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domain name & governance news - 5 October
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US loosens grip on running of internet
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1886298,00.html
http://out-law.com/page-7355
A domain by any other name
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jonathan_zittrain/2006/10/jonathan_zittrain.html
US government steps back from internet control
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/02/icann_doc_jta
EU welcomes autonomy plan for Internet governance (Reuters)
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13660822
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/03/1159641326546.html
Neither safe nor secure on the Internet
http://news.com.com/2010-7345_3-6122351.html
uk: Web of hate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,1887102,00.html
US internet 'highly resilient' to terror attack
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=37786
uk: Nominet rides election storm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/02/nominet_board_election_results
uk: Cameron blog hit by cybersquatters
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1886541,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5402358.stm
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US loosens grip on running of internet
The EU has hailed a decision by the US government to back down and grant full autonomy by 2009 to ICANN. Viviane Reding, EU information society and media commissioner, said "The European commission will follow closely Icann's transition to full independence in the next three years. With our advice, we will contribute to this transition to ensure that it takes place transparently, reflecting the interests of industry and civil society alike."
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1886298,00.html
http://out-law.com/page-7355
A domain by any other name
The public's dislike of Icann comes partly from the opinion that it exercises too much control over the internet, but that's not the case.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jonathan_zittrain/2006/10/jonathan_zittrain.html
US government steps back from internet control
Analysis: The US government has taken a step back from control of the internet with a new contract between it and overseeing organisation ICANN that came into effect yesterday.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/02/icann_doc_jta
Keep the United Nations's Hands Off the Internet
Last week, the Commerce Department and Icann signed a memorandum of understanding that would continue for at least three years our federal government's oversight of Icann. Ironically, but not coincidentally, later this month the United Nations will convene for the first time the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Athens. That forum will look at a wide range of Internet governance issues that may not closely align with the views of either the American government or Icann.
http://www.nysun.com/article/40706
European Commission welcomes move towards full private-sector management by 2009 (news release)
The United States government's decision to give more autonomy to ICANN was welcomed by the European Commission. On 30 September, a highly prescriptive Memorandum of Understanding between the US Department of Commerce and ICANN expired. It has now been replaced by lighter arrangements intended to end definitely by 2009. The European Commission has been working for several years on a system of internet governance entrusted fully to the private sector without government interference in the internet's day-to-day management. The Commission cooperated in 1998 with the US in setting up ICANN and hosted, until 2006, the Secretariat of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to ICANN. Completing the transition of internet governance to the private sector also had been the explicit request by the EU and its partners at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in November 2005.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1297&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EU welcomes autonomy plan for Internet governance (Reuters)
The European Commission welcomed a U.S. government moves to make ICANN independent by 2009, but said it would monitor the process carefully.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13660822
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/03/1159641326546.html
http://eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2023038,00.asp
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39162896,00.htm
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6121673.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39283774,00.htm
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=193101241
http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?from=rss_IOLTechHome&iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=3468992
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193101222
E.U. welcomes moves to reduce U.S. control of ICANN (IDG)
The European Commission welcomed moves in the U.S. to free ICANN from its historic ties to the U.S. government on Monday.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/02/HNcontroloficann_1.html
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;51467274;fp;2;fpid;1
EU Pleased with New ICANN Agreement
The EU applauded the United States government's moves to make ICANN independent, but said it would monitor the process. On Friday, ICANN said it had signed a three-year extension with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3635371
http://www.betanews.com/article/EU_Pleased_with_New_ICANN_Agreement/1159801247
Web of deceit
The problem begins with the acronym, especially a consonant that sits in the centre of it. For all the talk about making it more like the United Nations, the “c” in ICANN stands for corporation, and anyone interested in the regulator's autonomy should ever forget it.
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=40769
ICANN may go fully private
ICANN will soon be moving away from U.S. government control and into the private realm, according to American officials.
http://pcworld.ca/news/article/0965156c0a01040801c7c7c369f08997/pg0.htm
ITAA Applauds ICANN Agreement (news release)
The Information Technology Association of America applauded the Department of Commerce for its Joint Project Agreement with ICANN.
