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Serious money And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** The dangers of 'locking down' the Internet by Michael Geist http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2648/159/ Is Net TV Slowing Broadband Speeds? http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39169824,00.htm Federal Register: Notice of Public Meeting Regarding Mid-term Review of the Joint Project Agreement between NTIA and ICANN http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2008/ICANN_meeting_080228.html Closing of cybersquatting loophole is 'excellent news' for brand owners http://out-law.com/page-8843 Domain Tasting to Go Away for Real This Time by John Levine http://www.circleid.com/posts/81299_domain_tasting_ends/ One Step Back on ICANN Resolution by Bret Fausett http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/30/3495995.html The Internet Is Your Business: ICANN Seeks Volunteers http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-28jan08.htm Phishers use DNS tricks to direct users to bad sites http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/31/Phishers-use-DNS-tricks-to-direct-users-to-bad-sites_1.html MySpace wins UK domain name that pre-dated its service http://out-law.com/page-8834 CADNA Releases Study on Domain Name Drop-Catching [news release] http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3861 DNS celebrates 25th birthday http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2208383/dns-celebrates-25th-birthday ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** A Winning Solution for Youtube and Utube? Corresponding Trademarks and Domain Name Sharing by Jacqueline D. Lipton [Harvard Journal of Law and Technology] Abstract: In June of 2007, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled on a motion to dismiss various claims against the Youtube video-sharing service. The claimant was Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment Corp ("Universal"), a manufacturer of pipes and tubing products. Since 1996, Universal has used the domain name utube.com - phonetically the same as Youtube's domain name, youtube.com. Youtube.com was registered in 2005 and gained almost-immediate popularity as a video-sharing website. As a result, Universal experienced excessive web traffic by Internet users looking for youtube.com and mistakenly typing utube.com into their web browsers. Universal's servers were initially unable to handle this traffic causing interruptions to its online business. The Youtube litigation, although factually idiosyncratic, does raise questions as to how effectively current laws and policies deal with situations where two different companies assert similar interests in one or more domain names. There have been many examples since the inception of the domain name system where several parties with legitimate claims to similar trademarks have battled for corresponding domain names, such as delta.com. This article examines the possibility of developing domain name sharing strategies in such cases. In particular, it presents a new proposal to expand the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy to facilitate domain name sharing arrangements. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1080313 Domain Tasting is taking over the internet as a result of ICANN’s "Add Grace Period" by Christopher Healey Abstract: When a domain name is registered, the registrant is given five days to cancel for a full refund. While the purpose of this grace period is to protect those who innocently err in the registration process, speculators have taken advantage of the grace period through a process called "domain tasting." These "domain tasters" register hundreds of thousands of domain names and cancel the vast majority of them within the five-day grace period, keeping only those that may be valuable as placeholder advertising websites or to holders of trademark rights. This iBrief will outline the "domain tasting" process, analyze why it is a problem, and discuss solutions to the problem. Ultimately, it concludes that the five-day grace period is unnecessary because it serves little, if any, legitimate purpose. http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2007DLTR0009.html ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** The dangers of 'locking down' the Internet by Michael Geist As digital technologies and the Internet began to emerge in the mid-1990s, many content companies responded by betting on the ability of technological protection measures to re-assert the control that was rapidly slipping from their grasp. ... A decade later, the strategy lies in tatters. Many content owners have dropped digital locks after alienating disgruntled consumers fed up with their inability to freely use their personal property. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2648/159/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7215235.stm http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/297938 http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/297938 Is Net TV Slowing Broadband Speeds? The massive increase in bandwidth-heavy online TV and video content being downloaded by UK broadband users has raised questions about whether current networks can cope and who should pay for any upgrades. http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39024661,39169824,00.htm http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jan2008/gb20080128_462159.