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domain name news - 16 June
uk: Nominet recognized for ADR (reg req'd)
Dot-uk domain names registry Nominet has won an award
for excellence in mediation.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=14334&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=United%20Kingdom&Type=News&LS=EMS24023
za: Porn Purveyor Hijacks Newspaper Domain
South Africa's newest daily newspaper, ThisDay, is in
the midst of a domain name battle with a UK resident
who is using it to offer escort services.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200406110160.html
nl: Verdonk battles against protest website
Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk is fighting a group
of Amsterdam law students who have set up a website
protesting against her asylum seeker deportation
policy. The website is called ritaverdonk.nl. The
Liberal VVD minister has demanded the owner of the
domain relinquish rights to the web address, claiming
that it can cause confusion and mislead the public.
The minister also said the use of her name violated
her personal privacy.
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=8442
ICANN's Crisis of Legitimacy
VeriSign and ICANN recently began a court battle that
could have a significant effect on the future of the
Internet. VeriSign is suing ICANN (news - web sites),
the quasi-private group that oversees the Internet,
for breach of contract and antitrust violations that
stem from several incidents, including ICANN's
decision to shut down VeriSign's SiteFinder service
last fall.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20040614/tc_zd/129087
IANA Report on Redelegation of the .ng Top-Level
Domain
IANA, as part of the administrative functions
associated with management of the domain-name system
root, is responsible for receiving requests for
delegation and redelegation of top-level domains,
investigating the circumstances pertinent to those
requests, and reporting on the requests. This report
gives the findings and conclusions of the IANA on its
investigation of various requests for redelegation of
the .ng (Nigeria) ccTLD.
http://www.iana.org/reports/ng-report-10jun04.htm
Updated Procedure for Becoming a New RIPE NCC LIR
Effective Tuesday 8 June 2004, the procedure for
becoming a new RIPE NCC LIR will be updated.
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/new-mem/new-form-20040608.html
RIPE: Membership Growth Survey
During the first part of 2004, the RIPE NCC carried
out a survey of members asking those taking part to
predict how many Local Internet Registries (LIRs) they
expect there to be in their home country over the next
two years.
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/growth-survey/index.html
RIPE NCC Regional Meeting
The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the RIPE NCC
Regional Meeting, Nairobi, 2004. The meeting will take
place from 28 - 30 July 2004.
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/nairobi-2004/index.html
au: Domain names - look at your options: NetRegistry
Australian businesses have been urged to 'shop around'
when re-registering their domain names this year.
http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=12&Art_ID=20046
us: Loving Laser says rival's mimicking Web site
confuses clients
A local hair removal company, Loving Laser Center, is
disturbed by a competitor's use of an Internet domain
that mimics its name.
http://www.courierjournal.com/business/news2004/06/15/F1-laser15-5729.html
Domain-name game heats up
When David Reich and his partners started a
human-resources consulting firm six months ago, there
was no doubt they'd get their name registered and a
Web site up on the Internet. And so Scottsdale-based
ClarityHR snagged www. clarityHR.com, and just to fend
off competitors and make sure traffic gets to its
site, the company registered www.clarityHR.org and
www.clarityHR.net for good measure.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0615domains15.html
us: Web Site Pushes .xxx Top-level Domain
Child protection advocate Mary Conyers' Web site
Protecteverychild.org (protecteverychild.org) is
pushing the movement to create a separate .xxx domain
for Web sites that feature adult content.
Protecteverychild.org, with members in 39 US states as
well as in Puerto Rico, Zambia, Israel, China, Canada,
and Australia, has received grassroots support from a
number of child advocacy groups as well as the US
Internet Crime Task Force. Adult entertainment giant
Vivid Video has also endorsed the idea.
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/web061104.cfm
at: 350.000 Webadressen in Österreich vergeben
In Österreich sind rund 350.000 Internet-Adressen
("Domains") registriert, weltweit sollen es 63
Millionen sein. Das geht aus den jüngsten Zahlen des
österreichischen Domainverwalters nic.at sowie des im
kalifornischen Mountain View ansässigen
Adressbetreuers VeriSign hervor.
http://salzburg.com/sn/nachrichten/artikel/941944.html
Domain-Name des Monats: supergeilerhoster.de
Der Newsletter domain-recht.de kürte das Satireprojekt
mit dem angeblichen Webhoster "supergeilerhoster.de"
zur Domain des Monats. Der laut Eigenwerbung "beste
Hosta wo gibt" sitzt im hessischen Offenbach.
