Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition
of the complete domain news, including an RSS feed - already online!
Headlines from the 26 July edition of the news include:
Podcaster loses cybersquat of 'Simpsons Movie' site | WIPO Rules for 'The
Simpsons' | Internet Core Neutrality: Drawing a Line in the Sand at ICANN by
Dan Krimm | Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server | A revamp
of ICANNs public comment process | ICANN NomComm: Leave It Alone by Bret
Fausett | nz: UK internet defamation case resonates here | Dot TK cleans up
Tokelaus web domain | Why Is Uncle Sam Dictating .Us Policy? by Larry Seltzer
| Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse to combat cybersquatting |
GayCalifornia.com acquired for a Cool Quarter Million Dollars
And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates in
between postings.
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Cyber squatters ride on Sochi's Olympic success
http://russiatoday.ru/scitech/news/11223
Is IT losing the battle against DNS attacks?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/071807-it-losing-battle-against-dns-attacks.html
Web of confusion between domain names and trademarks
Mark Bender's guides us through the confusing array of rights attached to
business names.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/07/19/1184559956079.html
The Web: Are You Truly Master Of Your Domain? by David M. Kelly (Boston
Business Journal)(reg req'd)
http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=50162
The Most Expensive Web Addresses
http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2007/06/28/google-news-corp-ent-tech-cx_ll_0629webaddresses.html
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GOVERNANCE
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Netizens and WSIS: Welcome to the 21st Century
In the early 1990s, Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben began to document the
history and social impact of Usenet and the Internet. In 1994, they put their
research online as the netizens netbook. Its title was "Netizens and the
Wonderful World of the Net." Then, in 1997 there appeared a print edition,
Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet,(1) A small
gathering was help on July 14, 2007 in New York City to celebrate its tenth
anniversary.
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=423851
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=373298
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits ITU: Call to broaden ITUs agenda to
meet long-term development needs
UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon visited ITU headquarters on Friday, 6 July
during his visit to Geneva in connection with the high-level ECOSOC meeting and
the Global Compact Summit. He brought a clear message of support to ITU, which
he termed "one of the most powerful organizations in the UN system". The UN
Secretary-General emphasized the need for connectivity without which "the whole
world would be in darkness" and we would continue to live in a medieval age
without the means of communication. He said the work of ITU will act as a
catalyst in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015, and
pointed to ITUs work in bridging the digital divide, enhancing cybersecurity
and strengthening emergency communications for disaster prevention and relief.
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2007/17.html
Second Meeting of the United Nations Group on the Information Society; UNESCO
Headquarters, Paris, France; 17 July 2007; Remarks by ITU Secretary General Dr
Hamadoun I. Touré
Introduction: As Chairman of the United Nations Group on the Information
Society during its inaugural year, it a great pleasure to be here this morning
at UNESCO to address this second meeting of the Group. WSIS has been an
important landmark in the global effort to eradicate poverty and achieve the UN
Millennium Development Goals by 2015. WSIS has placed ICTs at the center of the
UN Agenda. A few weeks ago, I had the honour to welcome UN Secretary General,
Ban Ki-Moon to the ITU. I was very pleased to learn that ICTs were one of his 6
priorities.
http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-SG/speeches/2007/jul17.aspx
Online Public Consultation on the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the
Internet Economy
The OECD Online Public Consultation provides an opportunity for all
stakeholders to comment on the topics and issues to be discussed at the OECDs
Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy.
The Ministerial represents an opportunity for high-level stakeholders from
government, business, the technical community, and civil society to consider
broad social, economic and technical trends shaping the development of the
Internet Economy, and to discuss policies that can respond to evolving societal
needs.
The participation of all players in the dialogue is important to ensure that
the Ministerial is able to benefit from a wide range of viewpoints and
expertise.
http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_21571361_38415463_38985417_1_1_1_1,00.html
OECD Recommendation on Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redress
On 12 July 2007, OECD Member countries adopted a Recommendation on Consumer
Dispute Resolution and Redress to provide governments with a framework to help
consumers resolve disputes and settle claims with business. The framework
covers disputes in both domestic and cross-border transactions. It was
developed to deal with issues arising from the rapid growth in electronic
commerce, but it will also benefit consumers making traditional types of
purchases.
