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Headlines from today's edition of the news include: ICANN July 2010 — June 2013 Strategic Plan Posted | CEO Comments on Strategic Plan by Rod Beckstrom | Community Support for IDN ccTLDs by Tina Dam | Plan for top-level pornography domain gets reprieve by Kieren McCarthy | Will Stonewalling on .xxx Be Beckstrom's First Big Mistake? by Milton Mueller | What ICANN’s chair said about .xxx at the time | ICM Registry Wins Review of .XXX Application, Hopes To Offer Names in 2010 | China Tightens Domain Name Registration Rules For Individuals | Norway Considers New gTLDs Such as .OSLO | Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks | Microsoft Wins Court Order to Block 'Botnet' Network | Domain Name Registrations Continue to Grow, Now Top 192 Million And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** ICANN Nairobi Meeting Gets Board Go Ahead http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10434 Landmark Step in ICANN’s Use of Accountability Mechanisms by Rod Beckstrom http://blog.icann.org/2010/02/landmark-step-in-icanns-use-of-accountability-mechanisms/ Sex.com renews search for a sugar daddy http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10456592-71.html ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** The Multi-Stakeholder Principle in Asia by Y. J. Park [4th Communication Policy Research, South Conference, Negombo, Sri Lanka] Abstract: In 1998, ICANN started placing a high emphasis on the private sector-oriented decision-making process. The UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2003 initially kicked off as a traditional government-oriented decision-making forum in 2003, and it concluded that the future global negotiation will be operated in a multi-stakeholder environment in 2005. However, the nation states from the South failed to understand the emerging rules of the multi-stakeholder principle pushed by the North until now. The culture of working together with non-state actors as decision makers in the South, including many Asian countries, is still foreign to state actors. Consequently, they could not be effectively engaged with the global negotiations on Internet Governance. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1554228 The Chronicles of Electronic Commerce: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy by Zinatul A. Zainol [European Law Journal] Abstract: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is a unique concept under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy. Its main purpose is to protect domain name registrants against unjustified claims of overreaching trademark rights by allowing domain name registrants, in some limited circumstances to retort against trademark owners. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1552547 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** 19 February 2010 Nairobi Meeting Update ICANN's Board met at 3h UTC today, and resolved to proceed with plans to hold ICANN's 37th meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/security-information-19feb10-en.htm Public Comment: One & Two-Character .INFO Domains ICANN is today opening a public comment forum on a proposed amendment from Afilias Limited to Appendix 6 & 7 of the .INFO Registry Agreement. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18feb10-en.htm Landmark Step in ICANN’s Use of Accountability Mechanisms by Rod Beckstrom On Friday (19 February), we received the Declaration of the Panel from the first ICANN Independent Review Process (IRP) ... . This is a landmark step in ICANN’s use of the accountability mechanisms built into our bylaws. ICM’s initiation of the Independent Review process marks the first time the process has been used since its creation about six years ago. http://blog.icann.org/2010/02/landmark-step-in-icanns-use-of-accountability-mechanisms/ Cost Accounting and Procurement Guidelines Posted ICANN’s commitment to accountability and transparency is an ongoing full time quest. The recent posting of two financial guidelines are markers of the progress we have made in this quest. One is the Cost Accounting Guidelines and the other is the Procurement Guidelines. http://blog.icann.org/2010/02/cost-accounting-and-procurement-guidelines-posted/ Call for Applicants for the Position of Volunteer Review Team Member As requested by members of the community, the application deadline for the position of Review Team Members for the Accountability and Transparency review, called for by the Affirmation of Commitments, has been extended to March 7th 2010, 23:59 UTC. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm ICANN Nairobi Meeting Gets Board Go Ahead In its latest meeting on the issue, the ICANN board decided on Friday that they will proceed with plans to hold their 37th meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, after considering all the security issues that have been raised in recent weeks. http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10434 http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/02/21/icann-nairobi-meeting-gets-board-approval/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-nairobi-meeting-gets-board-go-ahead.html ICANN Nairobi goes ahead as planned The ICANN Board met yesterday and reconfirmed its commitment to the 37th international ICANN meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi from March 7 to 12. http://stephanevangelder.com/archives/307-ICANN-Nairobi-goes-ahead-as-planned.html ICANN Openness and Transparency: Actions Speak Louder than Words By Michael D. Palage ICANN has announced that they will be having a Special Meeting of the ICANN Board on 19 February 2010 (3:00 UCT) to discuss the "upcoming ICANN International meeting." It is reasonable to assume that the 17 February 2010 security update will be a topic of discussion... I trust that the ICANN Board will make the right decision balancing the obligations that ICANN has to the global Internet community, with the safety and security of those ICANN stakeholders that participate in person at these ICANN events. However, the ICANN Board needs to gain the trust of the global community in connection with this and other important decisions that it will be making. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_openness_and_transparency_actions_speak_louder_than_words/ VeriSign Joins List of Companies Not Going to Nairobi The world’s biggest registrar, Go Daddy, has already announced it is not sending anyone to the ICANN meeting in Nairobi due to security concerns. Now you can add the biggest registry, VeriSign, to the list. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/19/verisign-joins-list-of-companies-not-going-to-nairobi/ Accountability wins! Independent Review Panel upholds ICM Registry - .XXX is alive by Milton Mueller In a historic decision, ICANN's Independent Review Process has dealt ICANN's past leadership a severe rebuke. The three judge panel upheld ICM Registry's claim that ICANN treated its application for a .xxx top level domain in an unfair and discriminatory manner. The panelists ruled that the ICANN Board had decided on June 1, 2005 that the .XXX sTLD application met the required sponsorship criteria, and that its "reconsideration of that finding was not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy." If one understands what was at stake in this case, one realizes that this "defeat" for ICANN's past President and Board Chair (and the Bush Administration) is actually a great victory for ICANN as an institution. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/20/4461417.html Study Suggests Introduction of New gTLDs Will Cost Less than $.10 for Each Trademark Worldwide Minds + Machines reports: "A quantitative analysis of UDRP data for all open generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) concludes that the introduction of new gTLDs will result in approximately 316 new cases of cybersquatting, and that the resultant cost to trademark holders, overall, will be $870,000 per year—less than less than $.10 for each trademark registered worldwide, or about $.44 per trademark registered in the United States. http://www.circleid.com/posts/introduction_of_new_gtlds_cost_less_than_10_cents_per_trademark/ Minds + Machines: New gTLD’s Will Cause Only 316 New Cases Of CyberSquatting A report released tonight by Minds+Machines, predicts that the proposed gTLD’s will only cause 316 new cases of CyberSquatting and that the cost to trademark holders worldwide will be “less than $.10″. http://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/19/minds-machines-new-gtlds-will-cause-only-316-new-cases-of-cybersquatting/ Dhaka seeks easier browsing in Bengali on the Internet [IANS] Bangladesh has filed an application with the global internet body to facilitate easier browsing on the net in Bengali. http://sify.com/news/dhaka-seeks-easier-browsing-in-bengali-on-the-internet-news-international-kcwl4cfagci.html http://www.malaysianews.net/story/604217 ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** One and Two Character .Info Domain Names on the Way .Info registry Afilias is asking ICANN to approve a plan to offer one and two character .info domain names for registration. As with other newer gTLDs, ICANN originally reserved all one and two character domains from being registered. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/18/one-and-two-character-info-domain-names-on-the-way/ New website and on-line management system published on 12 January 2009 NIC starts the new year with a renewed interface of the website and domain name on-line management system NIC24. NIC hopes that NIC24 will help domain name holders and other contact persons to administer their domain names and change technical data much more efficiently than before. http://www.nic.lv/resource/show/99 no: Working group to explore new top level domains of national interest The question whether Norwegian authorities want to introduce new TLDs of national interest, such as for instance .oslo or .trondelag, will be explored in a working group appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority will chair the group. http://www.norid.no/nytt/arbgr-nyetoppdomener.en.html .ORG Registrations in 2009 Grew 8.4 Percent Over Previous Year .ORG, The Public Interest Registry today released the results of its second bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," illustrating the continued growth of the world's third largest generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) since the first half of 2009. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100218_org_registrations_in_2009_grew_84_percent_over_previous_year/ ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Cyber exercise aims to teach the good guys to think like the bad guys The National Defense University plans to hold its second cybersecurity contest in March as a way to teach federal information security professionals how hackers try to penetrate systems to cause damage, a skill overlooked in training but needed to be able to spot and block such attacks. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100218_2405.php ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** The ITU looks at IPv6 addressing by Milton Mueller On March 15 and 16 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) holds a meeting in Geneva focused on internet protocol version 6 addressing policy. One of the focal points of this meeting will be a paper I wrote for the ITU exploring the economics of IPv6 addressing, “Economic Factors in the Allocation of IPv6 Addresses.” The paper put forward the idea of a Transferable Address Block Lease (TABL). This would be a set of address blocks, ranging from /48s to /32s in size, that would be allocated on a provider-independent basis to anyone willing to pay a recurring annual fee based on the size of the block. There would be no “needs assessment,” just a fee. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/16/4457837.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** XXX Saga Continues Sex and the internet. Put the two together and you are bound to find an interesting story. While the saga surrounding sex.com took a new twist in the last couple of days, with the current owners going dotbomb, the .xxx story also took an interesting turn. http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2010/02/20/xxx-saga-continues/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100220_xxx_saga_continues/ ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Sex.com renews search for a sugar daddy In the world of URLs, www.sex.com was the sure thing. Whoever owned it was guaranteed riches beyond measure, pleasure beyond pain. And yet, ever since it was originally registered by Gary Kremen, founder of Match.com, the great domain has been a house of hurt. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10456592-71.html Sex.com Goes In To Foreclosure In the ongoing drama that is Sex.com another major twist in the story has occurred. Sex.com has now been listed at Maltz Autctions as an asset to be sold at a foreclosure auction. Elliot Silver scooped the legal documents listing the domain name, the loan agents, as well as the investors involved. http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-sales/sexcom-foreclosure/7208 Sex.com For Sale in Foreclosure Auction In exactly one month from today, we may see a new record set for the price of a domain sale. I just received an email from a friend with a link to a notice stating that SEX.com will be up for auction. The foreclosure auction will be held at the offices of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, New York, New York on March 18, 2010 at 11 am. http://www.elliotsblog.com/sex-com-for-sale-in-foreclosure-auction-63812 Sex sells – but sex.com isn't worth $14m, owner of domain name finds The rights to one of the most notorious adult sites on the internet are up for sale just four years after they changed hands for a record $14m (£9m), with auctioneers hoping that sex can sell all over again. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/sex-sells-ndash-but-sexcom-isnt-worth-14m-owner-of-domain-name-finds-1905151.html Why Sex.com May Not Sell In The Foreclosure Auction As Elliot’s Blog discovered yesterday, the domain Sex.com is heading to a foreclosure auction on March 18th. http://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/19/why-sex-com-may-not-sell-in-foreclosure/ Sex.com on the lookout for a sugar daddy with $14m in pocket! Sex.com, the Internet's costliest address, is up for grabs after the adult site's owner Escom failed to pay its debts. http://sify.com/news/sex-com-on-the-lookout-for-a-sugar-daddy-with-14m-in-pocket-news-international-kcupagjgege.html http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-55500.html Mike Mann Speaks His Mind about Sex.com Mike Mann, who founded BuyDomains, is always one to speak his mind. So when news broke yesterday that Sex.com, in which he was a part investor, was going into foreclosure, he didn’t hesitate to speak up. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/19/mike-man-speaks-his-mind-about-sex-com/ Biking.com Brakes at $250,000 to Top This Week's Sales Chart - South African ccTLD Takes #2 Spot Stein Holdings, the same company that paid $250,000 for Boating.com to lead last week's Top 20 Sales Chart, is on top again this week after paying the same amount to acquire Biking.com through the AfternicDLS. Beta websites are already online for both domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100217.htm ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** ********************** - German News ********************** Nationale Domains bald auch in kyrillischer Schrift Seit Ende Januar hat sich die Internet-Welt verändert.Stolz verkündete dieser Tage Andrei Kolesnikow, Direktor der Agentur, die die kyrillischen Domains koordiniert, dass die ICANN dem russischen Wunsch entsprochen habe, nationale Domains auf der Basis der Kyrilliza, der kyrillischen Schrift, einzuführen.Voraussetzung dafür war die Entscheidung der ICANN vom Herbst 2007, auch nichtlateinische Buchstaben im Internet zuzulassen.Immerhin besitzt die Hälfte der 1,6 Milliarden Internetnutzer weltweit kein lateinisches Alphabet. Damit hatte das Koordinierungsorgan auch den Weg frei gemacht für die russischen Ambitionen.Erstmals wird es künftig also eine russische Domain geben, in der ohne das kyrillische Alphabet nichts mehr geht. http://www.welt.de/die-welt/vermischtes/article6498650/Nationale-Domains-bald-auch-in-kyrillischer-Schrift.html ICANN: Für 77 Prozent aller Domains sind falsche Kontaktdaten hinterlegt In 29 Prozent der Fälle geben Inhaber erfundene oder in wichtigen Bereichen falsche Daten an. Bei 48 Prozent aller untersuchten Domains sind zumindest Teile der Whois-Daten fehlerhaft. Überprüft wurden E-Mail-Adressen und Postanschriften. http://www.zdnet.de/news/digitale_wirtschaft_internet_ebusiness_icann_fuer_77_prozent_aller_domains_sind_falsche_kontaktdaten_hinterlegt_story-39002364-41527551-1.htm Wann ist meine Domain geschützt? Wenn die gewünschte Internetdomain schon vergeben ist, kann es für Unternehmen teuer werden. Oft schnappen sich Geschäftstüchtige in weiser Voraussicht Domains und verkaufen diese um teures Geld weiter. Dafür hat sich der Name "Domaingrabbing" eingebürgert. Allerdings ist das nicht immer rechtens. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3885&Alias=wzo&cob=473656 Teuerste Domain Sex.com wird zwangsversteigert Der Domainhandelsplatz Sedo hat bekannt gegeben, dass die Domain Poker.org für eine Mio. Dollar verkauft wurde und somit die teuerste .org-Domain aller Zeiten ist. Doch es gibt noch deutlich teurere Domains, von denen eine am 18. http://derstandard.at/1266541087927/Teuerste-Domain-Sexcom-wird-zwangsversteigert http://www.schweizmagazin.ch/2010/02/20/sex-com-wird-zwangsversteigert/ http://www.tecchannel.de/news/themen/business/2025951/sexcom_wird_zwangsversteigert/ Sex.com: Teuerste Domain wird zwangsversteigert Die vermeintlich teuerste Domain der Welt "Sex.com" wird am 18. März dieses Jahres zwangsversteigert. Dies hat der Auktionator David R. Maltz & Co. auf seiner Webseite offiziell bekannt gegeben. http://winfuture.de/news,53677.html Was war. Was wird. ... Kann die Politik vom Netz lernen? Sie kann es und sie tut es. Vergleichen wir nur die Sponsor-Möglichkeiten einer dieser aufgeblasenen Konferenzen über das nächste dicke Ding. 50.000 Euro für ein Ständchen, weil Gespräche bekanntlich Märkte sind, 18.000 für ein Plausch über die Firma ("Best Practice") und 15.000 für die Teilnahme an einer Podiumsdiskussion zeigen: Der "Arbeiterführer" Rüttgers ist ein Schnäppchen. 