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39292468,00.htm ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Federal Register: Notice of Public Meeting Regarding Mid-term Review of the Joint Project Agreement between NTIA and ICANN The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S.Department of Commerce (Department), will hold a public meeting on February 28, 2008, to discuss the mid-term review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the Department and ICANN. The meeting will be held on February 28, 2008. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2008/ICANN_meeting_080228.html ICANN Board Recommends Action on Domain Tasting ICANN is looking to effectively end domain tasting with a proposal to start charging the annual ICANN fee on registrar domain registrations. Domain tasting is the use of the Add Grace Period to test the profitability of a domain name registration. The AGP is a five-day period following the initial registration of a domain name when the registration may be deleted and a credit can be issued to a registrar. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-29jan08.htm Closing of cybersquatting loophole is 'excellent news' for brand owners ICANN wants to change the charging structure for global domain names to put an end to a multimillion pound business that takes advantage of a loophole in its rules. http://out-law.com/page-8843 Domain Tasting to Go Away for Real This Time by John Levine At last week’s meeting, the ICANN board uncharacteristially did something and voted to make their fee of 20 cents per domain-year nonrefundable. They expect this to stop both domain tasting and NSI’s frontrunning, which it certainly will. It’s not clear when this change will go into effect, but it might be within a month. http://www.circleid.com/posts/81299_domain_tasting_ends/ Google leads, ICANN follows: domain tasters can now eat dirt Domain tasting might sound like a leisurely Sunday afternoon activity, but ICANN isn't amused, and it has just proposed a crackdown plan that could make "tasting" and "front running" of domains an unprofitable activity. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080130-google-leads-icann-follows-domain-tasters-can-now-eat-dirt.html Is $.20 enough to stop domain tasters? ICANN thinks so [IDG] A proposal by the overseer of the Internet's addressing system could make it a lot easier for people to reserve the domain name they want for their Web site. http://www.itworld.com/Net/3499/stop-domain-tasters-080130/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142008-pg,1/article.html http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18802573E00032449C.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/30/ICANN-considers-proposal-to-stop-domain-tasting_1.html New Policy Aims to Curb Web Site Name Abuse Consumers and businesses may soon find it easier to register an attractive Web site name, now that the nonprofit organization that oversees the global domain name system has agreed to a policy change. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/30/AR2008013002178.html ICANN Actually Does Something About Domain Tasting by Larry Seltzer Opinion: No more free tastes at domain, so registrants will go on a diet. We have Network Solutions to thank, it seems. I take it all back, sort of. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/ICANN-Actually-Does-Something-About-Domain-Tasting/ ICANN to throttle domain tasters ICANN wants to destroy domain tasters at the expense of poor typists. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/icann_to_stamp_out_domain_tasting/ One Step Back on ICANN Resolution by Bret Fausett According to Thomas Narten, IETF Liaison to the ICANN Board, writing on the At Large mailing list, last week's resolution on domain tasting wasn't a statement of new policy or a directive to staff, it was something more like a trial balloon for discussion. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/30/3495995.html Icann vows to kill domain 'tasting' Icann is looking to end the five-day grace period when registering a domain, and to start charging the annual fee on registrar domain registrations. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2208599/icann-wants-kill-domain-tasting http://www.itweek.co.uk/vnunet/news/2208599/icann-wants-kill-domain-tasting http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2208599/icann-wants-kill-domain-tasting ICANN to close internet domain name loophole ICANN is hoping a change in policy will stamp out the practice of sampling or "tasting" domain names without paying for them. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/01/31/tech-icann-domain-tasting.html Domain Tasting Goes Sour: ICANN Will No Longer Issue Registration Refunds During a special meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors a resolution was passed which will end domain tasting as we know it. The discussion was sparked in response to the scandalous practice of Network Solutions hijacking domain searches in recent weeks. Oddly enough, the industry can be thankful to Net Sol for getting the snowball rolling on the end of domain tasting. http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/29/the-end-of-domain-tasting/ ICANN's Recent Proposal to Curb Domain Tasting Over the last month I and others have written quite a bit about domain tasting and how registrars are taking advantage of the policy, allowing them to capture