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Microsoft puts cybersquatters on notice
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6108326.html
USA still dominates the Internet
http://www.ipwalk.com/general/show_news/id/34
Vietnamese banks lose domain names
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2006/08/604441/
au: Melbourne IT eyes lapsed domains
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20225751%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Melbourne IT reports $7.1m profit
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=36188
au: NetRegistry cries foul at failed WebCentral bid
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/NetRegistry_cries_foul_at_failed_WebCentral_bid/0,2000061791,39267208,00.htm
au: Domain name entrepreneur goes west
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/08/21/1156012473234.html
Wrestling.com Pins the Competition With One of the
Year's Biggest Domain Sales
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales08_22_06.htm
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Microsoft puts cybersquatters on notice
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a new offensive against
cybersquatters who allegedly gain illegal profits from
thousands of Web sites, such as
WindowsLiveTutorial.com and HaloChamp.com, that
include the company's trademarked names.
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6108326.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20225875%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/23/1156012573506.html
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/22/financial/f131058D53.DTL
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-08-22-microsoft-cybersquatters_x.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082200767.html
MS defends brand on web
MICROSOFT has moved to protect its brand
"typosquatters" and "cybersquatters" seemingly using
its brand to increase traffic to their websites.
"Microsoft has witnessed a virtual land rush for
internet domain names with the goal of driving traffic
for profit," Aaron Kornblum, head of the company's new
campaign to stop the practice, said.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20224402%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Melbourne IT eyes lapsed domains
MELBOURNE IT will auction off the domain names of
clients who allow their registrations to lapse as it
looks for new ways to broaden its revenue base in the
wake of its successful bid for Queensland internet
company WebCentral.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20225751%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Melbourne IT reports $7.1m profit
Melbourne IT reported a profit of $7.1 million for its
half year ending June 30, following the sale of its
Neulevel business, netting it a gain of $4.5 million
for the period.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=36188
au: NetRegistry cries foul at failed WebCentral bid
Domain name registrar NetRegistry has rejected claims
its failed bid to buy rival Melbourne IT's acquisition
target WebCentral included too many uncertainties.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/NetRegistry_cries_foul_at_failed_WebCentral_bid/0,2000061791,39267208,00.htm
au: MelbIT bid gets shareholder nod
SHAREHOLDERS in the Lucy Turnbull and Sean
Howard-backed WebCentral Group have voted
overwhelmingly in favour of Melbourne IT's $64 million
takeover bid for the Queensland internet company.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20198177%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Domain name entrepreneur goes west
Domain name entrepreneur Blair Rafferty has a
spectacular view from his office on the 50th floor of
a Melbourne high-rise but doesn't seem to have enjoyed
it. After receiving a shot across the bows last week
from .au domain name administrator auDA, and an
injunction from a New Zealand court, he appears to
have moved to Perth and gone into the mobile phone
business.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/08/21/1156012473234.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/21/1156012473234.html
au: auDA Warns of Mass mail out by DomainsAustralia
Pty Ltd
auDA has become aware that DomainsAustralia Pty Ltd is
sending letters and/or faxes to some domain name
registrants offering to arrange registration of the
net.au or .com equivalent of the registrant's com.au
domain name for $225.
http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=17107
Vietnamese banks lose domain names
More than 100 second-level domain names ending in .vn
used by Vietnamese banks have been registered for
re-selling by non-banking entities, said the Vietnam
Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC).
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2006/08/604441/
USA still dominates the Internet
Two-thirds of all domain names are hosted in the
United States. This corresponds to almost twelve times
as many domain names as Germany in second place.
http://www.ipwalk.com/general/show_news/id/34
http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/29014/Majority+of+domain+names+hosted+in+US.html
Wrestling.com Pins the Competition With One of the
Year's Biggest Domain Sales
Wrestling.com is the undisputed king of the ring this
week, after throwing all of the competition over the
top rope with a blockbuster $500,000 sale.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales08_22_06.htm
us: Libertarian Threatened with Lawsuit in Senate Race
(news release)
The campaign office of Karl Dickey for Florida Senate
said today that a key member of Irv Slosberg?s
campaign threatened, via telephone, to litigate for
using the letirvserve.net and .org domain names. A
complete review of ICANN?s Uniform Domain-Name
Dispute-Resolution Policy, the U.S. Anticybersquatting
Consumer Protection Act and the Florida Department of
Elections rules do not prohibit such activity. The
campaign is not using Mr. Slosberg?s name or any
registered trademark belonging to him or his campaign.
