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domain name & governance news - 9 November
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The UN launches the Internet Governance Forum, in Athens
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/the-un-launches-the-inter_b_33498.html
The 27th International Public Meeting of ICANN
http://allafrica.com/stories/200611070144.html
Number of ".in" websites touches 2-lakh mark
http://newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=46425
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The UN launches the Internet Governance Forum, in Athens
The IGF is a model for global governance. It is also a work in process. The differences between the IGF and previous UN bodies are significant and several. I will focus on the few that seem most important. The IGF is formally a "multi-stakeholder" body. That means the actors include not only government officials, but also businesses, NGOs of various types, academics, journalists and individuals. This appears to be pretty fundamental to the way the IGF operates, including equal participation and access to panels, workshops and social events.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/the-un-launches-the-inter_b_33498.html
Globalization and Global Governance by Pascal Lamy
[This article doesn't deal with the internet, but is relevant in its ideas] Increasing globalization has led to more intense discussions of global "governance." But what does "governance" really mean - and how is it different from "government"? Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, provides insights into the history, meaning, benefits and limitations of governance - and explores how to achieve it.
http://theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5740
End of the digital divide? Will India and China's growth in the online world impact the internet's evolution?
As the world debated the web's future at the IGF, one thing was clear -- countries like India and China will see the biggest online expansion. If the Asian users outnumber North American and European users by a wide margin, will we see a radically different internet in a few years?
http://financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=145613
IGF rules, OK?
Last week you may have noticed some of the news coming out of the inaugural Internet Governance Forum, a "forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue" set up at last year's UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). As always with these events, nothing concrete can really be decided because it is, after all, just a forum for knowledge transfer, best practice dissemination and other terrible marketing synonyms for "discussion". But a few proposals grabbed the headlines, none more so that the Internet Bill of Rights which, I seem to remember being bandied around before.
http://philmuncaster.itweek.co.uk/2006/11/igf_rules_ok.html
Dynamic Coalition on Privacy launched at UN Internet Meeting in Athens
At the IGF a diverse group of stakeholders has agreed to launch a Dynamic Coalition on Privacy, which will address emerging issues of internet privacy protection such as digital identities, the link between privacy and development, and the importance of privacy and anonymity for freedom of expression. It will initiate an open process to further develop and clarify the public policy aspects of privacy in internet governance in the perspective of the next IGF meeting in Brazil in 2007. The group will use online collaboration tools as well as facilitate meetings at related events all over the world throughout the year.
http://metamorphosis.org.mk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=785&Itemid=26〈=en
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The 27th International Public Meeting of ICANN
About 600 delegates are expected to attend the 27th international public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Sao Paulo, Brazil in December 2006.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200611070144.html
ITechLaw Official Lauded by Czech Arbitration Court for Groundbreaking Decision on First .EU Domain Name Dispute [pdf]
In the first case resolving disputed ownership of a .EU domain name - www.pst.eu - the Czech Arbitration Court found for the defendant, PST Business Solutions B.V., in a decision written by Court panelist Enrique J. Batalla. Since that April 18 decision, hundreds of other cases involving .EU domain name ownership disputes have been settled by the Czech Arbitration Court, underscoring the speed and efficiency of the Court's arbitration process.
http://www.itechlaw.org/Prague%20Award%20Release%20-%20Nov[1].%202006%20Final.pdf
uk: Let’s talk about sex.com
What does the sale of the sex.com name for $12m mean for UK companies’ domain-registering policies?
http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/comment/2168094/let-talk-sex-com
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/itweek/comment/2168094/let-talk-sex-com
Fast track for global net name system
Critical tests of non-English domain names will start in December following a promise by ICANN to have an internationalised domain name system up and running by the end of next year.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20712155%5E15343%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15317,00.html
ICANN Nominating Committee for 2006 Completes Selections (news release)
The ICANN Nominating Committee for 2006 has completed its selections. For the selections see:
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-06nov06.htm
Number of ".in" websites touches 2-lakh mark
According to National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Afilias India Private Limited, the ".in" registry has grown to nearly 30 times the initial size of approximately 6500 domains prior to the January 2005 re-launch.
