Local court action reignites domain name furore (ZDNet)
With the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission bringing an
action against a domain name reseller in the Federal Court, the
industry has got fired up once more about misleading practices.  

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20264715,00.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4162700%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176004.html

ACCC Alleges Misleading Conduct by Internet Name Group (news release)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted
Federal Court proceedings against domain name reseller Internet Name
Protection Pty Ltd, trading as Internet Name Group, and its director,
Mr Mark Spektor. 
 http://203.6.251.7/accc.internet/digest/view_media.cfm?RecordID=655

Debate over ICANN reform rages on (CW360)
The debate about the reform of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) continued at the Computers, Freedom and
Privacy (CFP) conference in San Francisco on 18 April. 

http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=5968716X&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=111768&CARTT=14&CCAT=2&CCHAN=31&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=

Palestinian Sites Knocked Offline By Mideast Conflict (Newsbytes)
Contrary to recent reports, Israeli Web sites have not born the brunt
of the escalating violence in the Middle East, security experts said
today.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175980.html

ICANN Responds to Auerbach Lawsuit Over Access (BNA Internet Law
News)
ICANN has filed its response to director Karl Auerbach's suit
alleging that ICANN has failed to provide him with access to
corporate records as required by California law. ICANN defends its
actions on several grounds, disputing Auerbach's claim that they have
in fact denied him access and arguing that any limitations on access
are reasonable. Filing at
 http://www.icann.org/legal/auerbach-v-icann/answer-17apr02.pdf


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