20.000 das Ständchen, Plausch inklusive oder stumm nur 14.000 mit geilem Fotoshooting (nicht anfassen), das kann sich sehen lassen. Ein freibleibendes Angebot, Inder ausgenommen. Verglichen mit einer ordentlichen Spende zeigt sich, dass die CDU noch lernen muss, was die möFenDickPartei schon weitaus besser kann und was das DENIC so formuliert: br.de wird ausverkauft. Darauf ein Ständchen. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Was-war-Was-wird-936266.html ********************** - French News ********************** Chine : vers un grand schisme de l'Internet ? Depuis le 1er septembre 2006, le serveur de noms de domaines [DNS, qui fait le lien entre les adresses IP numériques des ordinateurs connectés à Internet et les adresses des sites écrites en lettres] chinois ne passe plus par l’Icann, l’organisme international qui gère les noms de domaines (les adresses de sites) de l’Internet. http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2010/02/19/chine-vers-un-grand-schisme-de-l-internet_1308660_651865.html Quand les w se mêlent aux noms de domaine Essayez de taper 01net.com dans la barre de votre navigateur internet et constatez le miracle. Vous arrivez quand même sur le site de 01net sans avoir eu à taper les fameux trois w. Aucune contrainte technique n'impose en effet de taper www.quelque chose.extension, mais nous sommes nombreux à le faire. http://pro.01net.com/editorial/512813/quand-les-w-se-melent-aux-noms-de-domaine/ Le nom de domaine le plus cher de l'histoire mis aux enchères Le nom de domaine Sex.com sera de nouveau mis en vente le mois prochain sur Sedo.com. Les enchères débuteront à 1 million de dollars. http://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/breve/international/45178/le-nom-de-domaine-le-plus-cher-de-l-histoire-mis-aux-encheres.shtml Sex.com de nouveau sur le marché Le très convoité nom de domaine sex.com est de nouveau à vendre. Il va faire l'objet d'une mise aux enchères. Minimum requis pour participer : 1 million de dollars. http://www.generation-nt.com/sex-com-vente-nom-domaine-encheres-sex-actualite-965561.html Réunion de l'Icann à Nairobi : un sommet explosif ? Sur fond de menaces terroristes, le prochain sommet international de l'Icann doit se tenir à Nairobi (Kenya) début mars. Certains remettent en question cette rencontre organisée par l’organisme chargé de la régulation technique mondiale de l'Internet... Un mauvais coup pour l'Internet? http://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/expert/45127/reunion-de-l-icann-a-nairobi---un-sommet-explosif.shtml ********************** - Italian News ********************** Nuovi TLD? Non sono un problema per il cybersquatting Si teme che il piano di introduzione di nuovi TLD, in discussione da ormai più di un anno in casa ICANN, possa di fatto portare un aumento consistente dei casi di cybersquatting, ovvero quello di registrare un numero consistente di domini al solo fine di specularvi, magari con la registrazione di domini contenenti anche marchi registrati. http://www.hostingtalk.it/news/domini-e-registrazioni/5795/nuovi-tld-non-sono-un-problema-per-il-cybersquatting ********************** - Spanish News ********************** ICANN admite la imposibilidad de encontrar a los propietarios de dominio Más de tres cuartas partes de los registradores de dominios Internet tienen nombres incompletos, no válidos o falsos. El resultado es que un 22% de los propietarios de sitios web son imposibles de seguir en la Red. http://www.idg.es/iworld/noticia.asp?id=90547&sec=iworld NIC Argentina implementará durante el presente año un nuevo sistema de registro y administración de nombres de dominio. Por tal motivo, se informa que todas las Entidades Registrantes que no tengan sus datos actualizados y correctos, deberán regularizar los mismos mediante los procedimientos habituales (ver Preguntas Frecuentes). http://www.nic.ar/ Ayuda para utilizar este sitio... Tiene usted ya su NIC-Handle y Clave de Acceso? Si aún no se le ha generado un NIC-Handle y Clave de Acceso y es contacto administrativo y/o técnico de uno o varios dominios registrados en NIC-Internet Costa Rica, por favor envíenos a [email protected] la siguiente información para poder generarle su NIC-Handle y Clave de Acceso y pueda hacer uso de este sitio: http://www.nic.cr/Noticias/despliegueNoticia.php?action=cambio&pagina=17 Próximos cambios en el comportamiento DNS bajo .com, .net y .edu El 01 de Marzo del 2010, Verisign estará haciendo dos cambios que afectarán el comportamiento de los nombres de servidores autoritarios para algunas las zonas bajo .com, .net y .edu ([a-m].gtld-servers.net). Los cambios son un prerequisito para el desarrollo de DNSSEC en estas tres zonas a inicios del 2010. http://www.nic.cr/Noticias/despliegueNoticia.php?action=cambio&pagina=37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. 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