Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the archive of the last 3 months of the news. And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** WSIS Forum 2011 unites governments with grassroots to re-energize the development agenda [news release] http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2011/14.aspx ICANN capitulates to government pressure on new TLDs http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/05/16/icann-board-capitulates-to-gac NTIA calls for ICANN to ?walk the walk? http://domainincite.com/ntia-calls-for-icann-to-walk-the-walk/ au: Family affairs with Susan Hetherington http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/05/family-affairs-with-susan-hetherington-2.html TLDs ? Neues von .no, .tr und .sydney http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2011/tlds-neues-von-no-tr-und-sydney-id667961.html Nominet fails to pin down its net cop role http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/18/nominet_wrestles_with_net_cop_role/ xxx: Warning! Your brand may be associated with adult content! http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/ip/cuipmay11.htm .brand TLDs still face barriers http://domainincite.com/brand-tlds-still-face-barriers/ Trademark lobby makes final new gTLD demands http://domainincite.com/trademark-lobby-makes-final-new-gtld-demands/ US calls on its Nato partners to help resist cyber-attacks http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/us-nato-cyber-attacks-report Nominet paves way for safer Internet with DNSSEC for all .uk domains http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/releases/?contentId=8396 AusCERT 2011: Routing systems 'based on gossip' http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/386792/auscert_2011_routing_systems_based_gossip Sedo Tops $100m In Sales For 2010 http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=14660 ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** WSIS Forum 2011 unites governments with grassroots to re-energize the development agenda [news release] Geneva, 16 May 2011 - World leaders are gathering in Geneva this week to work on strategies to more effectively harness the power and reach of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in crucial areas like health and education. http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2011/14.aspx ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Turkey President Abdullah G?l Meets With ICANN Leaders In Advance of Istanbul Board Retreat Turkey President Abdullah G?l welcomed ICANN leaders and staff, including CEO Rod Beckstrom and Board Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush, at the Presidential Palace on 18 May for an exchange of ideas about the past and future of the Internet. The personal meeting with President G?l and the Ambassador Chief of the Cabinet to the President H. Avni Karsl?o?lu was a capstone to a series of meetings with Turkish officials and Internet industry groups scheduled prior to ICANN's 19-21 May Board retreat in Istanbul. http://icann.org/ http://icann.org/en/presentations/beckstrom-speech-izmir-turkey-17may11-en.pdf Public Comment: Draft FY12 Operating Plan and Budget?Ready for Community Consideration The draft FY12 Operating Plan and Budget is posted and ready for community consideration. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-17may11-en.htm ICANN capitulates to government pressure on new TLDs The ICANN Board has largely capitulated to government demands in its latest revision of the Applicant Guidebook for new Internet extensions, an in-depth analysis of the relevant documents by .Nxt has revealed. http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/05/16/icann-board-capitulates-to-gac VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for ?Packaged? IDN TLD Applications VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter to ICANN requesting ?packaged? top level domain name applications. http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/17/verisign-and-25-others-ask-icann-for-packaged-idn-tld-applications/ The ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team Recommendations: To Implementation, And Beyond by Brian Cute Buzz Lightyear, the astronaut character from the movie Toy Story, is known for his tagline, "To infinity, and beyond!" ICANN can take a lesson from the ebullient Buzz with respect to accountability and transparency. Just as Buzz believed he could fly beyond infinity, ICANN should view full implementation of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) recommendations not as the last stop, but as the next stop on its important journey of accountability and transparency. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_accountability_and_transparency_review_team_recommendations/ How ICANN Will Spend $67 Million of Your Money ICANN expects to spend $67 million in the year starting July 1. That?s if the new gTLD program doesn?t kick off. http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/18/how-icann-will-spend-67-million-of-your-money/ Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the latest new top level domain guidebook. http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/16/oversee-net-and-ica-blast-icann-on-domain-parking-mention-in-new-tld-guidebook/ NTIA calls for ICANN to ?walk the walk? A US National Telecommunications and Information Administration official today said ICANN needs to prove it can ?walk the walk? when it comes to accountability and transparency. http://domainincite.com/ntia-calls-for-icann-to-walk-the-walk/ ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** au: Family affairs with Susan Hetherington ... Susan's scary statistic: Australian mothers are among the worst in the world when it comes to creating online profiles for their unborn or newly born babies 41 per cent of Australian mums have uploaded pics of their newborns (compared with 33% in the USA and 19% in Japan) 7% of Australian mums give their babies an email address (compared with 4% in the UK and 6% in the USA) 26% of Australian mums have uploaded their antenatal scans compared with 14% in Japan and 23% in the UK). Scarily many parents also admit to the availability of a domain name being one of the criteria when selecting a name for their bub http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/05/family-affairs-with-susan-hetherington-2.html TLDs ? Neues von .no, .tr und .sydney Kaum glaubt man Netzsperren hierzulande ?berwunden, macht sich die T?rkei auf, Domains mit verbotenen W?rtern zu sperren. In Norwegen r?umt man dagegen Privatpersonen mehr Domain-Freiheit ein, w?hrend Sydney und Melbourne um ihre eigene TLD k?mpfen wollen ? hier die Kurznews. ... Noch ein Blick nach Down Under, wo Sydney und Melbourne angek?ndigt haben, den Kreis der Bewerber um eine neue St?dte-Domain erweitern zu wollen. http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2011/tlds-neues-von-no-tr-und-sydney-id667961.html Last Minute Surge of Opposition to VeriSign .NET Auto Renewal by Joly MacFie The current .NET Registry Agreement between ICANN and VeriSign is due to expire on 30 June 2011. On April 11 2011 ICANN posted a proposed draft renewal agreement for public comment. Under the terms of the existing agreement, which contracted a 6 year term starting July 1 2005, renewal is automatic unless VeriSign commits some egregious breach of terms. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110516_last_minute_surge_of_opposition_to_verisign_net_auto_renewal/ Jiwani to Lead the .PRO Registry in Growth Initiatives RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .PRO top level domain (TLD) for professionals, today announced that Karim Jiwani has become its new CEO. In this role, Jiwani will be responsible for all aspects of the registry's operations including strategy, marketing and sales, registrar support, expansion and policy. Jiwani intends to increase the industry awareness for .PRO and expand its reach to encompass all professionals in every field. http://registry.pro/press-releases/2011/0518.shtml Nominet fails to pin down its net cop role .uk Policy Forum Nominet, the .uk domain name manager, yesterday held its inaugural .uk Policy Forum, a talking shop designed to give stakeholders a chance to voice their opinions about internet governance. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/18/nominet_wrestles_with_net_cop_role/ xxx: Warning! Your brand may be associated with adult content! In brief: .xxx domain names will be available for registration in early September. While .xxx domain names are intended for adult content, trade mark holders in other industries will be able to take advantage of a 'sunrise period' to defensively register their trade marks so as to remove the risk of brand-jacking and cyber-squatting. Partner Andrew Wiseman (view CV), Senior Associate Jesse Gleeson and Law Graduate Andrew Wilcock look at what is involved. http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/ip/cuipmay11.htm How to protect your trademark in .xxx ICM Registry today revealed the details of its policies for trademark holders that want to defensively register or block their .xxx domain names. http://domainincite.com/how-to-protect-your-trademark-in-xxx/ Up to $650 for a .xxx domain - or to keep your name off one Pornographers and brand owners can expect to pay between $75 and $650 to register .xxx domain names, newly published registrar pricing schemes have revealed. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/16/xxx_domains_pretty_pricey/ ********************** - NEW TLDS ********************** .brand TLDs still face barriers Companies planning to apply for ?.brand? top-level domains still have concerns that ICANN?s new gTLD program does not adequately cater to their unique requirements. http://domainincite.com/brand-tlds-still-face-barriers/ AfTLD, DCA Battle for Soul of Dot Africa Two Mauritius-based African Top Level Domains (AfTLD) and DotConnect Africa (DCA) are squaring up for the soul of Dot Africa (.africa) over who the Africa Union (AU) should back in pursuit of this continental domain. http://www.champion.com.ng/displaycontent.asp?pid=7012 http://allafrica.com/stories/201105180533.html Three strikes UDRP rule worries Demand Media Demand Media and the Internet Commerce Association have called for ICANN to drop the ?three strikes and you?re out? ban on applying for new top-level domains. http://domainincite.com/three-strikes-udrp-rule-worries-demand-media/ Trademark lobby makes final new gTLD demands With ICANN?s latest and potentially last call for comment on its new top-level domains program just hours away from closing, the arguments are shaping up along familiar lines. http://domainincite.com/trademark-lobby-makes-final-new-gtld-demands/ ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** US calls on its Nato partners to help resist cyber-attacks The US has given the broadest hint yet that a cyber-attack on one Nato country will be regarded as an attack on all. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/us-nato-cyber-attacks-report Cyber-weaponry, virtual battlefields and the changing face of global warfare by Misha Glenny, author of DarkMarket The last year has proved to be a game-changer in the perception of threats in cyberspace. Above all, the discovery of the computer worm Stuxnet alerted the world that cyber-weaponry capable of causing real havoc to advanced industrial systems is now a reality. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/16/cybercrime-warfare-stuxnet-weapons-hacking Osborne: UK Treasury under sustained cyberattack by foreign intelligence agencies Foreign intelligence agencies are carrying out sustained cyberattacks on the UK Treasury, targeting it with malicious emails and programs designed to steal information, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has revealed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/16/treasury-sustained-cyberattack-george-osborne-reveals Nominet paves way for safer Internet with DNSSEC for all .uk domains Nominet, the not-for-profit organisation responsible for running the .uk Internet infrastructure, announced today that it has completed the rollout of DNSSEC for all the second level .uk domains in its registry. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/releases/?contentId=8396 DNSSEC launched at .uk second level Today we have completed the deployment of DNSSEC on all second level .uk domains managed by Nominet. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=8394 Nominet rolls out DNSSEC extensions for 9.4 million .uk domains UK registry Nominet has enabled the deployment of domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC) for 9.4 million second level .uk domains. http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/05/18/246685/Nominet-rolls-out-DNSSEC-extensions-for-9.4-million-.uk.htm ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** uk: Hargreaves report: Jeremy Hunt and Google's Eric Schmidt welcome new UK copyright laws Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt welcome Hargreaves? proposed relaxation of UK copyright laws ... Responding to questions that Google?s search engine made it too easy to find and illegally download copyrighted content, Mr Schmidt said that although it such material was hosted by third parties, allowing people to access it so easily ?not very satisfactory?. Google was considering a way forward, he said. He stressed, however, that it was not appropriate to simply block websites in an arbitrary way by turning off domain name servers (DNS). ?"I would be very, very careful if I were a government about arbitrarily [using] simple solutions to complex problems," he said. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8521994/Hargreaves-report-Jeremy-Hunt-and-Googles-Eric-Schmidt-welcome-new-UK-copyright-laws.html us: Internet trade group wants changes in copyright bill [IDG] New U.S. legislation intended to shut down foreign websites that infringe copyrights would cause major headaches because it would allow copyright holders to target legitimate Web services with "thousands" of court orders, an e-commerce trade group said. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/387041/internet_trade_group_wants_changes_copyright_bill/ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216833/Internet_trade_group_wants_changes_in_copyright_bill ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Shortage of IPv4 addresses : only 7.8% of all IPv4 addresses are still available worldwide IPv4 addresses are nearing saturation point ? and in some regions of the globe they are running short. To overcome the point when the addresses finally run out ? scheduled for the end of this year ? a few years ago, the authorities started to deploy a new standard, IPv6. The state of play: http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/284/shortage-of-ipv4-addresses-only-7-8-of-all-ipv4-addresses-are-still-available-worldwide To mark IPv6Day, AFNIC releases a special report and sets up a dedicated team With only a few weeks to go before IPv6Day, scheduled for 8 June 2011, AFNIC is taking action by publishing a special report on IPv6. It is also setting up a dedicated IPv6 team for the web community to benefit