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Headlines from the latest edition of the news include: Country code operators tell ICANN: we don't want geographic gTLDs! | au: Bolton takes on internet controller | auDA "grossly negligent" says domain registrar CEO | auDA recklessness damages Australian domain industry | ICA Tells Kentucky Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling in Domain Name Seizure Case | Will New Regulations Kill Pharma Ads On Google? | Google's Trademark Tussle | Google: The Recession Takes Its Toll | Google's Revenue Growth Slows on Pullback in Advertising And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Community Comment Invited on Petition To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15apr09-en.htm Australian registrar's accreditation revoked in security scare http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7836 BrisConnections 'ransom' takes family toll on Boltons http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25340313-5013404,00.html auDA terminates Australian Style Pty Ltd (t/a Bottle Domains) registrar accreditation http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-15042009/ Bottle Domains wins injunction against auDA http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=101089 Red Faces All Round At Wikipedia Over Wikileaks.de http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7821 Germany not a hard-line censor after all http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/15/german_wikileaks_bungle_subscription/ Theodor Reppe interview (English version) http://www.gulli.com/news/wikileaks-theodor-reppe-2009-04-15/ Wikileaks.de taken offline by German registry... Update http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikileaksde-taken-offline-by-german-registrar.ars What Europeans Do with Domains by Joe Palombo, Sedo Transfer Specialist http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2369 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Community Comment Invited on Petition To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency The ongoing GNSO Improvements process has created significant community interest in the formation of new GNSO constituencies and several groups have stepped forward to begin the process of forming a new GNSO constituency. The ICANN Board has now received its second formal petition - from the prospective Consumers Constituency. All members of the ICANN community and the public are now invited to review the petition and charter of the Consumers Constituency and share comments with the Board through 14 May 2009. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15apr09-en.htm Resounding Opposition to New Top Level Domains The comment period for the second draft of ICANN’s new top level domain name applicant guidebook concluded yesterday. Most commentors suggested ways to fix the process and rules, but these same commentors are opposed to any adoption of new top level domains. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find more than one comment in favor of new TLDs from an organization other than those trying to launch new TLDs. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/14/resounding-opposition-to-new-top-level-domains/ New gTLD Comment Period Closes ICANN has been holding a public comment period on the second draft of the new gTLD handbook. This period was due to close yesterday. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090414_new_gtld_comment_period_closes/ What Does Vint Cerf Think About New Top Level Domains? Father of the Internet thinks there needs be a solid rationale for adding new TLDs. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/15/what-does-vint-cerf-think-about-new-top-level-domains/ ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** Australian registrar's accreditation revoked in security scare Current Australian business bad boy Nicholas Bolton who has recently become a media star in all the wrong ways has landed himself in hot water over another of his business ventures. This time Australian Style which trades as Bottle Domains, a domain name registrar, has had its accreditation removed resulting in the virtual collapse of the business. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7836 http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/15/australian-registrars-accreditation-revoked-in-security-scare/ BrisConnections 'ransom' takes family toll on Boltons A day after celebrating a $4.5million coup from holding the nation's biggest infrastructure project to ransom, Nicholas Bolton's fortunes have taken a sharp reversal, to the unrestrained joy of one of his sworn enemies. The Australian internet domain name administrator yesterday terminated the accreditation of Mr Bolton's Australian Style Pty Ltd for a "serious breach", involving a failure to notify auDA that third parties had accessed customer information. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25340313-5013404,00.html auDA terminates Australian Style Pty Ltd (t/a Bottle Domains) registrar accreditation auDA has today terminated the registrar accreditation of Australian Style Pty Ltd trading as Bottle Domains, for a serious breach of its obligations under the Registrar Agreement. http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-15042009/ Bottle Domains wins injunction against auDA Bottle Domains has won a temporary injunction against the Australian domain name regulator that could see its reinstatement as early as tomorrow. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=101089 Bolton uncorks auDA court challenge Nicholas Bolton's domain business Bottle Domains has said it is seeking an injunction in the Supreme Court to fight the decision made by Australia's domain name administrator auDA to terminate its accreditation. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Bolton-uncorks-auDA-court-challenge/0,139023166,339295991,00.htm Bottle Domains seeks block on auDA termination Bottle Domains is seeking a Supreme Court injunction to stop the Australian domain name regulator from revoking its accreditation. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=101068 Bolton loses his Bottle over hacked client details Just a day after it was revealed that rebel BrisConnections unit holder Nicholas Bolton did a $4.5 million deal to vote against his own resolutions to have the toll road builder wound up, his company Bottle Domains has been banned from its primary business of registering internet domain names. http://business.theage.com.au/business/bolton-loses-his-bottle-over-hacked-client-details-20090415-a736.html http://www.businessday.com.au/business/bolton-loses-his-bottle-over-hacked-client-details-20090415-a736.html http://business.smh.com.au/business/bolton-company-banned-20090415-a738.html auDA caps Bolton's fizz Australia's domain name administrator has terminated the accreditation of Nicholas Bolton's domain business Bottle Domains on the same day the IT entrepreneur has won a controversial investment battle. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/auDA-caps-Bolton-s-fizz/0,130061791,339295970,00.htm?feed=rss Nicholas Bolton banned from selling domain names for 'serious breach' The company that administers the .au domain may ban all three of Nicholas Bolton's active registry businesses from trading in domain names. http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,10166,25337705-462,00.html http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25337705-5014099,00.html .BR Domains; Myth and Reality Brazil is commonly referred as an emerging market, much like India and Russia. It is Latin America's largest economy with steady growth in the last few years, but where lots of people still live in poverty . With around 67 million Internet users, representing 35.2% of the population, only 3.5% of the population has a broadband connection, and only around 6.7 million with high speed internet . Its most popular domain extension is .com.br, which combined with other types of .br extensions total 1.5 million domains currently registered according to the Brazilian Registry, Registro.br . Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, the sixth most populous, and the seventh country in Internet usage according to the internetworldstats.com. However, The Economist has just reduced their forecast for Brazilian GDP growth this year to 1.6% (previously 2.4%) . But still, after all these numbers you might be thinking promising right? What does this all mean to the domain industry? http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2366 in: Countries Could Force Use of Country Code Domains An amendment to information technology laws in India may require hosted email providers to use the .in country code domain name and use local servers. This would make their data subject to Indian law. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/14/countries-could-force-use-of-country-code-domains/ Reopening of domain name registrations directly under .mx The reopening domain name registrations directly under .mx will start on May 1st of 2009. This liberalization will be divided into three stages to permanently open the registration of these domains for the public by the beginning of this upcoming September. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2368 New York City Still Exploring .NYC; No Partner Yet New York City’s Law Department responded to the second draft of the new top level domain name guidebook, raising concerns to a number of points including the cost of applying for and running a new top level domain. One commentor on the story asked if New York had a deal with a third party in which the city wouldn’t incur any out-of-pocket costs. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/14/new-york-city-still-exploring-nyc-no-partner-yet/ ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Finds Malicious Activity Continues to Grow at a Record Pace [news release] Symantec Corp. today (April 14) announced that malicious code activity continued to grow at a record pace throughout 2008, primarily targeting confidential information of computer users. According to the company’s Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV, Symantec created more than 1.6 million new malicious code signatures in 2008. This equates to more than 60 percent of the total malicious code signatures ever created by Symantec — a response to the rapidly increasing volume and proliferation of new malicious code threats. These signatures helped Symantec block an average of more than 245 million attempted malicious code attacks across the globe each month during 2008. http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20090413_01 Report: Cyberspace remains a dangerous frontier The number of compromised computers actively being used in botnets to launch attacks on any given day last year was about 75,000, according to a new report on Internet threats from security firm Symantec Corp. http://www.gcn.com/Articles/2009/04/14/Internet-threat-report.aspx CDT: Privacy, transparency needed in cybersecurity policy [IDG] U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and Congress will have to address major civil liberties and transparency concerns as they create new policies to tackle ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilties in the government and private industry, a digital rights group said. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163160/.html http://computerworld.com.au/article/299428/ http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/299428/ High tech group: Cybersecurity efforts gaining steam Bills intended to help secure U.S. computer networks, the power grid and other critical infrastructure are expected in the coming weeks, a high-tech watchdog group said today. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090415_6737.php Lawmakers Plan Cybersecurity Agendas Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joseph Lieberman and ranking member Susan Collins will hold a hearing in late April to examine the 60-day cybersecurity review ordered by President Obama. The audit, which is slated to conclude Friday, is being led by Melissa Hathaway, a top adviser to Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair. After the hearing, Lieberman "will consider his legislative options," a spokeswoman said Wednesday. A number of bills intended to help secure U.S. computer networks, the power grid and other critical infrastructure are expected from committees that share jurisdiction over the issue. House and Senate committees covering commerce, homeland security, intelligence, judiciary and government reform have all introduced legislation in the past. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/04/lawmakers-plan-cybersecurity-a.php ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Red Faces All Round At Wikipedia Over Wikileaks.de After claiming the German registry DENIC had deleted the domain name wikileaks.de, it now turns out the problem lies with Wikileaks themselves. http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=7821 http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/14/red-faces-all-round-at-wikipedia-over-wikileaksde/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/red-faces-all-round-at-wikipedia-over-wikileaks.de.html Germany not a hard-line censor after all Rumours of state censorship in Germany may turn out to have been just a little exaggerated. However, plans for putting their child abuse blocklist on a legal footing may yet have far-reaching consequences for internet users in that country. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/15/german_wikileaks_bungle_subscription/ Theodor Reppe interview (English version) One of the last days' hot topics was undoubtedly the action around Wikileaks.de. The domain was unavailable over the easter holidays and different scenarios of what had caused this unavailability spread quickly. In the meantime, some of the people involved have gone public and talked about what happened. Now, Wikileaks.de domain owner Theodor Reppe also agreed to share his version of the events: He spoke to gulli:news about the unavailability of his domain, the influence of Wikileaks and digital civil rights in general. http://www.gulli.com/news/wikileaks-theodor-reppe-2009-04-15/ Wikileaks.de taken offline by German registry ... Update: Despite the statement posted on wikileaks.org, the disappearance of wikileaks.de appears to be the result of nothing more than a terminated contract. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikileaksde-taken-offline-by-german-registrar.ars Goldman Sachs threatens blogger over demonic domain name A blogger has taken legal action to defend his right to criticise bailed-out investment bank Goldman Sachs. The bank has threatened to sue over trade mark infringement, but the blogger has launched his own legal campaign to defend himself. http://out-law.com/page-9944 Click Ads on GoDaddy Parked Pages Draw Cybersquatting Suit Prof. Marc Randazza had a great post Is GoDaddy a Mass Cybersquatter? on his Legal Satyricon and, while it's great fun to muse about these things hypothetically, I think everyone agrees that live action is best. Now we have it in Ubid Inc. v. Godaddy Group Inc., No. 09-2123 (N.D. Ill., complaint filed April 6, 2009). http://bnablog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/04/click-ads-on-godaddy-parked-pages-draw-cybersquatting-suit.html GoDaddy sued for alleged cybersquatting GoDaddy is being sued for alleged cybersquatting in their domain parking program. We have learned that the plaintiff, Ubid, Inc. filed the suit April 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asserting that GoDaddy is diverting Internet traffic to deceptive parked domains in violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-15-09.htm Financial Firm Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Lately it seems that UDRP arbitration panels are ignoring the question of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH), which broadly defines when I company misuses or abuses the UDRP proceedings process. Panels aren’t required to consider RDNH, and many have decided to skip the issue altogether. (There are no penalties for committing RDNH.) But I guess it takes a particularly egregious and clear cut case to get an arbitrator’s blood boiling. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/15/financial-firm-guilty-of-reverse-domain-name-hijacking/ Celebrity Cybersquatting Celebrity domain names are a perplexing facet of the domain industry. Currently, there are countless celebrity domain name registrations owned by persons other than the celebrity. Yet, when ownership rights of a celebrity domain name are contested, the majority of disputes resolve in favor of the celebrity. This trend is puzzling given that celebrities generally do not have a trademark right in their personal name. This article examines why celebrities have such favorable results through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The provisions of the UDRP regarding personal names are not always easily met. Celebrity or not, a complainant must prove three elements to prevail in a UDRP proceeding. First, the celebrity must establish that the domain is identical or confusingly similar to their trademark. Second, the celebrity must prove that the domain owner has no legitimate interest in the domain name. Third, the celebrity must prove that the domain name is registered and being used in bad faith. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2365 in: M&M wins cybersquatting case at WIPO Farm equipment-to-software group Mahindra & Mahindra has won a cybersquatting case at the WIPO against a US-based firm, which had tried to block domain name, 'mahindralogistics.com'. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/MM-wins-cybersquatting-case-at-WIPO/articleshow/4409423.cms http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/MM-wins-cybersquatting-case/articleshow/4409423.cms http://infotech.indiatimes.com/News/MM-wins-cybersquatting-case-at-WIPO/articleshow/4409423.cms ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Who's Behind That Web Site? Ask Whois Some of you noticed that I made an unusual appearance in Sunday's Post -- our story on the First Family's new dog included a one-line credit at the end that noted. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/04/whos_behind_that_web_site_ask.html?hpid=sec-tech Domain TLD and Trademark Myths I started buying and selling domain names in 1995. Domain speculation began sometime in 1994. I did appraisals and was one of the biggest advocates for registering generic domain names rather than made-up names or those that violated trademarks. http://ozelwebtasarim.com/index.php/web-haberleri/3355-domain-tld-and-trademark-myths Domain industry woes mean opportunity for you If you still believe that all of the 'good' .com domain names are taken, I'll let you in on a little secret: think again. Plenty of desirable .com domain names are now becoming available for registration when their owners decide not to renew them. Their loss can be your opportunity. http://econsultancy.com/blog/3670-domain-industry-woes-mean-opportunity-for-you What Europeans Do with Domains by Joe Palombo, Sedo Transfer Specialist I have just spent the past three months working from Sedo’s office in Cologne, Germany. During my stay I maintained my role as a transfer specialist. Along with the many cultural differences I noticed while in Cologne, I found myself wondering if the behavior and purchasing trends most commonly associated with our North American customers correspond with what is going on in our European market. What I found was not alarming, but it was indeed noticeably different. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2369 Moving from Main Street to Domain Street - Due to the ongoing economy slow down, the local mom and pop shops of Main Street, USA are finding new ways to reach potential customers Due to the ongoing economy slow down, the local mom and pop shops of Main Street, USA are finding new ways to reach potential customers, gain easy revenue, and test run new products. As those fluent in domaining know, the internet can truly pay off. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2367 At First Blush: Trademarks, Keyword Ads and Fair Use A U.S. district court in Texas recently entered judgment for the beauty product company, Mary Kay Inc., in a suit regarding the use of their trademark in keyword advertisements for another business. The ad at issue in this case stated: “Mary Kay Sale 50% Off: Free Shipping on Orders over $100 Get up to 50% Off.” The ad appeared as a sponsored link when an end user searched for “Mary Kay.” The court held that the ad gave the user the impression that Mary Kay was hosting a sale, when in reality there was no affiliation whatsoever between the advertiser and the cosmetics giant. http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2364 ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Rick Latona Auctions Releases Initial List of Domain Names For TRAFFIC 2009 - Still Accepting Applications Rick Latona Auctions has announced the first half of its domain names for the upcoming live auction at TRAFFIC Silicon Valley, but has left several slots open for further submissions. Rick Latona is riding a recent wave of success — selling webcam.com for over $1,000,000 — and excited about what’s coming next. http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/rick-latona-auctions-releases-initial-list-domain-names-traffic-2009-accepting-applications/4805 Moniker’s Live Domain Auction Looks Like a Winner My general response to a list of domain names published for a live domain auction is usually subdued. Rarely do I see domain names that are priced to sell. http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/14/monikers-live-domain-auction-looks-like-a-winner/ Sedo Sales Slow in Lead Up to Easter In the two weeks running into Easter, domain name sales appear to have slowed considerably in both number and top prices with the top sale in the week to April 13 being vodkas.com selling for €21,500 (US$28,450), a much lower price than that paid for vodka.com which also sold through Sedo for $3 million in December 2006. In the week to April 6, the top seller for Sedo was viewit.com, selling for US$40,000. http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/04/15/lead-up-to-easter-sees-slow-sedo-sales/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/sedo-sales-slow-in-lead-up-to-easter.html Cuba domain name speculators rush to invest in Cuba Dozens of domain name speculators rushed to register hundreds of Cuba related domain names on April 13 and the day after President Obama announced sweeping changes to US Cuba policy as a way to “invest” (speculate really) in the business opportunities that may present themselves under this new US Cuba policy. http://havanajournal.com/business/entry/cuba-domain-name-speculators-rush-to-invest-in-cuba/ Cuba Policy Changes Lead to Domain Name Opportunities Over the past few days I’ve read lots of news about the thawing relationship between the United States and Cuba. (President Obama relaxed restrictions on people traveling from the U.S. to Cuba and on remittances to Cuba.) http://domainnamewire.com/2009/04/15/cuba-policy-changes-lead-to-domain-name-opportunities/ ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** ********************** - German News ********************** Wikileaks.de: Domain-Registrar widerspricht Angaben des Wikileaks-Projekts Der Streit zwischen den Betreibern des deutschen Wikileaks-Projekts und dem Hamburger Domain-Registrar Beasts Associated über die Gründe der aktuellen Nichterreichbarkeit von wikileaks.de wird jetzt über die Öffentlichkeit ausgetragen. Wikileaks hatte Ende vergangener Woche eine Pressemitteilung herausgegeben, in der zunächst die in Frankfurt ansässige Registrierungsstelle für .de-Domains, Denic, beschuldigt wurde, wikileaks.de "ohne Vorwarnung" gesperrt zu haben. