Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain news, including an RSS feed - already online!Headlines from the 2 August edition of the news include:
How do you build a new internet? | us: VeriSign Spent $570K Lobbying in
2007 | ICANN seeks to better protect domain name registrants | nz:
Macaulay elected new InternetNZ president | Go Daddy & Afilias
Announce Joint Venture Creating Alliance Registry in Support of usTLD
Bid | Neustar Losing .us Could Be Good for .com Registrants | Rate of
Link Decay by Bret Fausett
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Call for Domain Owner Code of Rights and Responsibilities by Robert A. Connor
http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_owner_rights_and_responsibilities/How to
battle of the botnets: Why we're losing the fight against botnets
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=10232ICANN Starts Consultation on How to Protect Registrants
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-27jul07.htmDefending the Typosquatter by Bret Fausett
http://www.namebrief.com/content/view/20/1/**********************
RESEARCH PAPERS
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Governing the Internet Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: The Representative on Freedom of the Media Freedom and Regulation in the OSCE Region
The freedom dimension of this issue has encouraged the OSCE media freedom Office to take a
more detailed look at how the Internet is governed in the OSCE region. In this book the concept of Internet Governance is addressed from a number of different sides and examples from various countries in the OSCE region show how diverse issues of Internet Governance are being tackled by different stakeholders. Reflecting these diverse approaches to Internet Governance is the aim of this publication. The publication includes 3 chaperters - Internet Governance, Experiences from the OSCE Region and The Multi-stakeholder Approach to Internet Governance. Contributors include Bertrand de la Chapelle, Wolfgang Kleinwächter and Yaman Akdeniz. [231p]
http://www.osce.org/publications/rfm/2007/07/25667_918_en.pdfThe Internet and Global Governance: Principles and Norms for a New Regime by Milton Mueller, John Mathiason & Hans Klein
Abstract:
Since the mid-1990s, efforts have been under way to construct an international regime for global Internet governance. Beginning with the formation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, efforts at regime construction were a main focus of the 2001?2005 UN World Summit on the Information Society. However, little progress was made toward an international agreement. This reflected policymakers' illadvised attempt to shortcut regime construction: they attempted to define regime rules and procedures without first defining underlying principles and norms. This article offers example sets of principles and norms of the type that are missing and that could provide the foundation for an Internet governance regime. The authors conclude that a framework convention would be the appropriate institutional mechanism for advancing regime construction.
http://www.atypon-link.com/LRP/doi/abs/10.5555/ggov.2007.13.2.237**********************
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ISOC IGF Rio Ambassadors Program ? July 2007
Following on the successful ISOC Ambassador program to the WSIS in late 2005, we are pleased to announce a call for expressions of interest to participate in the ISOC Ambassador program to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007.
http://isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/igf_ambassadors.pdfInvitation to the second meeting of the IGF
The inaugural Internet Governance Forum meeting in Athens, Greece, proved a great success. This year, the Government of Brazil has generously offered to host the second IGF meeting in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15
November 2007.
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Call for Domain Owner Code of Rights and Responsibilities by Robert A. Connor
This article discusses grassroots progress toward the development of a ?Domain Registrant?s Code of Rights and Responsibilities.? This Code is an effort to create a balanced combination of the rights that domain name registrants should enjoy and the responsibilities that domain name registrants should fulfill. Discussion and survey results concerning this Code at domain-related forums show far greater grassroots consensus than one might think between what might be called the ?domainer? and ?intellectual property? communities. Informal surveys at some domain-related forums show very strong support (with votes running approximately 5 to 1) in
favor of this Code. A consensus around such a Code could build a bridge between internet constituencies that are sometimes polarized and could improve the operation of the internet for everyone.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_owner_rights_and_responsibilities/**********************
- DOMAIN SECURITY
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How to battle of the botnets: Why we're losing the fight against botnets
Botnets - they're dangerous, deceptive, and very difficult to detect and deal with. What's more, according to recent surveys, the botnet threat is growing...rapidly. Experts say it's imperative that businesses and end users become aware of the acute and growing dangers posed by botnets, and take decisive and effective steps to counter them before it's too late.
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ICANN Starts Consultation on How to Protect Registrants
Increased protection for those registering domain names is ICANN?s goal as it launches consultations on its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and the accreditation process for companies who register domains.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-27jul07.htmIANA's DNSSEC testbed signs root zone by Brenden Kuerbis
Over the last few months much has been made of the digitally signing the root as a critical step in widely deploying DNSSEC. At our May Symposium on Internet Governance and Security, one panelist wondered aloud if ICANN/IANA would ever sign the root like they
agreed to do in 2006. Similarly, RIPE's recent letter urged ICANN/IANA publicly to act, lest RIPE go ahead and create its own trust anchor repository as one large European ISP suggested. And finally, the FIPS requirement to deploy DNSSEC technology within medium and high impact federal IT systems is bearing down, with the effort taking on a new sense of urgency with the launch of the NIST/SPARTA/DHS SNIP testbed early this month. Well, it now seems that some of the pressure has started to work.
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2007/7/25/3118003.html**********************
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my: Interested in DNS technologies?
MYNIC, the ".my" domain administrator will be conducting a series of training workshops on the domain name system's latest technologies next month.
