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us: Domain name cash-grab may be too late
A Chicago woman offering the Internet domain name
election2004.com for sale for $500,000 might have
waited too long to sell it.

http://washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040916-124118-1224r.htm

Over 1,000 firms apply for .sg domain names on first
day
Over a thousand companies in Singapore have registered
for second level domain names on the first day of
application.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/corporatenews/view/106779/1/.html

UK agency warns of flaws in net protocol (reg req'd)
The British agency responsible for the country's
electronic infrastructure has warned of several
vulnerabilities in one of the basic protocols used on
the net.

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/17/1095393991750.html

us: Register.com sees its domain shrink
Fitness instructor Gina Jackson registered her first
Web address, www.pilates4fitness.com, three years ago.
Last year, when she wanted to set up a bigger Web site
with more links for her new personal training
business, she returned to Register.com to purchase her
new domain name, www.fitnessbygina.com.

http://crainsny.com/article.cms?article_id=21612&arc=n

ICANN Plans African Presence
ICANN wants to engage Africa in its activities and has
called for African input on establishing a regional
presence.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409170832.html

ICANN to Establish Regional Presence in Africa
ICANN has been working to foster greater global
participation, and a presence in Africa will support
improved communications and understanding of local
issues", said Dr. Paul Twomey CEO and President of
ICANN at a press conference yesterday to highlight
Africa's expanding Internet role at the Highway Africa
conference.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409170811.html

A Peep Into the World of Internet Management
Ensuring the daily successful use of the internet is
the task of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers, (ICANN), a private, non-profit
technical coordination body responsible for the
Internet's name and numbering systems.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409170813.html

ICANN is calling on the African community to provide
comments and input on appropriate modes and locations
for ICANN regional presence and more significant
participation in ICANN activities (news release)
At Highway Africa 2004 today, the Internet Corporation
for Assigned of Names and Numbers (ICANN) president
and CEO Paul Twomey , along with ICANN board member
Mouhamet Diop of Senegal, discussed the growing
involvement of Africa in the core Internet structures.
ICANN also invited the African community to engage
with ICANN in identifying appropriate modes and
locations on the African continent for an ICANN
regional presence and how a local presence can assist
with operational issues.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16sep04.htm

ASO community considering global IPv6 policy governing
allocations from IANA to Regional Internet number
Registries
ICANN encourages all who are interested in global IPv6
policy to join the online discussions and participate
in the Regional Internet Registry public meetings
where this issue has been added to the agenda.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16sep04-2.htm

za: SA in Bid to Claim Cyberspace Name
Government had spent about R1m in unsuccessful
attempts to secure ownership of the South African
domain name, sa.com, but would not give up its
efforts, Deputy Communications Minister Roy Padayachee
said yesterday.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409160819.html
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/sou091604.cfm

za: SA Fares Poorly in Net Battle
An expensive New York court battle has resulted in
little success for the South African government in
trying to secure ownership of the internet domain name
www.southafrica.com.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409160075.html

http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=vn20040916103546755C414787

http://www.businessreport.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=2226399

NCUC Group Releases Nominations
The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the
constituency group representing civil society
organizations in the formation of domain name policy.
In August 2004 it initiated a process to nominate
people to serve on the UN Secretary-General's Working
Group on Internet Governance, as representatives of
civil society. Our purpose was to assist the
Secretary-General to identify qualified and
widely-supported individuals capable of serving on the
WGIG on behalf of civil society.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/755_0_1_0_C/

Your Trademark Sucks.com
Recent attention to the Eighth Circuit decision in
Coca-Cola v. Purdy brings to mind the class of
sometimes difficult cases involving the use of
another's trademark as a domain name for criticism.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/753_0_1_0_C/

Can TCP/IP Survive?
The following article is an excerpt from the recently
released Internet Analysis Report 2004 - Protocols and
Governance. Full details of the argument for protocol
reform can be found at 'Internet Mark 2 Project'
website, where a copy of the Executive Summary can be
downloaded free of charge. ..."In releasing this
section for comment, I would like to point out that
the report's conclusions are based on a cumulative
examination of various protocols and systems. We are
at a point of time where other protocols and systems
are equally problematic -- the report points to some
significant problems with DNS structure and
scalability, and also points out that, to all intents
and purposes, the basic email protocol, SMTP, is
broken and needs immediate replacement."
 http://www.circleid.com/article/752_0_1_0_C/

VeriSign sees domain biz booming
The number of domain names being registered on the
internet has reached levels comparable to the dot-com
boom years, according to a report out this week from
VeriSign Inc.

http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=278B05A5-B0AD-4BAE-BCF3-A13511006954

DotPH releases world's first anonymous domain
A news release for a story I've covered before: i.ph,
the new second level PH domain, is specifically for
individuals.
 http://www.domains.ph/News.asp

Dot-ca Governing Body Appoints Officers for 2004-2005
Board Term:
New CIRA Board to lead Canada’s Internet registry into
its fifth year of operations.
 http://cira.ca/news-releases/129.html

Singapore: Singapore Introduces Second-Level Domain
Name (reg req'd)
The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) will
be launching second level domain names (SLDs) come 3
January 2005. Until now, Singapore has only allowed
registration of third level domain names (TLDs) such
as {name.com,sg]. SLDs are shorter domain names eg
[name.sg] and its introduction will give the public
more choices and avenues to register [.sg] domain
names. The move mirrors that of Hong Kong, the United
States of America, China and Japan, which saw strong
uptake for SLDs following their introductions earlier
on.

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=28251&e=on

United Kingdom: All Businesses have Intellectual
Property: Part 1 (reg req'd)
An all too common statement made by businesses is that
they ‘do not possess any intellectual property’.
However, even the smallest of businesses usually owns
at least four of the six key intellectual property
rights (‘IPRs’), namely copyright, trade marks, domain
names and know-how – failure to identify your IPRs
means you may be over-looking valuable company assets.

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=27563&e=on

United Kingdom: All Businesses have Intellectual
Property: Part 2 (reg req'd)
All businesses have a trading name. Most modern
businesses also have a website domain name and more
often than not, one that is the same as the trading
name. The importance of these two names cannot be
stressed enough – both underpin your business by
clearly identifying it so customers can find you and
your products, which increases the value of your
business by developing its goodwill and reputation.

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=27565&e=on

Profundus Offers Two Networking Domain Names
UK-based market research firm Profundus Consulting has
available two domain names which it is prepared to
sell to an appropriate owner. Both are suitable for
industry analysts and vendors interested in promoting
research and advisory reports related to
telecommunications and networking.

http://www.tekrati.com/T2/Analyst_Relations/AnalystRelationsNewsDetail.asp?Newsid=3639

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The Tunisian Controversy
The selection of Tunisia as the host of the second
phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS) in November 2005 has disturbed many
journalists, advocacy groups and activists.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409170056.html

Reflections on WSIS
The United Nation's World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) in Geneva attracted about 175 political
leaders, but only a small percentage of these came
from Africa.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200409160947.html

Highway Africa to assess information summit outcomes
More than 300 delegates from across the African
continent are attending the Highway Africa conference
that began in Grahamstown this morning. They are
debating issues related to the use of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) in journalism.

http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,87927,00.html

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

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