Hi all

The date change in the subject now reflects the date the
news is collected, whereas before it reflected the date I
posted the news to the list. As was always the case, check
out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the
latest domain news. Within 24 hours of this news being
posted, a more recent edition of the news will normally be
posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news contiues
to be supported by auDA.

Cheers
David

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uk: June date for Nominet legal fight
UK domain name registry Nominet has been given a June date
for its legal action in Australia against two businessmen
over an alleged data mining attack on its WHOIS database.
 http://crm.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=113586&t=99
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1154488

uk: Website owners warned over domain invoices
Domian name owners have been urged to be wary of demands
for re-registration fees.
 http://www.vnunet.com/News/1154478

uk: Putting a stop to domain name scams
Everyone wants to build themselves a website today, and
lots of companies are keen to sell you the domain names.
 http://www.vnunet.com/Ebusinessadvisor/1154524

au: Domain name seller appeals injunction
Internet domain name retailer Chesley Rafferty has appealed
against a Federal Court ruling that found his business,
Domain Names Australia, had sent deceptive and misleading
letters to prospective customers.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/19/1082357111573.html

au/nz: Scammer says court defeat temporary setback
Perth-based domain name scammer Chesley Rafferty says an
Australian Federal Court judgment against him was a
"temporary setback".
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3561426

http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1924930834&fp=16&fpid=0

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/19/1082357111573.html

au: Net namesakes lock leaders out
Political leaders face speed bumps on their federal
election campaigns along the information superhighway. All
political parties plan to use the internet, including web
and email, during the forthcoming campaign. But both Prime
Minister John Howard and Labor leader Mark Latham won't be
able to secure the best sites on the web, as they are
already taken.
 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/Sci_Tech/story_56183.asp

Sex.com, Verisign settle domain name suit
The original owner of the Sex.com domain name has settled
his lawsuit against VeriSign, ending a protracted battle
over the transfer of the domain.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39145514,00.htm
 http://www.metnews.com/articles/2004/sexx042104.htm
 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3343141
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63142,00.html

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-21-verisign-vs-sex_x.htm

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-sex21apr21,1,5242805.story

Sex.com Settles Monumental Case Against VeriSign/Network
Solutions
Sex.com announced today a final settlement with VeriSign,
concluding a six-year legal fight that set several
important precedents for the future of the Internet. After
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Sex.Com a
sweeping victory that held VeriSign/Network Solutions, Inc.
(collectively "VeriSign") strictly responsible for
mishandling the famous domain name, Sex.Com and VeriSign
have settled Sex.Com's lawsuit against VeriSign.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/574_0_1_0_C

Resolutions Adopted at Special ICANN Board Meeting
Special Meeting of the Board via Telephone
 http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-19apr04.htm

ICANN Files Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike Claims in VeriSign
Lawsuit (PDF)

http://www.icann.org/legal/verisign-v-icann/icann-motion-strike-21apr04.pdf

ICANN Issues Call for Transfer Dispute Resolution Service
Providers
ICANN is seeking expressions of interest from dispute
resolution service providers wishing to handle second-level
dispute resolution proceedings under the Inter-Registrar
Transfer Policy and the corresponding Transfer Dispute
Resolution Policy.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-21apr04.htm

ICANN: 2004 Nominating Committee Begins Work with New Chair
At its Board meeting in Rome, ICANN announced the
appointment of Jean-Jacques Damlamian as Chair of the 2004
Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee is an
important part of ICANN's commitment to attract
distinguished international participants to service on
ICANN's Board of Directors, Supporting Organization
Councils, and the Interim At Large Advisory Committee. By
providing a complementary pathway to the
representation-based selections of the Supporting
Organizations, the Committee plays a key role in the ICANN
structure of accountability and transparency, and supports
ICANN's public interest orientation.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-20apr04.htm

Why Does A Technical Manager Function As A Regulator?
Unlike ICANN, the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) responded graciously,
promptly and substantively to inquiries from the Center for
Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) regarding governance of the
internet. CRE sent a letter to NTIA in mid-March asking
about public access to documents prepared by ICANN under
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NTIA. NTIA provided
a quick and clear response to CRE's questions. NTIA also
reiterated its commitment to achieving transparency and
accountability in ICANN's processes. NTIA's response to
CRE, although clear and comprehensive, raised a number of
important questions about ICANN and their governance of the
internet.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/573_0_1_0_C

