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domain name & governance news - 12 October
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Internet privacy 'sacrificed' by Icann by Michael Geist
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6036481.stm
Warning over 'broken up' internet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6037345.stm
Globalising governance - The Guardian - Leader
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1892273,00.html
Spamhaus.org faces threat to its domain name
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6124309.html
ICANN: Spamhaus Litigation Update (news release)
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-10oct06.htm
ICANN Announces New Staff Appointments - Savenaca Vocea: ICANN Global Partnership -- Australasia/Pacific Islands Liaison (news release)
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-09oct06.htm
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Internet privacy 'sacrificed' by Icann by Michael Geist
Internet law professor Michael Geist argues that the internet oversight body has sacrificed the issue of privacy for a shot at independence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6036481.stm
http://michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1474/159
Warning over 'broken up' internet
The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the world, a leading light in the development of the net has warned. Nitin Desai, chair of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), set up by the UN, warned that concerns over the net's future could lead to separation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6037345.stm
Globalising governance - The Guardian - Leader
The question "Who should run the internet" ought to be a no-brainer. It is, despite its US provenance, a global phenomenon and its governance should reflect that. Nothing previously devised has put people and communities around the world in touch with each other to such an extent. This week's purchase by Google of YouTube, which claims 100m downloads of its videos each day, will expedite that process.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1892273,00.html
Internet's future to be discussed at ISB conference in Barbados
The future of the Internet and the ways in which Government and business will be shaped are coming under the microscope during a two-day conference and trade fair organised by the Information Society of Barbados (ISB), on October 19 and 20.
http://barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=28241
La patata bollente dell’Internet governance
Sviluppo commerciale, società dell’informazione, gestione tecnica: i nodi della Rete sono molti e complessi. Potrà aiutare a scioglierli la consultazione pubblica lanciata dal governo italiano?
http://www.apogeonline.com/webzine/2006/10/10/01/2006101001950
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Spamhaus.org faces threat to its domain name
A U.S. company accused of being a spammer is escalating its legal fight against Spamhaus, a British organization that maintains a blacklist of junk e-mailers. e360 Insight, which filed suit against Spamhaus in federal court in Illinois, on October 6 asked U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras to delete the spamhaus.org domain name.
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6124309.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39283978,00.htm
Spamhaus fights US court domain threat
Spamhaus is at risk of losing its domain because of court action by a firm it has labelled as a spammer. The threat comes after the anti-spam organisation refused to comply with a September ruling by a US court requiring it to pay $11.7m in compensation to e360 Insight, pull the organisation's listing, and post a notice stating that it was wrong to say e360 Insight was involved in sending junk mail.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/10/spamhaus_domain_threat
http://out-law.com/page-7378
ICANN: Spamhaus Litigation Update (news release)
ICANN has been advised that a Proposed Order referencing ICANN has been submitted to the court in the matter entitled e360Insight, LLC et al. v. The Spamhaus Project, Case No. 06 CV 3958. This lawsuit is currently pending in the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-10oct06.htm
A Few Thoughts About that Spamhaus Story by Bret Fausett
I don't think that the pursuit of ICANN over a specific domain name is going to go anywhere. ICANN doesn't operate any registry infrastructure, and as far as I know, its contracts with registries and registrars don't require those companies to take instruction from ICANN about the disposition of individual domain names. So to the extent that e360Insight thinks that ICANN has the power to suspend the domain name "Spamhaus.org," it's lawyers are woefully mistaken. This attempt will go nowhere.
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/9/2402127.html
US court threatens Spamhaus with shut down (IDG)
A U.S. court has threatened to shut down the Spamhaus Project, a volunteer-run antispam service, for ignoring a $11.7 million judgement against it. In a proposed court order dated Friday, Judge Charles Kocoras of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois calls on the organizations responsible for registering the Spamhaus.org Internet address to suspend the organization's Internet service. Both ICANN and Tucows Inc., the Spamhaus.org registrar, are named in the proposed order.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/09/HNspamhaus_1.html
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/09/spamhaus/index.php
Anti-spam group says it may lose domain name (AP)
The anti-spam group Spamhaus Project warned Monday that it could lose its domain name as a result of a lawsuit by a company it has accused of sending spam.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15721658.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-10-spam-suit_x.htm
Spamhaus Domain Name Under Fire
According to Spamhaus, more than 650 million Internet users -- including the White House, the U.S. Army, and the European Parliament, among others -- use its blacklist system to filter unwanted bulk e-mail. Spamhause contends that if the Spamhaus.org domain name is stripped by a U.S. court, the world could see an additional 50 billion junk e-mails each day.
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Spamhaus-Domain-Name-Under-Fire/story.xhtml?story_id=0220020S9DDM
http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=25626
Second Annual DNS Survey Reveals Growth and Improvements, But Many Systems Still Vulnerable to Attacks (news release)
Infoblox announced availability of the “2006 DNS Report Card”, featuring results of their second-annual survey of DNS on the public Internet.
http://domaininformer.com/news/press/061009Infoblox.html
Arbitration Is Weapon of Choice in Growing Number of Domain Name Disputes (Law.com/The National Law Journal)
Internet domain-name arbitration disputes have risen by more than a quarter since January 2005 -- despite the expansion of generic top-level domain addresses like .biz and .info -- as cybersquatters find more sophisticated ways of encroaching on legitimate Web sites.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1159434325356
Value in Direct Navigation: Empirical Evidence by Alex Tajirian
ABSTRACT: The paper points out the limits of two empirical studies on the value of direct navigation. To more accurately predict the value created through direct navigation, these issues must be addressed.
