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Headlines from today's edition of the news include: Porn internet domain name 'dot.xxx' plan revived | Whither .XXX? | ICANN urges Africa to break Internet monopolies | Trademark issues could derail new gTLDs at ICANN meeting | .BASEL Joins The List of Potential gTLD Applicants | Nominet Commences Consultation on One Character, Two Letter & Reserved Domains | Phishers target more global brands | Hot Property Sex.com on Auction Block And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** A busy two weeks for Internet governance by Milton Mueller http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/3/5/4472521.html Notes from ICANN CEO’s Visit to China http://blog.icann.org/2010/03/notes-from-icann-ceos-visit-to-china/ Domain Name Czar Seeks .OnlineUnity http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/icann-chief/ The challenges of the Nairobi ICANN meeting http://stephanevangelder.com/archives/312-The-challenges-of-the-Nairobi-ICANN-meeting.html Cyber crime to top Internet forum agenda http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company Industry/-/539550/874458/-/t2rl81z/-/ ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** The Rule of Law in Global Governance. Its Normative Construction, Function and Import by Gianluigi Palombella [Inernational Legal Theory Colloquium Paper "Institute for International Law and Justice", New York University School of Law] Abstract: This paper divides in two parts. The first part elaborates on the difference among categories of “legalities” that have developed on the globe, and considers their shapes and thickness as irreducible to the uniform notion of a “global law”. Different pictures and explanations affect sensibly in epistemic and pragmatic sense the understanding and the potential of the law in relation to global governance. It is the very fact of metamorphoses of law along diverse legal “formats” (one has to think of WTO, ISO, ICANN, WHO, ICLOS- about 2000 specialized global regimes-, of the newly coined “Global Administrative Law”, of transnational merchant law, of regional order of the EU, of the international legal order, of State orders, and so forth). http://ssrn.com/abstract=1561289 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** A busy two weeks for Internet governance by Milton Mueller There is so much going on this week and next week in Internet governance and IGP is so involved that we barely have time to blog about it. Here is a quick summary and some links to more information; it includes tales of ITU and the RIRs, the Council of Europe, ICANN Nairobi, and Google-Italy. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/3/5/4472521.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Notes from ICANN CEO’s Visit to China I travelled with Rod Beckstrom to Beijing on 2-3 March for talks with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Industry leaders and CNNIC, the China Internet information Network. Apart from a brief visit to Europe at end 2009 this was Rod’s first major bilateral visit since he was appointed President and CEO. A quite deliberate choice in recognition of ICANN’s strengthening ties with China since her return to the GAC last year. http://blog.icann.org/2010/03/notes-from-icann-ceos-visit-to-china/ Community to Face Possible Headaches at KICC Late Wednesday, my meetings team here in Nairobi was hit with some unexpected and troubling news by the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), the venue for the ICANN meeting. Unfortunately, it is news that could severely impact our community as it attends the meeting here on Monday and Tuesday. http://blog.icann.org/2010/03/community-to-face-possible-headaches-at-kicc/ Domain Name Czar Seeks .OnlineUnity For the last few years, policy makers and netizens have been battling over net neutrality — the idea that the net is and should remain an open, fair platform where packets flow freely and web services just work, everywhere and without favoritism. And they’re trying to find the best way to guarantee that. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/icann-chief/ Yes, Multiple Top Level Domain Names Add to Confusion This morning I read Wired’s article on ICANN, which discusses new top level domain names. It quotes David Farber saying “I don’t think that [adding new TLDs] creates innovation. I think that creates rapid confusion.” http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/06/yes-multiple-top-level-domain-names-add-to-confusion/ The challenges of the Nairobi ICANN meeting ICANN's 37th international meeting doesn't officially get underway until Monday, but for many attendees work has started already. I got to the meeting venue in Nairobi this morning and I'm happy to report that apart from some truly horrendous traffic, the Kenyan capital looks like being a very pleasant place to be in. http://stephanevangelder.com/archives/312-The-challenges-of-the-Nairobi-ICANN-meeting.html Cyber crime to top Internet forum agenda An international conference on the future of the Internet will be officially opened despite earlier fears of insecurity. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company Industry/-/539550/874458/-/t2rl81z/-/ ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** NIC Chile informs about the status of its services during and after the earthquake early in the morning of Saturday February 27. 1. DNS service: During the earthquake and after it, DNS service for .CL worked without interruptions for our customers and users. Service continuity was achieved due to the actions implemented by NIC Chile in order to have a significant redundancy level in DNS servers and connectivity, to keep .CL always visible in the Internet. This service is provided using more than 50 DNS servers over different cities in every continent. http://nic.cl/anuncios/2010-03-01-eng.html cz: Good Domain Becomes Online Campaign of the Year The Good Domain online campaign, which was launched last year by the CZ.NIC Association, has been awarded a Silver Nutcracker at this year’s presentation of prestigious advertising prizes (a Gold Nutcracker was not awarded in this category). http://www.nic.cz/page/732/good-domain-becomes-online-campaign-of-the-year/ DENIC Enables Registration of DNSSEC Key Material as from 2 March The “DNSSEC Testbed for Germany” enters the decisive phase: As from 2 March 2010 DENIC gives also second level domains under .de the opportunity to participate in the DNSSEC testbed and to record the related key material. This is a considerable improvement compared with the previous status. http://www.denic.de/en/denic-in-dialog/news/2575.html?cHash=e46eb73fde me: Like Your Name? Here's Your Chance To Own It Online The .ME Registry and NameJet announced the Internet’s largest online auction of personal names today. If you’ve ever wanted your own name as a domain, now is your chance! More than 300 personal names and surnames with a .ME extension are up for auction, starting April 5, 2010. http://www.nic.me/news.php?news=185 .MX Passes 400,000 Domain Registrations .MX, the country code Top Level Domain for Mexico, has passed the 400,000th domain name registration reports NIC Mexico. http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/03/07/mx-passes-400000-domain-registrations/ nl: Dispute resolution system now entirely electronic SIDN is modifying the Dispute Resolution Regulations for .nl Domain Names with effect from 4 March 2010. Much of the correspondence that previously went by post will in future go by e-mail. For example, an initial complaint will have to be submitted to the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in Geneva (WIPO) by e-mail only. The regulations previously stipulated that, as well as contacting WIPO by e-mail, a complainant had to send five copies of the complaint by registered post. https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/news/article/geschillenregeling-wordt-volledig-digitaal-1/ Hearing on Norwegian domain names for private individuals Currently there is a public hearing opening on how individuals can register Norwegian domain names in the future. Everybody can speak their mind on these issues. The hearing is open for input until the 17th of May. http://www.norid.no/nytt/pressemelding20100305.en.html Making .uk work for you - reform of the policy advisory process Nominet's Policy Advisory Body has made far-reaching recommendations to deliver improved policy advice to the Nominet Board. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=7220 za: Website owners squatting on domains [SAPA] There are still many cases of internet domainers effectively "squatting" on known brand and trademark names, says the ZA Domain Name Authority. http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/11678.html http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=36892 http://technology.iafrica.com/news/technology/2278541.htm http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iSectionId=2891&iArticleId=5378566 za: Internet squatters might soon be booted Vika Mpisane, general manager of the .