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internet news - 23 August
Domain name holders targeted once again
Domain name holders are being targeted by another aggressive
marketing campaign, again by an Australian domain name registrar.
http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/A8C9DFF050B3E6C0CC256C1C001C116D!opendocument
Spielberg in domain name dispute
A small web design firm has found itself centre stage in a row with
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg over the name of its internet
site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2208073.stm
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,779122,00.html
.Org front runner named
ICANN has made its recommendation about who should take over the .org
domain, but some watchdogs fear that it is an 'insider deal'.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121116,00.html
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/1449711
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/1449711
http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_20_org.htm
http://www.isp-planet.com/news/2002/icann_020821.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38319-2002Aug20.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2209342.stm
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/iso082102.cfm
Preliminary Report to ICANN Board: ISOC to Run .org?
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-19aug02.htm
GNR remaining confident in .org reassignment process
In an exclusive interview with Demys.net, Andrew K Tsai, CEO and
Executive Director of Global Name Registry, the third-ranked
contender in the ICANN .org reassignment process, said that there was
a still long way to go before the final winner was determined.
http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_22_gnr.htm
Aussie .org bid snubbed
THE Australian-backed joint venture bidding to run the top-level .org
domain will not give up after a preliminary report ranked it third
out of 11 bids.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4943277%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4931275%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
From BNA Internet Law News
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ICANN AT-LARGE RELEASES REPORT
The Assistance Group on the Proposed Implementation of an At-Large
Advisory Committee has completed its report. The report recommends
the creation of an ICANN board liason along with establishment of
regional at-large organizations that would be accredited by ICANN.
http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/0208/msg00886.html
http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/0208/msg00887.html
From BNA Internet Law News
CDT WANTS ICANN RESTRAINED
The Center for Democracy and Technology yesterday urged the US
Commerce Department to limit ICANN's powers. In its letter, the CDT
recommends that the department force ICANN to agree to a series of
reforms before renewing the group's contract to manage the DNS.
Letter at
http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/020819comments.shtml
Coverage at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61618-2002Jul12.html
Starbucks domain excuse takes the biscuit
International coffee chain Starbucks has won a domain dispute under
UK naming authority Nominet's dispute resolution service (DRS).
http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_22_starbucks.htm
Nike just can't quite do it...
A recent decision of an administrative panel of the World
Intellectual Property Organization provides a warning against
complacency on the part of substantial trademark owners when it comes
to putting a case under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy.
http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_19_nike.htm
Ford Settles Domain Name Lawsuit
Ford Motor Co. and a local entrepreneur have reached a settlement
over two Internet domain names - fordfield.com and fordfield.net.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3916298.htm
Scooby-Doo domain decision appealed
Hanna Barbera has appealed against the Nominet Dispute Resolution
Service (DRS) decision Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc -v- Graeme Hay
which it lost last month.
http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_20_scooby2.htm
FTSE "falls" in domain dispute
The Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange were given a slap
on the wrist after a WIPO panellist ruled that they had not provided
"one iota of evidence" that the registrant of ftse.biz had taken the
domain name in bad faith.
http://www.demys.net/news/02_aug_19_ftse.htm
Domainz looks out for local companies
Domainz will protect local companies who have registered .nz domain
names through the now seemingly defunct Internet Name Group (ING),
but there is little it can do about .com and .net registrations.
http://www.idgnet.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/AC37ED480A00F0B4CC256C1B0014696C!opendocument
From http://www.verisign.com/services/cdns/news/cctld_200208.html
AE (United Arab Emirates): UAENIC, the .AE registry, will be
liberalizing its registration rules. Starting September 15, any user
may register any name on a first-come, first-served basis.
BI (Burundi): IANA, responsible for the administration of the root
zone and now part of ICANN, published a July 16, 2002 memo stating
that it has given its OK for the redelegation of .BI.
CH (Switzerland): SWITCH, the registry for Switzerland and
Liechtenstein, announced that it would be offering multilingual names
very soon.
CZ (Czech Republic): Czechoslovakia ccTLD administrator CZ.NIC says
that, beginning in September 2002, domain name registration data
concerning a contact person will have to be confirmed by a notary.
NZ (New Zealand): InternetNZ, the New Zealand registry, which has
always been very vigilant about ICANN's attempts to control ccTLDs,
has been very vocal in the New Zealand press about its difficulties
in getting ICANN to administer the .NZ root zone correctly, for
instance -changing its root nameservers upon request.
.RU (Russia): Russia's Communications Ministry will now have the
ability to register domain names on the Russian Internet due to a
government-sponsored amendment to the ministry's regulations.
SI (Slovenia): The Slovenian registry has adopted a completely new
naming structure as of July 9, 2002.
using the Babelfish translator <http://babelfish.altavista.com>...
about conducting of the period of the priority registration of domain
names in the list SU
Moscow, on 7 August 2002 g ., the observant council of the fund for
development Internet it approved conducting the period of the
priority registration of the domain names, which correspond to the
designations of trade marks.
