domain name news - October 25

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

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nz: Rogue site links Maori Party web surfers to KKK
The Maori Party says it is being held to ransom for
thousands of dollars by the owner of a Maori
Party-related domain name, who has been directing web
surfers to a Ku Klux Klan website.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3074421a10,00.html

Nigeria Losing Out in Quest for Control of the
Internet in Africa
DESPITE increasing dependence of the Nigerian public
and private sector operations on the Internet, there
were fears over the weekend that Nigeria might be
losing out of the critical issue of Internet
governance in the African region where it prides
itself as a giant.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200410200184.html

No sex.eu please, we're British
UK companies may find it tricky to register generic
dot-eu domain names during the sunrise period next
year but there is a way around it if the continental
approach is used.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39125158,00.htm

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39170846,00.htm
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041021/36/f4zst.html

Gold rush expected for .eu sunrise period
When .eu opens for business next year, there is likely
to be a gold rush for domains not seen since the
height of the dot-com boom

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39170750,00.htm

us: YourTrademarkSucks.com
Cybergripers are people who register domain names
using the trademarks of others, with or without adding
a disparaging term such as "sucks" or "bites", e.g.,
yourtrademarksucks. com. The corresponding Web sites
may be parody sites, or more often than not, forums
for complaints about the applicable trademark owner.

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=28853&e=on

us: Quirky actor Ben Stein at home in high-tech
conference in Delray
Sitting in the lobby of the Delray Beach Marriott, Ben
Stein was holding court Thursday on everything from
political correctness and Social Security to why
people who can't fill out a ballot shouldn't be
entitled to vote.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pdomain22oct22,0,2962119.story

us: Soccer Prodigy Adu Wins Cybersquatter Case
U.S. soccer's most expensive player, teenage prodigy
Freddy Adu, has won his cybersquatting case against a
man who claimed to be preparing a fan-based Web Site,
an international arbitrator ruled on Thursday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50476-2004Oct21.html
 http://p2pnet.net/story/2781

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20041023/tc_cmp/51000321
 http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=58096

Relief Denied to Personal Name of Danish Businessman
Danish businessman Joacim Bruus-Jensen challenged the
domain name www.joacimbruus-jensen.com in ICANN UDRP
proceeding. He failed to prove enforceable trademark
rights in his name and was denied relief in this
decision by Panelist Derek Minus. Joacim Bruus-Jensen
v. John Adamsen, Case No. D2004-0458 (WIPO Sept.29,
2004).
 http://www.circleid.com/article/786_0_1_0_C

Letter from Madame Cj Duffy to Paul Twomey
Letter from the World Tourism Foundation to ICANN on
.travel: You, ICANN and more importantly, the Travel
Industry are about to be .taken for a ride. by a small
group of NY investors.

http://icann.org/correspondence/duffy-to-twomey-15oct04.htm

ICANN and the NRO Sign MoU on the Address Supporting
Organization that Safeguards Best Policies for
Distribution of Internet Numbers (news release)
Today, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) and the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) signed a formal agreement that will allow
those with the greatest interest in the strength and
viability of the Internet to play a significant policy
making role in the global distribution of Internet
numbers.
 http://nro.net/archive/press-releases/aso-mou.html

ICANN: ASO MoU Signed
ICANN is pleased to announce the signing of a formal
agreement between the Number Resource Organisation
(NRO), the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs),
APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, Ripe NCC, and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
that further renews the addressing community's
involvement in the ICANN process.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-21oct04.htm

NRO Statement made at "Consultations on the
establishment of the Working Group on Internet
Governance (WGIG)", Geneva, Switzerland
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for allowing
me time to make a few short remarks. I am Raymond
Plzak, the President of the American Registry for
Internet Numbers, ARIN, one of the Regional Internet
Registries. I am here this afternoon to speak on
behalf of the Number Resource Organization, the NRO. I
wish to take a few moments of your time to provide you
with information regarding the current management of
Internet Number Resources and to express a few
thoughts about the Working Group.

http://nro.net/documents/statements/WGIG-Statement.html

New Instance of RIPE NCC Operated K-root Server
Deployed in Reykjavik, Iceland
On Thursday 14, October 2004, The RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP
Européens Network Coordination Centre) in partnership
with ISNIC deployed a new mirror instance of the
K-root Internet root name server at the Reykjavik
Internet Exchange (RIX), Iceland.
 http://ripe.net/news/kroot-iceland-20041018.html

au: Openera loses court battle over Linux trademark
Linux Australia Pty Ltd has failed to gain control
over a trademark and a domain name that was once
linked with the company, after taking legal action in
a South Australian court last week.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39161684,00.htm

uk: Cyber Porn Firm Nick Celt's Name
INTERNET porn barons have hijacked a Celtic star's
name - to get more hits on their seedy site.