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Wikileaks-de-Domain-Registrar-widerspricht-Angaben-des-Wikileaks-Projekts--/meldung/136169 Denic wehrt sich gegen Zensurvorwurf Die Sperrung der deutschen Seite von Wikileaks habe nichts mit Zensur zu tun, erklärt die Domainvergabestelle Denic. Außerdem im Überblick: Würmer machen Twitter unsicher, Zensurvorwürfe bei Amazon, und iTunes verhindert Terrorismus. http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,618885,00.html Neue Details zur Wikileaks.de-Stilllegung Die Domain Wikileaks.de wurde offenbar wegen eines Antrags auf Übertragung der Domain des deutschen Bundesnachrichtendienstes (BND) ohne schriftliche Genehmigung des Domain-Inhabers stillgelegt. http://futurezone.orf.at/stories/1602271/ wikileaks.de – Zensurkritik an DENIC eG haltlos Die deutsche Domain-Verwaltung DENIC eG ist unvermittelt ins Kreuzfeuer der Auseinandersetzungen um die Domain wikileaks.de geraten und sieht sich Zensurvorwürfen ausgesetzt. Erst bei genauerem Betrachten wird klar: die Vorwürfe sind unhaltbar. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2009/wikileaks-de-zensurkritik-an-denic-eg-haltlos-id667420.html Peinlicher Wirbel um Wikileaks.de Das Portal Wikileaks, das immer wieder mit außergewöhnlichen Inhalten auf sich aufmerksam macht, steht momentan in ungünstigem Licht. Seit Donnerstagabend vor Ostern ist die Internetseite www.wikileaks.de nicht zu erreichen. http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/heute-im-web/mm-scout-wikileaks-186194.html Keine Sperrung von »wikileaks.de« - Domain im DENIC-Transit-Verfahren Anders als vom Betreiber behauptet wurde die deutsche Domain des Internetportals »Wikileaks« nicht vom Registrar oder von der Registrierungsstelle DENIC gesperrt. http://www.urheberrecht.org/news/p/1/i/3608/ Wikileaks und die Phantom-Zensur Bei den deutschen Wikileaks-Machern scheint das Motto zu gelten: erst schiessen, dann fragen. Angeblich ist Wikileaks.de kurz vor Ostern ohne Vorwarnung vom Netz genommen worden. Die Seitenbetreiber vermuten dahinter eine Zensurmaßnahme durch ihren Provider Beasts Associated und der deutschen Registrierungsstelle DENIC. Jetzt nahmen die Beschuldigten Stellung zu den Vorwürfen: Das Portal sei fristgerecht bereits im Dezember 2008 gekündigt worden. http://meedia.de/nc/details/article/wikileaks-und-die-phantom-zensur_100019426.html Neues zur Domain-Abschaltung (Update) Nach der Aufregung über die Domain wikileaks.de, die im Netz die Osterfeiertage mit bestimmte, präsentiert Wikileaks nun eine neue Version der Ereignisse. http://www.gulli.com/news/wikileaks-neues-zur-domain-2009-04-14/ Theodor Reppe im gulli-Interview Eines der Top-Themen der vergangenen Tage waren die Geschehnisse rund um Wikileaks.de. Die Domain war über Ostern nicht zu erreichen und schnell verbreiteten sich verschiedene Versionen von den Hintergründen. Mittlerweile haben sich einige der Beteiligten zu den Vorgängen geäußert. Nun erklärte sich auch Domain-Inhaber Theodor Reppe bereit, seine Version der Ereignisse zu schildern: Gegenüber gulli:news äußerte er sich zur Nichterreichbarkeit seiner Domain, zur Bedeutung von Wikileaks und zu digitalen Bürgerrechten im Allgemeinen. http://www.gulli.com/news/wikileaks-de-theodor-reppe-im-2009-04-14/ ICANN sucht Experten für neue Domains Die Internet-Adressverwaltung ICANN sucht noch bis 11. Juni Firmen und Einzelpersonen, die bei der Begutachtung der Bewerbungen für die neuen generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLDs) "Schlüsselrollen" einnehmen wollen. Das gab die ICANN in einer Aussendung bekannt. http://futurezone.orf.at/stories/1602287/ ICANN sucht Experten für Domain-Bewertung Bis zum 11. Juni sucht die Internet-Adressverwaltung ICANN Firmen und Einzelpersonen, welche die Bewerbungen für die neuen generischen Top-Level-Domains beurteilen sollen. http://www.silicon.de/lifestyle/web/0,39038976,41002893,00/icann+sucht+experten+fuer+domain_bewertung.htm Netzgeschichte 20 Jahre, die die Welt veränderten: Sie brachten uns Bildschirmtext und Google, Ebay und iPhone, das WWW und den Computerwurm Conficker. Ein Blick zurück. ... 