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The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ VeriSign Still .Com Master http://news.earthweb.com/xSP/article.php/3646471 Price rise on the cards for .com http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=CD394F01-8E4C-47EF-B24B-2E5C3DE00730 ICANN Rejects `.travel' Search Plan (AP) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/01/1164777735421.html ICANN Says No to .travel Typo Search http://www.betanews.com/article/ICANN_Says_No_to_travel_Typo_Search/1164927691 Demand for .travel Domain Names on the Rise http://www.circleid.com/posts/demand_travel_domain_rise/ Domain Registrations Hit 112 Million http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_registrations_hit_112_million/ When big names complain, they usually get domain name rights http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/16144116.htm cym: Welsh domain debate hots up http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/12/01/Welsh-domain-name.html InternetNZ supports International Day of Disabled Persons http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/DisabilityDay ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** VeriSign Still .Com Master VeriSign has emerged again as the .com master nine months after submitting its revised deal to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC). http://news.earthweb.com/xSP/article.php/3646471 Price rise on the cards for .com The price of a .com domain name registration is likely to go up, after the US government gave price-raising powers to VeriSign Inc, the company that runs .com. http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=CD394F01-8E4C-47EF-B24B-2E5C3DE00730 http://computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=4ECD3119%2DD8AF%2D4E91%2D9CED%2D28D247AB0FC9 Commerce OKs VeriSign `.com' Contract (AP) VeriSign Inc. will run the key directories that keep track of ".com" domain names until at least 2012 as the U.S. Commerce Department approved a lucrative contract extension. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/01/1164777752425.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/12/01/1164777752425.html http://iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/30/business/NA_FIN_US_Travel_Domain.php US government approves dotcom contract The United States government has approved a revised contract for ownership of the dotcom registry, solving one of the biggest problems at the heart of the internet, but also lighting the fuse on an almighty international argument over Net control. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/usg_approves_dotcom_contract/ Verisign to continue registering .coms (Reuters) The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a deal that allows Verisign Inc. to continue running the lucrative ".com" Internet registry through 2012, the company said Thursday. http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/technology/bc.verisign.agreement.reut/ Commerce Department extends .com contract with VeriSign (IDG) The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has approved an agreement for VeriSign Inc. to continue to operate the .com domain for six more years, despite objections about pricing and security. http://infoworld.com/article/06/11/30/HNdotcomcontract_1.html VeriSign Still .Com Master VeriSign has emerged again as the .com master nine months after submitting its revised deal to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC). http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3646471 Commerce OKs VeriSign `.com' Contract The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday approved a bid by VeriSign Inc. to run the key directories that keep track of the Internet's ".com" domain names. http://www.newsday.com/technology/ats-ap_technology15nov30,0,1828389.story Reaction to ICANN-VeriSign Deal Mixed News of the U.S. Department of Commerce's approval Nov. 30 of the deal between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and VeriSign was met with both jubilation and disdain by those in the computer industry. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2066897,00.asp DOC Revises Verisign Deal, New Terms on Pricing and Renewal by Bret Fausett Early press reports this morning that the U.S. Department of Commerce had "approved" the proposed .COM Agreement submitted by ICANN-Verisign appear to be a bit off the mark, perhaps in important ways. Yes, it appears that the DOC has approved a new .COM registry agreement for Verisign, but no, it's not, it seems, the same deal that ICANN submitted to the DOC for approval. Obviously, this requires greater reading and analysis from everyone. Details here, from the NTIA. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/30/2539443.html NTIA Approves New .Com Domain Name Registry Agreement The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved today a new .com domain name registry agreement between ICANN and VeriSign Inc. The new agreement allows VeriSign to operate the .com domain through 2012. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2006/icanncom_113006.htm ICANN Rejects `.travel' Search Plan (AP) ICANN said it has rejected a proposed search service to help guide people who mistype ".travel" Web addresses or seek nonexistent ones. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/01/1164777735421.html http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/12/01/tech-search.html http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/columnists/joyce_kasman_valenza/16132188.htm http://redorbit.com/news/technology/749803/net_agency_rejects_travel_search_plan/ ICANN Says No to .travel Typo Search ICANN has rejected a request by the operator of the .travel top-level domain name to redirect all mis-typed and non-existent Web addresses to a search service, much like VeriSign's controversial "Site Finder." http://www.betanews.com/article/ICANN_Says_No_to_travel_Typo_Search/1164927691 http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=264230 Demand for .travel Domain Names on the Rise With little more than 30 days remaining until the expiration of .travel Place Name Priority Rights, Tralliance Corporation, the .travel Registry, reports a surge in domain name requests and has established a hotline for potential registrants to expedite the domain name application process. http://www.circleid.com/posts/demand_travel_domain_rise/ Domain Registrations Hit 112 Million VeriSign is reporting that over 112M domains have been registered as of the end of Q3 2006. A record number of domain names are now registered, at 112 million, which is 30% higher than just one year ago and 6% higher than the previous quarter. The five largest TLDs remain .com, .de (Germany), .net, .uk (Britain), and .org. http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_registrations_hit_112_million/ When big names complain, they usually get domain name rights Certain names have a cachet on the Internet. Vin Diesel's got it. So do the New York Yankees. But for luxury handbag maker Louis Vuitton Malletier, not so much, according to the Minneapolis-based National Arbitration Forum, which settles disputes over domain names. It recently acted on complaints on the three names. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/16144116.htm cym: Welsh domain debate hots up Since our interview in October with dotCYM campaigner, Siôn Jobbins, the campaign for a Welsh domain name has grown in popularity but has also raised many questions as to its objectives and its potential consequences for Wales. http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/12/01/Welsh-domain-name.html Chinese domain names standardized internationally The Chinese Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced in Beijing on November 30 that the "Registration and Administration Recommendations for Chinese Domain Names", formulated by the Chinese, have been approved by the International Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and are now the international standard. http://english.people.com.cn/200612/01/eng20061201_327372.html ICANN Publishes Report on Implementation of the Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) A 20-odd page report is available from ICANN's website. http://icann.org/whois/wdrp-report-30nov06.pdf President's Strategy Committee Releases Draft Recommendations for Community Consideration and Announces Process for Further Consultations ICANN's President's Strategy Committee was established in December 2005 to provide observations and recommendations concerning strategic issues facing ICANN, and hence contribute to ICANN's strategic planning process, which occurs in bottom-up consultation with the ICANN community. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-30nov06.htm ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Managers for Czech Republic and Kazakhstan (news release) ICANN has announced today that it has signed accountability frameworks with the ccTLD managers for .cz--Czech Republic, CZ-NIC, z.s.p.o. and .kz--Kazakhstan, Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-30nov06.htm President's Strategy Committee Releases Draft Recommendations for Community Consideration and Announces Process for Further Consultations (news release) ICANN's President's Strategy Committee was established in December 2005 to provide observations and recommendations concerning strategic issues facing ICANN, and hence contribute to ICANN's strategic planning process, which occurs in bottom-up consultation with the ICANN community. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-30nov06.htm ICANN Posts Summary of Comments on Management Operating Principles (news release) As part of its commitment to continuously improving transparency and accountability, on October 16 this year ICANN sought input from the community on the development of a set of Management Operating Principles. These Operating Principles will set new standards for transparency and accountability for interactions within the ICANN community and between members of the community and staff. ICANN is posting a summary of comments that have been received so far. This summary will allow those who wish to participate in the discussions on Management Operating Principles at ICANN's Sao Paulo meeting to gain an overview of the comments made in this part of the consultation. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-29nov06.htm ICANN Board: Who Needs Public Comment? Not us by Bret Fausett In what has to be one of its most jaw-dropping repudiations of the value of public input ever, the ICANN Board has disapproved the .TRAVEL wildcard proposal two weeks before the public comment period was scheduled to end. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/1/2542052.html Surfers of the world, Unite! Over the last twenty years the global economy has been shaped and reshaped by computers and the growing reach of the internet as a public communications network. Businesses now rely on the net in the way they relied on the telephone back in the 1950’s or the railway back in Victorian days, and new ways of doing business are constantly emerging based around the capabilities of the network. http://p2pnet.net/story/10586 Domain pulse 2007 Together the registries of Germany (DENIC), Switzerland (SWITCH) and Austria (nic.at ) perform the Domain Pulse symposium every year. The next Domain pulse will be organized by SWITCH and will take place in Baden in Switzerland on February, 8th and 9th 2007. http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/period/1165109578///article/81/domain-pulse-2007/ Making sense of Babel Richard Haigh, owner of £.com (xn--9a.com), defends the registration of the domain name in a letter to The Guardian, saying registration was within ICANN's guidelines. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1959721,00.html Registering domain names with the right company is crucial. Choosing the right company to entrust your domain name registrations is vital. There are literally hundreds of companies offering domain name registration services, but how do you know how reliable they are? How long have they been in business? Do they offer all the extra services? http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=18436 Non-Latin characters in domain names could break the internet, ICANN Chief says According to the Sydney Morning Herald, ICANN Chief Executive Paul Twomey has complained of the organisation coming under ’signficant politicial pressure’ at a recent UN Athens conference to allow non-Latin standard characters to be used in domain names. This, he says, could “Break the whole internet”. http://www.multilingual-search.com/non-latin-characters-in-domain-names-could-break-the-internet-icann-chief-says/01/12/2006/en/ ******************* OTHER INTERNET NEWS ******************* Illegal net sport faces crackdown Sports authorities are taking action to stop illegal live coverage of football and other events over the internet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6192264.stm cn: Bloggers must soon give real names Officials with the Internet Society of China (ISC) have confirmed that China is exploring adopting a real name system in parts of the Internet, Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post reported. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/30/content_746463.htm Malaysia mulls Internet laws against bloggers: report Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading "disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies" on their websites, a report has said. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/03/1165080808893.html Sociability research of an online youth community In the past years, online communities have become increasingly popular. This can partly be explained in terms of the sociability concept and the communication possibilities it entails. Sociability in the context of online communities refers to the possibilities for human interaction with technological means. http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/1106/kul.htm au: Launch of Think U Know in Australia An internet safety education initiative named "Think U Know" was recently launched in Australia. It will deliver training programs to Australian primary and secondary schools through a network of Think U Know accredited volunteers and school champions. It is a joint initiative between NetAlert, the Virtual Global Taskforce and Microsoft. http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/1106/au.htm us: Groups Urge Courts To Limit FCC's Authority to Regulate Speech As communications technologies converge, courts must rein in the Federal Communications Commission's continued efforts to expand its authority to regulate speech over broadcast media. That is the key message of two friend-of-the-court briefs CDT filed this week in conjunction with Adam Thierer of the Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 3rd Circuits. As an organization focused on the Internet and emerging digital technology, CDT has not typically involved itself in the broadcast indecency debate. But the FCC’s increased indecency enforcement is likely in this age of convergence to threaten the underlying freedom of other digital communications. November 30, 2006 http://www.cdt.org/press/20061130fcclimits.php us: Should the Government Have Access to Personal E-Mails? How safe is stored e-mail from the prying eyes of government authorities? Not very. It would be a whole lot safer if a decision by a federal judge in Ohio were left standing, according to a trio of civil rights groups. The decision by District Court Judge Susan J. Dlott declared unconstitutional provisions in a statute that allow law enforcement authorities access to stored e-mail without a search warrant or prior notice. That ruling in Warshak v. United States has been appealed by the U.S. Justice Department. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/54517.html Email pioneer says breakthrough was too much trouble The man who invented the internet's most popular email routing system, Eric Allman, says he would never have done it had he known how much trouble it was going to be. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/email_troublesome_inventor_says/ uk: Web pirates who stole the Ashes Television coverage of major sporting events including Premiership football is being stolen by digital thieves and broadcast to fans who use illegal websites to avoid paying subscriptions. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1962593,00.html au: Charges over net bank scam A Sydney man has been charged over an alleged $1.2 million internet banking scam. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20847358%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html Kiwis with broadband attacked 102 times in 24hours (news release) A New Zealand computer connected to the Internet is typically targeted more than a hundred times a day by a variety of worms, viruses, trojans, and hackers, according to a study released today by NetSafe - The Internet Safety Group, and IBM New Zealand. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00066.htm au: New copyright law 'protects' MP3 users The Senate has passed new copyright laws with the government backing down on one key provision which could have seen prosecution of iPod owners who kept spare copies of songs on their personal computer. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/01/1164777770381.html France's Blogging Phenom Goes Global A free blogging service started by a rap radio station, Skyblog has MySpace beat in France—and is looking to expand in Europe and the U.S. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061128_985082.htm InternetNZ supports International Day of Disabled Persons InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand) expresses its support for the International Day of Disabled Persons. http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/DisabilityDay uk: OFCOM: Communications - The Next Decade The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) has launched its new book "Communications - The Next Decade". It consists of a series of essays by academics, politicians and regulators that examine the effect of convergence on the communications sector and the authors come to some provocative conclusions. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/OFCOM+Communications++The+Next+Decade.aspx http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/commsdecade/ nz: Telecom letter not the end of the story InternetNZ responded today to the 14 November 2006 letter Telecom sent to the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Telecommunications http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/TelecomLetterToCommittee Outlook 2007: VOIP Particularly for small businesses, 2006 brought forth an explosion of choice in the voice over IP market, as a flood of companies introduced IP PBX services and appliances, particularly from networking companies targeted toward the low end of the market and startups building and developing upon the recent advances in open source telephony software. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2066822,00.asp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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