http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14790853&method=full&siteid=86024&headline=cyber-porn-firm-nick-celt-s-name-name_page.html

us: Court affirms that registration of a domain does
not infer trademark
BNA Internet Law News reports on "a court in Illinois
has ruled that a third party's date of registration
for a domain name cannot be used by a subsequent
purchaser to "tack" trademark rights absent evidence
that the original registrant used the domain name as a
mark and conveyed goodwill as part of the sale. The
court affirmed that mere registration of a domain name
does not constitute trademark use. Case name is Pure
Imagination v. Pure Imagination. Decision at:
 http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/RACER2/index.html

WIPO Workshop for Arbitrators - October 25 and 26,
2004
Professionals from many different jurisdictions have,
during the past few years, participated in the
Workshops for Arbitrators organized by the WIPO
Arbitration and Mediation Center. These Workshops are
designed for lawyers, patent and trademark attorneys
and others wishing to familiarize themselves with the
international arbitration process and to receive
training as arbitrators.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/events/workshops/2004/arbitration/index.html

WIPO Workshop on Domain Name Dispute Resolution -
October 28 and 29, 2004
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center's domain
name dispute resolution service gives effect to the
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP),
adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) on August 26, 1999. The UDRP
provides holders of trademark rights with an
administrative mechanism for the efficient resolution
of disputes arising out of the bad-faith registration
and use by third parties of Internet domain names
corresponding to those trademark rights. The UDRP
applies to disputes in the generic top-level domains
(gTLDs) .com, .net and .org, and the new gTLDs. The
remedies available are limited to the transfer or
cancellation of the domain name. An increasing number
of country code top-level domain (ccTLD) have also
adopted the UDRP or comparable mechanisms for the
resolution of disputes in such national domains.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/events/workshops/2004/domainname/index.html

WIPO Conference on Dispute Resolution in International
Science and Technology Collaboratio - April 25-26,
2005
Research increasingly involves complex international
collaboration between public and private research
institutions, universities, industry, start-up
companies, venture capital providers as well as
entities involved in the commercialization of
intellectual property and technology. Such
relationships can give rise to equally complex
intellectual property and technology disputes.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/events/conferences/2005/index.html

Results of ITU's World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly
This more detailed press report on ITU's recently
concluded quadrennial World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly (WTSA), held in
Florianopolis, Brazil, describes the highlights and
outputs of the conference.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/10/19.html#a728

Distributed Universal Number Discovery = DUNDi
The Distributed Universal Number Discovery (DUNDi),
from Digium, is a peer to peer system for locating
Internet gateways to telephony services. Unlike
traditional hierarchical services such as ENUM, DUNDi
is a distributed sysem with no centralized authority.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/10/20.html#a730

Internetnz: What is ENUM?
There have been many requests for information about
ENUM, here is useful link for more information.
 http://ispcolumn.isoc.org/2003-07/enum.html

The New Zealand Peering Ecosystem
This is a document in the style of "The Evolution of
the U.S. Internet Peering Ecosystem" and "The Asia
Pacific Internet Peering Ecosystem" both by William B
Norton but dealing specifically with the New Zealand
situation.
 http://www.peering.net.nz/NZPeeringEnvironment.html

VeriSign swings to Q3 profit of 16c
VeriSign Inc. late Wednesday posted a third-quarter
profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, as the provider
of Internet services and Web address registrations
boosted sales by 21 percent.

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/archivedStory.asp?archive=true&dist=ArchiveSplash&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B67B886D5%2D080D%2D4D6E%2DA0DF%2D976A7D7500E4%7D&returnURL=%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Easp%3Fguid%3D%7B67B886D5%2D080D%2D4D6E%2DA0DF%2D976A7D7500E4%7D%26siteid%3Dmktw%26dist%3Drss%26archive%3Dtrue%26param%3Darchive%26garden%3D%26minisite%3D

VeriSign meldet Gewinn und optimistischen Ausblick

http://finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2004-10/artikel-3978519.asp

VeriSign Reports Third Quarter 2004 Results (pdf)
 http://verisign.com/static/016532.pdf

Maps.com returns to e-mail marketing after 3-year
hiatus
Maps.com abandoned its e-mail marketing campaigns
three years ago, after it realized that its domain
name was more than sufficient to bring in customers.
Now it’s bringing e-mail back to its marketing
strategy as it seeks to tell people about its expanded
products and services, president John Serpa tells
InternetRetailer.com.

http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=13193

Sex.com Ready to Define Itself
Sex.com has redesigned its Web site and is embarking
on a long-term marketing plan, which the company hopes
will shoot it to the top of the adult search engine
ranks.

