Willie Black outlines personal thoughts on various
challenges facing the Internet community
In his role as executive chairman of Nominet UK and
chairman of the Council of European National Top level
Domain Registries (CENTR), Dr Willie Black attends many of
the meetings called to discuss the global development of
the Domain Name System. In this article he outlines his
personal thoughts on the various challenges facing the
Internet community, with particular emphasis on how ICANN
might usefully develop its role.

http://www.nominetnews.org.uk/jan03/government_international.htm

Preliminary Report - Special Meeting of the Board
ICANN's Transition Board of Directors held a meeting by
teleconference on 4 February 2003. All of the ICANN
Directors (with the exception of Stuart Lynn) participated.
The meeting was held for the specific purpose of continuing
the discussion of CEO candidates that was initiated during
the Special Meeting of the Board on 29 January 2003.
Following the discussion, the Chair recognized a consensus
strong enough to support pursuing negotiations with one of
the candidates. A formal vote of the Board pursuant to an
appropriate resolution will take place if and when those
negotiations are successfully concluded.
 http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-04feb03.htm

Sex.com case heralds end of Internet - NSI
Network Solutions - the Internet's biggest domain name
registrar and the owner of the .com domain - has heralded
the end of the Internet in court filings to the Californian
Supreme Court.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29152.html

Pro-life cyber squatter ruled in contempt
A pro-life cyber-squatter didn't go to jail yesterday, but
a federal judge said William Purdy is in contempt of a
court order and must pay $500 a day until he stops using a
raft of domain names that include well-known corporate
trademarks including that of The Washington Post.
 http://washingtontimes.com/business/20030205-18096272.htm

Feds pull suspicious .gov site
In a move that raises questions about the security of
governmental domains, the Bush administration has pulled
the plug on a .gov Web site pending an investigation into
the authenticity of the organization that controlled it.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983384.html

Contested .ca Decision Goes To Respondent - from
http://www.udrplaw.net UDRPlaw.net
In a decision issued by the British Columbia International
Commercial Arbitration Centre January 31, 2003, a three
member Panel found in favor of the registrant of the domain
name CheapTickets.ca. This is the first decision under the
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) .ca Dispute
Resolution Policy in which a respondent put up a defense
and won.
 http://www.udrplaw.net/cheaptickets.pdf

Circle ID Reader Comments For: United Nations vs. ICANN:
One ccTLD At A Time
by Jonathan Cohen, Joe Sims, Karl Auerbach et al
 http://www.circleid.com/article_comments/2564.asp

Lawyer’s victory on Tower’s domain name
Manchester lawyer Jonathan Moakes is celebrating a towering
victory in the latest case of "cybersquatting" to plague a
north west business.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/business/professionals/stories/Detail_LinkStory=50866.html
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