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna), the agency which manages South Africa's internet space, said: "By its nature, domain name registration is usually automated, and as such there is less human involvement. http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5379286 ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Domain Registrant Prevails in Gripe Site Case Strong decision for free speech online, but a tough decision for trademark owners (are law professors calling them trademark maximalists yet?) in Career Agents Network Inc. v. careeragentsnetwork.biz, No. 09-12269 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 26, 2010). It's a gripe site case, in which the defendant's domain name incorporated the entirety of the plaintiff's mark. http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2010/03/domain-registrant-prevails-in-gripe-site-case.html ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** $1 Million Sale Sets New High Water Mark for .Org Domains & Previously Unannounced Purchase Becomes 2nd Biggest in That Extension This has been quite a week for the .org extension. First came Sedo's announcement that they had brokered the biggest .org sale of all time, a deal that sent Poker.org from National A-1 to PokerCompany.com for a cool $1 million. Prior to that the highest reported .org sale was Engineering.org, a name that changed hands several years ago for $198,000. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100303.htm ********************** - NON-ENGLISH NEWS ********************** ********************** - German News ********************** Auftakt zum ICANN-Treffen in Nairobi Am kommenden Sonntag beginnt in der kenianischen Hauptstadt Nairobi das 37. Treffen der ICANN. Zu der internationalen Konferenz (7. bis 12. März) werden knapp 1000 Teilnehmer aus etwa 100 Ländern erwartet. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Auftakt-zum-ICANN-Treffen-in-Nairobi-947628.html ... DNSSEC: Sicherheitserweiterungen im Domain Name System Zusammen mit der DENIC eG und dem eco Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft betreibt das BSI eine Initiative zur Einführung von Sicherheitserweiterungen im Domain Name System (DNS). http://www.itseccity.de/?url=/content/markt/unternehmen/100305_mar_unt_bsi.html Ab 2. März DNSSEC-Schlüsselmaterial bei DENIC registrierbar Das „DNSSEC-Testbed für Deutschland“ geht in die entscheidende Phase: Ab 2. März 2010 bietet DENIC auch für Second-Level-Domains unter .de die Möglichkeit, am DNSSEC-Testbed teilzunehmen und das zugehörige Schlüsselmaterial zu hinterlegen – ein deutlicher Fortschritt gegenüber dem bisherigen Status. http://www.denic.de/denic-im-dialog/news/2575.html?cHash=5f1710f937 Zahlreiche innovative Forschungsaktivitäten in Salzburg: Haslauer bei Eröffnung des IT-Businesstalks "Trends im Future Internet" auf der Edmundsburg "Wissenschaft und Forschung zählen zu den wichtigsten Grundlagen einer positiven Zukunftsentwicklung, und Salzburg kann eine Vielzahl von innovativen Forschungsaktivitäten in unterschiedlichen Bereichen vorweisen. Besonders in der Innovations- und Kommunikationstechnologie und bei Neuen Medien hat Salzburg in den vergangenen Jahren national und international eine beachtliche Anerkennung erworben. In diesem Bereich forscht auch die international anerkannte landeseigene Forschungsgesellschaft Salzburg Research." Dies betonte heute, Donnerstag, 4. März, der für unternehmensnahe Forschungsangelegenheiten ressortzuständige Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter Dr. Wilfried Haslauer bei der Eröffnung des 4. IT-Businesstalks zum Thema "Trends im Future Internet" auf der Edmundsburg, den Salzburg Research gemeinsam mit der Firma nic.at, der Registrierungsstelle für alle Internet-Domains mit der Endung .at, veranstaltet. http://www.salzburg.at/themen/standort.html?nachrid=44490 ********************** - French News ********************** L’Afrique a Nairobi, 37eme réunion publique de l’ICANN Nous sommes a Nairobi, capitale du Kenya, sous région Afrique de l’Est qui accueille pour la 1ere fois une réunion de l’ICANN. Une région qui traditionnellement n’était pas très connectée mais qui voit depuis la fin de l’année dernière avec l’avènement de 3-4 cables sous marin permettant une meilleure connectivite. http://blog.icann.org/2010/03/l’afrique-a-nairobi-37eme-reunion-publique-de-l’icann/ ********************** - Spanish News ********************** 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 IC México alcanza los 400,000 registros de dominios con terminación .MX NIC México (Network Information Center México), responsable de administrar los nombres de dominio .MX en Internet, anuncia que ha alcanzado la cifra de los 400,000 registros de dominios bajo la terminación .MX incluyendo las siguientes clasificaciones: .com.mx, .gob.mx, .net.mx, .edu.mx, .org.mx y .mx. http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=394 http://www.registry.mx/jsf/news_list/search/info.jsf?Id=85&type=1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. For archives of postings to the list, see http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/pipermail/technewsreview/. 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