domain name & governance news - 9 October

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition
of the domain news - already online! Or see
my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for updates and recent news.

**********************************************************
Sponsored by the Singapore Internet Research Centre 
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/

Sponsored by EuroDNS and AsiaDNS - for your domain name registration
http://www.eurodns.com/?refid=57d25a87c8bffdc565a16a5bf01e8825
**********************************************************

Who wants to run the internet?
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2388671,00.html

What's in 74,000 names? Big money (IHT)
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/business/domains.php
http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-unblocks-74-000-domain-names

ICANN Ordered by Illinois Court to Suspend Spamhaus.org
http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_illinois_court_suspend_spamhaus/

Tension envelops U.S. oversight of ICANN following extension (IDG)
http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/04/HNicanntension_1.html
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1741257998;fp;2;fpid;1

ICANN looks for new home
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20513765%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

za: Beware the web domain scheme
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4460

AuDA helps fund local not-for-profits
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=37908
http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-05102006

au: Bindi website squatter 'abhorrent'
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/05/1159641438737.html

au: Bindi site not unethical, says squatter
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/06/1159641507163.html

*****************
GOVERNANCE
*****************
Who wants to run the internet?
The American Government is set to cede control of the internet. Who will take its place, asks Bernhard Warner: Last week, after years of struggle, you and I finally got our first glimpse of "internet freedom". Yep, that cabal of crooked men in a Dr Evil hideout (aka, the US Department of Commerce) finally relinquished its iron-tight grip on governing the web. Instead, the US Government will allow the free market to determine the future of a medium that will no doubt generate trillions in trade and topple a few despots along the way.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2388671,00.html

Mehr Unabhängigkeit für Icann.
Am 29. September unterzeichnete die Icann eine neue Vereinbarung mit dem US-Handelsministerium, das die für die Verwaltung des Internet-Domain-Namen- Systems verantwortliche Organisation seit ihrer Gründung 1998 kontrolliert hat.
http://www.nzz.ch/2006/10/06/em/articleEJI3O.html

**********************
DOMAIN NAMES
**********************
What's in 74,000 names? Big money (IHT)
The International Herald Tribune reports on the court dispute between EURid and three companies who had between them registered 74,000 .eu domain names such Beethoven.eu to hotelparking.eu. EURid claimed the companies were hoarding them for resale. In a disappointing decision, last week a Belgian court ordered EURid to pay a fine of €25,000 per hour for each name unless it allowed the three companies to transfer ownership of the addresses. EURid has released control of the domain names and is considering appealing. The IHT reports “Thomas Schafft, a Munich-based lawyer who specializes in intellectual property at Lovells law firm, said it was ‘a shame that EURid lost,’ calling the three companies' attempts to register the names ‘a particularly nasty attempt to abuse the dot-eu system.’" Since the introduction of dot-eu last December, 2.1 million domains have been registered by EURid. More than 250 separate disputes over ownership of individual domain names have been resolved through an arbitration mechanism.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/business/domains.php
http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-unblocks-74-000-domain-names

ICANN Ordered by Illinois Court to Suspend Spamhaus.org
Information about this court ruling can be found on Spamhaus’s website. Apparently, at this stage, it is only a proposed ruling. But I am no lawyer. This story has been discussed before, when Spamhaus, which is located in the UK, was sued in the US by a spammer.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_illinois_court_suspend_spamhaus/

Tension envelops U.S. oversight of ICANN following extension (IDG)
Internet governance experts remain divided over last week's decision to extend the U.S. government's oversight of ICANN, with some calling it appropriate and others portraying it as unwise. The strong sentiments on either side reflect a chronic, troubling tension that has enveloped ICANN since 1998, when it was formed to progressively absorb Internet management functions until then handled fully by the U.S. government.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/04/HNicanntension_1.html
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1741257998;fp;2;fpid;1

ICANN looks for new home
ICANN will consider moving to a new home outside the US as part of a search for a more favourable legal jurisdiction to base its operations.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20513765%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

za: Beware the web domain scheme
One Moneyweb community member, CEO of a well-respected local company, was recently approached by a crowd that calls itself Horizon Interweb and is ostensibly based in the UK. The salesman’s pitch was that someone else was interested in buying six domains with names the same as our community member’s business. The domains included the suffixes .org, .com, .net, etc.
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4460

