .ly, after years of fighting for it, the Whois registry is still being fought over, and the Regional At Large Organization (RALO) concept continues to evolve - but much of the first day consisted of arguments about Registerfly, and what it means for ICANN. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/26/icann_meeting_lisbon_registerfly/ ICANN committee creates new working group to further explore domain name privacy (AP) A committee of ICANN agreed Wednesday to form a new working group that would examine how to offer more privacy to small businesses and people with individual Web sites. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/29/1174761590912.html http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O5AIEG0.htm The New .xxx Domain: Just a .bad/idea (National Catholic Register) Family advocates and purveyors of pornography are definitely strange bedfellows. But when it comes to the proposed “.xxx” Internet domain for porn sites, recently resurrected for consideration by the Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers (ICANN), both camps are largely against it, albeit for radically different reasons. http://ncregister.com/site/article/2158/ Government Advisers Discuss '.xxx' Name (AP) Government advisers deliberated behind closed doors Wednesday but issued no public statement on a plan to give the online back alleys their own home through a voluntary ".xxx" Internet address. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/24/1174597921741.html http://iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/28/technology/EU-TEC-Portugal-Internet-Names.php http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/28/financial/f105155D70.DTL http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2007-03-28-xxx-domain_N.htm http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21467379%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_PORNOGRAPHY .xxx domain proposal revisited ICANN's Government Advisory Committee has again been discussing the proposed .xxx top-level domain for pornographic sites, but has yet to reveal what it will recommend to the full board. http://itwire.com.au/content/view/10906/53/ http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=9AE68C0C-5868-44A9-B0B4-64142C49CEF1 In Portugal, ICANN debates a plan to give porn site '.xxx' domain name (AP) A formal communique was expected Thursday from ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee on a plan to give pornographic websites their own ".xxx" domain name. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/29/1174761590907.html Vote on .XXX Domain Nears (AP) Online pornographers and religious groups are in a rare alliance as ICANN nears a decision on creating a virtual red-light district through a ".xxx" Internet address. ICANN has already rejected similar proposals twice since 2000, plans to vote as early as this week on whether to approve the domain name for voluntary use by porn sites. The decision ultimately could hinge on whether ".xxx" has the support of the adult-entertainment industry -- and many porn sites have been strongly opposed. http://technewsworld.com/story/56501.html http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=12200B7MU14Y http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/03/26/tech-porn.html http://redorbit.com/news/technology/882284/icann_to_decide_on_xxx_domain_at_conference_in_portugal/ ICANN to vote Friday on .xxx domain (IDG) Faced with an outcry against the creation of a dedicated ".xxx" suffix for pornography Web sites, leaders of ICANN are set to vote Friday on whether to launch the initiative. Supporters say adult content would be easier to regulate if it had its own cordoned section of the Web. But critics including religious leaders say the move could make adult content too easy to find, while others complain that increased filtering could harm the sites' right to freedom of speech. http://infoworld.com/article/07/03/26/HNicannxxx_1.html http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9014418 Please, Keep the Core Neutral (Pandora Has Opened the Box) by Michael D. Palage When certain governments interjected themselves into the ICANN Board’s consideration of the ICM Registry application for an adult TLD on public policy grounds, they set in motion an irrevocable set of events that have profound consequences on ICANN’s future. The first such manifestation can be seen in the Draft GAC principles on new TLDs that have proposed the ability of a single government to block indefinitely, i.e. effectively a veto, a future TLD application if they had unmet public policy concerns. http://www.circleid.com/posts/please_keep_the_core_neutral/ Icann refuses to take 'no' for an answer Smacked down twice in its misguided attempt to give pornography a permanent internet home, Icann now is going to try again. This obsessed internet controller is attempting to create a domain specifically for pornography merchants. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=66527 Kevin, Stop The Nonsense: Take the Logo Down and Give us the Data by Paul Levins To all affected by RegisterFly, I am very sorry for not having provided an update to the Blog before this. We have not been idle. We are pursuing RegisterFly as hard as we can. The latest development is that ICANN’s General Counsel, John Jeffrey, has sent a letter to Kevin Medina telling him his ‘time is up’. http://blog.icann.org/?p=76 ICANN Factsheet: Registerfly and Registrars (pdf) The fact sheet covers what happened, why it happened, what was different about RegisterFly, how RegisterFly became an accredited registrar, what exactly is ICANN’s role, does ICANN now want to become a traditional regulator and what are the solutions. http://icann.org/announcements/factsheet-registerfly-registrars-26mar07.pdf ICANN Introduces New Website ICANN today introduces a new website with better navigation and new features. "ICANN is committed to being more transparent and accessible" said Paul Levins, ICANN's Executive Officer and Vice President, Corporate Affairs. "Reform of our website is a key part of that commitment." The site has a new, more useable navigation system and an improved look and feel. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-3-26mar07.htm What’s wrong with this picture? ICANN has been developing a toolkit for application developers so they can use more robust techniques for verifying the validity of domain names. The aim of the toolkit is for software developers to be able to accurately test for valid top-level domains and ensure that the situation above does not occur. http://blog.icann.org/?p=79 ICANN to Celebrate Three New Regional At-Large Organizations ICANN and the Internet community will celebrate the creation of three Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) — Africa, Europe, and Asia-Australia-Pacific — tomorrow afternoon at ICANN's 28th Public Meeting. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28mar07.htm ICANN Formalizes Relationships with ccTLD Managers for Côte d'Ivoire and Russia ICANN announced today that it has formalized its 20th and 21st relationships with ccTLD managers. Today’s are for .ci - Côte d'Ivoire (Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouet Boigny), and .ru — Russia (Coordination Center for TLD RU). http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-28mar07.htm Questions to Ask Before You Pick Your Domain Name Registrar Elliot Noss, President & CEO of Tucows has written a guide titled “Questions to Ask Before You Pick Your Domain Name Registrar” following the problems with RegisterFly. Noss notes “[t]he interests of the businesses and individuals who buy domain names have been lost in this debate. There are a whole raft of existing rules and policies, defined by ICANN, that govern how the domain name registration system should work. The problem is that ... registrants ... are not familiar with the rules and do not know how to help themselves.” Noss notes the bad news is to fix the regulation of registrars and how rules are enforced will take some work, especially from ICANN. However in the meantime, Noss notes registrants “need to stop focusing on price and start focusing on customer service, the services offered and increase their awareness of the rights that the existing rules give them.” The guide is just that, a guide, and is not exhaustive, and covers “10 questions everyone should ask a registrar before buying a domain name from them. We don’t expect registrants to necessarily dig in to all of them, but it is a place to start.” Noss goes into detail on each point, but the points are What is your primary business model?; Do you make transfers as easy as the rules allow?; Do you allow for easy locking/unlocking?; Do you make it easy to opt-out of auto-renewals?; Do you tie domains to your services?; Do you offer Whois privacy? What are your privacy policies in general?; What are your policies on compliance issues like litigation, ownership disputes and WDRP?; How easy is it to contact you?; What happens when my domain expires? and Are you a registrar or reseller? http://blog.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/25/2834529.html More Whois Chatter: Privacy for Internet Names Moves Forward by Ross Rader As this article illustrates, there is a lot of interest brewing around ICANN’s proposed Whois privacy policies. I suspect that a lot of this interest is due to the fact that the intellectual property community can see the end of their free ride and they are really turning up their efforts in a last ditch attempt to overturn ICANN’s progress. http://blog.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/20/2821865.html Study: US servers host majority of malicious code Forget China, Russia or eastern European countries. When it comes to malicious code, U.S.-based servers host an overwhelming majority of it, according to security vendor Finjan. That conclusion is based on an analysis of more than 10 million URLs collected from live end-user traffic in the U.K using Finjan's content inspection engines. http://linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1032749126;fp;2;fpid;1 auDA conducts online policy survey auDA has commissioned an online survey of .au registrants and Internet users as part of a major review of .au domain name policies. http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-29032007/ .nz Domain Name Fee Reduction Announced (news release) InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand) has announced it is reducing by 14% the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by .nz Registry Services (NZRS). The reduction takes the fee to NZ$1.50 per domain name per month, down from NZ$1.75, exclusive of GST. The new wholesale fee applies from 1 July 2007. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/FeeReduction http://dnc.org.nz/story/30278-29-1.html NIRA Calls for Promotion of Nigeria's .ng Domain Chairman board of trustees of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) Dr. Adeola Odeyemi has re-iterated the need for all stakeholders in the Nigerian internet community to come together to promote the growth and development of its online presence through the growing adoption of the Nigerian top level domain. A Similar call had earlier been made by President Olusegun Obasanjo. http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=74158 Fair Use It or Lose It: Copyright owners’ threats erode free expression Tom Forsythe is an artist with a mission. In 1997, he created “Food Chain Barbie,” photographs depicting the iconic doll interacting with various kitchen appliances. The results—“Malted Barbie” and “Barbie Enchiladas,” among others—were intended, Forsythe said, “to critique the objectification of women associated with Barbie.” ... Many other stories emerged from our research. For example: ... Bank of America sent a cease-and-desist letter to a small entrepreneur who makes ceramic piggy banks under the domain name www.piggybankofamerica.com. The piggy bank maker at first “panicked and felt helpless,” but eventually found her way to Stanford’s Cyberlaw Clinic. A law student wrote a well-researched reply, and Bank of America backed off. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3066 New attack allows for hijacking of web traffic Microsoft is warning users and administrators of a new exploit that could allow an attacker to control which sites a user can visit. The vulnerability lies within the Web Proxy Auto Discover (WPAD) component used to connect a PC to a web proxy server. Microsoft disclosed the flaw earlier this year and issued a patch. The company has also issued a tutorial for administrators on how to configure DNS servers to prevent attackers from setting up the malicious proxy. http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=48797 http://www.computeractive.co.uk/vnunet/news/2186574/attack-allows-hijacking-web Aged Domains vs. Branding New Domains One of the big mistakes I’ve made recently is to take some older domains and try to launch new content on them for news portals. Even though the domains are like 3+ years old, they haven’t had much of a search history on Google. The result is that they are effectively being treated the same as new domains. http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/03/28/aged-domains-vs-branding-new-domains us: Judge dismisses Tanners' suit A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a couple known for espousing anti-Mormon views and claimed that another organization usurped Internet domain names that linked viewers to pro-LDS Web sites. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660206491,00.html http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5524587 DENIC eG and Sabine Dolderer terminate co-operation (Denic news release) Sabine Dolderer, member of the Executive Board of DENIC eG, and DENIC’s Supervisory Board have reached an amicable agreement to terminate their work with one another with immediate effect. The background to this step lies in differing views as to how DENIC ought to continue to develop in future. The Supervisory Board expressess thanks to Sabine Dolderer for the outstanding work she has contributed in the course of recent years. http://www.denic.de/en/denic/presse/press_80.html The AFNIC and EuroDNS end the litigation that opposed them (news release) After the successful opening of the .fr to individuals that reinforced their cooperation, the AFNIC and EuroDNS wish to end the legal dispute that opposed them since 2004. This litigation was based on 4465 domain names registered through EuroDNS that were blocked following a decision from the AFNIC's Board of directors. http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/nommage/CP20070319 Will it be Dot Com or Dot SG for me? This blog posting on CNet includes looking at the process of registering an .sg domain name. The writer, Suzanna Low, claims "it seems that registering for a Dot Sg domain is not easy." Suzanna lists her "top 5 Singapore and international domain registry companies." These are Network Solutions, Dreamhost, webhosting.com.sg, cybersite.com.sg and singaporewebhosting.com. http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/blog/shopabloglic/0,39067182,62000516,00.htm .SE reaches 600,000 domain names (news release) .