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domain name, WSIS & governance news - 15 September
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Africa Close to Consensus On Internet Governance
African countries are closer to reach a consensus
about various aspects related to internet governance
in the world, after overcoming various differences on
the matter, during a meeting in Dakar, Senegal,
informed Saturday, here, the Angolan Science and
Technology vice minister, Pedro Sebatião Teta.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509120449.html
A Global Dialogue around WSIS Prepcom 3
As a contribution to the United Nations World Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS), the Internet
Governance Project, led by Professor Derrick L.
Cogburn, is supporting a web-based Global Deliberative
Dialogue on Internet Governance, from 19-30 September
2005.
http://www.circleid.com/article/1194_0_1_0_C/
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DOMAIN NAMES
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za: Authority Calls for Public Participation for Usage
.za Domain
The .za Domain Name Authority is embarking on a public
consultative process to obtain comment and input about
the structure of the .za domain to be inline with
global practices.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509120879.html
http://www.businessreport.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=2874307
http://mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=250683
http://www.businessreport.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=2874307
http://corporate.hosted.inet.co.za/news/story/1944267
uk: Uk.com wildcard raises Net stability worries
A decision by British company CentralNic to make all
unregistered domains ending with "uk.com" direct to
its own webpage has raised concerns over the future
stability of the Internet.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/14/centralnic_wildcard/
us: Bill Cosby wins fight over 'fatalbert.org' domain
name
Comedian Bill Cosby won control of an Internet domain
name including the name of the Fat Albert cartoon he
created in the 1960s, under a ruling issued Monday by
a United Nations panel.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-12-cosby-fat-albert_x.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1117832
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091200544.html
http://sacunion.com/pages/entertainment/articles/6141
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/12/entertainment/main834708.shtml
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-bzcosby12,0,7311155.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0509130036sep13,1,7366247.story
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/09/12/un.cybersquatting.albert.ap/index.html
http://courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050913/LIVING/509130303/
http://floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050913/LIFE/509130307/
http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/09/12/cosby-wins-fat-albert-domain/
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/12628332.htm
http://www.techzonez.com/comments.php?shownews=14830
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126547031758_121956231/
http://www.bizreport.com/news/9274/
http://boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/09/12/bill_cosby_wins_fight_over_domain_name/
http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/13/stories/2005091301262200.htm
http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001096490
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050912.gtcosbysep12/BNStory/Technology/
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/12/entertainment/e064943D08.DTL
Bill Cosby bekommt die Rechte an der Domain Fat Albert
http://derstandard.at/?id=2172731
us: Officials Warn of Katrina Relief Web Scams
At least 4,000 Web sites claiming to be Hurricane
Katrina relief funds have popped up on the Internet
and top U.S. law enforcement officials warned Tuesday
that many could be fraudulent.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_WEB_SCAMS
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9642942
Pakistan offers .pk domain (reg req'd)
Pakistan is launching a country-code top level domain
name extension .pk and is operating a sunrise period
to allow legitimate trade mark owners to secure their
rights
http://managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=579904&ISS=20242&LS=EMS51365
.XXX as Proposed is Wrong for Families & Kids
On August 23rd, the Internet Governance Project posted
a letter Opposing Political Intervention in the
Internet's Core Technical Administrative Functions. I
disagree.
http://www.circleid.com/article/1189_0_1_0_C/
xxx: Porn foes, advocates settle on same side of .xxx
domain issue
Pornography fighters and some pornography producers
joined forces to oppose the proposal, in an article by
Paul K. McMasters is First Amendment ombudsman at the
First Amendment Center in Arlington, Va.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=15699
xxx: Sex, the Internet and the future
Editorial: A devastating decision almost snuck up on
us recently: the provisional approval ? temporarily on
hold ? to add a new ".xxx" domain to the Internet,
alongside .com, .org and .net. This proposal was
lobbied for by pornographers, recently approved by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), and met by outrage from think tanks,
therapists, average citizens and family groups.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002474812_woman06.html
au: NetRegistry takes charge of gov.au domain (reg
req'd)
The Australian government has selected domain name
provider NetRegistry to be the registrar for its
gov.au domain.
http://managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&pubID=198&SID=579901&ISS=20242&LS=EMS51365
ICANN: Public Comment Forum on Combined Whois Task
Force Preliminary Report
The GNSO has opened a public comment forum on the
Combined Whois Task Force's Preliminary Report on
handling potential conflicts between registrar and
registry contractual obligations and privacy laws. The
comment period will be open through 2 October 2005.
http://gnso.icann.org/comments-request/
.kid domain on the way?
