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 is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date for .eu registrations set Internet users will be able to register domain names with the ending ".eu" by the end of this year, the director of the Italian Institute for Information Technology (IIT) has said. http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5691587 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/ecommerce/0,39020372,39160928,00.htm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5452527 http://www.demys.net/news/2004/07/eu_06.htm eu: Domain-Registrierung europäisiert sich Die Registrierungsregeln für Domainname werden schon bald für ganz Europa wesentlich vereinfacht. Mit der Veröffentlichung der Details für die Sunrise-Periode“ öffnen sich die Tore für viele neue Möglichkeiten der Domainregistrierung bei EuroDNS. http://www.webhostlist.de/provider/news/1764/ us: KerryEdwards.com is fielding bids An online bidder has offered $150,000 to buy the Web address KerryEdwards.com, according to a German firm hired to sell the politically-charged domain name. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B42DE0C46%2D47C3%2D4AF3%2DB9EA%2D0B9E448CDAB1%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw uk: Nominet board results in The results of the board elections for the .uk domain registrar are in - and it's out with the old and in with the new. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/09/nominet_board_results/ Consultations on the Establishment of WGIG - September 20-21 2004 Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator at the Secretariat of the Working Group on the Internet Governance (WGIG), has announced to members of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee of the Tunis phase of the WSIS that the Secretariat on Internet Governance (WGIG) is now set up and has begun to be operational.. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/categories/internetNamesAndAddresses/2004/07/15.html#a711 ICANN Meets in Kuala Lumpur ICANN has released the following announcement today for its upcoming meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: ICANN, the international organisation responsible for managing and coordinating the Internet's Domain Name System is meeting in Kuala Lumpur 19-24 July, amidst reports that Internet usage in Asia is growing at an increasing pace, and that ICANN's model of public-private partnership is succeeding. http://www.circleid.com/article/654_0_1_0_C/ ICANN Meetings in KL now Underway http://www.icann.org/meetings/kualalumpur/ ICANN Statement: ICANN Has Successfully Completed All Its Objectives under the MOU to Date ICANN, the global public-benefit non-profit organisation responsible for coordinating the Internet's naming and numbering systems, announced today that it has successfully completed all of its objectives to date under its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). ICANN has so far completed seven independence enabling structural reforms from the MOU on time, and is on or ahead of schedule to complete all of the remaining key organisational tasks. http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19jul04.htm Web aims to standardise alphabets A meeting is being held in Malaysia aimed at helping web users who do not use the Western alphabet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3906013.stm ICANN in KL to decide on major Net issues ICANN the de facto "guardian" of the Internet, has kicked off the second round of its thrice-yearly meetings here, with several major issues up for deliberations. http://www.star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/7/20/technology/8483618&sec=technology ICANN Is Responsible, Fair ICANN was formed in September 1998 after intensive discussions throughout the Internet community that involved national governments, including the White House. ICANN has policy development responsibilities for the Internet's Domain Name System and Internet address space. It also supports the development of Internet standards by maintaining Internet protocol reference tables. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20040719/tc_zd/131329 ICANN to Divorce US Government Executives from ICANN are inching closer to a new era of self-government apart from the US Department of Commerce (DoC). http://www.sapinfo.net/index.php4?ACTION=noframe&url=http://www.sapinfo.net/public/en/news.php4/Category-28813c6138d029be8/page/0/article/Article-288140fcf58ca2971/en/articleStatistic http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3382811 ICANN crunch meeting begins ICANN has completed the first day of its crunch meeting in Kuala Lumpur that will decide the overseeing organisation's fate. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/19/icann_crunch_meeting/ ICANN Conference Kicks Off Next Week The worldwide clout of domain name authority ICANN will come under the spotlight in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next week. http://allafrica.com/stories/200407160738.html http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech2.asp ICANN talks money and power at Malaysia meeting Perhaps not surprisingly, power and money are high on the agenda for the group that oversees Internet technical matters as it conducts a thrice-yearly meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week. http://www.itworld.com/Man/3827/040719icann/ Time For ICANN to Reign In Out-of-Control Registrars Reliable inexpensive registrars deserve a lot of credit for the current record-breaking demand for new registrations and the vibrant trade we’re seeing in the domain aftermarket. Companies like Enom and GoDaddy have made it easy and affordable for anyone to acquire their own domain name and immediately manage it through a consumer friendly control panel. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/editorial/editorial071804.htm Final GNSO Report on Designating a Successor Operator for the .net Registry (PDF) (16 July 2004) http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/dotnet/dotnet-reportv8.pdf GNSO Council Meeting (20 July 2004) Agenda: GNSO Council Meeting (Grand Ballroom, Shangri La hotel, Kuala Lumpur) http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-20jul04.htm Draft Initial Report (Version 1) (PDF) (15 July 2004) The draft procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operation of a gTLD registry has been posted. http://www.icann.org/tlds/gtld-initialreport-registryapproval.pdf ICANN, WSIS und die Selbstständigkeit der Internet-Verwaltung Die private DNS-Verwaltung soll bald wirklich privat sein. Der Geschäftsführer der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), der Australier Paul Twomey, sagte beim Treffen in Kuala Lumpur, man habe bereits sieben der vom US-Handelsministerium vertraglich geforderten Bedingungen auf dem Weg in die Unabhängigkeit geschafft. Bislang behält sich das Department of Commerce noch die Oberaufsicht über die Internet- und DNS-Verwalter vor. "Das laufende Memorandum of Understanding," sagte Twomey, "wird das letzte sein." Vorläufig müssen Veränderungen in der Rootzone, damit auch die Einführung neuer Top Level Domains, noch der US-Regierung zur Genehmigung vorgelegt werden. ICANNs Führung wird aber nicht müde zu betonen, dass das Handelsministerium nicht interveniert und die Entscheidungen immer durchwinkt. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49236 Vor dem ICANN-Meeting: Wie groß soll die Netzverwaltung sein? Die ICANN will beim bevorstehenden Treffen in Kuala Lumpur ihr neues Budget beschließen. Der erste Entwurf hatte für einige Diskussionen gesorgt. Aber wie groß muss die Netzverwaltung sein, was darf sie kosten und wer soll das bezahlen? Vor dem Treffen der Internet- und DNS-Verwaltung, bei dem auch das weitere Verfahren um neue Top Level Domains (TLD), das anstehende Vergabeverfahren für .net und internationalisierte Domains auf dem Programm stehen, gibt es dazu unterschiedliche Ansichten und einen Reihe von Forderungen an die ICANN-Büros in Marina und Brüssel. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49165 Icann hält Konferenz zur Alphabet-Standardisierung ab Mit der Veranstaltung in Malaysia will die Organisation vor allem die Probleme angehen, die sich dadurch ergeben, dass die Internet-Nutzung in Ländern zunimmt, die eigene, zeichenbasierte Alphabete haben - was vor allem in Asien der Fall ist. http://www.vnunet.de/Internet/article.asp?ArticleID=20040719012 Arabic Domain Names Progress Among the contributions to the joint ICANN/ITU-T ccTLD Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is SaudiNIC's Contributions and Experiences in Supporting Arabic Domain Names provides an interesting background on steps in Arabic states toward implementing Arabic script domain names. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/07/15.html#a712 au: PR linked to Howard site A SYDNEY public relations firm with links to the Labor Party has taken responsibility for a contentious website critical of Prime Minister John Howard. The website, johnhowardlies.com, had been falsely registered by a group or person going by the name "ABC DEF", but has now been authorised by Manly-based Springboard Australia Pty Ltd. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10153577%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694537241.html http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694525230.html NZ Domain Name Commissioner sanctions Registrar The New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner, Debbie Monahan, announced today that Actrix Networks Limited would be the subject of a sanction. http://www.audomainnews.info/modules/news/article.php?storyid=327 http://dnc.org.nz/story/30177.html PW ccTLD Opens 30-Day Public Comment Period; Newest Top Level Domain Extension Geared for Consumer Email (news release) The PW Registry Corporation (http://www.pwregistry.pw) announced the start of a 30-day Public Comment Period on its proposed policies for the PW top-level domain (TLD). All interested parties are invited to review the published policies for the PW TLD at http://forums.pwregistry.pw. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-19-2004/0002212928&EDATE= Domain Name Registration Rules Simplified Across Europe (news release) First it was Sweden, then came Spain, now France, and soon Italy. More and more countries are opening up their Registration rules to encourage companies - and private individuals - to register their Domain Names. Many of these changes have been influenced by the new .eu domain name that will provide a European-wide registration option. Companies and individuals need to be aware of these changes and to secure their brand and company names across Europe. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-15-2004/0002210985&EDATE= Google wins battle for '.no' domain One of the world's most popular search engines won the rights Thursday to the Norwegian domain "google.no." It's been held by a company using it to sell sunglasses, and who won an earlier court round but has now lost on appeal. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article829060.ece Lindows takes cash to change name Microsoft will pay upstart Linux seller Lindows $20m (£10.7m) to settle a long-running trademark dispute, according to a regulatory document filed on Monday. In exchange for the payment, Lindows -- which recently renamed most of its products "Linspire" to work around European trademark suits -- will give up the Lindows name and assign related Web domains to Microsoft, according to the registration statement Lindows filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39161037,00.htm http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5710004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61944-2004Jul19.html Consultations on the Establishment of WGIG Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator at the Secretariat of the Working Group on the Internet Governance (WGIG), has announced to members of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee of the Tunis phase of the WSIS that the Secretariat on Internet Governance (WGIG) is now set up and has begun to be operational. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/07/15.html#a711 Microsoft awarded $4 million in spam suit A federal court has ordered a California man to pay $4 million to Microsoft for allegedly using the software giant's product names fraudulently as part of a spam scheme. ... The messages allegedly directed people to a Web site operated by Khoshnood, www.windowsupdatenow.com, that informed visitors they should download the toolbar to update their Microsoft security patches. As a result, Microsoft sued Khoshnood for trademark infringement, false advertising and "cybersquatting," the practice of attempting to profit from the use of another entity's trademark using an Internet domain name. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5272776.html http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=5685779 Sistema de Nombres de Dominio (DNS) CITEL publica documento de Oscar Messano (Relator Cuestión de Estudio I: Asuntos relativos a los nombres de dominio de Internet). http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=675&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Los ccTLD's asiaticos impulsan estructuras At-Large Durante la reunión del ALAC para la región Asia Pacifico, la presencia y participación de los cctld's locales se hace notoria. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=674&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 ICANN a ritmo de Milonga y Tango De acuerdo a lo que se ha podido escuchar en la reunión del ICANN en Kuala Lumpur, la próxima reunión del ICANN en Latinoamerica (programada para Abril del 2005), sería en Argentina. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=673&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Reunión ICANN en Kuala Lumpur: Notas del Taller sobre WSIS Notas desde el Taller sobre WSIS. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=672&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Correction dans la charte de nommage ! (NIC .ht) Le 7 juillet 2004, une correction a été portée à la charte de nommage concernant la zone .pers.ht. La syntaxe correcte pour cette zone est .perso.ht. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=671&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Reunión ICANN en Kuala Lumur: Taller sobre la WSIS En instantes empezará el Taller sobre la WSIS en Kuala Lumpur. Los dos expositores principales son Paul Twomey (ICANN Ceo) y Markus Kummer (del WGIG) http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=670&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Nuevos nombres de dominio... de que viene? Segun lo escuchado en los pasillos de las reuniones.. al parecer el ICANN no ha dicho cuando estará el tema de los nuevos gtld's. Se dieron respuestas por parte de los postulantes que no se saben si llegaron. El ICANN no sabe cuando dara resultados, nadie quiere hablar. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=669&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Internet Governance a la Malaya! Markus Kummer, en su primera reunión dentro de la reunión del ICANN en Kuala Lumpur (y dicen que tambien su primera reunión ICANN) esta realizando una presentación sobre su labor dirigiendo el grupo de "Internet Governance" http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=668&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Divulgado o resultado final homologado pelo CG - BR O comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil - CGIbr, reunido no dia 15 de julho de 2004, homologou os resultados da 1a eleição para a escolha dos representantes da Sociedade Civil, realizada no período de 31 de maio a 15 de julho de 2004. http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=667&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 *********************** WSIS & RESEARCH ARTICLES *********************** Internet Governance Project The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is an interdisciplinary consortium of academics with scholarly and practical expertise in international governance, Internet policy, and information and communication technology. The Project is conducting research on and publishing analysis of Internet governance. Some of the work is intended to contribute to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance, as well as related debates at the international, regional and national levels. http://www.internetgovernance.org/ Position Papers for the UN Working Group * Mueller, Mathiason and McKnight: Paper for the February 2004 ITU meeting "Making Sense of Internet Governance: Public Policy Issues." http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-ITU.pdf * Mueller, Mathiason and McKnight: Paper for the March UN ICT TF Global Forum "Making Sense of Internet Governance: Defining Principles and Norms." http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-UNICTTF.pdf Papers Related to WSIS * Klein: "Understanding WSIS: An Institutional Perspective on the UN World Summit on the Information Society" http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/WSIS.pdf Policy Papers Related to ICANN * Mueller and McKnight: New Top-Level Domain Additions http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/NewTLDs2-MM-LM.pdf * Klein: "Global Democracy: Understanding ICANN's At-large Elections" http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/klein-democracy.pdf * Mathiason and Kuhlman: "An International Communication Policy: The Internet, International Regulation and New Policy Structures" http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/Mathiason.htm * Holitscher, "Internet Governance Revisited: Think Decentralization" http://www.ipz.unizh.ch/mitarbeiter/ib/holitscher.php * Mueller: "The Economics of DNS" http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/dns-econ.pdf * Mueller: "Competing DNS roots: Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?" http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/competing-roots.pdf * Mueller: "Success by Default: ICANN's Domain Name Dispute Resolution" http://dcc.syr.edu/markle/markle-report-final.pdf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)". +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2004 ===== David Goldstein address: 2/4 Dundas Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David§yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 0015 - home Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! 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