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Headlines from the current edition of the news include: The Impending Internet Address Shortage | ASIAN POP: Dot Community | au: Domain name deregulation is 'damaging' | au: Melbourne IT expects to do 150% better in first half | Will Helen Coonan hurt Malcolm Turnbull’s Melbourne IT investment? by Stephen Mayne | Latest reports on Jobs.com.au domain name sale | DHS publishes sector-specific protection plan for IT infrastructure | Academic Group Releases Plan to Share Power Over Internet Root Zone Keys (news release) | PPC Fraud: Every Click Counts...Or Does It? | Debate Over Confidentiality of Web Site Registration Information Continues | ICANN Calls for Proposals to Host 2008 Meetings | Satisfaction with ICANN Wanes | The man who owns the Internet - the world's largest domainer And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for regular updates in between postings. ********************************************************** 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/ ********************************************************** au: auDA Names Policy Panel releases Issues Paper for public comment (news release) http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-18052007/ nz: Web odyssey for the keyboard challenged http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/opin/830CEE2C94602E8BCC2572DF0018F7CE Web squatters exploit Madeleine campaign http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1810536.ece Location of Third ICANN Meeting for 2007 (hint: the nearest airport is LAX) http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may07.htm Survey: Biggest Threats to Domain Name Industry http://domainnamewire.com/2007/05/17/survey-biggest-threats-to-domain-name-industry/ Swiss Supreme Court examines domain name jurisdiction issues http://domainnews.com/litigation/2220070517/swiss-supreme-court-upholds-lower-court-domain-dispute-decision/ ***************** GOVERNANCE ***************** ITU: Launch of the World Information Society Report 2007 ITU and UNCTAD are delighted to announce the publication of the World Information Society Report 2007, published on 16 May 2007. The Report seeks to benchmark progress in meeting the WSIS targets, to be achieved by 2015 at the latest, and evaluates the evolution of the digital divide. It presents 200 pages of analysis of the latest trends in ICTs, exploring whether consumers are 'cutting the cord', the death of dial-up and growth in broadband and 3G. It evaluates the digital divide using a variety of techniques and finds that the strong growth of mobile telephony offers the greatest potential to bridge the digital divide. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Launch+Of+The+World+Information+Society+Report+2007.aspx Global Information Society Watch 2007 Report A new watchdog report monitoring promises made by governments and the United Nations to ensure that information technology is used to benefit millions of people, will be launched in Geneva on May 22. http://www.socialniprava.info/article1830.html OSZE will mehr Informationsfreiheit im Cyberspace Auf einem Symposium zum Thema "Die europäische Dimension von Internet Governance" an der Universität Graz hat Christian Möller von der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa die zunehmende Einschränkung von Freiheitsrechten im Internet in Mitgliedstaaten der OSZE beklagt. Informationsfreiheit sollte daher ein wichtiges Thema dem im November 2007 in Rio de Janeiro stattfindenden zweiten IGF sein. Auf dem ersten IGF im vergangenen Jahr hatte die OSZE die Bildung einer "Koalition für Meinungs- und Medienfreiheit Online" initiiert, der mittlerweile 13 staatliche und nichtstaatliche Partner angehören, darunter der Europarat, die UNESCO, das World Press Freedom Committee, Amnesty International, Reporter ohne Grenzen und IP Justice. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/89861 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** au: auDA Names Policy Panel releases Issues Paper for public comment (news release) auDA's 2007 Names Policy Panel is currently reviewing the policy framework for .au domain names, including: whether .au should be opened up to direct registrations (eg. domainname.au); whether the policy rules for domain names should be changed; whether registrants should be allowed to sell their .au domain names. The Panel has released an Issues Paper that sets out the current situation and invites comment on suggestions and options for change. Closing date for submissions is 15/6/2007. http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-18052007/ nz: Web odyssey for the keyboard challenged My wife was online recently paying some bills, shopping, surfing and generally enjoying her experience. I was walking by when she asked me something about our Fly Buys account and typed into the browser: www.flybys.co.nz. I was just about to stick my oar in and put her right, when the homepage appeared on screen. http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/opin/830CEE2C94602E8BCC2572DF0018F7CE Web squatters exploit Madeleine campaign Businesses register domain names similar to findmadeleine. com to take advantage of the official site's worldwide attention http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1810536.ece http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=conmen-target-appeal-website&method=full&objectid=19130782&siteid=66633-name_page.