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/101419
ICANN Beginning to Smell Control
The U.S. Department of Commerce agreed to relax its control over ICANN as part of a new contract to replace the "highly prescriptive" one that expired Saturday.
http://news.earthweb.com/xSP/article.php/3635371
Baby Steps for ICANN
Responding to criticism (and a slew of lawsuits), the new “Affirmation of Responsibilities” lists ICANN's top three priorities as “Security and Stability”, “Transparency” and “Accountability”. Though the contract signals a “light at the end of the tunnel”, it’s mostly a bunch of compromised ambitions. The most significant change is that ICANN will have full control over their own operations. ICANN will still hold regular meetings with the Department of Commerce, but the government will no longer have authority to dictate key operations. The outlined agreement will be reviewed in 18 months for further recommendation.
http://searchviews.com/archives/2006/10/baby_steps_for.php
EU begrüßt Rückzug der US-Regierung
Die Internetverwaltung Icann soll ab 2009 unabhängig von der US-Regierung arbeiten. Die EU-Kommission zeigte sich erfreut über den Rückzug des US-Staats - und will die Icann dabei unterstützen.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,440500,00.html
http://shortnews.stern.de/shownews.cfm?id=639775&u_id=330694
http://www.silicon.de/enid/cio/22823
EU-Kommission lobt neuen ICANN-Vertrag
Die EU-Kommission hat heute die neue Vertragsvereinbarung zwischen dem US-Handelsministerium (Department of Commerce) und der ICANN gelobt.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/78942
http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=107177&n=5
http://www.tecchannel.de/news/themen/netzwerk/449137/
L'Icann sur le chemin de l'indépendance
L'Icann a signé avec le gouvernement américain un accord qui lui donne plus d'autonomie. Créée en 1998 au terme de longues négociations, l'Icann est une organisation internationale sans but lucratif dont le rôle est d'attribuer et de gérer les noms de domaines tels que ".com", ".net" ou ".org". Sa compétence est mondiale et ses décisions s'imposent à tous les Etats, alors même qu'elle est de droit californien et que, de ce fait, elle est soumise au ministre de la justice de cet Etat, ainsi qu'au département du commerce américain.
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-651865,36-819352,0.html
http://www.tageblatt.lu/edition/article.asp?ArticleId=53627
http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/multimedia/20061002.ZDN9363700.html
Icann / DoC : divorce programmé en 2009?
Un grand pas vers l'autonomie. C'est en ces termes que Paul Towmey, président de l'Icann, a qualifié le nouvel accord signé avec le gouvernement américain sur la gouvernance d'Internet. Le très décrié moratoire qui liait les deux organismes depuis 1998 est prolongé de trois ans, mais en une version révisée qui semble délier un peu plus les mains de l'Icann. Pour la première fois, on entend officiellement parler d'indépendance et de modèle à intérêts multiples.
http://www.distributique.com/actualites/lire-icann-doc-divorce-programme-en-2009-6402.html
http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,102006,1301391.html
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/31779-ICANN-internet-gouvernance.htm
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/02102006/7/le-gouvernement-americain-assouplit-son-controle-sur-l-icann.html
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-39082-noms-domaine-icann-independant.html
L'ICANN gagne en indépendance
Le régulateur de l'Internet et le gouvernement américain viennent de prolonger leur collaboration en signant un nouveau type d'accord qui remplace le 'MoU' en place depuis la création de l'ICANN en 1998.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1013/l-icann-gagne-en-independance.php
Mayor autonomía para la ICANN.