Researcher: Net threat overblown
Widespread reports about a flawed communications protocol
making the Internet vulnerable to collapse were overstated,
according to the researcher credited with uncovering the
security problem.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5197184.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63143,00.html

Critical flaw found in TCP
Researchers have uncovered a serious flaw in the underlying
internet protocol TCP, a discovery that led to an urgent
and secretive international effort to prevent global
disruptions of internet traffic.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9345043%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Google Wins Rights to Froogle UK Domain - Froogle.co.uk
Google has won ownership of the domain name froogle.co.uk,
which was registered in the UK by a web hosting company -
LWD Internet. Google alleged that LWD Internet, an
e-commerce solutions provider (www.lwdinternet.co.uk)
registered the Froogle.co.uk domain name one day after
Google launched it’s Froogle.com website.
 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=473&c=1

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=googlewinsfroogle1082553067

Network Solutions offers 100-year domain name registrations
Network Solutions is betting that the Internet will be
around into the next century, with a new offering that
allows companies to register domain names for 100 years.
 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/isp/2004/0412isp1.html

He told you so: Jon Postel (1943 – 1998)
One of the internet's first architects, Jon Postel, helped
launch the first ARPAnet connection in 1969 as a Ph.D.
student at UCLA. At the time, ARPAnet was restricted to
research sites and funded under the federal Advanced
Research Projects Agency.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/16/16FEfuturepostel_1.html

Internet Governance and Diplomacy 
Developments in modern international relations have shown
that traditional diplomacy is not capable of sufficiently
addressing complex new issues, for example, the
environment, health protection, and trade. Governance of
the Information Society and the Internet is probably one of
the most complex international issues facing diplomacy
today. Issues surrounding the Information Society require a
multi-disciplinary approach (the various concerns include
technology, economy, impact on society, regulatory and
legal issues, governance and more); a multi-stakeholder
approach (various actors are involved, including states,
international organizations, civil society, private sector,
and others) and a multi-level approach (decision-making
must take place on different levels: local, national,
regional and global). Diplo has developed a research
methodology which takes all of these approaches into
account. The methodology is visually represented by the
"Internet Governance Cube".
 http://www.circleid.com/article/571_0_1_0_C

us: 'Cyber Bully' Neiman Marcus Tries to Shut Down
NeimanCarcass.com Web Site, Stifle Criticism of Fur Sales
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. has filed a domain name
dispute to shut down the web sites NeimanCarcass.com,
NeimanCarcass.org, and NeimanCarcass.net, which are
critical of the company's sale of fur products.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-20-2004/0002155417&EDATE=

us: Accountant's Old Domain Name Now Shows Porn
The Internet can be a helpful tool in building up and
maintaining a business, but what happens when your Internet
site name goes bad?

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/technology/3026293/detail.html

us: Indiana real estate co. sues over Web addresses (reg
req'd)
An Indiana real estate company has sued a competitor that
allegedly used Web site addresses similar to its own
company name to draw consumers into the competitor's own
Web site.
 http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=40922

DomainMart Introduces Advanced Domain Name Auction
Strategies
DomainMart has introduced two new types of domain-name
auctions. For a seller, a sealed-bid auction, when used
prudently, is superior to existing domain-name auction
types, while a reciprocal buy-sell bid auction simplifies
and provides a fair allocation for the purchase/sale of
supplementary domain names.
 http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/4/emw119611.htm

Y se mudaron de casa, ahora .EStan en otro lado.
Desde el 5 de abril de 2004, ESNIC, Departamento
perteneciente a la Entidad Pública Empresarial RED.ES, ha
trasladado su sede al Edificio Bronce – Plaza Manuel Gómez
Moreno, s/n – 3ª Planta - 28020 MADRID.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=567&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Comunicado de la Reunión LACTLD, en Montevideo, Uruguay,
Marzo 2004
Los días 29 y 30 de Marzo, en la ciudad de Montevideo,
República Oriental del Uruguay, se ha llevado a cabo una
reunión de LACTLD, con el objetivo de aprobar y firmar los
estatutos de la organización. La reunión contó con la
participación de 13 ccTLDs de la región y dos observadores.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=566&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA
Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)".

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