On 7 August of 2002 years the observant council of the fund for
development Internet it examined questions of further development of
the domain zone su .In the time passed from the moment/torque of the
publication of the project of the development of list SU several ten
publications was devoted to questions of retention/maintaining and
development of domain zone both in the electronic and the traditional
OF THE SMI beginning from November 2001 of year, with the independent
organizations in the network/grid It internet they were initiated
different studies of the opinion of internet- association on the
project of the development of the domain zone su .The results of the
carried out interrogations and statistical data on the domain zone
for the latter several years demonstrate the need of
retaining/maintaining the domain zone and the positive ratio of
internet- association to the project of its further development.
http://www.fid.su/news/news020807.html
Aviation firms fly to new web domain
International airlines, airports and major aerospace firms are
flocking to sign up for a new master Internet domain created to
provide a haven for the civil aviation industry, the company managing
it has said
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid?type=internetNews&storyID=1350560
Internet a 'moral-free zone', warns media chief
The president of media conglomerate News Corp. has spoken out over
what he sees as the worthless content throughout the Web
The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the Internet has
become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's future threatened by
pornography, spam and rampant piracy.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121160,00.html
Privacy fear over plan to store email
Records of personal communications, including all emails and
telephone calls, will be stored for at least a year under a proposal
to be decided by EU governments next month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netprivacy/article/0,2763,777574,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954487.html
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1134491
Type with your eye
A software program that allows computer users to write with their
eyes has been developed by scientists at Cambridge University in the
UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2209829.stm
Japan internet sex crimes rocket
Crimes linked to internet dating services more than double, and most
involve sex with teenage girls, Japanese police say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2209084.stm
Net-Linked Sex Crimes Involving Minors Up in Japan
The popularity of Internet-enabled mobile phones in Japan,
particularly among teenagers, has spurred a huge rise in sex crimes
involving minors, the National Police Agency said on Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1358311
Paris Prosecutor Probes Jewish Web Site's Hate Call
The Paris public prosecutor has launched a probe of an extremist
Jewish Internet site which published a list of French personalities
it deemed "anti-Israeli" and urged readers to attack some of them.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1360325
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1360447
Wireless Web Comes to Starbucks Shops
As if the caffeine wasn't enough to get customers going, Starbucks
Corp. on Wednesday launched coffee drinkers into cyberspace with
high-speed wireless Internet access at some 1,200 cafes.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1357809
http://www.msnbc.com/news/797121.asp?0dm=B1BNT
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104237,00.asp
Labour MP demands action on email porn
Labour MP Derek Wyatt, chairman of the parliamentary internet
committee, has called on the government to bring internet service
providers under stricter control in an effort to stem the flow of
unsolicited pornographic emails.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,778239,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26771.html
Websites offer "dangerous" cancer advice
Some websites that promote alternative remedies for cancer are
potentially dangerous to patients, according to a new survey.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1352428
Lawsuit dropped against Chinese Web site
The U.S. recording industry has dropped efforts to compel four
Internet service providers to block a Chinese Web site accused of
distributing pirated music.
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/507765p-4036234c.html
Law professor fights Web link ban
A U.S. law professor is defying a growing number of companies that
want to ban the practice of "linking" - where a Web site points to
another page on the Internet.
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/507897p-4036901c.html
European telecoms
Telecoms groups have spent billions on so-called “3G” licences and
equipment in Europe, but so far the service is only available on the
Isle of Man, a tiny island near Britain. Now banks are refusing to
finance further investment amid signs that customers are unwilling to
pay for the new services. This is forcing some firms to write off
their investments and even abandon their licences
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1290289
Small ISP fights back against entertainment industry's anti-piracy
tactics
Upset by legislation that would give the entertainment industry broad
technical powers to smother online copyright infringement, a small
Internet service provider has decided to fight back.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/3904316.htm
Swedish government mulls Linux
Despite signing a recent deal with Microsoft, Sweden has become the
latest country to investigate the benefits of free software.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26787.html
White House Debates Rules for Cyberwarfare
The Bush administration is stepping up an internal debate on the
rules of engagement for cyberwarfare as evidence mounts that foreign
governments are surreptitiously exploring our digital infrastructure.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46967-2002Aug21.html
Bracing for the Digital Crackdown
The recording industry, with Congress as its weapon, is waging war
against file traders. The coming battle looks eerily like the
national crackdown that smashed the hacker networks in 1990.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54681,00.html
Microsoft Warns of Security Risks in Office, IE
Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Thursday that "critical" security
lapses in its Office software and Internet Explorer Web browser put
tens of millions of users at risk of having their files read and
altered by online attackers.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1363139
http://www.nando.net/technology/story/509208p-4046078c.html
No 'Wows' Over Starbucks Wireless
When independent coffee shop owners and wired workers learned of
Starbucks' plan to offer high-speed wireless Internet service in
almost all of its 5,200 shops worldwide, they gave a puzzled look.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54697,00.html
Ultrawideband Squeezes In
A newly approved radio technology promises wireless home electronics
and positioning systems accurate to the centimeter. But opponents say
it could also mean dead cell phones, thwarted satellite
reception—even plane wrecks.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/focuson0902.asp
Haiku'da Been a Spam Filter
A new spam-filtering service uses a unique method to halt the flow of
the horrid stuff: a hidden scrap of copyrighted poetry.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54645,00.html
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