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domain name news - 1 March
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Web Site Owners May Get Tougher to Find
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1172656996106
Proposed ICANN policy could lead to domain name censorship
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070227-8928.html
ICANN as the Net?s Word Police
http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=5564
Domain Aftermarket Overdue for an "Asset Repricing"
http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_aftermarket_asset_repricing/
Trademark disputes a go-go
http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6162702.html
Motorola loses domain name case after failure to provide evidence
http://out-law.com/page-7818
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Web Site Owners May Get Tougher to Find
Intellectual property lawyers guarding corporate trademarks on the Internet may soon have a harder time tracking down the people behind Web sites infringing on their clients' brands.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1172656996106
Proposed ICANN policy could lead to domain name censorship
ICANN is set to get involved in politics. An ICANN draft policy that will govern the creation of new top-level domains (TLDs) would restrict anything that "shall promote hatred, racism, discrimination of any sort, criminal activity, or any abuse of specific religions or cultures." The new rule has some critics crying "Censorship!"
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070227-8928.html
ICANN as the Net?s Word Police
ICANN may be trying to become the Net?s ?word police,? believes the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC). ICANN?s policy council, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), wants string selection criteria that would prevent the registration of a new gTLD string containing a controversial word or idea, says Blogger News Network.
http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=5564
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11451
Domain Aftermarket Overdue for an "Asset Repricing"
For the last couple years the domain aftermarket has been hot again, we're seeing valuations not seen since bubble1.0, which saw valuations like 7 million dollars for business.com and 4 million for drugs.com. The TechWreck was induced by the NASDAQ crash of 2000 and the fun was over for awhile. What differentiates this bubble in the domain aftermarket from Bubble 1.0 is domain parking and monetization... The interesting thing is since then, the multiples on domain names have outstripped the multiples on developed websites. To me, this is the equivalent of the "inverted yield curve" that portends economic recessions.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_aftermarket_asset_repricing/
Trademark disputes a go-go
In a report issued last week, the National Arbitration Forum said that its domain name resolutions climbed by a whopping 21 percent in 2006 from the prior year. Indeed, the NAF handled 1,658 Internet trademark disputes in 2006, the largest filing year in the history of the NAF domain name dispute program.
http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6162702.html
nz: Banks seek domain change to combat online fraud
The New Zealand Bankers' Association, an industry group made up of all 16 registered banks, has applied to the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner for the creation of the second-level domain name .bank.nz.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/3976481a28.html
Motorola loses domain name case after failure to provide evidence
Motorola has lost a battle to gain control of the domain name motorazr.com because it failed to prove when it started using the term Moto Razr. The domain name will be kept by its US owner R3 Media.
http://out-law.com/page-7818
GoDaddy Responds to Deletion Over Invalid Email Address
Domain Name Wire reported (see below) about how GoDaddy deleted the domain registration for a domain due to invalid Whois information. This invalid information was limited to the e-mail address used; the phone number and mailing address was correct. Today, GoDaddy Director of Domain Services Camille Ede responded to a number of my questions concerning the actions it took.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/28/godaddy-responds-to-deletion-over-invalid-email-address/
GoDaddy Deletes Domain Name for Inaccurate Email Address
Owner of FamilyAlbum.com finds his domain was re-registered by another GoDaddy customer.
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/02/27/godaddy-deletes-domain-name-for-inaccurate-email-address/
Report: Chinese Gmail rebuffs Google offer to buy domain name
Beijing ISM Internet Technology Development Co., the Chinese company behind the Gmail.cn e-mail service, declined to comment on a report that Google has renewed its attempts to acquire the Gmail.cn domain name. An executive who answered the phone at ISM's Beijing headquarters Wednesday said the company was aware of the report, but was unclear about its origins and whether Google had made an offer to buy the Gmail.cn domain name. "When we understand the situation more clearly, we will make an announcement," said the executive, who did not give his name.
http://infoworld.com/article/07/02/28/HNchinesegmailrebuff_1.html
us: Senator Wants Review of Fake IRS Web Sites
Earlier this week Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, called for a federal review of "fake" IRS Web sites that may mislead consumers into thinking they are on a government-affiliated Web site.
http://accounting.pro2net.com/x56751.xml
uk: Domain pain for film website
The UK Film Council-backed social networking and community website, myfilms, has run into a hitch after it emerged it doesn't own the .com version of its web address - despite using the name in publicity material.
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2023388,00.html
Domain Sales Cooled Off a Bit This Week But SnapNames and Sedo Kept the Fire Burning
The top reported transaction hit just $30,000 last week for CostaRicaHotel.com at SnapNames.com.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales02-27-07.htm
sex.com: Domain-Dieb erklärt sich für mittellos
Das bereits Jahre währende Schauspiel um die einschlägige Domain "sex.com" geht weiter. Der 58-jährige Stephen Michael Cohen, der die Domain 1995 ihrem rechtmäßigen Besitzer Gary Kremen mit gefälschten Unterlagen entrissen hatte, hat sich bei einem Gerichtstermin am gestrigen Montag für mittellos erklärt. Cohen sieht sich mit Schadensersatzforderungen von inzwischen über 80 Millionen US-Dollar konfrontiert, Verfahrenskosten und Zinsen eingerechnet.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85963
15 .MOBI "premium" aux enchères
15 .MOBI figurants dans la liste premium seront mis aux enchères le 7 mars prochain au cours du salon T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West 2007.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1140/appareils-mobiles-15-mobi-premium-aux-encheres.php
Nouvelle charte pour le .BE
Le registre belge publie sa nouvelle charte de nommage. Au programme : des améliorations notables lors de procédures de résolution des litiges et une réduction des délais d?exécution en cas de "cybersquatting" avéré.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1139/belgique-nouvelle-charte-pour-le-be.php
Création d'un annuaire dédié aux contenus "mobile"
mtld registre du .MOBI annonce pour le second semestre 2007 la mise en ligne d?un annuaire "en marque blanche" répertoriant l?ensemble des contenus mobile accessibles sur Internet.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1141/appareils-mobiles-creation-d-un-annuaire-dedie-aux-contenus-mobile.php
Icann vuole censurare i domini controversi?
Icann dovrebbe limitarsi a definire le regole per registrare i domini Internet, ma è tentata dall'ergersi a giudice in grado di bloccare domini non appropriati: è in gioco la libertà di espressione?
http://www.vnunet.it/it/vnunet/news/2007/02/28/icann-vuole-censurare-termini
http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?id=1908573
http://www.hwupgrade.it/news/web/icann-censura-sui-nomi-dei-tld_20306.html
Icann: gestore dei domini o censore della morale?
Nel suo lavoro per definire le nuove regole di registrazione dei domini Internet, l'Icann sembra volersi ergere a censore della pubblica morale, ponendo severe restrizioni su tutti i termini «controversi».
http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/tecnologia/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=30&ID_articolo=186
Registro de Nombres de Dominio en America Latina - Estadisticas (actualizacion)
El Proyecto LatinoamerICANN ha iniciado una recopilación de datos estadisticos para medir la incidencia de políticas de Sociedad de la Información en el desarrollo de los ccTLD's de la región, así como analizar el impacto de las políticas de los ccTLDs en las politicas de Sociedad de la Informacion nacionales.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1443
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