Domain company probed
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is
investigating a domain name company, as complaints about
marketing of internet names continue.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6751707%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Embittered Registrars Sue Embattled ICANN
A coalition of domain name registrars filed a lawsuit
Tuesday against Marina del Rey, Calif.-based Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) seeking
to block the launch of VeriSign's global waiting list for
domain names.
 http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2235661
 http://rss.com.com/2110-1025_3-1026076.html
 http://www.stopwls.com/newsrelease_01.html (news release)

Domain name board members announced
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, the South African Communications
Minister, has announced the names of the people chosen to
be members of the board of South Africa's internet Domain
Name Authority (DNA). The announcement came after the
minister received recommendations from the independent
selection panel for the DNA yesterday. The panel received a
total of 108 nominations and conducted 20 interviews before
making its recommendation.

http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/telecomms/0,1009,62323,00.html

Domainz sanction begins this morning
Domainz will undergo its 48-hour penalty for breaching
registrar terms and conditions starting this morning at
9am.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/7FB7205B95786972CC256D6400112DA1

Olympic Bid Corp. accused of 'cyber-squatting'
A group opposed to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics accuses the
Bid Corporation of hijacking its name by buying the domain
name "www.nogames2010.com."

http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_domain20030710

InternetNZ unlikely to act on child-trapping domains
If you want to start a pornographic website with the name
pokemom.co.nz, InternetNZ is unlikely to stand in your way.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/D225D2F6DC6D6193CC256D65000DB04E

Domain Justice Coalition Members File Lawsuit Against ICANN
In Federal Court Seeking Temporary Restraining Order on WLS
Members of the Domain Justice Coalition filed a lawsuit
today requesting a temporary restraining order and other
relief against ICANN to block the implementation of a
domain name Wait Listing Service (WLS). The WLS was
proposed by VeriSign, Inc. (pdf) and approved by ICANN in
federal court in Los Angeles. The suit challenges ICANN's
failure to comply with its internal decision-making process
requirements when it approved implementation of the WLS in
the face of opposition from domain name registrars,
resellers and consumers.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/163_0_1_0_C/

Sucks.com issue rears ugly head again
Just when you thought commonsense had prevailed and
ownership of "sucks" websites had been clarified, US mobile
phone company Nextel and a media school in Florida have
reopened the issue.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31746.html

MATTER OF A COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO THE CANADIAN INTERNET
REGISTRATION AUTHORITY DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION
POLICY
The Respondent’s use of the subject domain name does not
describe its pornographic website or the
operation of its business and it does not describe the
place of origin of its services. The website
offers to provide numerous services for a fee. It also
provides links to other sites which also charge
fees.

http://www.cira.ca/en/dpr-decisions/00012-albertagovernment-en.pdf

New national plan on internet domain names under .es
 http://www.centr.org/meetings/ga-17/New-plan-es.pdf


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