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domain name & governance news - 16 February
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Why the net should stay neutral
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700430.stm
Dot-eu phase 2 proves popular
http://www.managingip.com/?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=612952
Surf?s up ? Wellington hosts major Internet conference
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0602/S00081.htm
Vietnamese fruit seller in net name cock-up
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/13/vietnamese_domains/
Buyers get set for mobile domains
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2150183/buyers-set-mobile-domains
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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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Why the net should stay neutral
Is it time to let internet companies provide premium
access to paying websites and services? No, says BBC
technology commentator Bill Thompson.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700430.stm
The Internet After the Internet Governance Forum
Bret Fausett's podcast - Today's show starts with a
review of last week's show, then moves to Internet
Governance and this week's organizational meeting for
the U.N.'s Internet Governance Forum. Finally a
question: who represents end-users? Do they represent
themselves only in the marketplace or is there a role
for them in "governance" and "technical coordination"
as well?
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/14/1761361.html
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DOMAIN NAMES
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Dot-eu phase 2 proves popular
More than 70,000 applications were filed in the first
hour following the launch of phase 2 of the .eu
sunrise period last week
http://www.managingip.com/?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=612952
Surf?s up ? Wellington hosts major Internet conference
More than 700 people and representatives from 90
governments will be ?surfing? in Wellington next month
as the city hosts a major international conference on
the Internet.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0602/S00081.htm
Vietnamese fruit seller in net name cock-up
A Vietnamese grapefruit seller has been refused the
domain name www.buoi.com.vn because "the word for
grapefruit, buoi, without a proper tone marking can be
misunderstood", as Thai Huu Ly, of the Vietnam
Internet Network Information Centre, put it to AFP.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/13/vietnamese_domains/
ICANN Posts Accountability Frameworks Documents
ICANN would welcome the opportunity to discuss an
accountability framework with all ccTLD managers. To
assist this process, two documents have been developed
for ccTLD managers to consider as a starting point to
discussions.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12feb06.htm
ICANN GNSO Council Report to the ICANN Board
Policy recommendation and advice on a procedure for
handling conflicts between a registrar/registry's
legal obligations under privacy laws and their
contractual obligations to ICANN
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/council-rpt-18jan06.htm
MIP to host web seminar on cybersquatting
MIP is to host its first free web seminar next week.
The seminar, which anyone can register for, will
analyze the latest cybersquatting and domain
speculation trends
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=612942&ISS=21345&LS=EMS64073
VeriSign Completes Successful Integration of Private
and Public Electronic Numbering (ENUM) Networks in
Austria (news release)
Successful Integration Enables Carriers to Extend VoIP
and Revenue-Generating IP Opportunities beyond
Disparate Networks
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2006-02/artikel-5986640.asp
Buyers get set for mobile domains
Companies wanting to register .mobi domains for mobile
services will receive new guidelines today. Meanwhile,
firms aiming to serve customers across Europe can now
take advantage of a new registration period for the
.eu domain.
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2150183/buyers-set-mobile-domains
http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=2740&scatid=6&contid=4
http://itvibe.com/news/3923/
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=14691
us: Players cash in on the domain game
Real estate attorney Christian Zouzas has a sideline
of collecting domain names, those virtual slivers of
cyberspace necessary to businesses that wish to do
business on the Internet. Zouzas recently sold two of
his "properties" -- foods.us and jew.us -- for the
combined sum of $49,500.
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/02/13/story2.html
Dotster Experiences Huge Traffic During First "Happy
Hour"
Dotster confirmed this evening that it had a large
increase in traffic during its first "Happy Hour" sale
event.
http://sys-con.com/read/184003.htm
EU Internet domain names open for business
Hundreds of thousands of businesses raced on Tuesday
to snap up ".eu" Internet domain names, with "sex.eu"
taking the prize for the most sought-after address on
the first day companies could apply.
http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060208-073435-6125r
Gmail goes the company domain way
Google is introducing a new service that will allow
organisations to use their own domain names as a
customised front end to Gmail. The service is expected
to be particularly popular with small to medium sized
business which have their own website and domain but
are not able to operate or afford a managed email
service of their own.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/83499/gmail-goes-the-company-domain-way.html
Cyber squatting hits four-year high
Illegal acts of cybersquatting where people abuse
trademarks or domain names are surging to their
highest level in over four years, The World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has warned.
http://www.contractoruk.com/news/002512.html
Entscheidung über .com-Vertrag vor ICANN-Treffen
Vertreter des Büros der ICANN haben in einer
Telefonkonferenz in der vergangenen Nacht mitgeteilt,
dass sie dem ICANN-Vorstand den Abschluss des
umstrittenen .com-Neuvertrages empfehlen werden.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/69604
Quatschbude oder Kreativitätstube?
Der UN-Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS)
hatte im November 2005 in Tunis nach monatelangen
zähen Verhandlungen über die Zukunft des Internet
beschlossen, ein neues [extern] Internet Governance
Forum (IGF) zu gründen. Der Kompromiss überdeckte nur
die Konflikte, die bei der Vorbereitung des Forums
jetzt wieder aufzubrechen drohen. Ende der Woche
finden in Genf die ersten IGF-Konsultationen statt.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22041/1.html
Viele kleine Internets
Das Internet, das allen Nutzern zu gleichen Teilen
gehört, ist eine Illusion. Seit dessen Erfindung sagen
die Amerikaner, wo es lang geht. Die anderen Nationen
stört das gewaltig. Und die Anstrengungen, etwas gegen
die amerikanische Vormachtstellung zu unternehmen,
wachsen ? auch in Deutschland.
http://handelsblatt.com/hbiwwwangebot/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbi/cn/bp_artikel/docid/1034445/STRUCID/200104/PAGEID/204016/index.html
Hoy se abre el registro de los dominios '.cat'
Desde las cinco de la mañana de hoy las entidades
directamente relacionadas con la lengua y la cultura
catalana pueden solicitar el dominio '.cat', aprobado
el pasado mes de septiembre por ICANN, el organismo
que gestiona la creación de nuevos sufijos para las
direcciones de Internet. El próximo lunes podrán
acceder al '.cat' las entidades que demuestren una
presencia 'online' en catalán y el 23 de abril se
abrirá el registro a todos los internautas.
http://www.cadenaser.com/articulo.html?xref=20060213csrcsrtec_2&type=Tes
http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/internet/catalunya/dominios/dn_20203.htm
http://www.entrebits.com/noticias/Internet/articulos/n_119578_1.html
http://www.consumer.es/web/es/tecnologia/2006/02/13/149343.php
http://www.libertaddigital.com/noticias/noticia_1276272078.html
Comienza el registro de dominios culturales catalanes
'.cat'
El dominio de internet '.cat', que identifica la
lengua y cultura catalanas en las páginas 'web',
comenzó la apertura de solicitud de registros el lunes
por la tarde para instituciones de promoción de la
cultura catalana.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1212&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Internet : les noms de domaine en ".mobi" disponibles
dès juin
"Mobile Top Level Domain (mTLD), coentreprise
approuvée par l?ICANN dans la gestion des .mobi, vient
d?annoncer le programme d?ouverture des domaines .mobi
pour cette année", annonce PCinpact.
http://www.sophianet.com/snc/engine/all//arti1139983405100EF98B6007B404.html
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/26651-Les-noms-de-domaine-Mobi-ont-leur-plan-douve.htm
2005, année record pour le .BE
Un campagne de publicité de grande envergure initiée
par le très dynamique registre belge, le DNS BE, a
permis de faire exploser l'extension de nos voisins en
2005.
http://domaines.info/article.php?art_id=828
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