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_33703_38960053_1_1_1_1,00.html
FTC, Partners Offer Framework for Consumer Redress and Dispute Resolution
The Federal Trade Commission, together with other members of the OECD, adopted
a Recommendation on Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redress.
http://ftc.gov/opa/2007/07/redress.shtm
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DOMAIN NAMES
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Cybersquatters ride on Sochi's Olympic success
With Sochi nominated to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, a wealth of websites
containing the name of the Black Sea resort have been created, including the
website Sochi.info which was bought for for less than 100 and is now on sale
for 3m.
http://russiatoday.ru/scitech/news/11223
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- DOMAIN SECURITY
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Is IT losing the battle against DNS attacks?
Few things can strike fear into the heart of the IT department like an attack
on a company's Domain Name System servers. That may explain why companies are
spending so much time to deploy myriad, complex security measures to keep their
DNS protected from malicious attackers.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/071807-it-losing-battle-against-dns-attacks.html
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027345
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- ICANN
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Updated IDN .test Evaluation Plan
ICANN updates the IDN .test Evaluation Plan based on comment to the previously
posted version of the plan for the insertion of evaluation IDN TLDs in the root
zone
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-19jun07.htm
Independent Evaluator Seeks Public Input to Nominating Committee Review
Interisle Consulting Group was selected by ICANN's Board of Directors to
conduct an independent review of the Nominating Committee (NomCom) in
accordance with Terms of Reference approved by the Board. Interisle's review
team is gathering information from many different sources, including interviews
with people who have participated in or closely observed the NomCom process,
and seeks public input from anyone who has information or observations to
contribute concerning any aspect of the role, structure, or operation of the
NomCom.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-19jul07.htm
Paris and Belgrade both want to host ICANN meeting
Next year's second ICANN meeting is scheduled for the European region. Two
candidates have stepped forward: Paris and Belgrade. A final decision is
expected in September.
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/78/paris-and-belgrade-both-want-to-host-icann-meeting.php
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- (cc)TLD NEWS
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au: Web of confusion between domain names and trademarks
Mark Bender guides us through the confusing array of rights attached to
business names: Disputes between registered trademark owners and domain name
registrants are likely to grow because of misunderstandings among business
owners.
Business owners are not always aware of the significance, consequences and
differing entitlements and protections that are attached to the confusing array
of names, registrations and rights.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/07/19/1184559956079.html
.eu - Less than 16% Of Websites Actively Developed? by John McCormac
The figure for active web development in .eu is now close to 16%. Ive been
refining the parsing (classifying holding pages and redirects based on frame
src tags, duplicate content checking etc) and the active web figure now stands
at 286222 websites out of the initial 1.436M websites. Thats 19.94% of the
websites and 16.16% of the total resolving .eu domains. The .eu ccTLD is a
disaster zone compared to real ccTLDs. In comparison, the .ie figure is around
57% of websites actively developed - a far higher figure.
http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/07/17/eu-less-than-16-of-websites-actively-developed/
Official Report on the implementation, functioning and effectiveness of the .eu
TLD
You read it here first: The European Commission is satisfied with the way the
.eu TLD works
http://domaine.blogspot.com/2007/07/official-report-on-implementation.html
Norid 2007 registrar survey: Minor changes since 2004 (news release)
The general findings from the 2007 registrar survey is that the satisfaction
with Norid's services is at about the same level as it was after the last
survey in 2004. Also this time the larger registrars are less satisfied with
some services than the smaller ones, which confirms that the needs of the two
groups to some extent are quite different.
http://www.norid.no/registrar/opps-regundersokelse-2007.en.html
'.asia' open for booking
Companies that want domain names with the extension ".asia" can start applying
for them now.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2007/7/19/technology/20070719114650&sec=technology
DE domain breaks new registration record
Germany's Internet extension reaches new heights by crossing the 11 million
registered domain mark.
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/80/de-domain-breaks-new-registration-record.php
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The Web: Are You Truly Master Of Your Domain? by David M. Kelly (Boston
Business Journal)
The Internet provides an important marketing and sales tool for many
businesses. Companies large and small contract out to vendors various services
relating to their lnternet presence, including Web site design and hosting and
domain-name registration. Its not unusual for these vendors to register, in
their own names, domain names containing business trademarks.
In most cases, the vendors ownership of the domain names poses no problems,
for the parties have a good working relationship. But when the relationship
sours or ends, the vendors ownership and control of valuable domain names,
associated e-mail addresses, and possibly even Web site content become an
important issue, frequently leading to costly litigation.
http://www.finnegan.com/publications/news-popup.cfm?id=2046&type=article
http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=50162
us: Fanning Usher's ire
You know things are rough when you're fighting with your own No. 1 fan site.