La Comisión Europea dio el lunes la bienvenida a la decisión del Gobierno de Estados Unidos de brindar mayor autonomía al administrador norteamericano de Internet (ICANN).
http://www.hispamp3.com/noticias/noticia.php?noticia=20061003192348
http://laflecha.net/canales/blackhats/noticias/la-ue-se-muestra-satisfecha-por-la-mayor-autonomia-de-la-icann-
Ue favorevole accordo Usa su Icann
La Commissione Ue ha accolto con favore la decisione del Governo Usa di rendere la societa' Icann indipendente entro il 2009.
http://notizie.alice.it/notizie/search/index.html?filter=foglia&nsid=12059981&mod=foglia
http://www.cwi.it/showPage.php?template=articoli&id=15958
http://www.lastampa.it/cmstp/rubriche/girata.asp?ID_blog=2&ID_articolo=436&ID_sezione=3&sezione=
http://www.unita.it/view.asp?IDcontent=60004
EE UU suavizará el control sobre el 'gobierno de Internet'
El Gobierno estadounidense se ha comprometido a suavizar el control que ejerce sobre la ICANN la base del sistema de direcciones de Internet. Conocida como el gobierno técnico de Internet, ICANN es una organización de derecho privado tutelada por el Gobierno estadounidense que, dentro de tres años, podría abandonar esta tutela.
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/sociedad/EE/UU/suavizara/control/gobierno/Internet/elpporint/20061004elpepisoc_11/Tes/
http://www.espectador.com/nota.php?idNota=79714
Órgão que controla internet ganha mais independência
O governo dos Estados Unidos disse que vai manter a vigilância sobre a internet, mas com menos envolvimento.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1372
El gobierno norteamericano retiene el poder sobre el iCANN
El gobierno estadounidense permanecerá implicado en la gestión del sistema de nombres de dominio de internet después de que su actual acuerdo con ICANN expirase el fin de semana pasado.
http://www.faq-mac.com/mt/archives/019509.php
Acordo prorroga controle americano sobre ICANN
O ICANN anunciou a renovação de seu acordo com o governo dos Estados Unidos por mais três anos.
http://info.abril.com.br/aberto/infonews/092006/29092006-15.shl
USA lättar kontrollen över Internet
USA:s regering har förnyat kontraktet med ICANN om styrningen av Internet. Det nya kontraktet ger Icann lite större självbestämmande.
http://idg.se/2.1085/1.77951
ABD, Internet’in kontrolünden çekiliyorYeni
ABD hükümeti, Internet’in kontrolünden sorumlu kurulus olan ICANN ile arasinda yeni bir anlasma imzalayarak Internet’in bagimsizlasmasi yolunda önemli bir adim atti. Üç yil için geçerli olan yeni anlasma dahilinde ABD hükümeti Internet’in kontrolünde dogrudan söz sahibi olamayacak.
http://hurriyet.com.tr/teknonet/5191524.asp?m=1&gid=112&srid=3439&oid=2
Story on ICANN in Russian
http://www.utro.ru/news/2006/10/02/588878.shtml
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Neither safe nor secure on the Internet
The National Academies recently completed a report titled "Signposts in Cyberspace: The Domain Name System and Internet Navigation," sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation. The report’s final recommendations advise that ICANN strengthen its agreements with the TLD operators and call for further steps to improve the security of the DNS.
http://news.com.com/2010-7345_3-6122351.html
uk: Web of hate
On the rightwing website Redwatch, hosted in the US but registered and run from the UK, hundreds of photographs of anti-war and anti-fascist activists are posted - with the message that they will 'pay for their crimes'. And now a number of those people have been attacked. So why hasn't the site been closed down? The story notes "The racists and fascists behind Redwatch are not deterred by the campaign to close the site. A notice on the homepage reads: "Due to a hysterical campaign by Marxist moaners against Redwatch, we use several domain names and multiple servers for this site."" Matthew Taylor of The Guardian investigates.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,1887102,00.html
US internet 'highly resilient' to terror attack
The Internet infrastructure in the US would still be able to function even if terrorists were able to knock out key physical network hubs, researchers have claimed.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=37786
uk: Nominet rides election storm
UK registry owner Nominet has dismissed requests for a re-election of two of its Board members, announcing that the two incumbents, Gordon Dick and Fay Howard, would return to their positions.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/02/nominet_board_election_results
uk: Cameron blog hit by cybersquatters
David Cameron's video blog has been targeted by cybersquatters supporting the UK Independence party who are directing users to a spoof Armando Iannucci video set to David Bowie's Changes.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,1886541,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5402358.stm
ICANN Accepts Meeting Proposals from Portugal and Puerto Rico (news release)
ICANN has announced that it has accepted proposals for the first two rounds of ICANN Meetings scheduled in 2007. The ICANN Meeting in March 2007 shall be held in Lisbon, Portugal and the ICANN Meeting June 2007 shall be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-03oct06.htm
.eu opens regional office in Stockholm (news release)
Following the success of new Internet top level domain .eu, EURid – the Brussels based registry for all Internet addresses ending with “.eu” – has opened a regional office in Stockholm, Sweden to support Northern Europe. As a next step, offices are also planned for the Czech Republic and Italy.