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation) announced the registration of the 600,000th .se domain in February 2007. Domain number 600,000 was magnusgoransson.se, registered by Magnus Göransson in Malmö, Sweden, through .SE registrar One.com. http://iis.se/english/nyheter/news/2007-03-02 Niue struggles against ‘digital colonialism’ Niue is wrestling with a US businessman for control of the .nu internet top domain. Toke Talagi, the traveling ambassador of Niue, does not mince words: “This is digital colonialism. The domain is not used by our nation, and it hasn’t given us anything, except for an internet connection. Also, Niue gets the blame for all the bad things done from .nu domains.” http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/6834B3C37BAF205FCC2572A7000ECB00 Irish company tops .eu registrars Dublin-based company, EU Internet, was listed yesterday among the top 3pc of worldwide .eu registrars, according to the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, EURid. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8037 http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1680172;s=rollingnews.htm Buyers Get Value For Extremely Strange Web Domain Names This story looks at .eu and some of the stranger and longer domain names registered since it's launch - those domain names that use all 63 available characters! http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_9125.aspx Market For Domain Names Heats Up As BUQ.COM Attracts 41 Bids Within 24 Hours (news release) The domain name buq.com is being auctioned, and in the first 24 hours, had attracted 41 bids with the highest being $3,650. At the time of writing (29/3/07 Australian time), the current bid was $5,001 following 48 bids with over 5 days of the auction remaining. http://emediawire.com/releases/2007/3/emw514559.htm Canadian City Domain Sells for $75,000 While the Name of an Atlanta Neighborhood is Set to Close at $250,000 Geo domains took the spotlight this week with Penticton.com being purchased by Canada's Shaun Pilfold for C$88,000 and a deal for Buckhead.com about to close at $250,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales03-27-07.htm Additional $1.2 Million in Domain Names Sold During Moniker's Silent Auction Moniker's Silent Auction of premium domain names at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West netted almost $1.2 million, adding to the $4.3 million already made during the Live Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West. The Live and Silent auction's combination of nearly $5.5 million made T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West Moniker's most successful auction to date. http://www.pr-inside.com/additional-1-2-million-in-domain-names-r77671.htm Median Domain Selling Price: $600-$750 Information from Sedo, along with an Afternic sales analysis, reveals that the typical domain name purchase is under $1,000. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/03/28/median-domain-selling-price-600-750/ Video.us has sold on domain aftermarket Afternic for $75,000. Video.us has set a record for publicly announced .us domain name sales at $75,000. The transaction was executed through Afternic and was completed today, according to the sales logs at Afternic.com. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/03/27/videous-sells-for-75000-sets-record-domain-sales-price/ The best mobile websites dotMobi, the mobile industry trade body, has published a list of the top ten mobile-ready websites, but only three of them scored more than three out of five on dotMobi's scale of "readiness". http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/03/the_best_mobile_websites.html Corbis Loses Cybersquatting Case (AP) Digital rights company Corbis Corp. suffered defeat in a cybersquatting complaint it brought against a British Web designer, the World Intellectual Property Organization said Monday. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?Feed=AP&Date=20070326&ID=6664450 us: Waitress could be Go Daddy Girl A waitress and aspiring model from Scottsdale has a shot at becoming the next Go Daddy Girl. http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0327sr-godaddy0327Z8.html Welsh domain names easy as pi What's in a domain name? Sixty-three characters maximum. The group managing the new European .eu domain said Friday that six people last year registered the longest possible internet addresses they offer, ranging from the tongue-twisting name of a Welsh village to the first 63 decimals for pi. http://ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&iArticleId=3750224 http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3750362 za: Legal Battle Over Proper Use of '24' LEGAL tension surrounding Media24's claim to the numerals "24" more than two years ago has spurred one entrepreneur to undertake an all-out campaign that has him butting heads with the media giant. Entrepreneur Christopher Riley was warned this month to stop using Properties24.co.za as his business' website address. http://allafrica.com/stories/200703270593.html http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/dailymailer.aspx?ID=BD4A422191 Domain Names for Top Level International Market, Root Tested through ICANN ICANN engaged Autonomica AB of Stockholm, Sweden, to develop, conduct, and report on the results of laboratory testing of internationalized top-level domains in a setting corresponding to the public root. http://cheaphostingdirectory.com/news-domain-names-for-top-level-international-market-root-tested-through-icann-2902.html .travel supports World Water Day In honor of World Water Day, Tralliance Corporation, the .travel Registry, urges all members of the travel and tourism industry