ACCC strikes back at "rubbish" auDA claim
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
has angrily denied it has severed ties with Australian
domain name regulator auDA.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20278073,00.htm

ACCC snubs auDA over domain name investigation
Australia's domain name regulator, auDA, has lashed out at
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC),
alleging the competition watchdog has stopped cooperating
with investigations which led to auDA's Federal Court
action against Domain Names Australia (DNA).

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20278055,00.htm

.au - NSW warns on domain names
The NSW government has warned businesses to beware of two
companies offering to register internet domain names,
saying the practice may be deceptive.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7153236%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

Domain name vendor denies breaching Trade Practices Act
Domain Names Australia and its director, Chesley Rafferty,
has denied breaching the Trade Practices Act and said it
would defend itself in Federal Court proceedings brought
against it by the .au Domain Administration.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/02/1062403488613.html

Melbourne IT expects quick Domainz profit
Melbourne IT will hand over a cheque for just over $2
million to InternetNZ tomorrow in exchange for domain name
registrar Domainz.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/B5D0983ADAB35499CC256D9600232245

'War' Breaks in It Sector - NCS, NIG battle over .ng
Crisis is brewing within the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) sector where two bodies are laying claim
to Nigeria's Top Level Doman (TLD) name, .ng.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200309020483.html

Finns rush to register Internet domains
Finnish communications authorities have been swamped with
domain name applications for ".fi" suffixed Internet names,
with more than 17,000 requests sent within hours after a
change in legislation Monday allowed for more lax Internet
addresses in the country.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030902.gtfinsep2/BNStory/Technology/

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4827&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7142103%5E15343%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15318,00.html

Major Domain Name Scam hits eNom and Net Sol
If you've recently bought a Domain Name that at any point
was registered through eNom or Net Sol, you might not
really own the name. A major Domain Name scam involving
both eNom and Network Solutions (Net Sol) has just been
uncovered. eNom is one of the larger Registrars in the fast
growing Domain Name Reseller Market. This new scam
threatens the whole integrity of the Domain Name
Registration Industry and the booming Domain Name Reseller
Market.
 http://www.domainnewsnet.com/news/2003/0831001.shtml

SA Firm Evicts Its 'Cyber Squatter'
After months of legal wrangling, a South African property
group finally managed to evict the cyber squatter who
occupied their prime internet property.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200309020922.html

The PROTECT Act and the First Amendment
Groups working to stop child abduction and abuse hailed the
PROTECT Act when President Bush signed it into law April
30, 2003. Aimed at protecting children from kidnappers and
pedophiles, the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to
end the Exploitation of Children Today Act created a
national network to broadcast child abductions. It also
targeted child pornographers, and toughened penalties for
sexual abuse and kidnapping. Despite its worthy purposes,
however, the law also included significant First Amendment
implications that received little notice in press coverage.
...
Prohibition of misleading domain names
Title V, Subtitle B of the PROTECT Act makes it illegal to
use misleading domain names on the Internet with the intent
to trick people into viewing obscenity. Free-speech
advocates claim the “Truth in Domain Names” section is not
constitutionally precise. “The term ‘misleading’ is
inherently vague, which tends to chill protected speech on
the Internet,” the ACLU wrote to Sen. Hatch and Rep. James
Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., on April 8, 2003. The act calls for
fines or imprisonment for up to two years for those who use
a misleading domain name intending to trick a person into
viewing obscene material, and fines and up to four years’
imprisonment for those who use the domain names to deceive
a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors.
 http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=11865
 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:s.151:

Pierce Brosnan wins internet battle
James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has won a legal case to get
control of a website that uses his name.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3199647.stm
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=3368621
 http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5070091.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1034018,00.html

ICANN Can't Take Care of Everything
Bruce Young tells a story of an Internet user who gets into
trouble because "his" domain name was registered in the
name of a web hosting provider that went bankrupt later
on...As far as registrars are concerned, ICANN is currently
doing its homework on domain name portability. As far as
web hosting companies are concerned, though, these
suggestions only look appealing at first sight. Upon closer
inspection, they wouldn't be good policy.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/238_0_1_0_C/

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