Domain registry reaps $9m The new Australian internet domain name regime has paid handsomely for the company which now runs the .au internet name database, with registrations for the first year of its operation far higher than forecast. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6693906%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://www.ausregistry.com.au/reports/PUBLIC-200305-screen.pdf ICANN: Guilty as Charged? ... Moreover and in respect of internal relations, ICANN falls short of much of the accountability normally found in corporations and in not-for-profits. Ordinary corporations have shareholders and competitors. ICANN does not, because it is non-profit and has a bizarre relationship with the DoC. Many non-profit organisations have members who challenge corporate misbehaviour. ICANN has taken steps to ensure that its 'members' are denied such legal redress under Californian law. All but the wealthiest non-profits are constrained by needing to find financial resources. ICANN faced such problems in its early days, but it has now managed to overcome them by affirming its power over the legacy root, accepting contributions from the registrars that have agreed to recognise ICANN's authority for the .com, .net and .org registrations and from NSI, the dominant registrar of the three commercial TLD's, which agreed to pay a substantial amount of money to ICANN as part of agreements reached with the DoC and ICANN.12 http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/03-1/komaitis.htm Spoof Website Adds Insult to Italy's EU Injury As Italy's presidency of the European Union got off to an embarrassing start Wednesday, a spoof Web site which has hijacked the presumed Italian official address rubbed salt in the wounds. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3029057 RP government to oversee After more than a year of deliberations, the Information Technology and E-commerce Council (ITECC) has decided to have the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) oversee the registration of web sites making use of the ".ph" Internet domain, ITECC executive director Virgilio Peņa told INQ7.net Friday. http://www.inq7.net/brk/2003/jul/04/brkinf_1-1.htm New democratic Internet government for Brazil The Brazilian government has agreed to a new Internet governance structure, after protests by technology activists. http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3522 NIC.ir adopts liberal rules on ccTLD registrations NIC.ir, Iran's manager of the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD), has begun accepting applications for domain names in the '.ir' domain space. The domain name registry has adopted a liberal policy on registration, including the following rules: http://www.worldebusinesslawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&c=1043001&id=2098 Geeks may not inherit anything yet The way .geek.nz backers want to implement their proposed new 2LD looks like holding the process up. http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/0FA379175C35E88ACC256D58001A8503 Dot-ca Governing Body Welcomes Newly Elected Directors The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is pleased to announce the results of its Board of Directors election. The election took place from June 19 to June 25, 2003 through CIRA’s website and by fax ballot. http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/FinalEN1.htm Panel Denies Stickopotamus.com Complaint - from UDRPlaw.net http://www.udrplaw.net On June 12, CPR Panelist Dr. Bernardo Cremades denied a UDRP complaint filed against the registrant of stickopotamus.com. The complainant, EK Success, Ltd., argued that the domain name registered by Taiwan citizen Wang Yi-Chi was identical to its STICKOPOTAMUS mark, but apparently did not attach copies of its US trademark registrations as evidence. http://www.cpradr.org/icanndecisioncpr0314-030612.htm Three Member Panel Rejects Boy.com Case - from UDRPlaw.net http://www.udrplaw.net A three-member National Arbitration Forum Panel rejected a complaint brought by German company Dr Boy GmbH against the registrant of boy.com. Both sides filed lengthy additional submissions, which were considered by the Panel. http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/154646.htm New TLDs: Can You Say .Never? ICANN continues at its snail's pace on introduction of new top-level domains. At the Montreal meeting, staff sprung this RFP for new sponsored TLDs. As if "a few" and "sponsored" weren't limitation enough, it further narrowed the applicant pool to those who had applied unsuccessfully as sponsored TLDs in November 2000. http://www.circleid.com/article/149_0_1_0_C ICANN Submits Seventh Annual Report ICANN has just submitted its seventh status report under ICANN/US Government Memorandum of Understanding to United States Department of Commerce (DoC) titled: “Report by ICANN to United States Department of Commerce Re: Progress Toward Objectives of Memorandum of Understanding”. The report provides a review of recent ICANN developments. http://www.circleid.com/article/148_0_1_0_C ICANN Meetings in Carthage, Tunisia The third round of ICANN meetings in 2003 will be held 27-31 October in Carthage, Tunisia. The meetings are free to attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development process. You can take part in these meetings by attending in person, by taking part in the webcast and remote participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the various ICANN-related mailing lists. http://www.icann.org/carthage If you want a .LA name... Los Angeles is the world's first and only city to receive its own unique Internet address; .la. A .la suffix is set to become the must-have web address for the 300,000 registered businesses and 10 million citizens of the world's most exciting metropolis. http://www.la +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out http://www.auda.org.au/about/news for the latest domain news. The domain name news is supported by auDA. Also see http://greta.electric.gen.nz/mailman/listinfo/internet-news or http://www.alfa-redi.org/noticia for an archive or to subscribe to the general news. Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)". ===== David Goldstein address: 2/4 Dundas Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David§yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 0015 - home http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile.Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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