1993 veröffentlicht das amerikanische National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) den ersten grafikfähigen Webbrowser namens Mosaic und bietet ihn zum kostenlosen Download an – erstmals können Laien aufs Netz zugreifen. In Deutschland gründet sich der Interessenverbund DENIC, dessen Aufgabe die Verwaltung von „de“-Adressen wird. http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Medien/Dossiers/20-Jahre-Internet/Ein-Rueckblick-auf-20-Jahre-Netzgeschichte Verschleierungstaktik: Die Argumente für Kinderporno-Sperren laufen ins Leere Gegen alle Einwände von Experten setzt das Bundesfamilienministerium die Kinderpornografie-Sperren durch. Die Argumente sind so löchrig wie der geplante Sichtschutz für illegale Inhalte. Obwohl alle Provider das wissen, werden sie mitmachen – aus Angst, in die böse Ecke gedrängt zu werden. http://www.heise.de/ct/Die-Argumente-fuer-Kinderporno-Sperren-laufen-ins-Leere--/artikel/135867 Von Kinderporno-Listen und dem BND Die deutsche Web-Adresse des Wikileaks-Projekts, das unliebsame Dokumente ins Netz stellt, wurde kürzlich gesperrt. Das rief allerlei Verschwörungstheorien auf den Plan. http://www.taz.de/1/leben/internet/artikel/1/von-kinderporno-listen-und-dem-bnd/ Holpriger Weg ins Online-Rathaus Für Peter Forstner aus Ehmen macht das "virtuelle Rathaus" derzeit Betriebsferien. Die Website der Stadt www.wolfsburg.de kann er von seinem heimischen Internet-Anschluss aus nicht erreichen. Auch das Aufrufen der übrigen, mit der Stadt-Website assoziierten Seiten – wie etwa der des Klinikums – endet in einer Fehlermeldung. http://www.newsclick.de/index.jsp/menuid/2165/artid/10158803 Hacker knacken angeblich PIN-Verschlüsselung US-Sicherheitsexperten warnen: Cybergangstern soll es gelungen sein, die Verschlüsselung von Geheimnummern in den Datennetzen von Banken zu knacken. Außerdem im Nachrichtenüberblick: Großbritannien hat EU-Ärger wegen Phorm, Icann sucht Gutachter für Domainnamen. http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,619107,00.html Conficker: Infektionsraten werden oft dramatisiert Die Conficker Working Group (CWG), in der eine Reihe von IT-Unternehmen zusammengeschlossen sind, hat jetzt eigene Zahlen zu der Verbreitung des Conficker-Wurmes bereitgestellt. http://winfuture.de/news,46549.html Domain-Events im April - Future Business Trends in Domain Industry Diese Woche ist Warschau Schauplatz einer Domainkonferenz. Am 16. April veranstaltet NASK, die Vergabestelle für das Länderkürzel .pl unter dem Titel „Future Business Trends in Domain Industry“ ein Event, das sich thematisch der Zukunft des Domainbusiness widmet. Sedo ist als Mitorganisator ebenfalls vor Ort. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2357 Domainhandel im März/April - Gleich 3 Highlights gab es bei den Verkaufszahlen der letzten 4 Wochen body.com ging für sage und schreibe 400.000 $ über den Ladentisch, top.com für 357.500 € und das Paket gartenmöbel.de & gartenmoebel.de fand für 100.000 € einen neuen Inhaber. Ungebrochen ist die Beliebtheit von Zifferndomains unter der Endung .com: 92.com verkaufte sich für 54.000 €, 34.com für 45.000 $. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2358 „Die anonyme Domainregistrierung" - Whois Protection Nicht jeder möchte seine persönlichen Daten preisgeben. Die Registrierung einer Domain ist für Sie jedoch grundsätzlich damit verbunden. Jeder Provider ist verpflichtet Ihren Namen und Kontaktadressen an die Vergabestelle zu melden, damit dort der jeweilige Whois-Eintrag mit der Domain verbunden werden kann. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2359 Auktionen im April/Mai - Premium-Auktion, Benelux-Auktion und Spanische Auktion Die Premium-Auktion im April startet am 16. April 2009 um 18 Uhr und endet am 23. April 2009. In Auktion stehen Domain-Schmankerl wie awn.net, joining.com und underwear.net. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2360 Jetzt EU-Gemeinschaftsmarke anmelden! Zum 01. Mai 2009 sinken die Gebühren Wie wichtig Marken zur Absicherung von Domains sind, das haben wir in der Vergangenheit schon oft berichtet. http://www.sedo.de/links/showhtml.php3?Id=2362 ********************** - Italian News ********************** ICANN: per i nuovi TLD non si accettano più suggerimenti Tre giorni fa è scaduto il periodo concesso da ICANN per la segnalazione di dubbi e problematiche inerenti la prossima rivoluzione prevista dall'associazione, con l'espansione degli attuali TLD generici e l'introduzione di nuove forme per l'acquisto del proprio tld, con marchi come IBM che potrebbero registrare un dominio .ibm, per la modica cifra di 185.000 dollari. http://www.hostingtalk.it/news/domini-e-registrazioni/3683/icann-per-i-nuovi-tld-non-si-accettano-piu-suggerimenti ********************** - Spanish News ********************** Nota de Prensa: Taller de Aspectos Legales para ccTLDs en LAC La Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Informacion