[DNS] domain name and governance news - 13 February

[DNS] domain name and governance news - 13 February

From: David Goldstein <goldstein_david§yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:53:52 +1100 (EST)
Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for
the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne
time on 16 February, a more recent edition of the news
should be posted to the auDA web site.

The domain name news is supported by auDA.

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Net control at question

http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20060208-062823-2265r

au: Pest gives himself a sporting chance

http://theage.com.au/news/business/pest-gives-himself-a-sporting-chance/2006/02/08/1139379572320.html

Europe?s new Internet domain ?.eu? today got 71 235
new applications in one hour (news release)

http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-is-now-receiving-sunrise-2-applications

eu: Second phase of .eu registrations gets underway
 http://www.netimperative.com/2006/02/09/Second_eu

Cybersquatters develop taste for .ch

http://swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=6459290&cKey=1139650736000

uk: Nominet flip-flops on industry code of conduct
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/09/nominet_code/

uk: Nominet takes lead on raising standards in UK
Internet industry (news release)

http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/4583_Industry_standards.pdf

uk: Firms tricked in web address scam

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4689704.stm

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Net control at question
Born in the United States, the Internet has long since
become global -- but tensions have also grown over
U.S. control of the core infrastructure and governance
of the Net.

http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20060208-062823-2265r
 http://www.physorg.com/news10730.html

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au: Pest gives himself a sporting chance
NOTORIOUS cybersquatter Brad Norrish, certainly has a
never-say-die attitude. After having his deceptive
antics reined in by several Australian courts,
Perth-based Norrish has taken on US sporting channel
network ESPN.

http://theage.com.au/news/business/pest-gives-himself-a-sporting-chance/2006/02/08/1139379572320.html

Europe?s new Internet domain ?.eu? today got 71 235
new applications in one hour (news release)
EURid opened its systems to receive applications for
.eu domain names from anyone within the EU claiming
prior rights to a certain domain name. During the
first 15 minutes after 11:00 today EURid received 27
949 applications. After an hour, at 12:00, the number
was 71 235.

http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-is-now-receiving-sunrise-2-applications

eu: Second phase of .eu registrations gets underway
Following the opening of the second sunrise period for
the new .eu domain name on 7 February, domain
registration firm Hostway is warning companies that
they only have two months until the floodgates for
general registration open on 7 April.
 http://www.netimperative.com/2006/02/09/Second_eu

http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2150012/eu-enters-2nd-sunrise

http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=65461

http://www.newsfactor.com/news/EU-Internet-Domain-Open-for-Business/story.xhtml?story_id=02300243AEU9
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6619

Cybersquatters develop taste for .ch
Cybersquatting disputes involving Switzerland's .ch
domain name are among the highest of all country
codes, according to a United Nations agency.

http://swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=6459290&cKey=1139650736000

Vint Cerf condemns two-tier internet
Vint Cerf told Congress yesterday that ideas proposed
by telecoms companies for a two-tier internet were
fatally flawed and, if necessary, legislation should
be passed to make it impossible.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/08/cerf_calls_for_neutral_net/

uk: Nominet flip-flops on industry code of conduct
Nominet UK, the outfit that administers the .uk
domain, says it's committed to "raising standards in
the UK internet industry" four years after insisting a
code of conduct was "not feasible".
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/09/nominet_code/

uk: Nominet to take domain sector temperature
A survey of internet businesses by Nominet, the .uk
domain name registry, has found that two-thirds agree
with the need for improved self-regulation in the
domain name industry and over 80 percent support a
code of conduct for domain name registrars.
 http://www.netimperative.com/2006/02/10/nominet

uk: Nominet takes lead on raising standards in UK
Internet industry (news release)
A survey of registrars by Nominet, the .uk domain name
registry, has revealed that two-thirds agreed with the
need for improved self-regulation in the domain name
industry and over 80 per cent supported a code of
conduct for registrars.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/4583_Industry_standards.pdf

uk: Firms tricked in web address scam
A man has admitted 24 charges of obtaining money by
deception in an internet domain name scam.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4689704.stm

The Latest ICANN-VeriSign Agreement: Too Little, Too
Late?
VeriSign and ICANN have posted a proposed agreement to
settle their legal differences and renew VeriSign's
contract as a registry. The last proposed agreeement
raised quite an uproar, including an attempted
temporary restraining order. Is this revised agreement
a real improvement, or just window dressing? If you're
a web host and a registrar, you owe it to your
business to find out.

http://webhosting.devshed.com/c/a/Web-Hosting-News/The-Latest-ICANN-VeriSign-Agreement-Too-Little-Too-Late/

Major website blackout blamed on massive attack
Some of the world's most popular internet sites
suffered blackouts on Tuesday following a co-ordinated
and distributed online attack. ... Technical experts
said the incident was consistent with an attack on its
DNS servers.
 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn5113

What To Do About Those Troublesome New gTLDs?
Bret Fausett podcast on ow will new registries roll
out new gTLDs in a way that will expand the usable
name space and bring in new registrants, not just
sunrise registrants and speculators?

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/9/1752650.html

Fee Hikes for .com Domains May Be Coming
ICANN and Verisign have had lawsuits pending against
each other for some time now. At issue are a number of
things, not the least significant of them being that
ICANN would like to increase the base cost of a domain
name.
 http://htmlfixit.com/?p=892

Domain name provider turns users on to 'mobile web'
The international dot.mobi top-level domain provider
headquartered in Dublin has published the first in a
series of its Switch On guides for web developers
aimed at ensuring the best possible internet
experience for the mobile user.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single6031

Domain Market Continues to Boom With Quartet of
Six-Figure Sales Including Macau.com at $550,000
A gigantic private transaction sent a very nice
geographical domain, Macau.com, to Ben Freischmidt for
$550,000.
 http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

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Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for
the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne
time on 16 February, a more recent edition of the news
should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name
news is supported by auDA.

Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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