*************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Monthly Update by Theresa Swinehart < <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/monthly-update> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/monthly-update> DC Constituencies Start to Coalesce on Principles for the IANA Transition and Enhanced ICANN Accountability by Philip Corwin < <http://www.internetcommerce.org/dc-constituencies-start-to-coalesce-on-principles-for-the-iana-transition-and-enhanced-icann-accountability/> http://www.internetcommerce.org/dc-constituencies-start-to-coalesce-on-principles-for-the-iana-transition-and-enhanced-icann-accountability/> Can anyone own a national domain name? Michael Geist < <http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2014/08/08/can_anyone_own_a_national_domain_name_geist.html> http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2014/08/08/can_anyone_own_a_national_domain_name_geist.html> ICANN Grants Data Retention To French And German Registrars < <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/08/icann-grants-data-retention-to-french-and-german-registrars/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/08/icann-grants-data-retention-to-french-and-german-registrars/> au: ApexIT Registrar Accreditation Terminated by Consent < <http://www.auda.org.au/news/apexit-registrar-accreditation-terminated-by-consent/> http://www.auda.org.au/news/apexit-registrar-accreditation-terminated-by-consent/> au: AuDA applications open < <http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/in-brief/item/3326-auda-applications-open> http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/in-brief/item/3326-auda-applications-open> Google to prioritise secure websites < <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513> HTTPS as a ranking signal < <http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html> http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html> au: 'Abbott lies' web domain names registered in Liberal party name < <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/abbott-lies-web-domain-names-registered-in-liberal-party-name> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/abbott-lies-web-domain-names-registered-in-liberal-party-name> au: Liberal Party registers abbottlies.com.au to beat Labor to digital punch < <http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/liberal-party-registers-abbottliescomau-to-beat-labor-to-digital-punch/story-fni0cx12-1227019121938> http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/liberal-party-registers-abbottliescomau-to-beat-labor-to-digital-punch/story-fni0cx12-1227019121938> au: Liberal Party registers domain name ?Abbott Lies? in digital campaign against Labor < <http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/08/10/09/12/liberal-party-registers-domain-name-abbott-lies-in-digital-campaign-against-labor> http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/08/10/09/12/liberal-party-registers-domain-name-abbott-lies-in-digital-campaign-against-labor> au: Victorian racing umbrella site gets domain < <http://www.afr.com/p/lifestyle/sport/victorian_racing_umbrella_site_gets_N62SNk5sOGZz96jZfyCjrM> http://www.afr.com/p/lifestyle/sport/victorian_racing_umbrella_site_gets_N62SNk5sOGZz96jZfyCjrM> ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** A tale of two processes by Brenden Kuerbis When the NTIA made its announcement to end its historic role overseeing the IANA functions, ICANN was eager to fulfill its assigned convener role. It initiated two concurrent processes, one for developing an IANA functions transition proposal (or, as ICANN prefers to frame it, its ?stewardship transition?) and another on enhancing ICANN accountability. The former dealt with implementation of the registries for names, numbers, protocols; the latter specifically with holding ICANN the organization responsible for decisions it took (e.g., board decisions dealing with DNS policy or other areas). < <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/08/08/a-tale-of-two-processes/> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/08/08/a-tale-of-two-processes/> Students School Faculty on IANA transition: The Meissen proposal by Milton Mueller One of the criticisms often made of IGP?s proposal for the IANA transition is that taking IANA out of ICANN is not a good idea because creating a new organization and transferring critical functions to it is too risky and destabilizing. But guess what? Short of just giving IANA to ICANN with no strings attached, there is no way to execute this transition without creating a new organization and/or new processes. It cannot be avoided. The only real question is what kind of a new entity it will be. < <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/08/04/students-school-faculty-on-iana-transition-the-meissen-proposal/> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/08/04/students-school-faculty-on-iana-transition-the-meissen-proposal/> ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Monthly Update by Theresa Swinehart To the Community, This is no sleepy summer at ICANN! We've been very busy getting two important processes ? the IANA Functions Stewardship Transition and the Strengthening ICANN Governance and Accountability track -- up and running. I wanted to update you on the latest developments for