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domain name & governance news - 30 September
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Dr. Peng Hwa Ang Speaks on "Who's Really Out To Control the Internet?"
http://www.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?id=11338
U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130087.html
Should ICANN Become Autonomous? (AP)
http://wired.com/news/wireservice/0,72017-0.html
"Call to Bloggers" to stand up for freedom ahead of world meeting on future of Internet (news release)
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300552006
au: ENUM Day - Sydney, 15th November 2006
http://www.enumday.com.au
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Online Dispute Resolution by MELISSA CONLEY TYLER (University of Melbourne-Faculty of Law/U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper)
Abstract: Every community - whether physical or virtual - will inevitably experience conflict. New ways of interacting through information and communications technology lead to new conflicts, such as domain name or e-commerce disputes. At the same time, governments need to deal with the entire range of disputes in society, whether crimes, neighborhood disputes, ethnic conflict or disputes with its own employees. A key role for government and for e-governance is providing mechanisms to help resolve these disputes. The emerging area of online dispute resolution (ODR) potentially offers a useful set of tools and techniques for resolving disputes. Capable of being used for both online and offline disputes, ODR has already proved that it can provide effective resolution for at least some disputes: more than 1.5 million cases had been successfully resolved online to July 2004 (Conley Tyler, 2005). Governments and e-governance institutions around the world are adopting or considering the applicability of ODR as a tool for digital government.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=934947
Domain Name Piracy - A Threat to Trade Marks by RAGHVENDRA SINGH RAGHUVANSHI (National Law Institute University/The Intellectual Property Law Review)
Abstract: In this paper I have endeavored to discuss the intricacies rooted in the disputes between trademarks and domain names. I shall discuss the legal position of domain names in India at length. Further I shall also discuss various kinds of domain names with special reference to remedies available. Moreover the effect of use of somebody else's trademarks in Meta-tags is also discussed in brief and whether that constitutes trademark infringement or not. In last but not the least practical recommendations are set forth followed by conclusion.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=935097
United States Approaches to Trademark Protection in Cyberspace by DOUGLAS J. SYLVESTER Arizona State University (College of Law/Jurisprudencija (Lithuania))
In this essay, the author focusses on two areas: (i) cybersquatting and dilution; and (ii) metatagging, keywords, and initial interest confusion. Although these two areas provide only a taste of the legal issues raised by online trademark usage, they capture the basic approach that lawmakers have taken in the face of technological challenge - protect trademark owners' interests.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=937411
IP addressing in China and the Myth of Address Shortage
In recent years, various sources have repeated a myth that the IPv4 address pool is close to exhaustion. Many of these stories also falsely claim that there are fewer IPv4 addresses allocated to China than to some individual US universities. The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is committed to countering this myth and has published an article in its newsletter Apster on this topic.
http://www.apnic.net/news/hot-topics/internet-gov/ip-china.html
IPv6 Internals by Iljitsch van Beijnum
This article discusses some of the protocol details you should be aware of when planning a transition from IPv4 to IPv6. Although it is not intended as a complete step-by-step guide, this article explains the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 as they relate to actually operating a network. Vendor-and operating system specific details can be found in the book from which this text was adapted, and further information is available in the references.
http://cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_9-3/ipv6_internals.html
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Dr. Peng Hwa Ang Speaks on "Who's Really Out To Control the Internet?"
Dr. Peng Hwa Ang (Nanyang Technological University) gave a lecture titled “Who’s Really Out To Control the Internet? UN and U.S.A. Internet Governance” at Hamilton on Oct. 26. Dr. Ang is the dean of the School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as one of 40 persons appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a UN Working Group on Internet Governance in 2004. He spoke about the current international efforts to create a multilateral, transparent, and democratic method for Internet governance, as well as why it is in the United States’ best interest to relinquish some control over the Internet.
http://www.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?id=11338
U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control
A long-simmering dispute over whether the U.S. government has too much control over the Internet's underpinnings will heat up again next week at a United Nations summit in Greece.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130087.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6130087.html
Should ICANN Become Autonomous? (AP)
An international dispute over U.S. control of the internet appears unlikely to be resolved even as state envoys, regulators and technology experts convene next week to discuss the network's future.
