Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne time, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ uk/au: Nominet wins battle against domain scammers http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39155298,00.htm ch: Tug of war over Swiss internet address http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=511&sid=6364883&cKey=1136560452000 .eu domain to boost e-commerce http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2006010213.html IPv6: Extinction, Evolution or Revolution? by Geoff Huston http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv6_extinction_evolution_or_revolution/ Standing up to domain squatting: secure your IP in virtual world http://www.hindu.com/biz/2006/01/09/stories/2006010900761500.htm Europe is to the US Controlled GPS as Europe is to the US Controlled DNS Root? By Karl Auerbach http://www.circleid.com/posts/gps_as_europe_is_to_us_controlled_dns_root/ CONFERENCE: Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global Network Communication http://www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/InternetGovernance.html When will the Internet be divided among nations? http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2574 **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** uk/au: Nominet wins battle against domain scammers Two Australians who sent out bogus letters urging domain owners to pay a fee have been fined nearly a million pounds http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39155298,00.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/03/domain_scam/ http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2148077/nominet-wins-mining-case http://www.out-law.com/page-6498 ch: Tug of war over Swiss internet address The federal authorities and a Swiss businessman are locked in a dispute over a sought-after internet domain name. http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=511&sid=6364883&cKey=1136560452000 us: Pearl Jam Awarded Internet Domain Name Rights US rockers Pearl Jam are celebrating after being awarded the rights to an internet domain name, almost identical to the band's official website address, which directed users to unrelated commercial sites. http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2006/jan06/20060104_pearljam.html in: Trai for hopping onto advance Net protocol Faced with increasing demand for Internet protocol addresses, better quality of service and security, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today recommended a transition from the existing version of internet protocol (IPv4) to the next-generation IPv6 platform. http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/business/stories/132504.html .eu domain to boost e-commerce Companies and public bodies rushed to register .eu addresses to capitalize on the European top-level domain (TLD). But the benefit might take couple of years to roll in. http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2006010213.html Time for a .xxx domain? There's no use in hiding from the truth. Adult content, including explicit sexual pornography, runs rampant on the Internet. http://www.zdnetindia.com/insight/business/stories/132244.html IPv6: Extinction, Evolution or Revolution? by Geoff Huston For some years now the general uptake of IPv6 has appeared to be "just around the corner". Yet the Internet industry has so far failed to pick up and run with this message, and it continues to be strongly reluctant to make any substantial widespread commitment to deploy IPv6. Some carriers are now making some initial moves in terms of migrating their internet infrastructure over to a dual protocol network, but for many others it's a case of still watching and waiting for what they think is the optimum time to make a move. So when should we be deploying IPv6 services? At what point will the business case for IPv6 have a positive bottom line? It's a tough question to answer, and while advice of "sometime, probably sooner than later" is certainly not wrong, it's also entirely unhelpful as well! http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv6_extinction_evolution_or_revolution/ Standing up to domain squatting: secure your IP in virtual world Domain squatting is a common nuisance for many a company that strives hard to protect its IP rights for its business. http://www.hindu.com/biz/2006/01/09/stories/2006010900761500.htm ICANN: Policy for IPv6 ? Background Report, 2 January 2006 The development of Global Internet Number Resource Policies is the subject of an MoU between ASO/NRO and ICANN . There are also specific ICANN Board Procedures, adopted by the Board on 15 July 2005 at the ICANN meeting in Luxemburg, for handling global policy proposals in this context. http://icann.org/announcements/ipv6-report-03jan06.htm ICANN: Call for Papers -- Policy Development for Introduction of New gTLDs In order to inform the recently launched Policy Development Process on new gTLDs, the GNSO is inviting organizations and individuals to submit substantive papers on the issue areas identified in the Terms of Reference for New gTLDs. Submitters of papers should address the topics or sub-topics related to the above areas and should provide reasoned background analysis and references for statements expressed. Contributions are due by 31 January 2006 as text documents to <gnso.secretariat§gnso.icann.org> . Received papers will be considered for oral presentations to the GNSO Council during February 2006 via scheduled conference calls with the GNSO Council. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-03jan06.htm ICANN GNSO: Call for Papers -- Policy Development for Introduction of New gTLDs In order to inform the recently launched Policy Development Process on new gTLDs, the GNSO is inviting organizations and individuals to submit substantive papers on the issue areas identified in the Terms of Reference for New gTLDs. Submitters of papers should address the topics or sub-topics related to the above areas and should provide reasoned background analysis and references for statements expressed. Contributions are due by 31 January 2006 as text documents at <gnso.secretariat§gnso.icann.org> . Received papers will be considered for oral presentations to the GNSO Council during February 2006, via scheduled conference calls with the GNSO Council. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-03jan06.htm ICANN GNSO: Extension of Public Comment Period on GNSO New gTLDs Policy Development Process to 31 January 2006 In order to enable interested parties to prepare substantive comments on the identified issue areas in this policy development process, the deadline for comments has been extended to 31 January 2006. In addition, a call for substantive papers on the topics in the Terms of Reference, for posting and consideration for oral presentations to the GNSO, will be issued shortly with the same deadline of 31 January 2006. http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-06dec05.htm IE 7 will support IDN The second beta release of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 will have support for URLs (uniform resource locators) written in different languages, widely seen as critical for making the Internet more international, according to a Microsoft developer. http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=7060&mhnews_page=1 Urban Identity by City Top-Level Domains This document is intended to be a starting point for a discussion on upcoming city Top-Level Domain Names (city TLDs) such as .berlin, .nyc, or .london. It reflects considerations about the impact of city TLDs on the city society, the individuals in the city, the regional and global environment, and the Internet at large. http://www.circleid.com/posts/urban_identity_by_city_top_level_domains Time to Renew .coop, .museum, and .aero ICANN By John Levine Way back in 2000-2001, ICANN approved a handful of new top level domains, and entered into agreements with their promoters. Three of the sponsored domains, are coming up for renewal next year, so they've sent in their renewal proposals. A sponsored domain is one that restricts who can register to members of a particular community, in this case respectively co-ops, museums, and the airline industry. Let's take a look and see how they're doing. http://www.circleid.com/posts/time_to_renew_coop_museum_and_aero_icann/ Google Sued for Trademark Infringement Based on Third-Level Subdomain By Eric Goldman It's no surprise that Google has been sued again for trademark infringement, but the basis of this lawsuit is surprising. Rather than another lawsuit over the sale of trademarked keywords to deliver ads (along the lines of the GEICO, American Blinds, Rescuecom and JTH Tax cases, or the dozens of international lawsuits), this lawsuit is based on a Blogspot blog URL. Because of its comparative novelty, this lawsuit raises some complex and unsettled legal issues. http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_sued_for_trademark_infringement_on_third_level_subdomain/ Europe is to the US Controlled GPS as Europe is to the US Controlled DNS Root? By Karl Auerbach An Analogy: Europe is to the US controlled GPS as Europe is to the US controlled DNS root? That's not a very good title is it? But it does express the point I want to make. This week the European Union launched the first satellite of its own global positioning system, Galileo. One has to wonder why the Europeans feel they need to do this. Isn't the GPS system run by the United States a perfectly good system? http://www.circleid.com/posts/gps_as_europe_is_to_us_controlled_dns_root/ What's in a Name? Internet domain names are truly bizarre. There is nothing especially remarkable about them from a technical perspective, but from a social and political perspective they are all sorts of fun. We can have arguments over control of the DNS root, arguments over whether names are property, arguments over innate rights to specific names, arguments over a registrar's right (or lack thereof) to exploit unregistered names for private gain, and many more arguments besides. In this article, I'd like to explore the argument-space rather than defend any particular position in it. In so doing, I hope to illuminate some novel (or under-emphasised) perspectives on the matter. http://www.circleid.com/posts/whats_in_a_name/ What's Wrong with Domain Names? Despite the significant traffic that comes from typed-in domain names, the public harumphing and clucking about type-in traffic is climbing in volume as it becomes clear how much money is involved. Articles this week show that domain names, and the people who make money on them, are making some commentators uncomfortable. http://www.circleid.com/posts/whats_wrong_with_domain_names/ The Search for Net Neutrality by Michael Geist My weekly Law Bytes column examines the growing trend toward a two-tiered Internet, which upends the longstanding principle of network neutrality under which ISPs treat all data equally. I argue that the network neutrality principle has served ISPs, Internet companies, and Internet users well. It has enabled ISPs to plausibly argue that they function much like common carriers and that