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The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Who wants to run the internet? http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2388671,00.html What's in 74,000 names? Big money (IHT) http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/business/domains.php http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-unblocks-74-000-domain-names ICANN Ordered by Illinois Court to Suspend Spamhaus.org http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_illinois_court_suspend_spamhaus/ Tension envelops U.S. oversight of ICANN following extension (IDG) http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/04/HNicanntension_1.html http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1741257998;fp;2;fpid;1 ICANN looks for new home http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20513765%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html za: Beware the web domain scheme http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4460 AuDA helps fund local not-for-profits http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=37908 http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-05102006 au: Bindi website squatter 'abhorrent' http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/05/1159641438737.html au: Bindi site not unethical, says squatter http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/06/1159641507163.html ***************** GOVERNANCE ***************** Who wants to run the internet? The American Government is set to cede control of the internet. Who will take its place, asks Bernhard Warner: Last week, after years of struggle, you and I finally got our first glimpse of "internet freedom". Yep, that cabal of crooked men in a Dr Evil hideout (aka, the US Department of Commerce) finally relinquished its iron-tight grip on governing the web. Instead, the US Government will allow the free market to determine the future of a medium that will no doubt generate trillions in trade and topple a few despots along the way. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2388671,00.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** What's in 74,000 names? Big money (IHT) The International Herald Tribune reports on the court dispute between EURid and three companies who had between them registered 74,000 .eu domain names such Beethoven.eu to hotelparking.eu. EURid claimed the companies were hoarding them for resale. In a disappointing decision, last week a Belgian court ordered EURid to pay a fine of €25,000 per hour for each name unless it allowed the three companies to transfer ownership of the addresses. EURid has released control of the domain names and is considering appealing. The IHT reports “Thomas Schafft, a Munich-based lawyer who specializes in intellectual property at Lovells law firm, said it was ‘a shame that EURid lost,’ calling the three companies' attempts to register the names ‘a particularly nasty attempt to abuse the dot-eu system.’" Since the introduction of dot-eu last December, 2.1 million domains have been registered by EURid. More than 250 separate disputes over ownership of individual domain names have been resolved through an arbitration mechanism. http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/business/domains.php http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-unblocks-74-000-domain-names ICANN Ordered by Illinois Court to Suspend Spamhaus.org Information about this court ruling can be found on Spamhaus’s website. Apparently, at this stage, it is only a proposed ruling. But I am no lawyer. This story has been discussed before, when Spamhaus, which is located in the UK, was sued in the US by a spammer. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_illinois_court_suspend_spamhaus/ Tension envelops U.S. oversight of ICANN following extension (IDG) Internet governance experts remain divided over last week's decision to extend the U.S. government's oversight of ICANN, with some calling it appropriate and others portraying it as unwise. The strong sentiments on either side reflect a chronic, troubling tension that has enveloped ICANN since 1998, when it was formed to progressively absorb Internet management functions until then handled fully by the U.S. government. http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/04/HNicanntension_1.html http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1741257998;fp;2;fpid;1 ICANN looks for new home ICANN will consider moving to a new home outside the US as part of a search for a more favourable legal jurisdiction to base its operations. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20513765%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html za: Beware the web domain scheme One Moneyweb community member, CEO of a well-respected local company, was recently approached by a crowd that calls itself Horizon Interweb and is ostensibly based in the UK. The salesman’s pitch was that someone else was interested in buying six domains with names the same as our community member’s business. The domains included the suffixes .org, .com, .net, etc. http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4460 Friday interview: dotMobi's Neil Edwards slams the critics of the .mobi domains The world of domain names has seen its fair share of controversy, and one of the hottest recent debates concerns the new .mobi domain, which covers mobile internet sites. It's run by mobile Top Level Domain Ltd (mTLD, or dotMobi informally), whose investors include the likes of Ericsson, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile and Vodafone. dotMobi opened up registrations to companies in June, before allowing everyone else to sign up last week. http://www.techdigest.tv/2006/10/friday_intervie.html AuDA helps fund local not-for-profits The Australian Domain name registry body AuDA has doled out A$275,000 to 16 not-for-profit Internet projects from across Australia. http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=37908 http://builderau.com.au/news/soa/auDA_fund_charity_projects/0,339028227,339271491,00.htm http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=60972 http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-05102006 au: Bindi website squatter 'abhorrent' An unauthorised Bindi Irwin website linked to anti-Israel material and the names of Federal Government ministers has been set up by a Queensland man just hours after Steve Irwin's death, appearing to be a tribute site to the Crocodile Hunter's eight-year-old daughter. However, a number of domain names including fuckisrael.org, philipruddock.com and amandavanstone.com automatically redirect web surfers to the site. All the domains are registered to a "Wayne Smith" of Brisbane, who also owns the terriirwin.org and bindisueirwin.com names. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/05/1159641438737.html http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3820271a12,00.html http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,20532812-5007200,00.html au: Bindi site not unethical, says squatter A Brisbane man who set up an unauthorised Bindi Irwin website linked to anti-Israel material has denied his website is in poor taste. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/06/1159641507163.html RIR Comparative Policy Overview The goal of this document is to provide a comparative overview of policies across the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) system. It is not a policy statement by the RIRs, but serves as a reference for the Internet community. While this document was accurate on the date of publication (1 October 2006), it may be outdated by subsequent policy implementations. The official policy documents can be found at the respective websites of the RIRs. This is a public document that will be reviewed and revised through the co-ordinated efforts of the RIRs. http://nro.net/documents/nro41.html at: IDN domains for free in the first year! (news release) >From 1 October to 30 November 2006 it is possible to register IDN domains free >of cost for the first year. All registrars participating in this promotion >campaign can register IDN domains for free. http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/period/1160281807///article/81/idn-domains-im-ersten-jahr-gratis Microsoft sues "cybersquatters" for infringement (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has filed two lawsuits against so-called "cybersquatters" or "typosquatters" who use the company’s product names to profit illegally from online advertising. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/08/23/technology/microsoft-sues-34cybersquatters34-for-infringement.html Is your business domain is at risk? What obligation does a trade owner have to purchase all relevant domain names and misspellings pertaining to its trademark? If the trademark owner does not register all the variations, are they free for the taking? Who has rights to domain names pertaining to defunct businesses? http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=3378 ICANN Establishes Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) News Feed ICANN has added to its website an RSS news feed to provide the community with information on ICANN developments related to Internationalized Domain Names. http://icann.org/topics/idn ICANN Contractual Compliance Update ICANN's Compliance Program has been published to explain ICANN's approach to enforcement of compliance with its Registry Agreements and Registrar Accreditation Agreements ("the Agreements"). http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-06oct06.htm ICANN: Outreach Event for the Baltic Region and Eastern Europe, October 4, 2006 The Baltic Region and Eastern Europe International Seminar, "The Internet and the Post-WSIS Environment: Enhancing Dialogue Among the Stakeholders," took place in Riga, Latvia, on 4 October 2006. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-04oct06.htm Pair of Six-Figure Domain Sales Get Fourth Quarter Off to a Great Start Camp.com leads the way after changing hands for $150,000 in a private transaction. Seller Steve Camp of Camp Technologies owned the undeveloped domain for several years but never parked it. Camp told us that in hindsight he knows that was a mistake, but he was unaware of the PPC industry that has grown up around domains in recent years. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales10_10_06.htm U.S. newspaper's parent company wins rights to Web address (AP) The Dallas Morning News' parent company won control of an Internet domain name that used a slight misspelling of the newspaper's name, under a ruling issued by a U.N. panel Thursday. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06279/727696-96.stm http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/06/1159641473089.html Leaving a bad taste (sub req'd) Many IP owners have got to grips with cybersquatters and learnt how to make the most of dispute resolution procedures to reclaim their rights. But a growing piracy phenomenon could see them spending far more time and money challenging infringing domains. http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654397 Navigate the domain name maze (sub req'd) Do you know a DNS from a DIG? What's the difference between a domainer and a typosquatter? If you want to protect your brands on the internet, then you need to know the answers to questions such as these. This article provides an A to Z guide to domain name jargon. http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654401 .mobi, yes maybe? (sub req'd) The .mobi domain name promises IP owners an innovative new way of attracting would-be customers to their websites via their mobile phones. But does the explosion in domain names around the world mean that IP owners are too jaded to care? This article discusses the issues with Pinkard ''Pinky'' Brand, .mobi's director of new markets. http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654425 >From sunrise to sunset (sub req'd) The launch of .eu has led to more than 2 million people and businesses registering new domain names in Europe. Detailed rules were put in place to protect IP owners, so this article asks: what lessons can future domain name registries learn from the .eu experience? http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654431 Mobile browsing gets a '.mobi' fix Web services for mobile phones are in urgent need of a jumpstart. A new domain is at least a step in the right direction. http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/02/technology/mobi_domain.biz2/index.htm uk: British politician falls victim to cybersquatters (Reuters) The leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives has fallen victim to "cybersquatters," and some people trying to access his Internet blog have found themselves entering the world of a little-known Australian poet. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500746.html ******************* OTHER INTERNET NEWS ******************* cn: Success of Beijing Games hinges on an unfettered internet The Australian reports that China has promised to give journalists uncensored internet access during the Olympic Games in 2008. The front page of the official English-language newspaper China Daily reports "Overseas media will be able to freely travel around China and enjoy uncensored access to the internet during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, organisers promised yesterday." Oh really I guess would be the obvious response with Beijing-based diplomats and so-called foreign business heavyweights thinking this a bit ludicrous. This would seem a bit more likely, as at the press briefing made by the Chinese they were emphatic, the internet is not censored in China. http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20525713-2722,00.html cn: Net giants lashed over the Great Firewall of China Human rights groups at the world's biggest book fair this week said internet giants such as Yahoo and Google were selling their Chinese users down the river for a toehold in a booming market. http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=54635 au: In the grip of a guilty pleasure A staggering 1000 new internet porn sites are created every day. And a growing number of Australians are finding their lure irresistible - and destructive http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/07/1159641569552.html au: ACMA approves protections for premium content services on mobiles (news release) Mobile phone users who access premium services are better protected following the approval of the Mobile Premium Services Self-Regulatory Scheme by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER.1900810:STANDARD::pc=PC_100835 The internet's role The number of child pornography offences in Britain has soared by about 1,500% since 1988 as a direct result of internet use, according to a study by the children's charity, NCH. To date, the most successful British campaign against purchasers of child pornography has been Operation Ore, which has seen 7,250 suspects identified since its launch four years ago. Almost 1,500 have been prosecuted, and more than 100 children have been removed from situations in which they were thought to be in danger. http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1889778,00.html Pornography has its benefits If we were to stop for a moment and take the time to properly assess the community impact of internet pornography, it would soon become clear that internet pornography is not the height of evil which do-gooder parliamentarians and parental groups profess. Indeed, it is probably one of the main factors contributing to a notable reduction in violent crime over the last decade. Our community is safer and more peaceful thanks to internet pornography. This may sound counter-intuitive, but there are recent figures to back up the argument. In a paper just released in the United States titled Porn Up, Rape Down, Northwestern University Law Professor Anthony D’amato crunches the numbers to reach the conclusion: The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85 per cent in the past 25 years while access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults. The Nixon and Reagan Commissions tried to show that exposure to pornographic materials produced social violence. The reverse may be true: that pornography has reduced social violence. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4845 Porn Up, Rape Down by ANTHONY D'AMATO (Northwestern University - School of Law/Northwestern Public Law Research Paper) Abstract: The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85% in the past 25 years while access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults. The Nixon and Reagan Commissions tried to show that exposure to pornographic materials produced social violence. The reverse may be true: that pornography has reduced social violence. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=913013 World's largest banks join forces to stamp out child internet porn The world's biggest banks are joining an international effort to crack down on child pornography on the internet by taking action to cut off its sources of financing. Under the proposals, the proposed body will share information about sites and paedophiles can have access to finance cut off. http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1889912,00.html Anti-U.S. Attack Videos Spread on the Internet Videos showing insurgent attacks against American troops in Iraq, long available in Baghdad shops and on Jihadist Web sites, have steadily migrated in recent months to popular Internet video-sharing sites, including YouTube and Google Video. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/technology/06tube.html http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/06/business/video.php Lazy employees cost businesses dear over PC usage Workers who leave their PCs on overnight are causing spiralling electricity bills and extended greenhouse damage to the environment http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020654,39283883,00.htm OECD Information Technology Outlook 2006 Information technology and broadband are major drivers of economic change, restructuring businesses, affecting skills and employment, and contributing to growth and consumer benefits. This volume describes recent market dynamics and trends in industries supplying IT goods and services and offers an overview of the globalisation of the information and communication technology sector and the rise of ICT-enabled international sourcing. The OECD Information Technology Outlook 2006 analyses the development and impact of the changing global distribution of services activities and the rise of China and India as significant suppliers of ICT-related goods and services. ICT skills across the economy are also examined to provide insights into the dynamics of job creation and international sourcing. http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37486858_1_1_1_1,00.html eu: Digital Opportunity in Europe The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), which is one of the two indices officially endorsed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005), can be used as a practical tool to track the changing dynamics driving the Information Society worldwide. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Digital+Opportunity+In+Europe.aspx Asia: Digital Opportunity in Asia The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), which is one of the two indices officially endorsed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005), can be used as a practical tool to track the changing dynamics driving the Information Society worldwide. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Digital+Opportunity+In+Asia.aspx Digital Opportunity in the Americas The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), which is one of the two indices officially endorsed by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005), can be used as a practical tool to track the changing dynamics driving the Information Society worldwide. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Digital+Opportunity+In+The+Americas.aspx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2006 --------- David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David @yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (home) "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. 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