http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=202083

webhosting: user-passwords versus
domain-account-passwords
The thinking-out-loud question of the day :
user-passwords versus domain-account-passwords.
 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5779

Domain Parking Company Sedo Signs Co-operation
Agreement with EuroDNS
Sedo, a domain sales portal, and EuroDNS, a
European-wide Domain Name registration provider, today
announced a co-operation agreement at the SYSTEMS 2004
Fair in Munich, whereby Sedo's registered Domain
names, will now be integrated into EuroDNS's
ten-language website.
 http://www.cheaphostingdirectory.com/article570.html

us: Intercosmos Hits No. 50 on Deloitte Technology
Fast 500 - Only Company Named from Louisiana
New Orleans Internet domain seller Intercosmos Media
Group, Inc. was ranked today No. 50 in the national
Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a prestigious annual
listing of the 500 fastest growing technology
companies in North America.
 http://onlypunjab.com/real/fullstory-newsID-9490.html

Multi-Million Dollar Sale Price Expected for Domain
Names (news release)
With the return of the high value domain name market
in 2004, three single word domain names have been put
up for sale. It is expected that these domains will
generate multi-million dollar sale prices. “We have
really seen the market coming back for the high
value/premium domain names for the first time since
1999 and 2000.” Said Monte Cahn, CEO of Domain
Registrar and Domain Sales & Marketing Specialist
www.Moniker.com. “Within the past year Casino.com sold
for $5.5M, CreditCards.com sold for $2.75 Million, and
Men.com sold for $1.03 Million.”
 http://emediawire.com/releases/2004/10/emw169931.htm
 http://onlypunjab.com/real/fullstory-newsID-9778.html

IP-Adressverwalter endlich einig mit ICANN
Über ein Jahr nach dem Start der Verhandlungen haben
sich der Dachverband der IP-Adress-Registries -- die
Number Resource Organisation (NRO) -- und die Internet
Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auf
einen Modus für die künftige Zusammenarbeit geeinigt.
Bei einem Policy-Treffen von ARIN, der für Nordamerika
verantwortlichen IP-Adress-Registry, unterzeichneten
die Chefs aller vier Regionalen Internet Registries
(RIRs) -- ARIN, RIPE, APNIC und LACNIC -- ein
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) mit der privaten
Netzverwaltung. Die neue IP-Registry für Afrika, das
AfriNIC wird nach ihrer Anerkennung ebenfalls noch
unterzeichnen.
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/52461

Dezentrales Nummernverzeichnis für die
Internettelefonie
Eine Peer-to-Peer-Variante für die Abfrage von
Voice-over-IP-Nummern machte bei der 2004 VON
Conference & Expo in Boston Furore.
Asterisk-Entwickler Mark Spencer von der Firma Digium
stellte das Konzept der Distributed Universal Number
Discovery (DUNDi) und das angehängte Peering-Abkommen
für VoIP-Anbieter (PDF) gestern vor.
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/52453

Taller sobre Internet Governance en America Latina:
Dia 1
En el marco del IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho
Informatico, se dio inicio al Taller sobre Internet
Governance en America Latina, evento de la UNICT-TF
LAC.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=751&mode=thread&order=1&thold=0

Le budget 2005 de l'Icann accepté
Pour l'année à venir, l'Icann demande près de $ 16
millions US pour gérer le nommage sur Internet. Les
plus gros contributeurs de ce budget, les registrars,
viennent de l'accepter. Il sera donc effectif au 1er
novembre.
 http://domaines.info/article.php?art_id=492&z=100

Página de Internet de NIC México en mantenimiento hoy
21 de Octubre
El día de hoy 21 de Octubre, a partir de las 10:00
p.m. la página WEB de NIC México: www.nic.mx entrará
en mantenimiento.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=768&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Se cumple misión de Jose Luis Barzallo como
Representante LAC ante el NonCOM
José Luis Barzallo fue elegido representante LAC, por
el ALAC ante el NonCOM del ICANN, en consideración a
sus capacidades personales y profesionales para este
cuerpo colegiado de elección del ICANN.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=768&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Teleconferencia del Consejo del GNSO
El día de hoy se realizó la teleconferencia del
Consejo del GNSO. Los archivos de la reunión (agenda y
record de la sesión) ya estan en linea.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=766&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

