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domain name, WSIS & governance news - November 29
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NZ: New Zealand domains 'not at risk' of domain
slamming
New Zealand domain name holders are not at risk from
having their registrations hijacked thanks to
additional safeguards in the system utilised here,
says .nz Domain Name Commissioner Debbie Monahan.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/NL/F7BE812E1B4BB7E0CC256F55001721B4
au: Would the 'Real' Casey Donovan stand up? (reg
req'd)
The whole "fiasco" with the Casey Donovan website
(remember her? she won Australian Idol last weekend)
need never have happened. In fact there are a number
of factors that conspired to make it happen, some
under Telstra's control, some not. For those
completely in the dark about this - Telstra rushed an
advertisement into the newspapers promoting her
brand-new website and the fact that fans could
download her first song. Unfortunately, the web
address they posted pointed to a very adult-oriented
site of particular interest to gay men.
http://theage.com.au/news/Soapbox/Would-the-Real-Casey-Donovan-stand-up/2004/11/25/1101219671476.html
ca: IDs of dot-ca domain holders to become private
It's fairly common knowledge that a savvy web surfer
can find out almost anything about anyone online,
especially who's behind a website.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/TopPhoto/2004/11/25/730789.html
Dot-ca privacy plan a Canadian compromise by MICHAEL
GEIST
While the Internet has transformed many aspects of
daily life, among the most important is near-instant
access to an unparalleled electronic library.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1101078609533
ICANN Appoints New Staff Members
ICANN announced yesterday that it has appointed Andrew
Savage as Head of Human Resources and Tim Cole as
Chief Registrar Liaison.
http://news.webhosting.info/t-3344
http://onlypunjab.com/webmasters/fullstory-newsID-1520.html
New ICANN Staff Appointments:
Human Resources and Chief Registrar Liaison
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-24nov04.htm
ICANN Announces Selection of Ombudsman
ICANN is pleased to announce that after an extensive
International search, the selection of an Ombudsman
has been completed. Frank Fowlie joins ICANN as
Ombudsman effective immediately.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-24nov04-2.htm
ICANN appoints ombudsman (reg req'd)
Nearly two years after it adopted its new by-laws,
ICANN has appointed Canadian Frank Fowlie as its
ombudsman.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/ICANN-appoints-ombudsman/2004/11/25/1101219669031.html
us: Free speech claim in typosquatting dispute
The American Civil Liberties Union is supporting a web
site's fight for the domain name fallwell.com.
Christopher Lamparello is appealing a ruling that his
domain name infringes the trade mark of evangelist
Jerry Falwell.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=freespeechclaimin1101389519
Two New Instances of RIPE NCC Operated K-root Server
Deployed in Switzerland and Poland
The RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network
Coordination Centre) in partnership with CERN and PSNC
(Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center) has
recently deployed two new mirror instance of the
K-root Internet root name server. One in Geneva,
Switzerland at CIXP (CERN Internet Exchange Point) and
one in Poznan, Poland at PSNC.
http://ripe.net/news/kroot-november.html
Communiqué of the 24th CENTR General Assembly
CENTR members convened in Zürich, Switzerland for the
24th CENTR General Assembly on the 18th and 19th of
November, 2004. The meeting focused on an ongoing
analysis of risk management, as well as examining the
requirements of Internet governance with respect to
the ITU, WSIS and WGIG. Members in attendance
represented 42 different top-level domains, and
included participation by ICANN, and the Internet
Governance Project.
http://www.centr.org/docs/2004/11/centr-ga24-communique.html
de: Denic Confirms .net Bid
Denic eG, which runs the German .de top-level internet
domain, said yesterday its members have voted to allow
the organization to submit a bid to run the .net
domain when VeriSign Incs contract expires next June.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/041125/20/rw92.html
uk: There's always another David
When ad agency Ogilvy had its domain hijacked,
advertising blogger Jack Cheng decided to do some
hijacking of his own. Here, he argues that even
smallest online Goliath's have a David waiting in the
wings with a pebble and a slingshot.
http://www.netimperative.com/2004/11/17/another_David/view
cn: Experts Say Using .cn Domains Can Protect State
Information Security
Local media report from CNNIC's (China National
Network Information Center) Web Address Resource
Application Exhibition held in Shanghai that experts
there are urging Chinese netizens to start using .cn
domains instead of the more popular .com domain name
extensions.
http://chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=2151
La ONU apuesta por la democratización de Internet
Un grupo de trabajo de la ONU integrado por cuarenta
expertos de diversos países, entre los que se
encuentran representantes de la ICANN, debaten estos
días qué medidas pueden adoptarse para mejorar la
gobernabilidad y favorecer el acceso y la
democratización de Internet.
http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Comunicaciones/Internet/20041126012
pt: Arsys Internet avanza en su expansión
internacional
Con este lanzamiento, Arsys Internet continúa su
proceso de expansión internacional, iniciado en 2002
con la apertura de una filial en Francia. Para Manuel
Mañas, girector general de Desarrollo Corporativo de
Arsys Internet, "Portugal es un mercado con un notable
potencial de crecimiento en Internet, especialmente en
el sector de dominios y hosting, que está muy
fragmentado, y en el que las pymes no encuentran el
servicio adecuado con la calidad que necesitan".