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=455885 Location of Third ICANN Meeting for 2007 ICANN has advised the public meeting scheduled to be held from 29 October through 2 November 2007 will take place in Los Angeles, California, USA. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-17may07.htm ICANN Requests Proposals to Provide Registrar Data Escrow Services ICANN seeks to engage an experienced and competent agent to receive, review, verify, and store in a readily retrievable format submitted registrar data on ICANN's behalf. The agent would enter into a bilateral agreement with ICANN and would accept deposits from depositor-registrars only in its capacity as ICANN's agent, not as an "escrow agent" although the service http://icann.org/announcements/rfp-registrar-data-escrow-svs-17may07.pdf ICANN Posts Proposed 2007-08 Budget In accordance with its bylaws, ICANN posted the Proposed Budget for fiscal year 2007-08. ICANN will hold a series of consultations and take public comment on this budget through the ICANN meeting in San Juan 23-29 June 2007. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-17may07.htm Results of the First gTLD Registry Compliance Audit ICANN performed a Registrar Website Compliance Audit of all ICANN-Accredited Registrars’ websites to determine compliance with Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) requirements. Among active ICANN-Accredited Registrars, the audit team found 19 registrars with non-working websites and 20 registrars with no Whois service available on their websites. All active ICANN-Accredited Registrars found out of compliance with RAA website requirements were notified and given an opportunity to cure cited violations. http://icann.org/compliance/reports/registrar-web-compliance-audit-report-17may07.htm ICANN Requests Proposals to Provide Registrar Data Escrow Services ICANN is requesting proposals to provide gTLD registrar data escrow services. Responses must follow the formal request and specification [PDF, 85K] . Applicants may submit proposals by email to Mike Zupke (mike.zupke [at] icann.org) by no later than 8 June 2007. Submissions received will be acknowledged by return email. Questions regarding this RFP may be directed to the same address. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-3-17may07.htm Good News from ICANN Opinion: A deal to resolve the Registerfly crisis, attention to important technical problems and an appearance in the United States are on tap for ICANN. There has been a lot of action on the ICANN site and blog in the last couple of days. First, it was announced that a deal has been struck with Registerfly that will make all domains, even those protected by their anonymous registration service, available to registrants. I must say I'm confused, because if this is possible then Registerfly really has been stalling, perhaps for negotiating reasons, which is truly appalling. I had assumed that the data was simply lost. More outrage to come as details follow. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2133111,00.asp Mikko Hyppönen responds to FP readers One of the essays in FP's 21 Solutions to Save the World package that has attracted the most attention online is Mikko Hyppönen's solution for preventing the growing problem of online banking fraud, specifically the "phishing" technique of luring trusting users to fake bank websites and then stealing their information. Hyppönen proposes to create a special Web domain just for banks, and make securing such a domain so costly and difficult that only genuine banks would be able to obtain one. I asked Hyppönen, who is chief research officer at F-Secure, to respond to critics of his idea. Here is his response. http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/4834 Internet Passes 600,000 SSL Sites Netcraft's SSL Survey has found more than 600,000 SSL sites on the Internet for the first time this month. SSL sites are used by ecommerce sites, online banking and financial services, and other secure online service providers. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/05/15/internet_passes_600000_ssl_sites.html Survey: Biggest Threats to Domain Name Industry The domain name industry is worried about changes in the pay-per-click market and new registry contracts that allow for wholesale domain name price increases, according to the 2007 Domain Name Wire survey. 