potential domain names that their customers are searching for. http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2008/01/30/icanns-recent-proposal-to-curb-domain-tasting http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/icann-proposal-to-eliminate-domain-tasting.html Plan for ICANN's Future Urgently Needed ICANN does not have a mechanism to protect itself against governmental interference, CDT warned in comments filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce. While ICANN has made major strides in improving the transparency of its procedures, there is urgent need for a plan to guarantee its independence when its current contracts with the U.S. government are ended. Absent such such protections, CDT reluctantly opposed ICANN's request for early termination of one of its contracts. http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/20080128_CDT-JPA-comments.pdf The Internet Is Your Business: ICANN Seeks Volunteers The Nominating Committee for ICANN is looking for volunteers to help it with the global task of coordinating the Internet’s unique identifiers. "The Internet is the most powerful communications tool in human history — and the incredible story is how much of this has been accomplished by dedicated volunteers," said Hagen Hultzsch, Chair of the Nominating Committee (NomCom). "ICANN’s work coordinating the Internet’s addressing system is at the foundation of the Internet and its future — and we are always looking for people who want to make a contribution." http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-28jan08.htm ICANN: Extension Request for input on the preparation of the Issues Report from the IDN ccPDP Issues Manager Dear all, At its meeting on 2 October 2007 the ccNSO Council requested the creation of an Issue Report as a first step in launching a ccPDP. To identify matters that are potentially relevant to the Issues Report, a comment period was opened on 19 December 2007 and would remain open until 25 January 2008. http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-22jan08.htm ICANN has outgrown JPA - Thrush In November 2007, a joint agreement between the US Department of Commerce and ICANN was reached, allowing ICANN to take full control of Internet governance and usage worldwide. The agreement followed fears that the United States government was using the Internet to monitor the activities of the world. http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/23/21400.html ********************** - (cc)TLD NEWS ********************** au: The Australian guide to online business ... Also explained is the process of registering a domain name and the options of building your own site or seeking the skills of a specialist. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/review.aspx?CIaRID=1080 Barbados government to take over .bb ccTLD administration The Barbados Government, through its Telecommunications Unit and with the agreement of Cable &Wireless (Barbados), will take over the administration of the .bb ccTLD from February 18 according to a public notice on the government’s Telecoms Unit website dated 10 January 2008. http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/01/30/barbados-government-to-take-over-bb-administration/ http://www.domainnews.com/registries/2008012309/barbados-government-to-take-over-bb-administration/ http://telecoms.gov.bb/ Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU by Michele Neylon In some ways the failure of .eu to capture hearts and minds makes me sad. I'm European. I'd like to think that a European namespace could be a success, but that seems to be a misplaced desire. http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/01/30/eurid-and-the-failure-to-promote-doteu/ IEDR Introduces 5th Consecutive Price Reduction [news release] Wednesday, 30th January, 2008: The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the managed registry for Ireland’s dot-ie domain names, today announced a 5.8% price reduction for registering or renewing a dot-ie internet domain name, with effect from the 1st January 2008. This latest price reduction represents the fifth annual consecutive price reduction introduced by the IEDR, reducing the price of a dot-ie by 48% since 2003. http://www.iedr.ie/NEWS/News-30Jan08.php dot.ie domain names fee reduced The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has reduced its prices by 5.8pc for registering or renewing a dot-ie internet domain name. http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=2001670;s=rollingnews.htm http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10141 IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community by Michele Neylon IEDR LogoWhile a lot of registries have been engaging actively in dialogue with registrars and resellers the IE Domain Registry has been avoiding it for the last few years. http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/01/31/iedr-engages-with-reseller-registrar-communit/ kz: Kazakhstan: Censorship of Independent Websites ... On 18 October 2007 the authorities in Kazakhstan blocked four independent websites which published links to audio files containing politically sensitive telephone conversations alleged to feature senior government officials. In the files the speakers use strong language to discuss Rakhat Aliyev, a former ally of President Nursultan Nazarbayev who now lives in exile in Europe. One of the blocked sites, kub.kz, is hosted outside Kazakhstan. It was subsequently suspended by the official website regulator, the Kazakhstan Network Information Center (KazNIC), under the “Regulation for the Allocation of Domain Space in the Kazakhstan Segment of the Internet” which prohibits sites with the .kz domain from being hosted abroad. However, the KazNIC website itself is hosted in the USA, suggesting the selective targeting of specific websites. http://eurasia.org.ru/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=News&report=SingleArticle2005&ArticleID=0002368 mobi: Scale It Down More than 1 billion people worldwide will be accessing the internet from a mobile device at least once a month by 2010, according to IDC Internet Commerce Market Model, version 11.1. A great way to make your website accessible via BlackBerry or cell phone is to build a .mobi version. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/141884/scale_it_down.html PIR calls for nominations to the .ORG Advisory Council [news release] The Public Interest Registry (.ORG), the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking internet leaders to fill 5 open seats on the .ORG Advisory Council. http://www.isoc.org/isoc/headlines/20080125.shtml .pt December DNS newsletter now available For those who can read Portuguese, the fourth edition of the .pt DNS newsletter is now available. https://online.dns.pt/imagens/site/home_228/fotos/71989271390336560321.pdf ru: Federation Council defines terms for Runet The Commission for Information Policy at the Federation Council discussed the draft law ‘On the internet’ on January 29th 2008. Although the draft law was sent for revision after the discussion, its main provisions are likely to be implemented. In such a case such terms as ‘internet’, ‘site’ and ‘domain name’ will be defined for the first time in the history of the Russia law. http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008/01/29/285695 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Phishers use DNS tricks to direct users to bad sites The latest information on phishing indicates that fraudsters are increasingly using malicious software to direct users to their deceptive sites. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) said in a new report Thursday that it saw a sharp rise in November in malware that directs users to DNS (Domain Name System) servers controlled by phishers. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/31/Phishers-use-DNS-tricks-to-direct-users-to-bad-sites_1.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/013108-phishers-use-dns-tricks-to.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/31/AR2008013101470.html cn: Decimal network security address begins operation China's decimal network security address was officially launched. China has made a fundamental breakthrough in its Internet development; and actual use has been successful. The birth of decimal network technology makes China the only country able to unify domain names, IP addresses and MAC addresses into the text of a metric system; the second, after the United States (US), in the world to have root servers and IP address hardware connectivity servers and its own domain name, IP address and MAC address resources; and enables our country to become the world's second country (after the US) to possess and control scarce network resources such as network distribution, domain names and addresses. It puts a crack in the US's monopoly over the Internet, based on hexadecimal technology; and is a major, independent technical innovation of the Internet in China. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90781/90877/6345144.html Scientology website shielded against DDoS attack The Church of Scientology has restored it website to normal after a campaign of denial of service attacks prompted it to use DDoS mitigation service Prolexic. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/28/scientology_ddos_post_mortem/ The Internet is down - now what? It’s likely that the Internet will soon experience a catastrophic failure, a multiday outage that will cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars, Or maybe it isn’t likely. In any case, companies are not prepared for such a possibility, but then again, some are. http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/2674.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** MySpace wins UK domain name that pre-dated its service Social networking company MySpace has won the right to have the domain name myspace.co.uk transferred to it despite the fact that it was registered six years before MySpace was founded. http://out-law.com/page-8834 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/29/myspace_wins_domain/ MySpace wins domain name fight MySpace has won the right to have the MySpace.co.uk domain name despite another firm having registered it six years before the social networking website launched. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/31/myspace.digitalmedia Big brands target entrepreneur in domain name battle Domain name businesses created by Denver entrepreneur Bill Mushkin have become targets over the past year for Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Microsoft. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/30/paton-big-brands-target-entrepreneur-in-domain/ The Many Names of Cybersquatting United States federal law enacted the ACPA to provide a remedy for cybersquatting. Cybersquatting requires a domain registrant to register, traffic in, or use a domain name that incorporates "a mark that is distinctive at the time of registration of the domain name, identical or confusingly similar to that mark, and possess "a bad faith intent to profit" from that mark. As cybersquatters become more sophisticated and trademark holders become more intent on protecting their intellectual property, new names have been used to more specifically define the kind of cybersquatting. Nonetheless, the ACPA elements required above remain the same for the following forms of cybersquatting. http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2008/01/the-many-names.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** CADNA Releases Study on Domain Name Drop-Catching [news release] The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is announcing the release of a study on drop-catching. Drop-catching is an enabler for other domain abuses such as tasting, kiting and typosquatting. Large registrars and others that have the means to test domains on a large scale have harnessed this technique and built a business around taking advantage of ICANN's Add Drop Grace Period (AGP). http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3861 http://www.domainnews.com/general/2008012320/cadna-releases-study-on-domain-name-drop-catching/ http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/01/31/cadna-releases-study-on-domain-name-drop-catching/ i-Technology Milestone: The Domain Name System (DNS) Turns 25 This Week When the Domain Name System (DNS) was created twenty-five years ago this week, eight years before the introduction of the World Wide Web, a few hundred machines were connected to the Internet. Today more than 130 million are connected, and this number is expected to grow substantially as the majority of the world's population goes online. Without a simplified naming scheme like DNS today's Internet would not exist. http://it.sys-con.com/read/491998.htm DNS celebrates 25th birthday The internet's Domain Name System is 25 years old this week. Paul Mockapetris, chairman and chief scientist at Nominum, is credited with inventing the DNS in 1983. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2208383/dns-celebrates-25th-birthday http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=69179 http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2208383/dns-celebrates-25th-birthday The Internet's Greatest Invention Celebrates 25 Years Nominum and Afilias announced Paul Mockapetris, chairman and chief scientist, was the keynote speaker at an event hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute and Afilias. The event was held on January 28 at the Royal Society in London to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the invention of the Domain Name System (DNS). Credited with inventing DNS in June 1983, Mockapetris shared his thoughts on the technology, how it came to be, its impact on the Internet and where it is headed in the years to come. http://sys-con.com/read/491978.htm 2008 Report Analyzing Distribution and Trends of IP Address Allocation by Tim Ruth The study report analyzes the distribution and the trends of IP address allocation in 238 countries for 2007. From the data analysis (see Table 1 & Chart 1), the United States tops the allocation list by holding 37.73% of the IP addresses worldwide. It follows by United Kingdom (12.83%), Japan (7.64%), China (5.74%), Germany (3.81%), France (3.65%), Canada (2.81%), Korea (2.74%), Netherlands (2.00%) and Italy (1.67%). http://www.circleid.com/posts/81298_internet_ip_address_allocation/ The Single-Letter Domain Trademark Game by John Berryhill Patent practitioners are familiar with the long-honored practice of engaging in standards-setting activities with the aim of having the standard ultimately require the use of one’s proprietary technology. This practice is no longer limited to patents, but has become the game the whole family can play. http://www.circleid.com/posts/81284_single_letter_domain_trademark/ Google Evicts 'Domain Name Tasters' From AdSense The online advertising leader Google said Friday it would help make it less lucrative to tie up millions of Internet addresses using a loophole and keep those domain names from legitimate individuals and businesses. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/61399.html Internet Pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn Honoured with 2008 Japan Prize [news release] Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, pioneers of the Internet and two of the founders of the Internet Society, have been named as Laureates of the 2008 Japan Prize for "creation of network architecture and communication protocol for the Internet". http://www.isoc.org/isoc/headlines/20070118.shtml ********************** - DOMAINING ********************** Domain king's rivers of gold In Rick Schwartz's thriving real-estate business there are no rising interest rates to fret over, no land taxes to deal with and foreclosures are few and far between. Yet Schwartz rakes in millions of dollars in annual income from his 6000-odd properties and recently sold one for $US750,000 after buying it in 1997 for about $US100. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/01/28/1201369021193.