both. < <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/monthly-update> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/monthly-update> Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN 52 in Marrakech About the Fellowship Program: Since its creation in 2007, the Fellowship Program has had over 1000 successful fellowships. Today many of these individuals are actively participating in all of the ICANN communities as leaders in At Large, the GAC, ccNSO, SSAC and gNSO. < <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-08-08-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-08-08-en> ICG Charter Open for Public Comments On July 18, the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) produced a draft charter that defines its own tasks. The ICG views defining the broad outlines of its charter as important, but it views finalizing the charter and moving on to the real work of the transition planning to be of equal importance. Thus the ICG is opening up a short public comment period on the charter to determine if there are any major objections to the current draft that the ICG has not already taken into account. < <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-08-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-08-en> ICANN grants Data Retention Waiver to Mailclub SAS MAILCLUB SAS ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") pursuant to Section 3 of the Data Retention Specification of the 2013 RAA, which provides that if a registrar is subject to the same applicable law that gave rise to ICANN's request to grant a previous data retention waiver under the 2013 RAA, a registrar may request that ICANN grant a similar waiver, which request shall be approved by ICANN, unless ICANN provides Registrar with a reasonable justification for not approving such request. < <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-5-2014-08-07-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-5-2014-08-07-en> DATA RETENTION WAIVER - 1API GmbH 1API GmbH ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") on the basis of Registrar's contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA (the "Specification") violates applicable law in Germany. < <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2014-08-07-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2014-08-07-en> DATA RETENTION WAIVER - ingenit GmbH & Co. KG ingenit GmbH & Co. KG ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") on the basis of Registrar's contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA (the "Specification") violates applicable law in Germany. < <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-08-07-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-08-07-en> Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) Panel Process Document Released ICANN has published the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) process documents for Community Priority Evaluation (CPE). This document provides detail of the process the EIU employs to perform the CPE. < <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-07aug14-en> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-07aug14-en> ICG Announces Second Conference Call The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold its next conference call on 19 August 2014, 12:00-14:00 UTC. < <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-08-07-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-08-07-en> DC Constituencies Start to Coalesce on Principles for the IANA Transition and Enhanced ICANN Accountability by Philip Corwin It is now being broadly acknowledged that, as expressed unanimously by all GNSO constituencies at the recent ICANN London meeting, ?as part of the IANA transition, the multi-stakeholder community has the opportunity and responsibility to propose meaningful accountability structures that go beyond just the IANA-specific accountability issues?. < <http://www.internetcommerce.org/dc-constituencies-start-to-coalesce-on-principles-for-the-iana-transition-and-enhanced-icann-accountability/> http://www.internetcommerce.org/dc-constituencies-start-to-coalesce-on-principles-for-the-iana-transition-and-enhanced-icann-accountability/> Can anyone own a national domain name? Michael Geist The legal status of a country-code domain name extension is unclear. It is not property in the physical sense and within the ICANN world it amounts to little more than an entry in a database. < <http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2014/08/08/can_anyone_own_a_national_domain_name_geist.html> http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2014/08/08/can_anyone_own_a_national_domain_name_geist.html> ICANN Grants Data Retention To French And German Registrars ICANN announced yesterday it has granted four more data retention waivers to registrars domiciled in France and Germany due to their inability to sign ICANN?s 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement. < <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/08/icann-grants-data-retention-to-french-and-german-registrars/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/08/icann-grants-data-retention-to-french-and-german-registrars/> < <http://www.domainnews.com/icann-grants-data-retention-to-french-and-german-registrars.html> http://www.domainnews.com/icann-grants-data-retention-to-french-and-german-registrars.html> Video Interviews of IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Members by Dan York Want to know more about