I don't recall seeing these bits of news posted yet and I know people were interested. >From today's BNA Internet Law News: DOT-BIZ REGISTRAR CHALLENGES LOTTERY CLAIMS NeuLevel, the company that operates the new .biz Internet domain, has sued to seek protection from charges that its pre-registration system for coveted new domain names amounts to an illegal lottery. The company had recently received a threatening letter from Amazon.com, claiming that NeuLevel was operating an illegal lottery for attractive .biz Internet addresses. Amazon's letter apparently helped cement NeuLevel's decision to file suit. Complaint at http://www.lextext.com/NeuLevelvAmazon.pdf Coverage at http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169021.html <http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=294> http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/028954.htm WHILE DOT-INFO REGISTRAR TO CHALLENGE REGISTRATIONS Afilias, the dot-info registrar, will announce today that it plans to challenge questionable dot-info registrations that have been the source of considerable criticism in recent days. The registrar admits that some registrations do not appear to be legitimate and that it will challenge those registrations itself. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169025.html http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46071,00.html http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB997835810109622166.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/technology/ebusiness/15DOMA.html ----------- The ICANN advisory re .info sunrise can be seen here: http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr14aug01.htm ~Ladi