Friday interview: dotMobi's Neil Edwards slams the critics of the .mobi domains
The world of domain names has seen its fair share of controversy, and one of the hottest recent debates concerns the new .mobi domain, which covers mobile internet sites. It's run by mobile Top Level Domain Ltd (mTLD, or dotMobi informally), whose investors include the likes of Ericsson, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile and Vodafone. dotMobi opened up registrations to companies in June, before allowing everyone else to sign up last week.
http://www.techdigest.tv/2006/10/friday_intervie.html

AuDA helps fund local not-for-profits
The Australian Domain name registry body AuDA has doled out A$275,000 to 16 not-for-profit Internet projects from across Australia.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=37908
http://builderau.com.au/news/soa/auDA_fund_charity_projects/0,339028227,339271491,00.htm
http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=60972
http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-05102006

au: Bindi website squatter 'abhorrent'
An unauthorised Bindi Irwin website linked to anti-Israel material and the names of Federal Government ministers has been set up by a Queensland man just hours after Steve Irwin's death, appearing to be a tribute site to the Crocodile Hunter's eight-year-old daughter. However, a number of domain names including fuckisrael.org, philipruddock.com and amandavanstone.com automatically redirect web surfers to the site. All the domains are registered to a "Wayne Smith" of Brisbane, who also owns the terriirwin.org and bindisueirwin.com names.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/05/1159641438737.html
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3820271a12,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,20532812-5007200,00.html

au: Bindi site not unethical, says squatter
A Brisbane man who set up an unauthorised Bindi Irwin website linked to anti-Israel material has denied his website is in poor taste.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/06/1159641507163.html

RIR Comparative Policy Overview
The goal of this document is to provide a comparative overview of policies across the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) system. It is not a policy statement by the RIRs, but serves as a reference for the Internet community. While this document was accurate on the date of publication (1 October 2006), it may be outdated by subsequent policy implementations. The official policy documents can be found at the respective websites of the RIRs. This is a public document that will be reviewed and revised through the co-ordinated efforts of the RIRs.
http://nro.net/documents/nro41.html

at: IDN domains for free in the first year! (news release)
>From 1 October to 30 November 2006 it is possible to register IDN domains free of cost for the first year. All registrars participating in this promotion campaign can register IDN domains for free.
http://www.nic.at/en/uebernic/current_issues/nicat_news/news_view/period/1160281807///article/81/idn-domains-im-ersten-jahr-gratis

Microsoft sues "cybersquatters" for infringement (Reuters)
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has filed two lawsuits against so-called "cybersquatters" or "typosquatters" who use the company’s product names to profit illegally from online advertising.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/08/23/technology/microsoft-sues-34cybersquatters34-for-infringement.html

Is your business domain is at risk?
What obligation does a trade owner have to purchase all relevant domain names and misspellings pertaining to its trademark? If the trademark owner does not register all the variations, are they free for the taking? Who has rights to domain names pertaining to defunct businesses?
http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=3378

ICANN Establishes Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) News Feed
ICANN has added to its website an RSS news feed to provide the community with information on ICANN developments related to Internationalized Domain Names.
http://icann.org/topics/idn

ICANN Contractual Compliance Update
ICANN's Compliance Program has been published to explain ICANN's approach to enforcement of compliance with its Registry Agreements and Registrar Accreditation Agreements ("the Agreements").
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-06oct06.htm

ICANN: Outreach Event for the Baltic Region and Eastern Europe, October 4, 2006
The Baltic Region and Eastern Europe International Seminar, "The Internet and the Post-WSIS Environment: Enhancing Dialogue Among the Stakeholders," took place in Riga, Latvia, on 4 October 2006.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-04oct06.htm

Pair of Six-Figure Domain Sales Get Fourth Quarter Off to a Great Start 
Camp.com leads the way after changing hands for $150,000 in a private transaction. Seller Steve Camp of Camp Technologies owned the undeveloped domain for several years but never parked it. Camp told us that in hindsight he knows that was a mistake, but he was unaware of the PPC industry that has grown up around domains in recent years.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales10_10_06.htm