http://domainmart.com/news/Direct_Navigation-Empirical_Evidence.htm
94% Annual Domain Name Price Appreciation (June 06)
Abstract: Using a new statistical methodology the annual price appreciation on a very large class of domain names is estimated to be 94 percent. The paper outlines the methodology and points out its advantages and areas for future investigation.
http://domainmart.com/news/94_percent_annual_domain_name_price_appreciation.htm
eu: Dot-EU: 24 generic domains annulled
In an ADR action before the Prague Arbitration Court, the complainant Axel Arnulf Pfennig from Düsseldorf has managed to annul the registration of the domain names ARZT, BLUMEN, ANAL, BOXEN, BUERO, CHARTS, FKK, GARTEN, ESCORT, FAX, FERIEN, HAUS, JOBS, LIEBE, KINO, KREDIT, MOEBEL, PARTY, SEGELN, WETTER, VOYEUR, WEBCAM, STRIP and TENNIS under the top level domain .eu.
http://www.markenbusiness.com/en/news.php?newsid=4247
Thursday Begins General Ongoing Registration For .mobi Domains
MLTD's logo CHICAGO – October could mark the beginning of a beautiful friendship between the Internet and billions of mobile phone users across the globe. A new Internet domain called .mobi was unleashed to the public on Sept. 26 with a goal to make accessing Web sites on mobile devices less cumbersome for those on the go.
http://midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=15702
http://webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=17720
ICANN Announces New Staff Appointments - Savenaca Vocea: ICANN Global Partnership -- Australasia/Pacific Islands Liaison (news release)
ICANN is pleased to announce the following new staff appointment joining the Global Partnership's regional liaison network. This appointment demonstrates ICANN's continued commitment to build on existing outreach and support the increasing international participation in ICANN and efficiency of the ICANN multi- stakeholder environment.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-09oct06.htm
Is your DNS server configured wrong?
More than half of the Internet’s name servers are configured incorrectly, leaving networks vulnerable to pharming attacks and enabling servers to be used in attacks that can wipe out DNS infrastructure.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/100906-dns-server.html
Pair of Six-Figure Domain Sales Get Fourth Quarter Off to a Great Start
Camp.com sold for $150,000 and FunnyAds.com for $100,000.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales10_10_06.htm
US govt retains ICANN oversight
The US government will remain involved with the management of the internet’s domain name system after its current agreement with ICANN expires.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/99AEA5C61F8F4433CC2572010074FF37
Spamhaus: US-Gericht droht mit Domain-Enteignung
Das US-Gericht in Nord-Illinois verschärft die Gangart gegen das Anti-Spam-Projekt Spamhaus http://www.spamhaus.org.
http://www.pressetext.com/pte.mc?pte=061011003
Spamhaus soll dicht machen
Im September hat das US-Bezirksgericht von Nord-Illinois das englische Anti-Spam-Projekt Spamhaus.org nach einer Klage des angeblichen Spammers David Linhardt und seiner Firma E360insight zu einer Zahlung von 11 Millionen Dollar verurteilt, nachdem Spamhaus nicht zum Prozess erschienen war und sich nicht verteidigt hatte.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,441739,00.html
Mehr Unabhängigkeit für Icann.
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
Spamhaus menacé de fermeture
La justice américaine menace de faire fermer le site spamhaus.org qui tient à jour une liste de spammeurs, suite à une condamnation prononcée contre les administrateurs du service.
http://www.presence-pc.com/actualite/spamhaus-fermeture-19603/
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/31960-spamhaus-icann-spam.htm
Antispam, ci pensi ICANN a bloccare Spamhaus
Questa la richiesta al vaglio di un tribunale americano, lo stesso che ha dato ragione ad un'azienda considerata spammer dalla celebre organizzazione antispam
http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1687011
http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1691584
La Red : Un juez podría pedir a ICANN que deshabilite Spamhaus
El mes pasado, se escribió sobre un juez que admitió una demanda de 11 millones de dólares contra la organización antispam Spamhaus, después de que un spammer imputado (en la base de datos de Spamhaus) demandase a la organización.
http://www.faq-mac.com/mt/archives/019645.php
“En Google no tenemos la exclusiva de las buenas ideas”
En un mundo conectado donde todo cambia a la velocidad de la luz, la esencia de la arquitectura básica de la Red, ideada por Vinton Cerf hace más de 25 años, sigue funcionando igual.
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/internet/Google/tenemos/exclusiva/buenas/ideas/elpportec/20061009elpepunet_3/Tes/
Spamhaus riskerar förlora domännamnet
Amerikanska domstolar är inte att leka med. Det har Spamhaus fått erfara efter det att organisationen blivit dömda att betala 11,7 miljoner dollar i skadestånd till en spammare och nu riskerar att förlora sitt domännamn på grund av domstolstrots.
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.78568
Pašto šiukšlintojas laimejo teisma ir grasina nutraukti „Spamhaus“ veikla
Davidas Linhardtas, atstovaujantis „e360 Insight LLC“ kompanijai, Ilinojo valstijos (JAV) teisme laimejo byla prieš Didžiojoje Britanijoje isteigta „Spamhaus“ organizacija. Jis pareikalavo, kad „Spamhaus“ liautusi kliudžiusi platinti jo elektroninio pašto laiškus.
http://www.lrytas.lt/?id=11604832951158392513&view=4
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