what is going on with the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG)? ICANN recently published a set of video interviews with members of the ICG. Here, for instance is the interview with Alissa Cooper who represents the IETF on the ICG... While this is certainly not the complete list of ICG members, it is a good sampling of the variety of people involved with the ICG and does provide a range of different viewpoints into what is going on within the ICG process. < <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140807_video_interviews_iana_stewardship_transition_coordination_group/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140807_video_interviews_iana_stewardship_transition_coordination_group/> ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** au: ApexIT Registrar Accreditation Terminated by Consent auDA has given consent to ApexIT Pty Ltd?s intention to terminate its auDA registrar accreditation under clause 2.2 of the Registrar Agreement. On 21 July 2014, ApexIT ceased to be an auDA accredited Registrar. < <http://www.auda.org.au/news/apexit-registrar-accreditation-terminated-by-consent/> http://www.auda.org.au/news/apexit-registrar-accreditation-terminated-by-consent/> au: AuDA applications open The AuDA Foundation is now accepting grants for its latest round of funding. < <http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/in-brief/item/3326-auda-applications-open> http://dubbophotonews.com.au/index.php/dpn/categories/in-brief/item/3326-auda-applications-open> Working on a secure domain industry - new .at-report online! Security is a big topic being discussed publicly right now. Domain hijacking, phishing and DNS spoofing are just some of the many risks the Domain Industry is facing. What threats Internet users are facing and what precautions Registries and Registrars can take in order to contribute to a stable and trustworthy World Wide Web you can read in our new .at-report on the topic "Security". < <http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/article/gemeinsam-fuer-eine-sichere-domainbranche-neuer-at-report-online/> http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/article//gemeinsam-fuer-eine-sichere-domainbranche-neuer-at-report-online/> be: Watch out for similar domain names We recently received reports detailing a far-reaching type of fraud. The fraudsters reserve a domain name that strongly resembles the actual domain name of a web shop and build an accurate replica of the site of this web shop. Then they offer the same products but at rock-bottom prices. Of course, these products don?t actually exist and the visitors of the site are defrauded. < <http://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/news/watch-out-similar-domain-names> http://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/news/watch-out-similar-domain-names> Nominate your favourite .eu website for the .eu Web Awards! Give your favourite .eu website the chance to win an online media package worth 5 000 EUR in the .eu Web Awards, hosted by the .eu registry EURid. < <http://www.eurid.eu/en/news/aug-2014/nominate-your-favourite-eu-website-eu-web-awards> http://www.eurid.eu/en/news/aug-2014/nominate-your-favourite-eu-website-eu-web-awards> < <http://www.domainnews.com/nominate-your-favourite-eu-website-for-the-eu-web-awards.html> http://www.domainnews.com/nominate-your-favourite-eu-website-for-the-eu-web-awards.html> < <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/09/nominate-your-favourite-eu-website-for-the-eu-web-awards/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/09/nominate-your-favourite-eu-website-for-the-eu-web-awards/> nz: Notification of UDAI policy amendments Following a public consultation, the DNCL Board has approved a small number of amendments to the Registering, Managing and Cancelling (RMC) Policy and Transfer to Another Registrar (TAR) Policy. < <http://dnc.org.nz/story/notification-udai-policy-amendments> http://dnc.org.nz/story/notification-udai-policy-amendments> nz: Kiwis get ready... for more .NZ domain name choices Have you ever looked at a .nz website or email address and gotten a kick out of the second level hierarchy? Of course you have. < <http://techday.com/start-up/news/kiwis-get-ready-for-more-nz-domain-name-choices/189890/> http://techday.com/start-up/news/kiwis-get-ready-for-more-nz-domain-name-choices/189890/> ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Google to prioritise secure websites Google has said it will give preference to more secure websites in its search rankings from now on. < <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513> HTTPS as a ranking signal Security is a top priority for Google. We invest a lot in making sure that our services use industry-leading security, like strong HTTPS encryption by default. That means that people using Search, Gmail and Drive, for example, automatically have a secure connection to Google. < <http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html> http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html> More Secure Websites Could Rank Higher in Google Search Results Under New Algorithm Google is going to factor HTTPS when ranking websites in search results which it hopes will encourage more site owners to switch to HTTPS from HTTP, according to a blog post by the search giant on