http://wired.com/news/wireservice/0,72017-0.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/27/1161749267589.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/27/1161749267589.html
http://iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/26/europe/EU_GEN_Greece_UN_Internet_Governance.php
"Call to Bloggers" to stand up for freedom ahead of world meeting on future of Internet (news release)
Amnesty International today issued a ‘Call to Bloggers’, asking them to get online and stand up for freedom of expression on the internet. The organisation says this is a critical time when fundamental rights – particularly freedom of expression and privacy – are under threat from governments that want to control what their citizens say, and what information they can access.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300552006
The Road to Rio and Beyond: Results-based Management of the UN Internet Governance Forum
This paper (pdf) argues that the road to the 2007 meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro and beyond must be paved with effective management practices. Results-based management principles employed elsewhere in reform of United Nations agency practices provide that base.
http://internetgovernance.org/pdf/roadtorio.pdf
Whose information society? Developing country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information Society by David Souter
This paper summarises a study of developing country and civil society participation and influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the Association for Progressive Communications. As well as analysing participation, the study looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT decision-making in general and makes recommendations to all main actors about how future decision-making might become more inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf
Everyone talks, but no-one listens
The net's great and the good are meeting in Athens, but Bill Thompson doubts that they will achieve much.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6091282.stm
Google defiant over censorship in China
Google is to enter the political arena in earnest this week when it debates freedom of speech, intellectual property rights and how to connect Africa to the internet at a special UN conference.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1934297,00.html
Reporters Without Borders will go to IGF venue in Athens to put free expression on agenda (news release)
Reporters Without Borders will be at the Internet Governance Forum in Athens to remind participants that free expression must be at the centre of any model of Internet governance, and to reiterate its positions on Internet neutrality and the need for Internet companies to behave ethically.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19481
Council of Europe participation in UN Internet Governance Forum
The Council of Europe will participate in the UN facilitated Internet Governance Forum, to be held in Athens from 30 October to 2 November 2006. The IGF will focus on four main themes -openness, diversity, security and access of the Internet – which the Council of Europe will address in light of its core values pertaining to human rights, democracy and rule of law. For more on the CoE's participation in the IGF, see:
http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/media/Links/Events/IGFAthens2006Homepage_en.asp
ICANN agreement paves way for DNS transition (news release)
ISOC welcomes the agreement announced between the United States Department of Commerce and ICANN. The agreement ensures continued stability of the Internet by setting the foundation for an orderly transition of the Domain Name System (DNS) to the private sector. It also demonstrates clear support for ICANN and the role it plays in coordinating those activities related to the Internet's system of unique identifiers.
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/060929pr.shtml
If the Internet ain't broke, do not try to fix it
While the US wants to release the agency charged with managing the World Wide Web from federal oversight, the UN wants to bury it under layers of bureaucracy
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/10/28/2003333762
Consensus Polling: ALAC Shows the Way
ICANN is about to make the jump from “merely excavating” to efficiently mining top-quality jewels. I say this because ICANN’s ALAC has reached unanimous consensus on their internal Self Review. As the New Zealand meeting drew to a close, a weary ALAC was ready to give up on creating a consensus Self Review. The familiar ICANN collaborative process of emailing Word attachments had “excavated” ALAC into the also familiar ICANN mire of “deeply divided over competing versions.”
http://www.circleid.com/posts/alac_shows_the_way/
Neue Anläufe zur Debatte um die DNS-Aufsicht vor dem Internet Governance Forum
Der freie Informationsfluss im Netz, Sicherheit, Bestrebungen zur Internationalisierung und das große Thema freier Zugang – das sind die vier Themen, die beim bevorstehenden ersten Internet Governance Forum (IGF) der UN diskutiert werden sollen, das vom 30. Oktober bis zum 2. November in Athen stattfindet.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80080
L’UNESCO abordera le risque de fragmentation d’Internet et le respect de la liberté d’expression au Forum sur la gouvernance d’Internet
Comment empêcher la fragmentation d’Internet, comment garantir la libre circulation des informations dans le cyberespace et le respect du droit à la liberté d’expression ? Ces questions essentielles seront abordées à la première réunion du Forum sur la gouvernance d’Internet qui se tiendra à Athènes du 31 octobre au 2 novembre 2006.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=23340&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Le contrôle américain du Web dérange toujours (AFP)
L'épineuse question du contrôle des États-Unis sur l'Internet devrait revenir de manière lancinante pendant le Forum mondial sur le gouvernance de l'Internet (FGI), qui s'ouvre lundi à Athènes, après avoir été il y a un an au centre du Sommet sur l'information de Tunis.
http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,102006,1307721.html&ref=nouvelles
La política de control de EEUU volverá a marcar el foro mundial de internet (AFP)
La espinosa cuestión del control de Estados Unidos sobre internet saldrá de nuevo a relucir durante el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet (FGI) que se inaugurará el lunes en Atenas, tras haber sido la estrella hace un año en la Cumbre sobre la Información de Túnez.