Sources say Usher is trying to shut down usherforever.com because the woman
behind the site, Erika Jackson, doesn't care for his fiancee, Tameka Foster.
"He's had his lawyer send her papers," said an insider.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/bwiddicombe/2007/07/18/2007-07-18_fanning_ushers_ire_.html
us: Usher F**ks With the Wrong Fan
Usher Raymond is determined to sanitize all the Usher news around, even if he's
got to strong-arm his biggest fan site with legal action in order to keep it
that way. But the webmaster of the site tells TMZ she's willing to slug it out
in court with her fave R&B star, just to make her point. Erika Jackson,
webmaster of usherforever.com, tells TMZ that she's been hit with a full-scale
legal blitz from a tag-team of both Usher's personal lawyer and his label's
lawyers, and claims that the trouble started earlier this year when she refused
to turn her site -- the self-proclaimed "biggest Usher site" on the Internet --
into a sanitized official site.
http://wwwww.tmz.com/2007/07/19/usher-f-ks-with-the-wrong-fan/>
VSNL wins vsnlinternet.com
Telecom service provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has won the battle
over the ownership of vsnlinternet.com, a domain name registered by a
cybersquatter, whose identity was hidden by Whois IDentity Shield, Vancouver,
Canada.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/VSNL_wins_vsnlinternetcom_/articleshow/2218998.cms
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Network Solutions and Google Announce Joint Webinar on Pay Per Click Services
With their new joint Webinar, Discover a New Audience with Pay Per Click,
Google and Network Solutions seek to help businesses increase their online
visibility. This Webinar, which will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 2pm
Eastern Daylight Time, will spotlight the differences between pay per click and
organic search results and help business owners improve click-to-close rates.
http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=NetworkSolutions&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=198162&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=True&Merge=
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The Most Expensive Web Addresses
... Growth in online advertising and the shrinking pool of available names are
pushing URL price tags to new heights. Three of the top five deals in history
happened in the last two years. "You're seeing a perfect storm created by
converging factors that are resulting in an increase in domain values," says
Bentley. Sex.com broke the eight-figured barrier in 2005 by nabbing $12
million, according to DN Journal, which tracks the domain name industry.
Porn.com came in next, at $9.5 million last month, followed by Business.com
($7.5 million in 1999), Diamond.com ($7.5 million in 2006) and Beer.com (a
reported $7 million in 1999).
http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2007/06/28/google-news-corp-ent-tech-cx_ll_0629webaddresses.html
Dictionary.com Shows the Rational Side of the Internet
... All of which suggests that the real value of the company comes from its
generic and highly-trafficked domain names. One has to give credit to the folks
at Lexico, who first launched the dictionary.com and thesaurus.com websites in
May, 1995, when the Web was in its true infancy.
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/07/16/dictionarycom-shows-the-rational-side-of-the-internet/
Take Domain Name Appraisals with a Grain of Salt
Domain name owners should not get overly excited or dejected about an
appraisal of their domain names.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/19/take-domain-name-appraisals-with-a-grain-of-salt/
Sedo Closes Highest .Info Sale
Sedo recently announced they have closed the highest .INFO sale to date, with
Travel.info selling for US$116,000.
http://www.domainnews.com/aftermarket/0020070720/sedo-closes-highest-info-sale/
http://domainnamenews.com/domain-sales/sedo-brokers-biggest-info-sale-to-date/733
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/20/travelinfo-sells-for-116000/
For Sale: £.com - The British Pound's Home on the Net
Another prominent domain name for sale, and this time £.com.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/internet/domain/prweb541257.htm
http://emediawire.com/releases/2007/7/emw541257.htm
More Than $680,000 in Premium Domain Names Sold During the Affiliate Summit
East Domain Name Auctions (news release)
Moniker announced that it sold more than U.S. $680,000 in premium domain names
during its inaugural Live and online Silent domain name auctions at the
Affiliate Summit East at the Hotel Intercontinental, Miami.
http://sev.prnewswire.com/advertising/20070720/CLF05220072007-1.html
us: Internet Brands Files for US$100M IPO
Internet Brands, Inc. has filed for a US$100M initial public offering,
according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The
company started its life as CarsDirect, but then switched to the generic
Internet Brands name when it diversified. Internet Brands focuses on big
ticket purchases including autos, homes and home improvement, and travel.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/20/internet-brands-files-for-100m-ipo/
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Stadtluft erfrischt den Internet-Namensraum
Die Auswahl an Internetadressen wird vergrössert. Ausserhalb der bekannten
Adressbereiche mit Endungen wie .com oder .net soll es neue geben, in denen
Umlaute oder nichtlateinische Schriftzeichen verwendet werden können. Eine
Internetzone .zürich wird denkbar.