U.S. newspaper's parent company wins rights to Web address (AP)
The Dallas Morning News' parent company won control of an Internet domain name that used a slight misspelling of the newspaper's name, under a ruling issued by a U.N. panel Thursday.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06279/727696-96.stm
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/06/1159641473089.html

Leaving a bad taste (sub req'd)
Many IP owners have got to grips with cybersquatters and learnt how to make the most of dispute resolution procedures to reclaim their rights. But a growing piracy phenomenon could see them spending far more time and money challenging infringing domains.
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654397

Navigate the domain name maze (sub req'd)
Do you know a DNS from a DIG? What's the difference between a domainer and a typosquatter? If you want to protect your brands on the internet, then you need to know the answers to questions such as these. This article provides an A to Z guide to domain name jargon.
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654401

.mobi, yes maybe? (sub req'd)
The .mobi domain name promises IP owners an innovative new way of attracting would-be customers to their websites via their mobile phones. But does the explosion in domain names around the world mean that IP owners are too jaded to care? This article discusses the issues with Pinkard ''Pinky'' Brand, .mobi's director of new markets.
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654425

>From sunrise to sunset (sub req'd)
The launch of .eu has led to more than 2 million people and businesses registering new domain names in Europe. Detailed rules were put in place to protect IP owners, so this article asks: what lessons can future domain name registries learn from the .eu experience?
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22567&SID=654431

Mobile browsing gets a '.mobi' fix
Web services for mobile phones are in urgent need of a jumpstart. A new domain is at least a step in the right direction.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/02/technology/mobi_domain.biz2/index.htm

uk: British politician falls victim to cybersquatters (Reuters)
The leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives has fallen victim to "cybersquatters," and some people trying to access his Internet blog have found themselves entering the world of a little-known Australian poet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500746.html

Conférence INDOM-AFNIC : une zone de confiance inscrite entre les acteurs du .FR
La conférence animée aujourd’hui par INDOM et l’AFNIC sur les perspectives du .FR a été l’occasion de rassembler pour la première fois tous les acteurs de la chaîne de traitement de l’extension française. Un débat riche et passionné soulignant le travail conjoint de l’ensemble des acteurs de l’Internet sur le .FR.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1017/france-conference-indom-afnic-une-zone-de-confiance-inscrite-entre-les-acteurs-du-fr.php

EURid, condenada a levantar la suspensión de 74.000 dominios '.eu' que había estimado fraudulentos
El organismo EURid, encargado de gestionar los nombres de dominio '.eu', ha sido condenado por un tribunal de primera instancia en Bruselas a levantar la suspensión cautelar que había impuesto sobre cerca de 74.000 direcciones '.eu' que había considerado fraudulentos.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1376

Videoconferencia: ICANN en la Sociedad de la Información (v)
Discurso Inaugural de la Videoconferencia por Luis Pablo Hinojosa (Liason ICANN para America Latina).
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1375

ICANN en la Sociedad de la Informacion (iv)
14 Puntos de Conexion, 9 países, esta videoconferencia es un exito total. Una demostración de trabajo en equipo, a nivel regional, utilizando nuestros conocimientos para generar esta Videconferencia sobre ICANN en la Sociedad de la Información.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1374

UE saluda el plan de autonomía para órgano de gobierno de Internet
La Comisión Europea dio el lunes la bienvenida a los pasos del Gobierno estadounidense de independizar a la compañía que gestiona los Nombres de dominio de Internet para 2009, pero dijo que seguirá el proceso muy de cerca.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1373

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


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news - already online! Or see http://technewsreview.com.au/ for updates and recent news.

The domain name news is supported by auDA.

Also see http://internews.tv/mailman/admin/internetnews_internews.tv for an archive and to subscribe to the domain name or general internet news.

Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

(c) David Goldstein 2006

--------- 
David Goldstein
 address: 4/3 Abbott Street
           COOGEE NSW 2034
           AUSTRALIA
 email: Goldstein_David @yahoo.com.au
 phone: +61 418 228 605 (mobile); +61 2 9665 5773 (home)
 
"Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery





		
____________________________________________________ 
On Yahoo!7 
Music: Create your own personalised radio station. 
http://au.launch.yahoo.com/