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/01/28/1201369021193.html http://stuff.co.nz/4381218a28.html Are Domain Names Recession-Proof? Probably Not, Next Question? by Mark Jeftovic I didn’t see the Fortune article Are domain names recession proof until the weekend, and being the author of the now infamous Domain aftermarket overdue for an asset repricing last year I feel somewhat obligated to comment on it. http://www.circleid.com/posts/81283_domain_names_recession_proof_not/ How to Get Started with IDNs - 14 Tips, Techniques and Resources How does becoming wealthier than Frank Schilling sound? Schilling, the most successful individual domainer in the world, has a portfolio of about 300,000 names, estimated revenue of $20 million dollars per year, and has received several 9-figures offers for his portfolio. Yet according to long-time IDN investor and IDN expert David Wrixon, "[t]here are IDN investors out there that will make Frank Schilling look like an amateur." When it comes to making money in domaining, there are many strategies. But if you are looking to capitalize on one strategy that holds a lot of potential, you should check out IDNs. Although you may never be as successful as Schilling, the timing for getting into IDNs is good. http://www.domainbits.com/idn/ 15 Ways To Become A Better Domainer The competition in the domain industry is steadily increasing as more and more people are becoming aware of it's global impact in today's financial marketplace. Professional investors and huge corporations are staking their claim of this internet real estate and have turned this once primitive name exchange into a booming multi-billion dollar industry. Today's domainers are needing take their domain investing to another level in order to have continued success and profitability. Below are 15 Ways To Become A Better Domainer. http://logistiklabs.blogspot.com/2008/01/15-ways-to-become-better-domainer.html TrafficClub Closing Its Doors Moniker’s TrafficClub will shut its doors at the end of the month. http://domainnamewire.com/2008/01/29/trafficclub-closing-its-doors/ ********************** - AFTERMARKET ********************** Media Corporation buys sport.co.uk Search Engine for Domain Offers (Sedo), an online market place for buying and selling internet domain names and websites, has announced that it sold the domain name sport.co.uk for 135,000 pounds to Media Corporation, an internet media and advertising company. http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=86E6E383-7EBC-431B-B7CC-C03E012C72A4 Sedo takes stake in Italian web domain firm Sedo.com LLC reports it has made a minority investment in DomainsBot, an Italian Internet domain name search company. http://www.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2008/01/28/daily15.html Handy Tool For Hunting Domains Domain Name News is always on the lookout for new tools or sites that can save time or make more money with domains. We recently stumbled on a handy tool called Domain Auction Cleaner. http://www.domainnamenews.com/tools/handy-tool-for-hunting-domains/1411 ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** 20 Jahre ".at": Nic.at feiert Geburtstag Österreich und der Rest der Welt können seit Jänner 1988 die Landeskennung .at im Internet nutzen. Auf dieses Jubiläum wies am Donnerstag die nic.at GmbH hin. Die Domainvergabestelle für die Registrierung und Verwaltung aller .at-, .co.at- und .or.at-Domains feiert ebenfalls Geburtstag: Sie wurde 1998 gegründet. http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/253420/ ICANN schreibt Führungspositionen aus Die ICANN sucht derzeit Vertreter der Internet-Community für sechs Führungspositionen in der ICANN. Dabei geht es um zwei Plätze im Vorstand, zwei Vertreter für Europa und Nordamerika im allgemeinen Beratungsausschuss (At-Large Advisory Committee, ALAC) sowie je einen Posten in der Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) und in der Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO). http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/102663 Der nächste Schritt gegen Domain-Tasting Domain-Händler registrieren in großem Umfang Domains und prüfen dann, ob sie sich kommerziell verwerten lassen (Domain Tasting). Ihnen entstehen dabei kaum Kosten, da sie eine Schonfirst missbrauchen, die bei der Registrierung vorgesehen ist: Innerhalb der ersten fünf Tage kann eine registrierte Domain kostenfrei zurückgegeben werden. Das ist eigentlich nett gemeint, damit bei Tippfehlern keine Kosten entstehen. http://www.heise.de/netze/Der-naechste-Schritt-gegen-Domain-Tasting--/news/meldung/102734 Sedo erhält Auszeichnung auf „DOMAINfest“ Drei Tage lang haben sich Domain-Experten vom 21. Januar bis zum 23. Januar beim DOMAINfest GLOBAL in Los Angeles dem Thema Domain-Sekundärmarkt zugewandt. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1641&tracked=&partnerid=&language=d ICANN will einstellige Domains versteigern lassen Drei, zwei, eins, meine Domain... ICANN will in Kürze sogenannte Single-Character-Domains und begehrte Top-Level-Domains per Auktion verkaufen. Da der Internetbehörde aber dafür die Erfahrung fehlt, suchen sie derzeit über ihre Internetseite erfahrene Auktionatoren, die ICANN dann mit der Planung und Durchführung der Versteigerung beauftragen will. http://www.onlinekosten.de/news/artikel/28391/0/ICANN_will_einstellige_Domains_versteigern_lassen Endspurt – .asia vor Start in Landrush Period Endspurt für die neue Asien-Domain .asia: mit der Landrush-Period beginnt am 20. Februar 2008 die letzte Etappe der Einführung. Die Live-Registrierung startet am 26. März 2008. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/endspurt-asia-vor-start-in-landrush-period-id667132.html Update – Neues von .eu, .lu und .me Lange war es still um .eu, die europäische Domain-Endung. Umso erfreulicher ist es, dass sie sich mit Plänen zu Sonderzeichen-Domains zurückmeldet. Darüber hinaus will sich Luxemburg als globales Domain-Zentrum präsentieren, und auch aus Montenegro gibt es Neues. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/update-neues-von-eu-lu-und-me-id667130.html ireport.com – die Details zum Megadeal In seinem Blog kommentiert Rick Schwartz, selbst ernannter Domain-King und Organisator der T.R.A.F.F.I.C.-Veranstaltungen, seinen US$ 750.000,– schweren Deal mit den Domains ireport.com und i-report.com an CNN. Leider darf er keine Details über das Geschäft selbst preisgeben, doch gibt es anderes mitzuteilen, beispielsweise eine heftige Appraisal-Schelte. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/ireport-com-die-details-zum-megadeal-id667131.html Österreich plant geographische Rufnummern für VoIP freizugeben Die österreichische Regulierungsbehörde RTR ist bestrebt, die Nutzung geographischer Telefonnummern zu flexibilisieren. Sie kommt damit lange erhobenen Forderungen von VoIP-Anbietern ebenso nach wie einem von der European Regulators Group (ERG) beschlossenen gemeinsamen Standpunkt bezüglich VoIP. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/102653 WIPO: Statistik zu Domainverfahren http://www.markenbusiness.com/de/news.php?newsid=5945 Nom de domaine : Google veut en finir avec le domain tasting Google souhaite en découdre avec le domain tasting. Derrière l’anglicisme, se cache une pratique qui consiste à abuser d’une période transitoire existant en matière d’achat de noms de domaine (l’add grace period, ou AGP) : lorsqu’un nouveau nom est enregistré, le bénéficiaire (registrant) a cinq jours pour payer son achat. La mesure permet alors aux bureaux d’enregistrement de se protéger des mauvais payeurs et d’annuler la commande en cas d’incident de paiement. http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/41455-domain-tasting-site-parking-adsense-google-d.htm http://fr.news.yahoo.com/pcinpact/20080128/ttc-nom-de-domaine-google-veut-en-finir-c2f7783.html Google AdSense, arme de lutte contre le Domain Tasting Le leader mondial de la recherche Web envisage de sanctionner les adeptes du Domain Tasting en les privant d'une source de revenus, son programme Google AdSense. http://www.generation-nt.com/google-adsense-domain-tasting-actualite-67325.html Google fait la chasse aux abus du Domain Tasting Google a annoncé qu'il allait faire la guerre aux abus dans le cadre du "Domain Tasting" pour son offre "Domain Park" ou "Google Adsense for Domains". http://actu.abondance.com/2008/01/google-fait-la-chasse-aux-abus-du.html Google s'attaque au Domain Tasting Google a annoncé vendredi son intention de cesser de rémunérer les noms de domaine vieux de moins de 5 jours. Un coup fatal porté au domain tasting? http://www.domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1408/google-s-attaque-au-domain-tasting.php MySpace se fait une place au Royaume Uni Cas très intéressant en Angleterre, où MySpace a pu récupérer myspace.co.uk, alors même que ce nom avait été enregistré de bonne foi avant la date de création de MySpace, son utilisation étant devenue abusive. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1415/myspace-se-fait-une-place-au-royaume-uni.php La cour tchèque devient centre UDRP L'ICANN vient de valider la candidature de la cour d'arbitrage tchèque, qui va dorénavant pouvoir traiter les litiges de noms de domaine dans le cadre de l'UDRP. http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1412/la-cour-tcheque-devient-centre-udrp.php L'AFNIC supprime la liste des nouveaux .FR en février Le 19 février prochain, l'AFNIC mettra un terme définitif à la publication gratuite et libre des .FR enregistrés au cours des 30 derniers jours. http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1411/france-l-afnic-supprime-la-liste-des-nouveaux-fr-en-fevrier.php ICANN busca directivos El comité de nominaciones de la Corporación de Internet para nombres y números asignados (ICANN), el organismo responsable de asignar dominios está buscando ejecutivos para distintas áreas. http://www.noticiasdot.com/wp2/2008/01/29/icann-busca-directivos/ El DNS cumple hoy 25 años Se celebra el 25 aniversario del sistema que ha permitido que los usuarios de Internet puedan identificar fácilmente cualquier dirección IP. http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20080130024 http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2008/01/el-dns-cumple-hoy-25-aos.html LACNIC XI - Inscripción Abierta LACNIC tiene el placer de anunciar e invitarles a participar de su reunión anual número once LACNIC XI que se realizará en la ciudad de Salvador de Bahía, Brasil del 26 al 30 de mayo de 2008. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1589 Apertura de convocatorias del .ORG para nominarse para su Consejo Consultivo El Registro de Interés Público (.ORG), el principal dominio adonde la gente recurre para encontrar información confiable, participar, patrocinar causas y apoyar la consultoría, anuncia que está buscando líderes de Internet para ocupar 5 vacantes en el Consejo Consultivo de la .ORG. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1588 Story in Russian mentioning ICANN http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3095437,00.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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