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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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