36% of respondents rated “changes in the pay-per-click market” as the top concern when asked “What do you think is the biggest issue facing the domain name market in 2007?” http://domainnamewire.com/2007/05/17/survey-biggest-threats-to-domain-name-industry/ Swiss Supreme Court examines domain name jurisdiction issues The Swiss Supreme Court has confirmed a first instance decision of the commercial court of the Canton of Zurich and has held that the Swiss courts have jurisdiction to rule on a trademark infringement case against an individual domiciled in the United Kingdom using Swiss insurance company SwissLife's trademarks SWISS LIFE and LA SUISSE in his domain names. http://domainnews.com/litigation/2220070517/swiss-supreme-court-upholds-lower-court-domain-dispute-decision/ http://www.worldtrademarkreport.com//Article/?r=6590 (sub req'd) IGP Releases New Paper on DNSSEC and Securing the Root by Brenden Kuerbis IGP has published a proposal to decentralize authority over the DNS as it transitions to a new, more secure technology known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/5/17/2957108.html DNS root servers and DNSSEC examined A 17-page paper on DNSSEC and the DNS root servers, released Thursday by the Internet Governance Project, is well worth a read. Its main subject is a proposal for distributing the responsibility for signing the keys for the root servers, but it touches on many other interesting considerations. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/dns_root_server.html Introduction to Trademarks Podcast Trademark Blog recently recorded two podcasts with Colette Vogele, San Francisco IP lawyer and podcast empresario. The second podcast, which is descibed as it could be titled "I got a demand letter - what do I do now?" attempts to summarise all trademark law in 20 minutes. Topics include the Anti-cybersquatting act and UDRP. http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2007/05/introduction_to.html us: Use Of Competitive Business Names On The Internet An estimated 60 million adult Americans search for information on the Internet every day. E-business constitutes over $2 trillion in annual sales for our economy. Over two-thirds of American households now contain a computer with Internet access. Mobile telephone and other devices are merging telecommunications, entertainment and traditional computer services. With that backdrop, it is no surprise that businesses try to get a competitive edge with their websites. Sometimes those tactics run afoul of traditional notions of trademark infringement and unfair competition. Legislatures and courts have responded to a point where, over the past decade, a more predictable playing field has emerged for businesses with respect to their Internet ventures. Hazards remain, but now remedies exist. http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=48552 "ENUM Validation Information Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol" is considered as a proposed standard by IESG "ENUM Validation Information Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol" is being considered as a proposed standard, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) said in an announcement. http://ictstandardization.com/news/200705/article20070563.html Poker.de sells for €695,000 Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest conference held its first live auction, and Poker.de went home the big winner. The domain sold for €695,000 (approximately US$940,000). This may be the highest price ever paid for a country code domain name. .De is the country code for Germany. It’s the second most registered domain behind .com. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/05/18/pokerde-sells-for-695000-eur/ Domain Name Ethanol.com Heading to Auction Block The domain name 'Ethanol.com' is among a number of premium generic domain names that will be put up for sale in a live auction at the inaugural T.R.A.F.F.I.C New York show on June 19-22 in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, NY. http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=1133&yr=2007 Falwell internet domain names selling briskly Within hours of the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s death Tuesday, buyers already were snapping up Web site names about him. Among those registered were falwelldead.com, falwelldies.com and even falwellinhell.com. http://newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2FLNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351234980 Geo Domain Names Rise in Value Geographic domain names are enjoying the rising tide of localization. I’m writing today from the Atlanta suburb of Buckhead. Buckhead is the world’s most expensive neighborhood. Well, in domain name terms, that is. The domain name Buckhead.com sold for $250,000 this year. $250,000 seems like what someone would pay for a city name, not a neighborhood. http://domainnamewire.com/2007/05/18/geo-domain-names-rise-in-value/ us: Cybersquatter who owns lukeravenstahl.com Web site causes buzz Eric W. Parkinson has the Pittsburgh blogosphere abuzz, not to mention parts of City Hall. Who is he? Just your average West Coast cybersquatter (someone who buys and then resells Web site names), the guy who owns lukeravenstahl.com and has had much fun with it of late. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07139/787325-96.stm http://redorbit.com/news/technology/940482/cybersquatter_who_owns_lukeravenstahlcom_web_site_causes_buzz/ us: Gubernatorial contenders reserve Web domain names (AP) At least two South Dakota politicians already have reserved a spot in cyberspace, looking ahead to the 2010 election for governor. http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/05/20/news/state/doc464fda0ab25be300874439.txt Sedo Hits the Road to Promote Domain Names to End-Users (news release) Sedo’s top executives have just completed a three-country tour focused on better educating corporations and Internet businesses on the advantages of investing in premium descriptive domain names as part of their online advertising strategy. http://www.sedo.com/presse/presse_1_090507.php4?tracked=1&partnerid=21172&language=us VeriSign Gets Nasdaq Notice for Failing to File 1st-Quarter Financial Statement on Time VeriSign said it received a notice Nasdaq Stock Market that it is not in compliance with listing standards because it did not file its fiscal first quarter financial statement on time. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/17/ap3734321.html http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D8P6DBB80 VeriSign Reports First Quarter 2007 Results (news release) VeriSign reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. VeriSign reported total revenue of $379 million for the first quarter of 2007, compared with $373 million for the first quarter of 2006. VeriSign ended the first quarter with Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Short-term Investments of $740 million and deferred revenue of $662 million. http://www.verisign.com/static/042058.pdf There's money in the foothills of that thar sex - book review of sex.com Let me declare an interest. I knew Kieren McCarthy when he worked at another plaice, and I liked the way he gave Ken Livingstone a hard time one evening. A cheery soul, he banged out stories at the other plaice like there was no tomorrow, and in those days sometimes there didn't seem like there was a tomorrow. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39721 Afnic takes measures to fight illicit use of domain names (sub req'd) http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=168343 EU-Domnainnamen-Schlichtungsstelle bewirbt sich bei ICANN Meldung vorlesen ADR.eu, die in Prag angesiedelte Schlichtungsstelle für Streitigkeiten um Domainnamen unter der Internet TLD .eu, hat sich bei der ICANN beworben, als UDRP Service Provider anerkannt zu werden. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/89928 Sex bleibt wertvoller als Pornografie Porn.Com wechselt den Besitzer: Moniker, Anbieter von Dienstleistungen für Domain Asset Management, verkaufte den Domain-Name für mehr als 9,5 Millionen US-Dollar an MXN Ltd., einer mit Downloadpass.com assoziierten Internetmedien- und Investmentfirma. Die kompletten Bedingungen der Transaktion wurden nicht offen gelegt. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3930&Alias=wzo&cob=284602 Wie Sie das Loeschen von de-domains live erleben Wer die website domainregistry.de besucht, wird ueberrascht: Er kann die Loeschung von de-domains live miterleben. http://de.news.yahoo.com/18052007/27/loeschen-de-domains-live-erleben.html L'AFNIC arrête la publication des derniers noms déposés Décision prise lors du dernier conseil d'administration : la liste des derniers .FR enregistrés va être supprimée. Un système à deux étages, l'un grand public et l'autre réservé aux prestataires, sera instauré à la place. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1207/france-l-afnic-arrete-la-publication-des-derniers-noms-deposes.php Le .CAT, un an après Lancé en 2006, l'extension de la culture catalane dépasse aujourd'hui les 20 000 noms enregistrés. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1201/communaute-catalane-le-cat-un-an-apres.php Asamblea y Reunion de LACTLD en Isla Margarita En el marco de la X Reunion de LACNIC se realizara el dia 21 y 22 de Mayo, la Asamblea y Reunion Anual de LACTLD. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1482 Tercera Reunion del ICANN del 2007 sera en Los Angeles Del 29 de Octubre al 2 de Noviembre se realizara la tercera reunion del ICANN del 2007, la misma que se realizara en la ciudad de Los Angeles (California) http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1481 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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