http://newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=46425
http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=17241
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/heres-the-domain-thats-really-in/25495-11.html
http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=15327
ph: CICT to deal with .ph issue soon, says chief
RAMON Sales, chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), has said the agency will deal with the .ph domain issue soon.
http://technology.inq7.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=30658
vn: Centre offers free domain names
The Viet Nam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) has begun giving its users an additional, free domain name in Vietnamese, a move aimed at making web surfing easier.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01INF041106
Cook: 'Cybersquatting' shows need for close oversight of Web domains
The Web is opening up exciting new opportunities for businesses, especially small ones, in the greater Lansing area and around the world. But the availability and integrity of this expanding online marketplace are being undermined by abuses that threaten the basic infrastructure that allows the Internet to function.
http://lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/OPINION02/611070310/1087/opinion
Make Money Selling Domain Names on the Internet (news release)
Ever since the Internet was born, everybody has tried to harness its revenue-generating power. But all these ambitious ventures, from eBay auctions to affiliate programs, have since dried up as the market became saturated with newcomers and profits shrank as pieces of the pie were chopped into smaller and smaller pieces.
http://prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb475385.htm
Gays.com Sold for US$500,000 as Online Auction Drives Domain Sales Boom (news release)
Sedo announced the sale of gays.com through its online domain marketplace for US$500,000. The buyers of the domain name were Internet entrepreneurs Julius and David Dreyer of Germany.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061107005764&newsLang=en
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Auctions Book Over $5 Million in Domain Sales While 6-Figure Deals Elsewhere Produce Over $1 Million More!
At the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference 115 domains were sold in the live auction Friday (Oct. 27), generating more than $4.7 million in sales. That more than doubled the previous live auction record set at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference in Las Vegas last May. The silent auction, which ran for several days, concluded today (October 31), adding another $607,000 to the pot from 288 sales. That brought the total auction proceeds to $5.3 million. Cameras.com was the marquee name in the live auction, taken for $1.5 million.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales11_07_06.htm
Arizona Company Unveils Revolutionary Approach to Internet Domain Speculation (news release)
DotVentures, President- Dale Merritt reveals that most Internet domain name speculators do not have a clear marketing plan for their domain name prior to investing.
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/10378/
Saddam Hussein's Internet Namesake Up For Sale (news release)
On the heels of the life or death verdict in the trial of Saddam Hussein, the domain name that bears his name, Saddam.com, is being offered for sale.
http://prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb466780.htm
Every Vista PC to get a domain name
The "Windows Internet Computer Name" -- a unique domain name for your computer. It will enable you to access you computer anytime anywhere without all the hustle that goes into buying a domain name and configuring dynamic DNS.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/47220/Every_Vista_PC_to_get_a_domain_name
Microsoft gets into domain name registration game
Last week Microsoft was added to ICANN list of accredited domain name registrars.
http://www.itworld.com/Net/2607/061107msdomain/
http://infoworld.com/article/06/11/07/HNmsdomaingame_1.html
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/11/07/microsoft_approved_as_icann_registrar.html
Tests mit URLs in nichtlateinischen Schriften beginnen
Bis Ende des Jahres werden erstmals Internet-Adressen in Sprachen mit einem anderen Zeichensatz als dem lateinischen Alphabet getestet, also zum Beispiel auf Chinesisch oder Arabisch. Dies gab die Internet-Adressverwaltungsorganisation ICANN auf einer UNO-Konferenz in der griechischen Stadt Vouliagmeni bekannt.
http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/29/0,3672,3998461,00.html
http://de.news.yahoo.com/07112006/12/computer-cyberspace-erste-tests-internet-adressen-nichtlateinischen-schriften.html
Erste ".mobi"-Internet-Domains versteigert
Verkaufspreise bis zu 200.000 Dollar hat die Auktion der ersten Internet-Domain-Namen mit der neuen Endung .mobi erzielt.
