ICANN Announcement - Details on October 2003 ICANN Meeting
to be Held in Carthage, Tunisia
ICANN's next round of meetings will be held 27-31 October
2003 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.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19aug03.htm

ICANN: A Concrete "Thin Contract" Proposal
It looks as if ICANN is going to require applicants for new
TLDs to agree (in advance) not to negotiate a changed
contract with ICANN. We agree that streamlining the process
is in everyone's interest. Along those lines, we are
proposing a substantially thinner contract that ICANN and
new registries could use. Existing registries should also
be allowed to sign up to this contract, if they wish.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/213_0_1_0_C/

Domainz sold to Melbourne IT for $NZ2 million
InternetNZ has sold Domainz to Australian registrar
Melbourne IT for $NZ2 million.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/4E4804BC069FE32DCC256D880016EC1E

InternetNZ grows fangs
The impending sale of registrar Domainz will leave
InternetNZ free to tackle the bigger issues, says president
Keith Davidson. First up on the newly energised InternetNZ
schedule is spam, with particular attention being paid to a
Christchurch-based spammer.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/5E241EDD85A39586CC256D8600210CBB

Net caught in trade talks
US groups are starting to put pressure on domain name
pirates, using trade treaties to make it easier for
copyright owners to crack down on people using names
illegally.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6990330%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

FICORA opens a service automation system for domain names
on 11 August 2003
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)
will introduce a service automation system through which
Internet domain names can be applied for. The system will
be opened on Monday, 11 August 2003, at 9 a.m., when it is
possible to register into the system as a user. The
advantage of the registration is that the user has the
potential to apply for domain names immediately on 1
September 2003, when the new Act on Domain Names enters
into force. The website of the service automation system is
available at:
 https://domain.ficora.fi
 http://www.ficora.fi/englanti/ajankoht/automaatio.htm

Update .uk online
Anyone with a .uk domain name (web address) registered or
renewed from August 2003 will be able to update their
details online at any point during the two-year
registration period.  The move follows procedural changes
at the national Registry for all domain names ending .uk,
Nominet UK.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/News/PressReleases/2003PressReleases/UpdateukOnline.html

Ministry to Take Korean-language Domain Registrations
Division
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), along
with the Korea Network Information Center, will begin
taking Internet domain applications identified in the
Korean language, starting August 19, the ministry reported.
 http://www.mic.go.kr/eng/pol/pol_inf_view.jsp?idx=105

Amazon Wins Domain Name Dispute
"A Web site owner arguing that online retailer Amazon.com
Inc. cannot lay exclusive claim to the name of the world's
second longest river to sell goods on the Internet learned
today that ... well, yes it can. Arbitrators for the United
Nations copyright agency WIPO told the Arizona man behind
amazonbooks.net and amazonbooks.org to hand them over to
Seattle-based Amazon.com, which sells products around the
globe."
 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/003652.html

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0071.html

Sony Loses Domain Name Lawsuit
The South China Morning Post newspaper reported today that
Sony Computer Entertainment has lost an arbitration case in
Hong Kong involving the domain name ps.com.hk, registered
by a local businessman in 2000.
 http://www.gamers.com/news/1443611

Cat-In-The-Hat Sent Home by U.N. Copyright Body
The Cat in the Hat, world-famous children's
cartoon-and-verse hero whose antics wreak havoc for
youngsters he tries to help, won the right to a Web site
matching his name Monday through the U.N. copyright agency.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=5&u=/nm/20030812/od_nm/odd_cat_dc

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0409.html

U.S. bimbo defeats Spanish challenger in Web bout 
The U.S. owner of Web site bimbo.biz on Wednesday fought
off a legal challenge from Spanish food and consumer goods
giant Bimbo S.A., pledging that he would never use it to
sell competing bread or cakes.

http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?type=technologyNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=3274610

Pfizer saves Viagra name in cybersquatting case (reg req'd)
The world's most famous potency trade mark was saved from
infringement by a confusingly similar domain name after an
international panel decided it should be transferred to its
rightful owner.

http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=12957&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=&Type=News

Summit to Focus on Knowledge Sharing for IPv6 Deployment
The IPv6 Forum, the North American IPv6 Task Force, and
Charmed Technology, Inc. today announced that the U.S. IPv6
Summit 2003 will be held December 8 - 11, 2003 in
Arlington, VA, at the Doubletree Crystal City. The U.S.
IPv6 Summit 2003 will focus on deployment, technical depth
of key IPv6 features, and applications or services of
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
 http://www.circleid.com/article/214_0_1_0_C/

A Concrete "Thin Contract" Proposal
It looks as if ICANN is going to require applicants for new
TLDs to agree (in advance) not to negotiate a changed
contract with ICANN. We agree that streamlining the process
is in everyone's interest. Along those lines, we are
proposing a substantially thinner contract that ICANN and
new registries could use. Existing registries should also
be allowed to sign up to this contract, if they wish.
 http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1650255
 http://www.icannwatch.org/essays/j-c-proposed-contract.htm

Netfirms Offers Free Domain Names
Netfirms announced today that new and existing customers of
their Advantage or Business Web hosting plans will receive
a free domain name.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/netf081903.cfm

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/showarticle.asp?id=1550

RackShack Rolls Out $5 Domain Name Pricing
RackShack.net announced today that it is now offering $5
domain name registrations on new and renewal domains.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/rack081903.cfm

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