http://mipunto.com/punto_noticias/noticia_tecnologia.jsp?tipo=TECNOLOGIA&archivo=061027200814.zzk8tgpj.txt
ONU: Reunión del Foro para el Gobierno de Internet no debatirá sobre control de la red
La primera reunión del Foro para el Gobierno de Internet (FGI) de Naciones Unidas, que tendrá lugar la semana próxima en Atenas, versará sobre la seguridad, diversidad lingüística y accesibilidad de la red, sin incluir en su orden del día sesión alguna sobre el futuro del gobierno de internet
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1389
http://laflecha.net/canales/comunicacion/noticias/el-foro-de-gobierno-de-internet-de-la-onu-evitara-debatir-sobre-el-control-de-la-red
http://www.24horaslibre.com/tecnologia/1161870690.php
Story in Greek on IGF
http://www.naftemporiki.gr/news/static/06/10/26/1258231.htm
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Why it matters to master your domain
Let your registration lapse, and your site could suddenly be taken over by links to porn - and there's little you can do about it
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1930968,00.html
au: ENUM Day - Sydney, 15th November 2006
The Australian ENUM Day is a FREE event organised by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the other participating parties in the Australian ENUM Trial to be held on 15 November in central Sydney. ACMA, the Industry Regulator, AusRegistry, AARNet and Instra share their knowledge about ENUM with you, and they will also demonstrate how you can use ENUM.
http://www.enumday.com.au
ca: Submission to ICANN regarding its consultation on the Development of Transparency and Accountability Management Operating Principles (news release)
CIRA supports ICANN's attempts to engage the community in defining accountability and transparency. Such definitions, if properly developed, will help ICANN to re-establish trust with its stakeholders and to meet the conditions set out in the recent Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN.
http://cira.ca/news-releases/190.html
ca: Dot-ca Internet registrations continue to climb (news release)
Dot-ca Internet domain name registrations continue to climb at a record pace. The 750,000th dot-ca registration was recorded this week by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), marking a 50% rise in the number of dot-ca registrations in under two years.
http://cira.ca/news-releases/191.html
uk: Appointment of assessors for UK ENUM bids (news release)
The organisation responsible for the appointment of the UK ENUM registry, plans to shortly issue the request for bids. UKEC is seeking independent assessors for a panel to examine the bids and make recommendations. The assessors, who may receive a fee for their time, should have at least one of the expected skill sets: technical, financial, business or legal/governance.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=3324
ICANN: Clarification of Consultation Process for the Development of Transparency and Accountability Management Operating Principles (news release)
The consultation process posted on 16 October 2006 has a number of phases. The first part of the consultation process seeks responses to a series of questions that have already been posted. Responses are sought by October 31, 2006.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-27oct06.htm
Another round in the spam war
It might be assumed that alleged spammer e360 Insight LLC hadn’t bargained for such a public fracas when it decided to take on UK-based anti-spam organisation Spamhaus in what has turned into the infamous court case of the year. Pry further and it becomes clear that the stand-off between the two taps a deeper well of bitterness that has been building up for some time, and is primed for new trouble even now.
http://www.techworld.com/security/features/index.cfm?featureid=2908
VeriSign October Digital Branding Bulletin
Highlights from the editor are "Companies can now register Internationalized Domain Names for Hong Kong, and Chinese keywords. The schedule and deadlines for second-level Korean domain names has also been announced, with the first deadline approaching in January 2007. The .MOBI launch generated more than 100,000 domain name registrations in the first few days. The rollout continues with the auction of Premium .MOBI domain names, some of which are expected to fetch thousands of dollars. In other news, a new study revealed that more than half of the Internet’s DNS servers are configured incorrectly, leaving them vulnerable to attacks, while recent reports from the National Arbitration Forum and the World Intellectual Property Organization showed a 25 percent increase in domain name disputes.
http://www.verisign.com/Resources/Digital_Brand_Management_Services_Resources/Digital_Branding_Bulletin/page_039521.html
VeriSign September Digital Branding Bulletin
Highlights from the editor are "The number of registered domain names passed the 100 million mark for the first time, with more than 105 million names registered. As the Internet’s global reach continues to grow, it’s not surprising to see increasing interest in speculation in the ccTLD market, which saw high-dollar sales for several names in the last month. In order to help companies better manage their growing portfolios of domain names, VeriSign introduced an enhanced version of the Digital Brand Manager which provides a new interface for analyzing gaps by country and region. In other news, phishing attacks hit an all-time high in July, and the U.S. government renewed ICANN’s contract through 2011."
http://www.verisign.com/Resources/Digital_Brand_Management_Services_Resources/Digital_Branding_Bulletin/page_039286.html
Domain names again become big business
More than 250 domain names were being auctioned through a Web company, Moniker Online Services, at the World Association of Domain Name Developers TRAFFIC conference in Florida yesterday.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1161985810071&call_pageid=970599119419
Domain Names and email addresses for 2008 Olympics mascot fetch high price on Taobao
The official mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, previously named "The Five Friendlies", were renamed "Fuwa" on October 9 causing Fuwa-related email addresses and domains to go on sale at Taobao.com for high prices.