http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Inform%c3%a1tica_profesional/Empresas/20041125033
http://www.redestelecom.com/Actualidad/Noticias/Inform%c3%a1tica_profesional/Empresas/20041125033
http://www.idg.es/pcworld/noticia.asp?idn=38603
Atención a clientes día lunes 6 de diciembre de 2004
(NIC Chile)
Con motivo de mantenciones y actualizaciones técnicas
y de operación, NIC Chile informa que el día lunes 6
de diciembre de 2004 la atención a clientes en
nuestras oficinas y por teléfono se iniciará a las
10:00 de la mañana.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=808&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
LACNIC otorga bloque IPv6 a CNTI/Reacciun (NIC .VE)
El Registro de Direcciones de LatinoAmerica y el
Caribe (LACNIC) ha asignado el primer bloque IPv6 (la
nueva generación del protocolo de Internet) para el
CNTI/Reacciun, el primero en asignarse a Venezuela y
el primero en otorgarse a un ccTLD en LAC.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=807&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Metro de Madrid recupera el dominio de Internet
Metrosur.com
La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual
(OMPI) ha ordenado la transferencia a Metro de Madrid
del dominio de Internet 'www.metrosur.com', al
entender que su actual propietario, un informático de
Getafe, no reúne las condiciones para seguir
utilizándolo.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=806&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Cambios en la ICANN sobre la solicitud de dominios
En los últimos días se han podido leer noticias que
tratan el tema de una posible pérdida de dominio si no
se responde en 5 días a una posible solicitud de
cambio de dominio.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=805&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Kritik an Vorschlägen der ITU zur Netzverwaltung
Die Ländermanager des Dachverbandes Council of
European National TLD Registries (Centr) und die
Internet Governance Task Force Japan (IGTF-J) wollen
keine IP-Adressen länderweise vergeben lassen. Beide
Gremien nahmen in den vergangenen Tagen kritisch
Stellung zu den Vorschlägen des Direktors des
Standardisierungsbüros der International
Telecommunication Union, Houlin Zhao. Zhao hatte
vorgeschlagen, IPv6-Adressen parallel zur Vergabe
durch die Regionalen IP Adressvergabestellen (RIRs)
auch von Regierungen vergeben zu lassen und auf Wunsch
von Mitgliedsstaaten, eine eigenen Liste der
Länderdomains zu führen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/53653
Bush-Administration verliert Einfluss aufs Internet
Die Internet-Kontrollstelle ICANN wird weiter
teilprivatisiert. Der im September 2003 mit dem
US-Handelsministerium geschlossene Vertrag, die
Körperschaft langsam in private Hände zu überführen,
wird jetzt mit großen Schritten umgesetzt. Das ist
eines der Ergebnisse der Direktoren-Jahreskonferenz
der ICANN im malaysischen Kuala Lumpur.
http://www.silicon.de/cpo/hgr-wipo/detail.php?nr=15618
Deutsche Domainregistrierungsstelle DENIC wird
wettbewerbsfähige Bewerbung um .net abgeben (news
release)
Die DENIC eG wird eine Bewerbung bei der derzeit
stattfindenden Ausschreibung um die Verwaltung der Top
Level Domain (TLD) .net abgeben. Dies beschlossen
heute die Mitglieder der genossenschaftlich
organisierten Registrierungsstelle in Frankfurt mit
einer Mehrheit von 90 Prozent. Die DENIC verwaltet die
deutsche TLD .de, mit über acht Millionen Domains die
größte länderbezogene TLD der Welt. Sie arbeitet nicht
gewinnorientiert, sondern versteht sich als neutraler
Dienstleister für die gesamte Internet Community.
Durch diese Entscheidung erfährt die Bewerbung der
DENIC eine breite Unterstützung, denn viele Mitglieder
der Genossenschaft, unter ihnen namhafte
internationale Domainunternehmen, Internet Service
Provider und Carrier, sind erfahrene nationale und
internationale Registrare und gleichermaßen Nutzer von
.de-, .com- und .net-Domains.
http://www.denic.de/de/denic/presse/press_63.html
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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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Civil Society processes in WSIS Phase II
Civil society groups involved in the World Summit on
the Information Society had some difficulties
concerning the transparency and inclusiveness of their
overall coordination structures. A review of the
structures and decision-making procedures was started
at PrepCom 1 in June and was finally kicked off at
last week’s meetings around the UN ICT Task Force in
Berlin.
http://worldsummit2005.de/en/web/691.htm
WSIS PrepCom2 will be “stormy”
The UN Information and Communication Technology Task
Force (UN ICT TF) met in Berlin last week, and civil
society groups had a number of meetings around this
event. The conflicts and coalitions in the second
phase of the WSIS are becoming clearer now. One major
dispute is to be expected over financing.
http://worldsummit2005.de/en/web/689.htm
Is Internet Freedom In Jeopardy?