Wednesday. < <http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/google-considers-https-factor-search-ranking> http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/google-considers-https-factor-search-ranking> In major shift, Google boosts search rankings of HTTPS-protected sites In a shift aimed at fostering wider use of encryption on the Web, Google is tweaking its search engine to favor sites that use HTTPS to protect end users' privacy and security. < <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/08/in-major-shift-google-boosts-search-rankings-of-https-protected-sites/> http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/08/in-major-shift-google-boosts-search-rankings-of-https-protected-sites/> Google To Push Websites With HTTPS In Search Rankings For More Secure Web In an effort to push security, Google announced they are starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal in their search results. Over the past few months Google has been running tests taking into account whether sites use secure, encrypted connections as a signal in their search ranking algorithms and the results have been positive. < <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=22746> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=22746> < <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/08/google-to-push-websites-with-https-in-search-rankings-for-more-secure-web/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/08/08/google-to-push-websites-with-https-in-search-rankings-for-more-secure-web/> < <http://www.domainnews.com/google-to-push-websites-with-https-in-search-rankings-for-more-secure-web.html> http://www.domainnews.com/google-to-push-websites-with-https-in-search-rankings-for-more-secure-web.html> Verisign and Risk I/O Team Up to Deliver Actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence I am thrilled to let you know that as of today, Risk I/O, a respected vulnerability threat management platform, will be leveraging Verisign iDefense vulnerability intelligence data as a part of its threat processing engine through a licensing agreement between the two companies. < <http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/title_verisign_and_risk_i> http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/title_verisign_and_risk_i> A new colour for your Facebook profile? It's a scam A Facebook app offering to change the colour of Facebook?s profile page and header scams users, hacking into their Facebook account and computer. < <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/07/facebook-profile-colour-scam> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/07/facebook-profile-colour-scam> Belgian Government Finally Gets Its Internet Back From Hackers Belgium?s foreign ministry finally has full Internet access across all platforms, after it was the victim of repeat cyber-attack in May, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said Thursday. < <http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/07/belgian-government-finally-gets-its-internet-back-from-hackers/?mod=ST1> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/07/belgian-government-finally-gets-its-internet-back-from-hackers/?mod=ST1> USB 'critically flawed' after bug discovery, researchers say Cyber-security experts have dramatically called into question the safety and security of using USB to connect devices to computers. < <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28701124> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28701124> Kiwis' data threatened after Russian hackers steal a billion passwords The internet credentials of some New Zealanders will almost certainly have fallen into the hands of a Russian cyber gang, an online security expert fears. < <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11304873> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11304873> There is no such thing as a free domain Since quite a long time now SWITCH actively cleans up drive-by sites. Attackers using the ever same tricks, analysing has become quite a routine, if not to say a bore. However recently, we stumbled over a new pattern. Many of the reported domains looked like < <http://securityblog.switch.ch/2014/08/07/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-domain/> http://securityblog.switch.ch/2014/08/07/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-domain/> ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES & SEIZURES ********************** Porn.com Recovered After 'Hijack' Attempt Porn.com has recovered its domain, company attorneys confirmed to XBIZ on Thursday. The company released this statement: "We can now confirm that Porn.com, one of the largest and top adult entertainment websites in the world, was recently ?hijacked? by an unknown third party. Porn.com was originally purchased in 2007 for $9.5 million making it the third most expensive domain of all time. < <http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=183149> http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=183149> Domain Registrars Deny Police Requests to Suspend Pirate Sites Domain name suspension requests sent by City of London Police to registrars are not being met with cooperation in a majority of cases. New information obtained through a Freedom of Information request reveals that a total of 70 requests were denied, with just five being granted. < <http://torrentfreak.com/domain-registrars-deny-police-requests-suspend-pirate-sites-140808/> http://torrentfreak.com/domain-registrars-deny-police-requests-suspend-pirate-sites-140808/> ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Consultation on New Experimental Allocation ARIN is soliciting community input on a proposed experiment that will require the temporary use of space from 23.128.0.0/10, the IPv4 addresses reserved to facilitate IPv6 deployment. < <https://www.arin.net/announcements/2014/20140804.html> https://www.arin.net/announcements/2014/20140804.html> ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** au: 'Abbott lies' web domain names registered in Liberal party name Labor has sought to embarrass the government over the discovery that web domain names that include the term ?Abbott lies? have been registered in the name of the Liberal party. < <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/abbott-lies-web-domain-names-registered-in-liberal-party-name> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/abbott-lies-web-domain-names-registered-in-liberal-party-name> au: Liberal Party registers abbottlies.com.au to beat Labor to digital punch THE LIBERAL Party has embraced the unusual political strategy of registering the domain name ?Abbott Lies?? as a website address and redirecting all traffic to Liberal website promoting the May budget. < <http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/liberal-party-registers-abbottliescomau-to-beat-labor-to-digital-punch/story-fni0cx12-1227019121938> http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/liberal-party-registers-abbottliescomau-to-beat-labor-to-digital-punch/story-fni0cx12-1227019121938> au: Liberal Party registers domain name ?Abbott Lies? in digital campaign against Labor The Liberal Party has registered abbottlies.com.au as a website to prevent critics launching a site under the same domain name. < <http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/08/10/09/12/liberal-party-registers-domain-name-abbott-lies-in-digital-campaign-against-labor> http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/08/10/09/12/liberal-party-registers-domain-name-abbott-lies-in-digital-campaign-against-labor> A good snyopsis of Verisign?s monopoly contract Verisign has a wonderful license to print money. Its contract with ICANN to run .com allows it to charge $7.85 per .com domain name registered. The company enjoys fat 55% operating margins as a result. < <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/10/a-good-snyopsis-of-verisigns-monopoly-contract/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/10/a-good-snyopsis-of-verisigns-monopoly-contract/> New from Verisign Labs - Measuring Privacy Disclosures in URL Query Strings Have you ever gone to socially share or email a URL and found that it was much longer than you had expected? Take the following contrived URL as an example: < <http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/new_from_verisign_labs_measuring> http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/new_from_verisign_labs_measuring> Successfully Monitoring Your Brand Online with Brandshield Technology As I continue to search for new products and services that will help companies manage their digital real estate in the future of the expanded internet environment, I have been fortunate to come across a great company, Brand Shield. < <http://info.wolfedomain.com/blog/bid/385371/Successfully-Monitoring-Your-Brand-Online-with-Brandshield-Technology> http://info.wolfedomain.com/blog/bid/385371/Successfully-Monitoring-Your-Brand-Online-with-Brandshield-Technology> A look inside Google?s new domain name registrar It?s been a little over a month since Google announced its domain name registration service, and I got access to the beta today. < <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/08/google-domains-registrar/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/08/google-domains-registrar/> Share Incentive Scheme Minds + Machines Group Limited, the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet TLDs, announces that it has adopted a new share incentive scheme. < <http://investors.mindsandmachines.com/2014/08/share-incentive-scheme/> http://investors.mindsandmachines.com/2014/08/share-incentive-scheme/> My takeaways from Rightside?s first investor call Rightside just concluded its first ever investor conference call as a standalone company. < <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/07/my-takeaways-from-rightsides-first-investor-call/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/07/my-takeaways-from-rightsides-first-investor-call/> Rightside just released its first earnings report Rightside today released its first quarterly earnings report after being spun off from Demand Media. < <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/07/rightside-just-released-its-first-earnings-report/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/07/rightside-just-released-its-first-earnings-report/> ********************** - WEBHOSTING ********************** Netcraft Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in July 2014 Anexia had the most reliable hosting company site in July, with three failed requests. This is Anexia's second appearance in the top 10 in 2014, and the first time it's topped the table since Netcraft starting monitoring its performance. The Europe-based IT service provider operates infrastructure in several European datacenters, and has maintained a 100% uptime record over the past year. Last year, Anexia was ranked #136 in Deloitte's Technology Fast500 EMEA, which recognizes the top 500 fastest-growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. < <http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2014/08/08/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-july-2014.html> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2014/08/08/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-july-2014.html> ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** au: Victorian racing umbrella site gets domain Racing Victoria has purchased the ?racing.com domain name, a further step in establishing its own media business ?containing almost all of the state?s ?digital thoroughbred racing assets. < <http://www.afr.com/p/lifestyle/sport/victorian_racing_umbrella_site_gets_N62SNk5sOGZz96jZfyCjrM> http://www.afr.com/p/lifestyle/sport/victorian_racing_umbrella_site_gets_N62SNk5sOGZz96jZfyCjrM> ********************** ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL ********************** au: Online dating scams to be targeted by money laundering agency and ACCC [AAP] The consumer watchdog is joining forces with government anti-money laundering agents to crack down on internet dating scams. < <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/online-dating-scams-to-be-targeted-by-money-laundering-agency-and-accc> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/online-dating-scams-to-be-targeted-by-money-laundering-agency-and-accc> ACCC launches Scam Disruption Project [news release] The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today launched its national Scam Disruption Project to help protect the Australian community from relationship scammers. < <http://accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-launches-scam-disruption-project> http://accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-launches-scam-disruption-project> ********************** PRIVACY & SURVEILLANCE ********************** Australian Proposal Would Require Suspicionless Domestic Spying by ISPs The Australian government announced new anti-terrorism measures this week, in response to the alleged involvement of Australian citizens with extremist groups in countries including Syria and Iraq. Quietly omitted from the briefing at which those changes were announced, but separately leaked to the press this week, were the government's plans to introduce mandatory data retention requirements for Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs). < <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/australian-proposal-would-require-suspicionless-domestic-spying-isps> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/australian-proposal-would-require-suspicionless-domestic-spying-isps> au: Asio and federal police seek to clear up confusion over metadata collection Australia?s intelligence and police chiefs have moved to clear up confusion over the reach of the government?s proposed mandatory data retention scheme. < <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/asio-and-federal-police-seek-to-clear-up-confusion-over-metadata-collection> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/08/asio-and-federal-police-seek-to-clear-up-confusion-over-metadata-collection> au: Data retention: Turnbull says government only wants your IP address Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull says that proposed data retention laws would require Internet service providers to retain records of the IP address used by customers of their service ? not the IP addresses of websites visited by customers. < <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/551969/data_retention_turnbull_says_government_only_wants_your_ip_address/> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/551969/data_retention_turnbull_says_government_only_wants_your_ip_address/> ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Inside U.S. Trade: Leaked TPP Paper On Drug IP Landing Zones Shows Extent Of Divisions [Matthew Schewel for Inside U.S. Trade] A confidential Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating document obtained by Inside U.S. Trade sheds new light on the extent of disagreement that remains over controversial provisions on intellectual property (IP) protection for pharmaceuticals, roughly three months ahead of a November target for producing a substantial outcome in the talks. < <http://infojustice.org/archives/33095> http://infojustice.org/archives/33095> ************************** BRAND PROTECTION & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ************************** au: ThredboTM the start of a slippery slope? The name Thredbo might well conjure images of schussing the snowfields and hot chocolates in the ski lodge. < <http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/thredbotm-the-start-of-a-slippery-slope-20140809-3dfcg.html> http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/thredbotm-the-start-of-a-slippery-slope-20140809-3dfcg.html> ------ David Goldstein email: <mailto:david at goldsteinreport.com> david at goldsteinreport.com web: <http://goldsteinreport.com/> http://goldsteinreport.com/ / <http://davidgoldstein.tel/> http://davidgoldstein.tel/ Twitter: <https://twitter.com/goldsteinreport> https://twitter.com/goldsteinreport phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9663 3430 - office/home "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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