The European parliament is now working on a
recommendation for a proposal on "the protection of
children and human dignity" in the audiovisual and
information services world.
http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39152124,00.htm
http://managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=580052&ISS=20242&LS=EMS51365
http://p2pnet.net/story/6195
sg: IDA announces results for numbers auction and
launches ENUM pilot trial
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
has announced the results of its fixed-line, Internet
Protocol (IP) Telephony and mobile numbers auctions
conducted earlier last week.
http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=2618
ie: Call for lower prices for .ie domains
If the average retail price for a .ie domain
registration falls by 50pc over the coming 18 months,
Eoin Costello?s web hosting firm Novara.ie estimates
that a target of 100,000 .ie registrations can be
achieved in that time frame.
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single5374
Brand New Domain Names Released to the Internet - The
Rush Begins Again (more or less a news release)
With over 40 million mostly forgettable ?.COMs?
already registered, there's very little left to
interest individuals or business.
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=13055
.ORG Domain Name Registry to Donate $1 Per New Domain
The .ORG registry, has announced that it will partner
with its founding organization, the Internet Society,
and its technology services provider, Afilias Limited,
to donate $1 USD for every new .ORG domain name
registered between 8 September and 30 September 2005
to aid relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
http://cheaphostingdirectory.com/news-org-domain-name-registry-to-donate-1-per-new-domain-1381.html
http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=6129&mhnews_page=1
Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, Father of
?Net and Chair of ICANN
This week Google hired Vinton Cerf, the ?father of the
Internet? and the Chairman of ICANN, to serve as their
Chief Internet Evangelist.
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2181
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/9KMRGLtYNTEGNe/Google-Wins-Another-Mind-Game.xhtml
Google ficha al padre de Internet
http://www.redestelecom.com/Actualidad/Noticias/Inform%c3%a1tica_profesional/Personajes/20050912015
http://www.vnunet.es/Actualidad/Noticias/Inform%c3%a1tica_profesional/Personajes/20050912015
Google contrata a Vinton Cerf, uno de los padres de
Internet
http://www.baquia.com/noticias.php?id=10074
Google holt Vinton Cerf an Bord
http://www.flive.de/cmp_nws.php?nws_id=1000440205&cmp_id=1000020624
Vinton Cerf, un senior embauché par Google
http://www.senioractu.com/index.php?action=article&id_article=199655
Google hyrer nett-pionér
http://www.computerworld.no/index.cfm/liste/artikkel/id/53334
Le .XXX victime de la censure gouvernementale ?
L'ingérence du gouvernement américain dans la création
du .XXX inquiète de plus en plus. Un groupe d'experts
a publié une déclaration pour la dénoncer.
http://domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?vde_id=725
.cr: Actualización de las Políticas para el
Funcionamiento del Dominio Superior CR
Con fecha 13 de setiembre del 2005 se ha publicado en
la La Gaceta No.176, la modificación de políticas del
NIC .CR
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1067&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Novo livro brasileiro sobre domínios na Internet
Se ha editado el libro "Escolha seu .com ? Guia
definitivo de como escolher seus domínios na
Internet", escrito por Ricardo Vaz Monteiro y editado
por Nomer.com
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1066&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
LACNIC IX: Recordatorio/ Llamado a organizadores
Este es un recordatorio del LLAMADO A ASPIRANTES PARA
HOSPEDAR LACNIC IX LACNIC llama a organizaciones de la
región interesadas en hospedar su reunión anual
correspondiente al año 2006. La misma se llevará a
cabo durante la semana del 22 al 26 de mayo de 2006 en
una ciudad de la región de cobertura de LACNIC.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1065&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
El BNG acusa al Gobierno central de 'no apoyar' la
demanda para que Galicia tenga un dominio propio en
internet
El portavoz del BNG en el Congreso, Francisco
Rodríguez, acusó hoy al Gobierno central de
'desentenderse' y 'no apoyar' la demanda de que
Galicia tenga un dominio propio en internet, a pesar
de que algunos miembros del Ejecutivo de Rodríguez
Zapatero sí mostraron su apoyo a una demanda idéntica
de Cataluña.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1064&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
El BNG acusa el Govern central de "no donar suport a"
la demanda perquè Galícia tingui un domini propi a
internet
El portaveu del BNG al Congrés, Francisco Rodríguez,
ha acusat avui el Govern central de "desentendre's" i
"de no donar suport a" la demanda que Galícia tingui
un domini propi a internet, tot i que alguns membres
de l'Executiu de Rodríguez Zapatero sí que han mostrat
el seu suport a una demanda idèntica de Catalunya.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1063&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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