http://nzz.ch/nachrichten/medien/stadtluft_erfrischt_den_internet-namensraum_1.530344.html
China hat 162 Millionen Internetnutzer
... China beherbergt 1,311 Millionen Websites. Erstmal übersteigt nach einem
Wachstum von 137,5 Prozent in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten auf 810.000 Sites
die Zahl der .cn- die der .com-Domains. Die Zahl der Computer ist in den
vergangenen sechs Monaten um 7,7 Millionen auf 67,1 Millionen angewachsen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/92980
"Definitiv unschlagbar"
... Die Icann will neue Adresszonen für das Internet eröffnen, berichtet Monika
Ermert auf der Medien- und Informatikseite, "darunter auch solche mit Umlauten
oder nichtlateinischen Schriftzeichen. Insbesondere sollen - neben den
nationalen Adressbereichen mit Endungen wie .ch, .de oder .at - neue Zonen mit
geografischem Bezug geschaffen werden.
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,495568,00.html
Dollars.com racheté 650 000 dollars par un européen
Stéfan Renninger, cofondateur de Virtual Network, start-up Suisse, vient
dacquérir dollars.com pour 650 000$. Un investissement quil compte rapidement
rentabiliser.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1266/international-dollars-com-rachete-650-000dollars-par-un-europeen.php
5000.no enregistrés
Les noms en .NO uniquement composés de chiffres sont ouverts à tous depuis le
19 juin 2007. Le registre norvégien a dévoilé le palmarès des combinaisons les
plus demandés pendant la sunrise.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1256/norvege-5000-no-enregistres.php
Contentieux extrajudiciaire dans la zone .fr
La chose est suffisamment rare pour être signalée : deux parties qui se sont
affrontées dans une procédure extrajudiciaire rendue à propos du nom
telecommande-express.fr, s'étaient précédemment confrontées à l'occasion d'une
opposition devant l'I.N.P.I.
http://domaine.blogspot.com/2007/07/contentieux-extrajudiciaire-dans-la.html
Ano Nymous perd en justice
Plusieurs sociétés du groupe 3 Suisses ont, avec leur maison mère, découvert
l'existence de noms de domaine en .fr reprenant leur marque à une ou deux
lettres près:
http://domaine.blogspot.com/2007/07/ano-nymous-perd-en-justice.html
'Cerfeando' la Red
Contrario a lo que muchos piensan, la frase surfear la Red no se deriva
directamente de su nombre. Pero eso no impide que Vint Cerf sea una autoridad
mundial en el tema, ni que su conversación esté matizada por la sencillez y el
buen humor.
http://endi.com/noticia/la_revista/vida_y_estilo/cerfeando_la_red/250526
http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/s/22072007/20/entretenimiento-cerfeando-red.html
Aumenta el Cybersquatting, una práctica a través de la cual se utilizan
dominios similares de empresas conocidas para hacerse con los clientes
Expertos en la materia, aconsejan a las compañías que se aseguren de que los
posibles nombres parecidos a sus dominios estén registrados, para prevenir
pérdidas de clientes, reputación y dinero.
http://www.regiondigital.com/modulos/mod_periodico/pub/mostrar_noticia.php?id=61641
EON 4.5: Sobre ICANN y LACNIC
Podcast de Antonio Quirarte sobre las reuniones de LACNIC en Venezuela y la
ultima reunion del ICANN (en Puerto Rico)
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1513
Finalizo Taller sobre IXP en El Salvador
Con la asistencia de 80 participantes provenientes de El Salvador, Costa Rica,
Trinidad y Tobago, Antillas Holandesas y Francesas (Saint Maarten), Guatemala,
Honduras y Panamá finalizó ayer el Taller sobre Puntos de Intercambio de
Tráfico (IXP), también conocidos como NAP, que se llevó a cabo en el Hotel
Hilton Princess, San Salvador, El Salvador, el día 18 de Julio en su sesión
teórica y el 19 de Julio en la Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
(UCA) en su sesión práctica.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1512
Nuevo Servidor Raiz en Panama
En el marco del proyecto +Raíces, la Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP),
LACNIC (Registro de Direcciones IP para América Latina y el Caribe), el ISC
(Internet Systems Consortium) y Cable & Wireless Panamá instalan el primer
Servidor Raíz en Centroamérica.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1511
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