http://prweb.com/releases/2006/8/prweb426952.htm
http://emediawire.com/releases/2006/8/emw426952.htm
How Could the Internet be Governed: Perspective from
Bulgaria by Veni Markovski
In the last few years there have been many discussions
on how the Internet is governed, and how it should be
governed. The whole World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) ended talking about this problem. It
caused exchange of letters between the US Secretary of
State and the European Union presidency.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/internet_governed_perspective_from_bulgaria/
IANA seeks comments on root zone technical checks (sub
req'd)
http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=138572
us: Harris to sue over smear on Web site
Jimmy Harris, Democratic candidate for DeKalb County
Sheriff, has filed a lawsuit against an Internet
domain name registrar, claiming violation of Alabama?s
Fair Campaign Practices Act.
http://www.times-journal.com/report.lasso?wcd=5994
New Web Site Offers Information on Domain Name
Registration
www.onedomainnameregistration.com is a new site that
has information about Domain Name Registration and a
lot more.
http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=17143
Internet names agency renews US contract
The agency that supervises Internet domain names,
Icann, has renewed its contract with an arm of the US
Department of Commerce to administer the technical
workings of the global computer network.
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20060823091102120
http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=10959
fi: Renewal of fi-Domain Names - Tens of Thousands of
Domain Names Will Expire
The Domain Name Act which took effect on 1 September
2003 prescribes all fi-domain names to be valid for a
fixed period. The validity for three years will
expire, if the domain name is not renewed before the
expiry date. The domain name will be free for other
applicants after three months from the expiry.
http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=17108
US-Regierung erneuert ICANN-Vertrag
Das Wirtschaftsministerium der USA hat seinen Vertrag
mit ICANN, dem Aufsichtsgremium für Internet-Domains,
verlängert. Das neue Abkommen läuft zunächst bis 2011.
http://www.testticker.de/news/netzwerke/news20060821005.aspx
ADR.EU: des modifications de procédure envisagées
Afin d?accélérer les procédures ADR, la Cour
d?Arbitrage Tchèque propose de modifier les règles
supplémentaires relatives au règlement ADR des litiges
liés aux noms de domaine en .EU
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/989/adr-des-modifications-de-procedure-envisagees.php
L'Icann préserve la gouvernance technique d'Internet
jusqu'en 2011
Le 15 août 2006, le ministère du Commerce américain
(Department of Commerce - DoC) a reconduit jusqu'en
2011 le contrat qui le liait à l'Icann autour de la
gestion technique d'Internet. L'Icann préserve ainsi
le contrôle de la fonction IANA (Internet Assigned
Numbers Authority), organisation abritée par
l'organisme qui assure la gestion de la racine
Internet - nerf central de l'Internet administrant
notamment les noms de domainesde niveau supérieur
(TLD) et l'adressage IP d'Internet.
http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-l-icann-preserve-la-gouvernance-technique-d-internet-jusqu-en-2011-20286.html
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/987/contrat-renouvele-pour-l-icann.php
http://www.marianne-en-ligne.fr/exclusif/virtual/multimdia/e-docs/00/00/6C/82/document_web.phtml
http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,082006,1290734.html
http://solutions.journaldunet.com/0608/060821-contrat-icann.shtml
Encuentro Regional de Usuarios de ICANN
El 9 y 10 de Septiembre expertos de internet y grupos
de usuarios de Internet de America Latina y el Caribe,
interesados en el desarrollo de las politicas de
Internet, se encontraran en Buenos Aires para una
sesion de trabajo.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1341
O dono do sex.com
Um homem venceu uma das maiores batalhas legais da
internet. Seu nome é Gary Kremen. Depois de dez anos,
ele ganhou os direitos sobre o sex.com. Kremen
registrou o domínio no começo de 1994.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1340
Story in Russian on ICANN
http://www.rol.ru/news/it/internet/06/08/21_003.htm
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