they should therefore be exempt from liability for the content that passes through their systems. ...Notwithstanding its benefits, in recent months ISPs have begun to chip away at the principle. ??? http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_search_for_net_neutrality/ How Domain Name Typo-Squatters are Gaming Google In a recent article, eWeek reports on researchers at Microsoft revealing large-scale, typo-squatting schemes that use "multi-layer URL redirection to game Google's AdSense for domains program". According to this report, the Microsoft Research Systems Management Research Group succeeded in tracking a ring of typo-squatters registering misspelled domain names that generated traffic for serving advertising from Google. http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_domain_name_typo_squatters_are_gaming_google/ Out of This World! Earth.com Sells for $800,000 & Two Others Fetch Six Figures As 2005 Goes Out With a Bang What an appropriate ending for a great year. The domain market spent 2005 on an upward trajectory that continued right through the final week of the year when a trio of hefty six-figure sales sent the business into orbit. Earth.com changed hands for $800,000 to land among the three biggest sales reported this year. http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm ca: NDP asks cybersquatter to stop using phony URLs to redirect traffic B.C. resident David Bedford has de-linked bogus public sector Web sites to the New Democratic Party after it asked him to stop re-directing traffic to its home page. http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=37977 us: What's in a name? Poetry group says plenty A rose by any other name might smell as sweet. But if you're a poetry group with a lawyer, it can be grounds for a lawsuit. A nonprofit Illinois foundation "committed to a vigorous presence of poetry in our culture" charges that an Iowa-based Internet firm has "squatted" on a key section of cyberspace: poetry.org. http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051231/NEWS01/512310345/ Understanding Internationalized Domain Names The article addresses some security concerns and how can you protect yourself. http://communitydispatch.com/artman/publish/article_3350.shtml eu/hu: PwC Newsflash - ?.eu" domain name registration in Hungarian In the latest edition of its Newsflash PricewaterhouseCoopers provides information on registering domain names with the .eu domain label. http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=6822 ie: IEDR cuts its domain name prices IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the managed registry for Ireland's dot.ie domain names, today said it has introduced cuts in its registry prices. http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1328357;s=rollingnews.htm ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* CONFERENCE: Internet Governance: New Political and Regulatory Frameworks for Global Network Communication This symposium will analyze the results of the Tunis summit and discuss in particular for key areas of Internet governance as follows: 1. Internet Oversight and the Management of the Internet Core Resources; 2. Internet and Human Rights: Freedom of Expression, Access to Knowledge and Protection of Privacy; 3. Internet Security and Stability: Cybercrime, Spam and Identity Theft; 4. Internet and Development: Bridging the Digital Divide. The aim of this pre-conference is to form a network of scholars to monitor the progress of and to research internet governance, with a special emphasis on the international aspects. http://www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/InternetGovernance.html When will the Internet be divided among nations? This fight over ICANN is all about a golden key. Without it, the Internet is completely useless. That golden key is a name on the net called a URL. It's all about the master design of a sophisticated key management system so that billions of single domain name identities can offer access to billions of sites without any problem. After all, without this access, the Internet has no value. It's this portion of the magic of the Internet that is now being challenged. http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2574 Derailing the Dance of the Digital Divide Headlines proclaiming victories often apply only to the day they are published. When it comes to politics there are no "final victories" and I fear that will be the case with our so-called win at the recent meeting in Tunis of the World Summit on the Information Society. Headlines proclaimed "U.S. to Retain Oversight of Web" but one victorious battle for America does not mean that the war has been won. What is at stake is our continued control of our wealth and technology. http://www.aim.org/guest_column/4276_0_6_0_C/ Protest to President Ben Ali of Tunisia Over IFJ Website Ban Following UN Summit Criticism The International Federation of Journalists today protested to the Tunisian government over the banning of the Federation?s web site. In recent weeks, following the World Summit on the Information Society in November when the IFJ sharply criticised restrictions on Internet use and harassment of human rights activists, the IFJ web site has been unobtainable. http://allafrica.com/stories/200601090624.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2006 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Messenger 7.0: Free worldwide PC to PC calls http://au.messenger.yahoo.comReceived on Thu Jan 12 2006 - 14:47:49 UTC
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