en Bolivia, entidad administradora del ccTLD .bo, y LACTLD dan inicio al I Taller de Aspectos Legales en ccTLD en LAC, actividad en el marco del programa de desarrollo de capacidades en ccTLD que desarrolla LACTLD. http://www.latinoamericann.org/?q=node/1988 ********************** - Portuguese News ********************** Nova ferramenta indica se computador está infectado com Conficker [Computerworld/EUA] Software criado por pesquisadores indica se falha no Windows foi “corrigida” pelo Conficker dias antes do seu ataque. http://idgnow.uol.com.br/seguranca/2009/03/30/nova-ferramenta-indica-se-computador-esta-infectado-com-conficker/ ********************** - Dutch News ********************** Duitse Wikileaks offline gehaald De Duitse versie van Wikileaks is door de internetdomeinbeheerder in het land offline gehaald. Deze actie komt nog geen twee weken nadat de Duitse politie in het huis van de beheerder van de site is binnengevallen. Deze inval kwam weer net nadat de site een lijst van in Australië geblokkeerde sites publiceerde. http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/3700804/__Duitse_Wikileaks_offline_gehaald__.html Belgacom en Telenet verkopen minder domeinnamen Internetaanbieders Belgacom en Telenet verkopen in verhouding minder .be-domeinnamen. De twee verliezen marktaandeel aan buitenlandse registratieagenten zoals OVH en One.com. Vooral Belgacom moet inbinden. In de top drie van .be-agenten staat vandaag nog maar één Belgisch bedrijf: Combell. http://www.itprofessional.be/news.cfm?id=101152 Facebook.nl verliest uitspraak over domeinnaam Hyped.nl volgde de afgelopen maanden de zaak ”Facebook.com versus Facebook.nl” en had regelmatig contact met de eigenaar van Facebook.nl over de situatie. Afgelopen week escaleerde de ruzie tussen beide partijen. Een rechtzaak was het gevolg. En de uitspraak is binnen. De WIPO (World Intellectual Properties Organisation) kent de domeinnaam facebook.nl toe aan facebook.com. We hebben de gehele uitspraak in de zaak. http://www.hyped.nl/details/20090415_facebookcom_wint_rechtzaak_van_facebooknl/ ********************** - Polish News ********************** Spotkanie branży domenowej w Warszawie Parkowanie domen, druga młodość domen .com w Polsce, sąd arbitrażowy oraz gruntowne zmiany w programie partnerskim NASK - to podstawowe tematy zbliżającej się konferencji "Business Trends in the Domain Industry". W spotkaniu wezmą udział przedstawiciele największych rodzimych rejestratorów, inwestorzy domenowi z Polski i zagranicy oraz grupa prawników zajmujących się problematyką domen. http://manager.money.pl/hitech/artykuly/artykul/spotkanie;branzy;domenowej;w;warszawie,195,0,443843.html http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,6498929,Spotkanie_branzy_domenowej_w_Warszawie.html Jutro największe spotkanie branży domenowej Największe spotkanie branży domenowej w Polsce odbędzie się już jutro podczas konferencji organizowanej przez NASK. W spotkaniu wezmą udział przedstawiciele głównych firm rejestrujących domeny w Polsce, inwestorzy i prawnicy. http://newsroom.gery.pl/notka,290284,Jutro_najwieksze_spotkanie_branzy_domenowej.html http://www.webinside.pl/news/5856 Krótko: Światowy domaining pod konferencyjną lupą NASK 16 kwietnia 2009 r. odbędzie się organizowana przez NASK międzynarodowa konferencja "Business Trends in the Domain Industry" poświęcona trendom w zakresie parkowania domen oraz prognozom dotyczącym branży domaingu w Polsce i Europie Środkowej, a także kierunkom rozwoju sektora na świecie. http://www.internetstandard.pl/news/343761/Krotko.Swiatowy.domaining.pod.konferencyjna.lupa.NASK.html http://www.idg.pl/news/343761/Krotko.Swiatowy.domaining.pod.konferencyjna.lupa.NASK.html ********************** - Chinese News ********************** CNNIC主任毛伟：CN域名超COM成为中国主要域名 中国互联网信息中心主任毛伟今天表示，CN域名已经成为了我国主要的域名，以CN为主的网站已经达到130万家，占我国网站总数的70%,目前重要的网站也是选用CN域名作为主域名。 http://news.domain.cn/html/yumingyingyong/2009/0415/2145.html http://tech.163.com/09/0415/14/56URVP5V00093AN2.html ********************** - Korean News ********************** ICANN, 독립적인 평가자 신청 기간 연장 국제인터넷주소관리기구(ICANN)는 신규 일반 최상위 도메인 신청서를 검토하는 핵심 역할을 수행할 회사를 찾고 있으며 독립적 평가자 역할에 관심이 있는 회사의 신청 기간을 연장했다. 새로운 마감기일은 2009년 6월 11일이 될 것이다. 독립적 평가자들은 ICANN에 고용돼 인터넷의 도메인 명명 시스템의 미래를 결정하는데 중요한 역할을 수행할 것이다. http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?sc=30300015&cm=%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%9C%EC%82%B0%EC%97%85&year=2009&no=225876&selFlag=&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=303 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The domain name news is supported by auDA For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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