auDA site accused of advertising for NetRegistry!
Anonymous writes "auDA is effectively giving additional
advertising to accredited registrar NetRegistry on its
website. auDA includes a list of accredited registrars on
their site here - and it seems that NetRegistry has
exploited a loophole in auDA's policy of listing the
trading names of registrars, by effectively registering an
advert as a trading name.

http://www.audomainnews.info/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=272

Sex.com Domain Name Owner Can Sue
The owner of "sex.com," once considered one of the
Internet's hottest addresses, can seek payment from the
company that improperly transferred the domain to a "con
man" who later fled to Mexico when ordered to pay $65
million, a court ruled Friday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47042-2003Jul25.html

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3162772

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030727.cnetsexcom0727/BNStory/Technology/

The High Cost of Giving Away Sex.com
The real world of property laws and liability applies to
the virtual world of the Internet, the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled Friday. A three-judge panel
unanimously held that Network Solutions Inc. can be held
liable for handing over ownership of the lucrative sex.com
domain name to ex-con Stephen Cohen, a fugitive who once
proclaimed himself the king of online smut.
 http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1058416430449

Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Communications Hearing
Communications Subcommittee hearing scheduled for Thursday,
July 31, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate
Office Building. Members will hear testimony on current
ICANN issues. Senator Burns will preside. Following is a
tentative witness list (not necessarily in order of
appearance):
 http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=889

Domain registry claims blackmail threat
A US domain name registry has claimed that a UK website
owner tried to blackmail it into reactivating his site by
threatening to spam its customers.
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142519

ICANN Workshop Displays Diverging Perspectives on WHOIS
At a workshop held in late June in Montreal (Canada) --
Karl Auerbach had submitted some live coverage to CircleID
--, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) had an in-depth look at various aspects of the
Internet's WHOIS databases. These databases associate
social information (like holders' names and contact
information) with network identifiers, such as IP addresses
and domain names. Current policy for these databases -- in
particular in the generic top level domain area -- is part
of ICANN's contracts with domain name retailers
("registrars") and database operators ("registries"), and
permits for use of the data by arbitrary parties for
arbitrary purposes.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/200_0_1_0_C/

Web Hosting News: BulkRegister Accepting Pre-Registration
for New .Kids.US Domain
BulkRegister, the world's leading B2B registrar, announced
that it is accepting pre-registration for the .Kids.US
domain name, along with defensive registrations for holders
of registered trademarks and service marks.
Pre-registration will remain open until August 15 at 11
a.m. EDT.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/showarticle.asp?id=1513

Minister Loses .org Case UDRPlaw.net
http://www.udrplaw.net/
In a WIPO decision released today, Panelist Dennis Foster
has rejected a complaint brought on behalf of televangelist
Gene Edwards against the registrant of GeneEdwards.org.
Foster agreed with the registrant, David Miller, that
Edwards lacked trademark rights in his name and that he had
failed to provide sufficient proof that he had acquired
common law rights in his name as a trademark.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0339.html

Bernard Matthews Wins Turkey of a Domain Dispute
Bernard Matthews Limited - producer of turkey-based
products and a household name in the UK - has won a dispute
over the domain bernardmatthews.co.uk even though the
registrant claimed he had been know as "Bernard Matthews"
for over 15 years.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/07/23_turkey.htm

Alabanza Shuts Down Offensive Web Site
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced this week that
its request to have an offensive Web site shut down was
granted by the host of the domain, Baltimore-based Alabanza
Corporation (alabanza.com).
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/ala072403.cfm

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