to support water-based charities worldwide. http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/article/2007032310193355 http://traveldailynews.com/new.asp?newid=36265 Entscheidung gegen DeNIC-Chefin sorgt für Wirbel Ein DeNIC ohne Sabine Dolderer können sich viele DeNIC-Mitglieder nur schwer vorstellen: Am Rande des Treffens der ICANN in Lissabon wurde die vom Aufsichtsrat gefällte Entscheidung, sich von der bisherigen Chefin der .de-Registry zu trennen, mit Fassungslosigkeit, teilweise auch mit Empörung quittiert. Vor allem über das Vorgehen des Aufsichtsrats und des jetzt vierköpfigen Rumpfvorstands schüttelten viele entschieden den Kopf. Das DeNIC ist als Registry für .de-Domains der verantwortliche Registrierungsdatenbankbetreiber für die deutschen Länderdomains (ccTLDs), die DeNIC-Genossenschaft wird von den Registraren getragen, die für Kunden die Registrierung von Domains und deren Verwaltung übernehmen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87352 DeNIC-Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Keine Regierungsgelüste Der Abgang der langjährigen DeNIC-Chefin Sabine Dolderer aus dem Vorstand der .de-Domain-Regsitry sei nicht Ergebnis eines plötzlichen Schnitts, sondern vielmehr Endpunkt eines Prozesses, der sich über längere Zeit hingezogen habe. Das sagte der Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates der DeNIC, Sebastian von Bomhard, in einem Gepräch mit heise online. "Eines ist doch klar, es war keine leichte Entscheidung. Wer hat denn Lust auf diese Entwicklung?", betonte von Bomhard. Trotzdem sei der Schritt seiner Meinung nach unumgänglich gewesen – und dies gelte auch nach Meinung seiner Aufsichtsratskollegen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87379 RegisterFly umschwirrt die ICANN Der umstrittene US-Registrar RegisterFly führt die Internet-Adressverwaltung ICANN weiter an der Nase herum. Die ICANN-Verantwortlichen fordern den geschassten Registrar nun in einem Fax dazu auf, die Daten der von ihm verwalteten Domains herauszugeben. http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/181790/ http://www.intern.de/news/neue--meldungen/--200703271530.html ICANN-Tagung beschäftigt sich mit Datenschutz, Registerfly und XXX Einschränkungen beim Zugriff von Strafverfolgern und Behörden auf die Daten von Domaininhabern befürchtet die US-Vertreterin im Regierungsbeirat der ICANN. Bei der Tagung der privaten Namensverwaltung in Lissabon, die am heutigen Montagmorgen offiziell begann, will die Generic Name Supporting Organisation (GNSO) über Empfehlungen zu dem Dauerstreitthema Datenschutz entscheiden. Registries, Registrare und Nutzervertreter kämpfen seit mehreren Jahren für eine datenschutzfreundlichere Whois-Datenbank. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87416 Triple "No" für Triple X Ein klares Nein zum Rotlichtbezirk im Internet haben Vertreter internationaler Regierungen dem Vorstand der ICANN mit auf den Weg gegeben. Der Vorstand will bei seiner Sitzung in Lissabon am Freitag über die hoch umstrittene Bewerbung für .xxx als Adresszone für Erotikanbieter entscheiden. Der Vorsitzende des ICANN-Vorstands, Vint Cerf, sagte, er hoffe auf eine endgültige Entscheidung. Die .xxx-Bewerbung wurde im Rahmen der Einführung von Adresszonen für bestimmte Zielgruppen (sTLD) 2003 beantragt. Seither tobt ein Streit um die Adresszone. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87495 Strafverfolger sollen am Whois-Zugangsmodell mitarbeiten Der Streit um unterschiedliche Zugangsrechte zu den Whois-Daten geht in eine neue Runde. Die GNSO, das ICANN, setzte heute in Lissabon eine neue Arbeitsgruppe ein, in der auf Vorschlag der Vertreter von Markenrechtsinhabern auch Strafverfolgungsbehörden mit beraten sollen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87553 Durchschnittspreis für de-Domain steigt auf 1.280 Euro Die Domain-Handelsbörse Sedo hat die Zahl der verkauften Internet-Adressen im vergangenen Jahr um 68 Prozent auf 17.850 gesteigert. Die dabei erzielten Preise zeigen, dass Adressen mit den Endungen .com, .eu und .de besonders beliebt sind. http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2820890 Porno-Domain erneut in der Diskussion Am Freitag wollen die Gremien der ICANN noch einmal über die geplante Top-Level-Domain .xxx für Sex-Sites im Web beraten. http://www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/590489/ Rotlicht – Bezirk im Internet? Was die UNO für die Welt, ist die ICANN für das Internet. Die ICANN tagt derzeit in Lissabon. Spektakulärstes Thema ist Sex: Das Gremium will diese Woche über die Einführung einer xxx-Domain für unmoralische Angebote abstimmen. Die US-Regierung war bisher aus moralischen Gründen gegen einen eigenen Rotlicht-Bezirk im Internet. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3931&Alias=wzo&cob=276795 ICANN will das Zombie-Problem lösen Am kommenden Samstag endet die Akkreditierung für Registerfly als offizieller Registrar der ICANN. Für die rund 100.000 Kunden des gestrauchelten Registrars ist unterdessen weiter ungewiss, wann sie tatsächlich über die rund 850.000 registrierten Adressen verfügen können. Nach einer Information der ICANN bleibt dem zerstrittenen Registerfly-Management noch eine 15-tägige Frist, innerhalb der sie ein Streitschlichtungsverfahren anstrengen können. Außerdem rechnet die ICANN noch mit juristischer Gegenwehr, erwartet allerdings auch, dass Adressen trotzdem übertragen werden können. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87466 Icann will die Internet-Auskunft Whois besser schützen In Lissabon beginnt am Montag die Konferenz des Gremiums Icann. Die dreitägige Konferenz setzt ihre Schwerpunkte überwiegend auf technische Fragen. http://www.silicon.de/enid/client_server_host/26206 I domini .xxx tornano in discussione Il meeting ICANN di Lisbona in corso in queste ore vede il tld .XXX nuovamente all'ordine del giorno. La ICM Registry ha infatti apportato alcune migliorìe alla propria proposta e tenta così di saltare l'ostacolo delle contestazioni etiche al progetto http://webnews.html.it/news/leggi/5692/i-domini-xxx-tornano-in-discussione/ Pornografi e religiosi contro i domini .xxx ICANN lavora sulla creazione di un ghetto specifico per il pornoweb. L'industria non lo vuole, gli attivisti religiosi temono il riconoscimento del diritto ad esistere del porno. In gioco c'è una paccata di denari http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1936867 Les Internautes français et l'avenir du net Dans le cadre d'EGENI 2007, le Forum des Droits sur l'Internet a présenté la consultation actuellement en cours auprès des Internautes français sur l'avenir du web. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1145/les-internautes-francais-et-l-avenir-du-net.php EGENI 2007 : la gouvernance d’Internet au cœur du débat politique Le 22 mars 2007 EGENI réunissait les partis politiques et instances du net autour de la question de la gouvernance de l’Internet et de son internationalisation. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1164/egeni-2007-la-gouvernance-d-internet-au-c%C5%93ur-du-debat-politique.php LE .BIZ parlera chinois et japonais Neustar registre du .BIZ vient d’annoncer que son extension sera ouverte aux IDN chinois et japonais à partir du 21 avril 2007, selon la règle du 1er arrivé, 1er servi. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1167/commerce-le-biz-parlera-chinois-et-japonais.php Le .KR en caractères latins ouvre aux registrants locaux L’ouverture des .KR en caractères latins ouvre du 28 mars au 18 avril 2007 aux demandeurs domiciliés en République de Corée. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1166/coree-du-sud-le-kr-en-caracteres-latins-ouvre-aux-registrants-locaux.php ICANN decide este viernes si se crea el dominio .xxx para contenidos pornográficos La organización responsable de la asignación de nombres de dominio en internet, ICANN, vota este viernes la creación del dominio .xxx para los sitios web con contenidos pornográficos. http://www.idg.es/iworld/noticia.asp?id=55422&sec=iworld ALAC a la Latina Jacqueline Morris ha sido electa Chair del ALAC y Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Vice-Chair. Dos latinos coordinando la ruta del ALAC. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1460 Entrevista con Benjamin Blumenthal de Telnic sobre los dominios .tel Domisfera quería conocer la situación actual de los dominios .tel, así que solicitó una entrevista con Benjamin Blumenthal, Director de Marketing of Telnic. Este es el resultado. Si hay suficientes y relevantes preguntas o comentarios, Domisfera hará una segunda entrevista. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1459 Dos mas y que sigan sumando.... Nick Ashton-Hart, quien trabaja en el ICANN, ha remitido a la casi veintena de listas ALAC, la confirmación que el día jueves a las 12.30 se realizaran las ceremonias de firma de los Memorandums de Entendimiento entre el ICANN y el RALO de Africa y el RALO de Europa. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1458 En Lisboa: Sesion del Plan Operativo en Espanol Invitación enviada por Pablo Hinojosa para asistir a la Sesion del Plan Operativo en Espanol http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1457 ICANN pode votar domínio `.xxx´ nesta semana Em mais uma rodada sobre o destino do sufixo `.xxx´, a ICANN, empresa responsável pela coordenação de domínios na internet, deve retomar nesta semana as discussões em torno de sua criação. http://estadao.com.br/tecnologia/internet/noticias/2007/mar/26/275.htm Nettipornon siirtoa pähkäillään jälleen Internetiä hallinnoiva ICANN pohtii jälleen perjantaina nettipornon siirtoa kokonaan omalle alueelleen tietoverkossa. Pornopalvelimille päätyvät sivut tunnistaisi "xxx" -päätteestä, kertoi Dagens Nyheter verkkosivuillaan keskiviikkona. http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/index.cfm?j=647434 Nätporren kan samlas på ".xxx" Vid toppmötet i Lissabon på fredag ska internetorganisationen Icann rösta om porren får en egen plats på internet. Den nya domänen där porren i så fall ska samlas heter ".xxx". http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=678&a=633194 Ny runde om porno-domenet «XXX» Av Eirik RossenEt revidert forslag om et toppdomene bare for porno, «XXX», skal opp i Icann om kort tid. http://www.digi.no/php/art.php?id=374783 Story on domain names and ICANN in Estonian http://www.moles.ee/07/Mar/26/16-2.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. 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