http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eu-opens-regional-office-in-stockholm
mobi: Cell Phone Cyberspace
The mobile web is about to receive a major shake-up with the start of open registration for cell phone-specific website addresses.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200610030378.html
Strong Start for Mobile Internet: Global Community Shows Demand for .mobi Domains (news releases)
Individuals and businesses in more than 100 countries around the world registered more than 100,000 .mobi domains in the first four days of the domain’s general availability, demonstrating a strong demand for the next evolution of the Internet. In contrast, it took ten years for the general public to register 100,000 PC-based domain names in the early days of the Internet.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/mobi_mobile_internet_global_community_demand/
http://webhosting.info/news/1/100%2C000-.mobi-domains-registered_1002069108.htm
Spells.com Conjures Up $36,000 Sale at GreatDomains to Lead This Week's Top 20
GreatDomains got busy this week, logging two of the top three reported sales, as well as a package deal that would have given them three of the first four on our new Top 20 Chart if the included domains had been priced individually. Officially, the #1 domain is Spells.com, purchased through GreatDomains for $36,000 by the owners of Gadget.com.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales10_03_06.htm
dotTV - eine vernünftige Alternative?
Eine einprägsame Identität in Form einer Internet-Adresse zu finden, ist trotz dem grossen Niedergang der dotcom’s nicht einfacher geworden. Internet-Adressen sind so rar wie nie zuvor. Wer einen sinnvollen klingenden Domain-Namen registrieren will, muss auf alternative Domain-Endungen wie .tv zurückgreifen. Es gibt aber noch andere Gründe warum dotTV im Trend liegt.
http://www.nachrichten.ch/detail/141862.htm
Maßnahmen für faire Domain-Vergabe
Um Manipulationen bei der Vergabe von Internet-Adressen künftig ausschließen zu können, hat die österreichische Domain-Registrierungsstelle nic.at ein Aktionsprogramm eingeleitet. Eine Anfang Oktober gestartete Gratisaktion für Umlaut-Domains brachte bereits 50.000 neue Registrierungen.
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/141119/
Über 600.000 at-Domains registriert
Die Aktion der österreichischen Domainverwaltung nic.at, neu registrierte Umlaut-Domains (z.B. aouäöü.at) im ersten Jahr kostenlos zu halten, sorgte in den ersten Oktobertagen für einen rasanten Anstieg der Neuregistrierungen. Über 50.000 Neuregistrierungen wurden seit Sonntag durch nic.at verzeichnet, was dazu führte, dass auch die Schallmauer von 600.000 registrierten at.-Domains durchbrochen wurde.
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2611287
Serbien und Montenegro auch im Internet getrennt
Serbien und Montenegro gehen nun auch im Internet getrennte Wege. Die Internationale Organisation für Normung (International Organization for Standardization/ISO) in Genf teilte Serbien das Kürzel "rs" als Top-Level-Domain zu, Montenegro bekam "me". Abgeschafft wird das bisher gemeinsam von Serbien-Montenegro verwendete Kürzel cs.
http://derstandard.at/?id=2609684
Ya pueden contratarse los dominios '.mobi'
- Las webs '.mobi' deberán estar adaptadas perfectamente a la tecnología móvil.
- Su creación responde a una creciente demanda de los servicios online para teléfono móvil.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1371
NIC.br anuncia novas opções de domínios para a Internet
Quatro novos domínios estarão disponíveis para serviços específicos de blogs, fotologs, videologs e páginas wiki
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1370
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