Reporters Without Borders (RSN, Reporters Sans
Frontieres) today expressed concern that several
countries which have harshly cracked down on use of
the Internet were members of a working group on
Internet governance that met in Geneva from November
23 to 25 in the run-up to next year's U.N.-sponsored
WSIS in Tunis.
http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2372
Repressive countries gain foothold before World Summit
on the Information Society
Reported Without Borders today expressed concern that
several countries that harshly cracked down on use of
the Internet were members of a working group on
Internet governance that met in Geneva from 23 to 25
November in the run-up to next year's World Summit on
the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11957
WSIS: UN alliance aims to promote IT in poor countries
Participants at a United Nations meeting in Berlin
this week proposed creating a global alliance that
would spur investment in communications technology in
the world's poorest countries as a follow-up to next
year's WSIS.
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/041126wis/
http://idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/2C800626E78A432048256F580012A188
http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages/idgnet.asp?id=6488
Ghana to host preparatory conference of World Summit
on Information Society
Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief Executive of the
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO),
last Wednesday met in Accra with the Secretariat of
the African Regional Preparatory Conference for the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to
examine the preparations so far made towards the
hosting of the summit scheduled for Accra in February
next year.
http://ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=70593
NGO.ZA, ICT Services for Civil Society
APCmember SANGONeT launched a new joint venture,
called NGO.ZA. The overall aim of NGO.ZA is to meet
and respond to the South African NGO sector's
connectivity, hardware and e-business infrastructure
requirements, and as a result, transform the
information and communication technologies (ICT)
usage, capacity and infrastructure levels of the
sector.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=28554
CENTR Response to "ITU and Internet Governance" Draft
Council of European National Top Level Domain
Registries (CENTR) comments on Mr. Zhao’s draft paper
on “ITU and Internet Governance”
http://www.centr.org/docs/2004/11/centr-response-itudraft.pdf
Un grupo de trabajo de la ONU examina medidas para el
gobierno de Internet
Un grupo de trabajo de la ONU integrado por cuarenta
expertos de diversos países concluyó su primera
reunión para analizar medidas destinadas a mejorar la
gobernabilidad y a favorecer el acceso y la
democratización de Internet.
http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2004/11/26/esociedad/1101460149.html
http://esportes.terra.com.br/atenas2004/interna/0,,OI429567-EI2682,00.html
La inversión de TIC en los países pobres se apoyará
desde la ONU
Los participantes de una reunión de Naciones Unidas
celebrada en Berlín han propuesto crear una alianza
mundial para incentivar la inversión en tecnología de
la información en los países más pobres del mundo, en
previsión de la próxima Cumbre Mundial sobre la
Sociedad de la Información (WSIS) que se celebrará el
año que viene.
http://www.idg.es/pcworld/noticia.asp?idn=38623
Diritti e Wsis: critiche verso Tunisi e l'Unesco
A Marrakesch, in Marocco, si è svolta in questi giorni
una sessione preparatoria al vertice dell’Onu sulla
società dell’informazione previsto a metà novembre
2005 in Tunisia. “Il convegno mondiale organizzato
dalle Società per le informazioni rischia di essere
l’evento più deludente delle Nazioni Unite negli
ultimi anni” sono le parole dei rappresentanti della
Federazione internazionale dei giornalisti (IFJ) che
ha chiesto aiuto per i paesi dell’Africa e del mondo
arabo che sono tra quelli che soffrono di più per il
cosiddetto “deficit digitale” che assegna il titolo di
vincitore, o vinto, nella corsa alle tecnologie
digitali. Aidan White, segretario generale dell'IFJ,
ha dichiarato che i governi dovrebbero cessare queste
ossessioni per la tecnologia e focalizzare
l’attenzione sull’utilizzo della Società per le
Informazioni per proteggere i diritti dei lavoratori e
favorire la libertà d’espressione.
http://unimondo.oneworld.net/article/view/98504/1/
UN-Allianz will IT in Entwicklungsländern fördern
Vertreter des öffentlichen Diensts, des privaten
Sektors und anderer nichtstaatlicher Organisationen
haben sich diese Woche auf einer UN-Versammlung in
Berlin für die Gründung einer weltweiten Allianz
ausgesprochen, die IT-Investitionen in den ärmsten
Ländern der Erde vorantreiben soll.
http://www.computerwoche.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&type=detail&artid=68202
UN-Aufsicht bei globaler Netzverwaltung
Die UN Arbeitsgruppe Internet Governance (WGIG) sollte
ein dauerhaftes internationales Forum zum Thema
Netzregulierung einrichten. Im "Permanent Internet
Forum" sollen Regierungen, Unternehmen und
Nichtregierungsorganisationen das Rootserver-System
ebenso diskutieren können wie Markenrechts- und
Urheberrechtsfragen, VoIP-Regulierung oder Spam.
Diesen Vorschlag machte beim siebten Treffen der UN
ICT Task Force, das am Wochenende in Berlin zu Ende
ging, deren Vizepräsident Talal Abu-Ghazaleh.
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