from its expertise in this area. Read on for more information. http://www.afnic.fr/actu/nouvelles/285/to-mark-ipv6day-afnic-releases-a-special-report-and-sets-up-a-dedicated-team The top five myths of IPv4 and IPv6: We uncover the most common myths surrounding both Internet Protocols With the final blocks of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses now in the hands of the world's five regional Internet registries (RIRs), it's only a matter of time before this supply is exhausted. http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=62522 AusCERT 2011: Routing systems 'based on gossip' IT managers are under threat from routing systems that are providing easy access for fraudsters, the Chief Scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has claimed. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/386792/auscert_2011_routing_systems_based_gossip http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/network-wifi/3280614/auscert-2011-routing-systems-based-on-gossip/ http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/auscert-2011-routing-systems-based-on-gossip ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Google boss: anti-piracy laws would be disaster for free speech Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, warned on Wednesday that government plans to block access to illicit filesharing websites could set a "disastrous precedent" for freedom of speech. ... "If there is a law that requires DNSs [domain name systems, the protocol that allows users to connect to websites], to do X and it's passed by both houses of congress and signed by the president of the United States and we disagree with it then we would still fight it," he added. "If it's a request the answer is we wouldn't do it, if it's a discussion we wouldn't do it." http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/18/google-eric-schmidt-piracy Does Obama endorse Whois privacy? The US government today released its latest International Strategy For Cyberspace, and it seems to acknowledge privacy rights in domain name registration. http://domainincite.com/does-obama-endorse-whois-privacy/ ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** How Much is a One Character .CM Domain Name Worth? Just how much is a one character .cm domain name worth? We?ll get a pretty good idea within the next few days. http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/16/how-much-is-a-one-character-cm-domain-name-worth/ It?s Not Just Domain Investors That Own Trademark Domain Names Domain investors often bear the brunt of trademark interests when it comes to typosquatting and cybersquatting. In my opinion, domain investors are blamed for far more than their fair share of cybersquatting. There are plenty of companies that own trademark domain names, and they would not be considered domain investors. http://www.elliotsblog.com/its-not-just-cybersquatting-domain-investors-that-own-tm-domain-names-7336 Frank Schilling Switches To Google Feed, Begins Offering Parking Services (InternetTraffic.com) The domain industry sees many changes. With the downturn of PPC revenue, many of the old-school domainers started to respond more actively to sales inquiries in order to make up for the loss. While it appears that PPC income is not yet on the rebound, many domain investors have been looking to development and other methods of generating additional revenue. Especially with domains that were using a Yahoo! PPC feed the change has been very noticeable. http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/frank-schilling-switches-google-feed-offering-parkign-services/9413 Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/17/sedo-sued-for-10-million-for-failing-to-enforce-women-com-transaction-with-nbc-universal/ Sedo Tops $100m In Sales For 2010 Sedo, easily the world's largest domain name marketplace, hosted over 18 million domain names and produced sales of $101,438,953 in 2010, meaning Sedo sold over $100 million of domain names for the first time as it approaches its tenth year in operation in 2011. http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=14660 http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/05/17/sedo-tops-100m-in-sales-for-2010/ DOMAINfest Barcelona Live Auction Catalogue Released The preliminary auction catalogue and opened pre-bidding for the DOMAINfest Barcelona live auction on 8 June has been released. http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/05/18/domainfest-barcelona-live-auction-catalogue-released/ Domain name horseracing.com for sale Owner Gregory Paley plans to sell the domain name HorseRacing.com at an auction in June. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/17/domain-name-horseracingcom-for-sale.aspx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2011 ------ David Goldstein email: david§goldsteinreport.com web: http://goldsteinreport.com/ http://davidgoldstein.tel/ phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - office/home "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. 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