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=17783
Web domain Hell.com hath no takers
Hell.com failed to be bought via a live auction Friday, which organizers had hoped would bring bids of more than $1 million.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/27/technology/hell.com_domain
Who on earth would pay US$1million for hell? (Reuters)
No one was buying hell on Friday - or at least its red-hot Web address. HELL.com was among hundreds of internet domain names up for auction in Hollywood, Florida, by domain asset management provider Moniker.com, a unit of marketing services firm Seevast Corp.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/28/1161749343255.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10408062
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/873327
If at first a domain name does not succeed, bid, bid again
Come hell.com or hi.net water, more than 250 high-profile Internet domain names will be up for auction Friday at the third annual live auction held by domain name registrar and reseller Moniker.com.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=web_site_management&articleId=9004480
Afilias Announces Launch of New IDN Scripts for .INFO Domain (news release)
Afilias announced it has released support for eight additional Internationalized Domain Name language scripts in the .INFO generic top-level domain. These eight additional scripts join the German (DE) script that launched in 2004. The new scripts include: Polish (PL), Swedish (SV), Danish (DA), Hungarian (HU), Icelandic (IS), Latvian (LV), Lithuanian (LT), and Korean (KO).
http://www.afilias.info/news/press_releases/pr_articles/2006-10-24-01
VoIP & IPV6 Set To Impact Asia Pacific Telecom Market
The Asia Pacific telecommunications market is seeing a dramatic change in the business landscape as players look for opportunities in new technologies like VoIP and IPV6.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=226660
us: Mystery surrounding Web site parodying Alaska senator solved
The mystery behind an irreverent Web site about Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has apparently been solved. The site is made to appear to be registered to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who has clashed with Stevens in the Senate. ... "Isn't it part of identity theft, if someone goes and takes my name and registers it as a domain name, and then uses it out in the world?" Stevens asked a government official.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/15866910.htm
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/nation/15866910.htm
us: Church's old Web domain converted into porn site
Hope Community Church is trying to spread the word about its new Web site and disavow its former domain name. Because of an error, a pornography company bought the church's old domain name unbeknownst to the church.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/10282006/nhnews-ph-dov-church.website.html
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=5602083&nav=4QcS
us: Internet tactic raises concern
In a possible first in Kansas politics, a candidate has bought Internet addresses, including his opponent’s name, and is using them to post negative information about her.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15859197.htm
at: Domain-Registry nic.at warnt Mitarbeiter vor Doppeltätigkeit
Mitarbeiter von nic.at müssen künftig strenge Unvereinbarkeitserklärungen unterschreiben, in denen sie sich verpflichten, auf eine Nebentätigkeit als Registrare zu verzichten.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80090
Kein Käufer für Internet-Adresse "Hell.com"
2,3 Millionen Dollar Mindestpreis waren dann doch zu viel - 500.000 Dollar Gebot zu niedrig
http://derstandard.at/?id=2640183
.VN : après l’ouverture, le succès
Selon DotVN, registrar officiel du .VN, les enregistrements en .VN ont augmenté de 300% sur un an, conséquence d'une communication efficace relayée cet été par l’ouverture de l’extension .VN à tous.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1033/vietnam-vn-apres-l-ouverture-le-succes.php
Vers des hausses de prix limitées pour les .BIZ, .INFO et .ORG ?
A peine demandées, déjà reçues. L'ICANN publie les nouvelles propositions de contrats pour trois extensions génériques. La question polémique des hausses de tarifs y est abordée.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1034/vers-des-hausses-de-prix-limitees-pour-les-biz-info-et-org.php
Empresa localiza domínios na internet via SMS
A Nomer.com, empresa brasileira credenciada à Icann que atua na operação de reserva de domínios (endereços na internet) e na criação de e-mails e sites automáticos, anunciou um novo serviço para facilitar a pesquisa e a seleção de domínios para novos registros.
http://www2.opopular.com.br/ultimas/noticia.php?cod=277795
Story in Russian on ICANN
http://www.utro.ru/news/2006/10/26/596129.shtml
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