auDA launches legal attack on domain company
Australia's domain name administrator, auDA, has
unsuccessfully applied to the Federal Court to restrain a
company from using funds secured as a result of a mail-out
earlier this year of domain registration documents the
administrator claims resemble invoices.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20277789,00.htm

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/27/1061663828504.html
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/08/28_auda.htm

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/298D0A3C78CB9319CC256D9000116F22

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7081754%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2003082703.html (news
release)

Mass mail out by Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd
On the weekend of 23 and 24 August Domain Names Australia
Pty Ltd (DNA) mailed over 400,000 letters headed ‘Domain
Name Registration’ to businesses, schools, government
agencies, non-profit organisations and individuals in
Australia offering to ‘facilitate’ a domain name
registration on their behalf.
 http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2003082803.html

.au - Lawyer claims Oldfield website vilifies Muslims
A Melbourne lawyer is trying to shut down a website linked
to the NSW One Nation MLC David Oldfield, claiming it
vilifies Muslims.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/18/1061059748520.html

.ph Registry Gives Out Free Domains
The local domain registry of .ph is giving out free domains
Philippine residents in order to boost the development of
local Websites in the country. DotPH (www.dot.ph) started
giving away free domains early last week and has already
registered about 400 users.

http://www.mctimes.net/2003/News/news_20030729-ph_Registry_Gives_Out_Free_Domains.html

RP seeks advice from ICANN on .ph domain administration
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) would seek
guidance from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) once the agency is designated as an
oversight body for the administration of the ".ph" domain,
a top government official told INQ7.net.
 http://www.inq7.net/inf/2003/aug/22/inf_2-1.htm

Is the internet ready for a .xxx domain?
The adult entertainment industry is considering whether the
time is right to establish a .xxx top level domain on the
internet, according to Wired News. The move could pre-empt
new laws to protect children from accessing adult sites.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=istheinternetread1061969741
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60145,00.html

Nominet breaks the paper chain
Nominet, the UK Internet naming authority responsible for
.uk domain names has reported that it has replaced paper
certificates for domain name registrations or renewals with
effect from 1 August. Registrants can now to confirm their
details directly with Nominet online. The system allows
registrants to download and print off the registration
certificate directly and to update their contact details
during the registration period.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/08/26_nominet.htm

Domains run on diesel
One of the things which often astonishes brand owners is
the extent to which the virtual world is rooted in reality.
Cyberspace, web sites, the domain name system and domain
names themselves are all brought into being by real
computer infrastructure: hardware, cables, racks and little
flashing lights which live in nondescript buildings with
names such as 'server farms' and 'co-location facilities'.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/08/26_diesel.htm

Céad Míle Fáilte to the IEDRP
The Irish domain name registry, IE Domain Registry Limited
or IEDR, has launched its own Dispute Resolution Policy,
the IEDRP. The policy is to be administered by the
Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization which
is also a provider of decisions under the Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy or UDRP. However, the IEDRP
is somewhat different from the three and a half year old
generic UDRP.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/08/27_iedrp.htm

SWITCH may turn on dispute resolution for .ch
A majority of members of the Internet community in
Switzerland, including foreign domain name holders, would
welcome the development of a Dispute Resolution Service for
.ch domain names. This is the principal conclusion of a
study commissioned by SWITCH (The Swiss Education &
Research Network - operators of the .ch registry) and the
Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM).
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/08/27_switch.htm

ccNSO Launching Group -- Call for ccNSO Membership
Applications
 http://ccnso.icann.org/applications

GNSO Election for ICANN Board in 2003

http://www.dnso.org/elections/2003.GNSO-ICANN-election-mainpage.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

MadeForChina loses bid to acquire domain name
As reported last month on OfficialSpin, MadeForChina.com
Limited—a Cayman Island company run by American Micah
Truman and Brit Byron Constable, commenced proceedings
against Kestrel Trading Corporation to recover the "domain
name" www.madeforchina.com.cn.

http://www.officialspin.com/main.php3?action=recent&rid=1086

AMAZON.COM wins domain dispute
WIPO has ruled that the owner of Amazonbooks.net and
amazonbooks.org must hand over the domain names to
Amazon.com because the sites offered little information
about the Amazon river, despite the owner’s claim that they
were resources for travellers.

http://www.bmck.com/elaw/DisplayAlertbyID.asp?AlertID=33668

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

Vyagra Is Viagra, U.N. Copyright Agency Rules
The rogue Web site vyagra.com was dismissed as little more
than a scam by the U.N. copyright agency on Friday which
ruled it should be handed over to Viagra-maker Pfizer Inc.

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3285676

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0419.html

A Voting System for Internet by Domain Name Owners - Part I
This is the first part of a 2-part series article
describing a method for voting among owners of domain
names.
The primary intended use for this is to allow identifiable
participants in the domain name system to vote on matters
that affect the whole domain name system in an easy (and
easily-verifiable) fashion. The method for voting is
specifying a string in the whois data for a domain name.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/233_0_1_0_C/

A Voting System for Internet by Domain Name Owners - Part
II
 http://www.circleid.com/article/234_0_1_0_C/

Al's Story: Another Small Domain Holder Falls Victim to
Flawed ICANN Policy
Al Bode is typical of the many small, individual domain
name holders throughout the United States and the world. He
is a high school teacher of the Spanish language, not a
techie, and he registered the domain IOWAWLA.ORG to provide
an online presence for the Iowa World Language Association,
a professional association for foreign-language educators
in the US State of Iowa, of which he is a member. This
domain could in no way be considered a commercial venture.
In his own words, "I am a school teacher from Iowa whose
websites are personally funded for the express purpose of
education. There is no profit motive or even profit other
than the knowledge that others may gain from my website."
 http://www.circleid.com/article/221_0_1_0_C/

Ye Olde DNS
I've been writing about the intrinsic problem with the use
of the DNS as both a technical mechanism and as a source of
unambiguous meaning and authority. The problems are much
worse than most of the posters seem to note. The current
approach assures that the Internet will unravel and worse,
that URLs become perversely reused. The commercial terms of
service associated with the use of ".com" names exacerbates
the problem by imposing arbitrary social policies into the
plumbing of the Internet.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/225_0_1_0_C/

Network Solutions Launches Domain Backorder Service
Network Solutions (networksolutions.com), a provider of
domain names, announced today it is accepting pre-orders
for its new Next Registration Rights service, a service
that automatically obtains the registration for a currently
registered .com or .net domain name if it is not renewed
during the subscription period.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/net082703.cfm

New Zealand Introduces .geek.nz Domain
The New Zealand domain name registry yesterday introduced
.geek.nz, the eleventh second level domain under the
country code top level domain .nz.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/gee082703.cfm


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