http://www.tirol.com/freizeit/multimedia/49594/index.do
Erste Tests für Internet-Adressen in nichtlateinischen Schriften
Bis Ende des Jahres werden erstmals Internet-Adressen in Sprachen mit einem anderen Zeichensatz als dem lateinischen Alphabet getestet, also zum Beispiel auf Chinesisch oder Arabisch. Dies gab die Internet-Adressverwaltungsorganisation ICANN auf einer UN-Konferenz in der griechischen Stadt Vouliagmeni bekannt.
http://derstandard.at/?id=2650301
Proposition de loi contre le cybersquatting en Afrique du Sud
L'Afrique du Sud révise sa loi sur les communications et transactions électroniques, et sanctionne le cybersquatting.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1048/proposition-de-loi-contre-le-cybersquatting-en-afrique-du-sud.php
Utube contre-attaque
Exploitant le site utube.com depuis des années, son propriétaire intente aujourd'hui une action en justice pour redevenir le seul "Votre tube" sur le web et faire cesser l'utilisation du nom de domaine Youtube.com.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1045/utube-contre-attaque.php
Flou organisé
Maintenant terminée, la réunion inaugurale du FGI a laissé comme un arrière goût de flou à notre envoyé spécial sur place, Sébastien Bachollet. Car derrière une organisation d'évènement maîtrisée, que sort-il de concret?
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1046/flou-organise.php
Vers une internationalisation des noms de domaines sur le web
Plusieurs participants au Forum mondial sur la gouvernance d'internet, qui se tenait la semaine dernière à Athènes, ont dénoncé la domination de l'anglais dans cet univers. «Je pense que la fracture numérique n'est pas aussi importante que la fracture linguistique. Et c'est cette dernière que nous devons réduire si nous voulons garantir une gouvernance démocratique de l'internet», a notamment déclaré Amada Samassékou, le président de l'Académie africaine des langues.
http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/multimedia/20061107.ZDN9364550.html
Vers une internationalisation des noms de domaines sur le web
Développé dans la langue de Shakespeare, l’internet ne supporte pas en natif les caractères non-ASCII dans la désignation des noms de domaines, comme les voyelles accentuées ou les idéogrammes chinois. Une situation en passe de changer.
http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39364550,00.htm
ICANN: Microsoft è registrar accreditato
L'ICANN ha accreditato Microsoft come registrar per domini .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, .org, .pro. L'accredito è valido dal 31 Ottobre e Microsoft segue su questa strada Google ed Amazon. Il gruppo potrebbe adoperare l'accredito per Office Live
http://webnews.html.it/news/leggi/4982/icann-microsoft-e-registrar-accreditato/
Un estudio asegura que el euskera encontraría dificultades para obtener el dominio .eus
El euskera tendría dificultades para conseguir un dominio .eus, fundamentalmente porque la población que lo habla no supera el millón. Así lo asegura un amplio estudio del australiano Peter Gerrand sobre el .cat catalán, concedido en setiembre de 2005 por la ICANN, la organización norteamericana encargada de estos menesteres.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1400
Google y Microsoft ya registran dominios
Uno de los negocios en los que ambas compañías aún no se habían aventurado ya es una realidad: tanto Google como Microsoft ya son capaces de registrar dominios, según un informe de los agentes registradodes aprobados por ICANN. Google aparece en el puesto número 895 y Microsoft en el 1330.
http://www.faq-mac.com/mt/archives/020009.php
IGF discute governança e liberdade na internet
Aconteceu em Atenas, Grécia, o primeiro IGF, um encontro com o intuito de defender a liberdade online e ligar países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento através da rede, atenuando tanto quanto possível o chamado "global digital divide".
http://br.news.yahoo.com/061106/7/1aqb6.html
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