http://www.vnunet.de/testticker/news/detail.asp?ArticleID=20040611008&Topic=Newsticker&Ref=testticker
WOS3: UN-Organisation unterstützt Open Source für
Städte in Osteuropa
Das United Nations Development Programm (UNDP), die
für Entwicklungshilfe zuständige UN-Organisation, will
Open-Source-E-Government-Projekte in Osteuropa
fördern. Gemeinsam mit der bulgarischen Internet
Society, deren Chef Veni Markovski das Projekt am
Rande der Wizard of OS (WOS) ankündigte, wird die UNDP
in der bulgarischen Stadt Kurdjali ein Pilotprojekt
starten. Sukzessive soll das Projekt dann auf Städte
in Bosnien-Herzegowina, Mazedonien, Rumänien, Serbien
und Montenegro ausgedehnt werden. Die Fördersumme ist
mit 90.000 US-Dollar allerdings recht bescheiden.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48176
us: Domain-name game heats up
When David Reich and his partners started a
human-resources consulting firm six months ago, there
was no doubt they'd get their name registered and a
Web site up on the Internet. And so Scottsdale-based
ClarityHR snagged www. clarityHR.com, and just to fend
off competitors and make sure traffic gets to its
site, the company registered www.clarityHR.org and
www.clarityHR.net for good measure.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0615domains15.html
Improve Your Ranking at Google by Aero-Domains (news
release)
ICANN accredited Registrar Secura announces today,
that the company will support registrants of
aero-domains at getting better rankings in search
engines by aero-domains.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prwebxml133620.php
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040611/234/76d0c.html
Divulgada a lista de domínios do próximo processo de
liberaçăo. (NIC .BR)
Nota sobre el proceso de liberación de dominios,
publicada por el NIC. BR
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=622&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
ICANN/ITU-T realizarán taller para ccTLD's en Kuala
Lumpur
ICANN e ITU-T se han unido para realizar el Taller par
ccTLD's, en el marco de la reunión del ICANN en Kuala
Lumpur
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=621&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
ICANN Anuncia Taller sobre IDN, durante la reunión del
ICANN en Kuala Lumpur, el 21 de Julio del 2004
El ICANN anunció que realizará el Taller sobre IDN
(Nombres de Dominio con carácteres
internacionalizados), que se realizará el 21 de Julio
del 2004, durante la reunión del ICANN en Kuala
Lumpur.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=620&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
LACNIC VI Nueva Informacion
LACNIC informa que ha sido incorporada nueva
informacion en la página de resultados del evento
LACNIC VI, llevado a cabo del 29 de marzo al 1 de
abril pasado en Montevideo.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=619&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Los Estados de la UE tienen hasta el 30 de junio para
reservar dominios '.eu'
El reglamento que regula la actividad de registro bajo
el dominio europeo '.eu', publicado por el Diario
Oficial de la Unión Europea el pasado 28 de abril,
establece un plazo de dos meses para que los Estados
miembros envíen a la Comisión una lista de los nombres
que desean reservar, entre los que pueden encontrarse
"su nombre oficial y el nombre por el que normalmente
se los denomine en una o varias lenguas oficiales de
la Comunidad".
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=618&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
LACNIC: Jornadas de Entrenamiento
LACNIC anuncia sus proximas jornadas de capacitación y
entrenamiento a realizarse en las ciudades de
Guayaquil, Quito y Lima los días 1, 2 y 6 de Julio
respectivamente.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=617&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
El Comite Asesor At-Large anuncia sus delegados al
Comite de Nominaciones del ICANN 2004
El Comite Asesor At-Large del ICANN (ALAC) anuncia que
han sido seleccionados cinco voluntarios de diferentes
regionales del mundo para servir como miembros del
Comite de Nominaciones, que es el que seleccionara a
los miembros del Consejo de Directores del ICANN asi
como a otros individuos que servirán en otras
posiciones específicas.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=616&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Publicado el Reglamento para el dominio ".eu"
Sin pena ni gloria, el Diario Oficial de la Unión
Europea ha publicado el REGLAMENTO (CE) No 874/2004 DE
LA COMISIÓN de 28 de abril de 2004 que pretende
regular la actividad de registro bajo el dominio
europeo ".eu".
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=615&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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