ICANN y NRO firman acuerdo concerniente al ASO
Hoy 21 de octubre de 2004, ICANN (Corporación de
Asignación de Nombres y Números de Internet) y el NRO
(Number Resource Organization) firmaron un Memorando
de Entendimiento (MoU) que concierne específicamente
al ASO (Organización de Soporte de Direccionamiento).
El documento fue firmado durante el Foro Público de
Políticas en la XIV Reunión de ARIN en Reston,
Virginia. El acuerdo estipula cómo el NRO cumplirá el
rol, las responsabilidades y las funciones del ASO
según se define en el Reglamento de ICANN.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=765&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Prorroga en la fecha para presentar propuestas para
Hospedar LACNIC VIII / Prorrogação na data para
apresentar propostas para hospedar o LACNIC VIII
LACNIC anuncia que en respuesta a varias solicitudes
de organizaciones interesadas en presentar propuestas
para hospedar el LACNIC VIII, el plazo para presentar
las mismas se ha prorrogado hasta el martes 16 de
noviembre de 2004. LACNIC anuncia que, em resposta a
vários requerimentos de organizações interessadas em
apresentar propostas para hospedar o LACNIC VIII, o
prazo para apresentar as mesmas foi prorrogado até
terça-feira 16 de novembro de 2004.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=764&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Asignacion Espacio IPv6 del IANA a los RIR
En las pasadas semanas, el foro de Políticas de LACNIC
ha tenido un interesante intercambio de mensajes sobre
los criterios que se deben tener para la asignación de
espacios IPv6 desde el IANA a los RIRs, a continuación
se presenta los mensajes para su conocimiento y
comentarios.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=763&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Nominaciones para Representante de la Región de LACNIC
en el Consejo de Direcciones del ASO
LACNIC anuncia que de acuerdo a las condiciones
establecidas por resolución del Directorio y
cumpliendo con todas las reglamentaciones, el Sr.
Sebastián Bellagamba ha sido nominado como candidato a
ocupar el cargo de Representante de la región de
LACNIC en el Consejo de Direcciones (Address Council)
del ASO.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=762&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Resultado de las Elecciones para el Directorio de
LACNIC / Resultado das Eleições para a Diretoria de
LACNIC
De acuerdo a lo establecido en los estatutos de LACNIC
y en la reglamentación definida por la Comisión
Electoral, y cumplidas todas las etapas de acuerdo a
las normas vigentes, entre las fechas 17 y 27 de
setiembre de 2004 se procedió a la votación
electrónica para la elección de candidatos para ocupar
dos cargos en el Directorio de LACNIC. De acordo com o
estabelecido nos estatutos de LACNIC e na
regulamentação definida pela Comissão Eleitoral e,
cumpridas todas as etapas de acordo com as normas
vigentes, entre as datas de 17 e 27 de Setembro de
2004, procedeu-se à votação eletrônica para a eleição
de candidatos a ocupar dois cargos na Diretoria de
LACNIC.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=761&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

NRO confirma apoyo al Grupo de Trabajo de Gobierno de
Internet
El NRO (Number Resource Organization) ha comprometido
el aporte USD 50.000 para el Grupo de Trabajo de
Gobierno de Internet (WGIG).

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=760&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Llamado a Aspirantes para Hospedar LACNIC VIII /
Convocação a Aspirantes para Hospedar LACNIC VIII
LACNIC llama a organizaciones de la región interesadas
en hospedar su reunión anual correspondiente al año
2005. La misma se llevará a cabo del 6 al 9 de junio
de 2005 en una ciudad de la región de cobertura de
LACNIC. LACNIC convoca organizações da região
interessadas em hospedar sua reunião anual
correspondente ao ano de 2005. Esta reunião ocorrerá
de 6 a 9 de junho de 2005 em uma cidade da região de
cobertura de LACNIC.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=759&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Diálogo Global GDLN y las Redes Avanzadas Nacionales
de Investigación
Se llevara acabo el Diálogo Global "GDLN y la Redes
Avanzadas Nacionales de Investigación. El próximo
viernes 22 de Octubre del corriente, de 09:30 a
12:30pm Hora de Washington D.C. y de Venezuela), en la
Oficina del Banco Mundial en Venezuela.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=758&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

El lanzamiento oficial de la red CLARA
El evento del lanzamiento oficial de la red CLARA,
dentro del marco del proyecto ALICE, está pautado para
los días 22 y 23 de noviembre próximo en la ciudad de
Río de Janeiro durante el Foro América Latina y Europa
de la Sociedad de Información.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=757&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Acceso a Internet a bajo costo para las Américas
El Instituto para la Conectividad en las Américas
(ICA) se complace en anunciar el desarrollo de E-Link
Américas, un proyecto regional de alto impacto que
brindará acceso a Internet de alta velocidad a bajo
costo, a comunidades remotas con ausencia o escasez de
servicios.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=756&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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WSIS
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First Meeting of the Working Group on Internet
Governance
According to an announcement by Markus Kummer,
Executive Coordinator for the Secretariat of the
Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) in Geneva,
following the recent consultations on the setting up
of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG),
held 20-21 September 2004 at the United Nations in
Geneva, the list of its members is now being finalized
with the UN Secretary-General's Office.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/10/20.html#a729

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