Called the ".my Training Workshop Series 2007," it is aimed at increasing the knowledge pool on DNS.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2007/7/27/technology/20070727165522&sec=technologyAnnouncement on .myTraining Workshop Series 2007
MYNIC is pleased to present .myTraining Workshop Series 2007, a series of three comprehensive workshops that is more powerful than the year before. The .myTraining Workshop Series 2007 has been designed with you in mind, whether you are an ISP, educationist, researcher, ccTLD operator, DNS administrator and provider, systems administrator or a DNS enthusiast, these workshops are for you.
http://mynic.net.my/newhp/announcements/mynic-9july07.htmlhttp://mynic.net.my/training/AUG07/Announcement on myDNSIPv6 Test-bed trials for public
MYNIC will be conducting trials of .my DNS on the IPv6 technology and is inviting you and/or your organization to participate in our test-bed starting from 17th July to 30th August, 2007.
http://mynic.net.my/newhp/announcements/mynic-17july07.htmlThe Internet in Kazakhstan: welcome to the land of US$3,355 per month DSL
With DSL prices like these, it's no wonder Borat left Kazakhstan behind. A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe paints a grim picture of Internet access in Kazakhstan and shows
how difficult life can be for those in poor and authoritarian countries who want to join the worldwide community of Internet users. ... Getting a connection is only the first step, though. Internet policy decisions?such as canceling domain name registrations?can seem a bit, well, arbitrary. Borat.kz, a domain registered by UK comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, was summarily shut down by the Association of a IT Companies in December 2005. The reason: "We've done this so he can't badmouth Kazakhstan under the .kz domain name," the head of the association told Reuters. "He can go and do whatever he wants at other domains."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070727-the-internet-in-kazakhstan-welcome-to-the-land-of-3355-per-month-dsl.htmlDotAsia Auctions Aim to Address Problems of the
Past
The announcement this week that DotAsia will work with Pool.com on an auction system to introduce its new domain names is a good reaction to problems of the past. Previous launches worked (sometimes not well) on a first-come, first-served basis. For example, sex.eu had over 280 potential applications but only the first was even considered. Yet, today, nearly 2 years later, the domain application is still being reviewed.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/dotasia_organisation_domain_auction/An Open Invitation for .Asia Pioneers! [news release]
The .Asia Pioneer Domains Program offers the ultimate first-mover advantage for brand development and e-commerce in Asia. Applicants are invited to submit a brief proposal for the domain of their choice. The best proposal wins the right to operate the best .Asia domains!
http://pioneer.domains.asia/Nevada Internet Domain Land Rush Begins August 1, 2007 [news release]
In what is expected to be the most important Internet domain name to register with, the nv.com domain is scheduled to launch in five days.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070727005074&newsLang=enhttp://www.webknowhow.net/news/press/070727NvCom.htmlch/li: Amendment of the General Terms and Conditions [news release]
SWITCH is aligning the General Terms and Conditions for domain names to the current framework conditions and is now incorporating the
registration conditions in a Domain Name Registration Agreement and in the GTCs.
http://www.switch.ch/about/news.html?id=141**********************
- DOMAIN DISPUTES
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ICA responds to CADNA launch [news release]
The domain name investors and developers of the direct search industry look forward to working with CADNA to effectively address their legitimate concerns about trademark infringement. The ICA supported the restocking fee implemented by Public Interest Registry that has eradicated abusive domain tasting on .org and we would welcome steps by ICANN and VeriSign to achieve the same result at .com. While we believe that such market based mechanisms are the best approach we will carefully review any legislation proposed by CADNA to assure that it respects and affirms the rights of domain name investors and preserves
vigorous competition in consumer search models.
http://internetcommerce.org/news/ica_responds_to_cadna_launchTyposquatting the Defenseless by Bret Fausett
The auction/resale value of domain names based on typographical errors of Bigco web sites isn't based on normal metrics. You may have a name with a lot of traffic, but you always live in the shadow of the law.
http://www.namebrief.com/content/view/18/1/Technology, hotel companies team up to lobby for stricter measures against Internet fraud
Well-known companies such as Dell Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Marriott International Inc. are lobbying Congress for tougher laws targeting online scammers who profit from their brand names. United as the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, 10 companies
have hired the law firm Alston and Bird LLP to persuade federal lawmakers of the need to crack down against those who claim Web addresses, or domain names, that include _ or even resemble _ a legitimate company's trademark.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/07/27/1185339194171.htmlhttp://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_6471336http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003807280_webnetfraud26.htmlFilm Company Wins thesimpsonsmovie.com From Cybersquatter. Doh!
As the ?Simpsons Movie? rolls out on silver screens across the United States and Europe, word comes that its maker, Twentieth
Century Fox Film Corporation, has won the rights to the domain name ?thesimpsonsmovie.com? from a stand-up comedian who failed to strike the international arbitrator?s sense of humour.
http://ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=702&res=1024_ff&print=0http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/072707_Man_Gives_up_The_Simpsons_Domain.cfmIndia Broadcast Live welcomes court decision on domain name
The US-based India Broadcast Live (IBL), which shows Indian TV programmes through the Internet, has welcomed a recent decision by the Delhi High Court allowing it to use its web address with a disclaimer.
http://hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=96acc54d-a5fe-4780-b759-308ff5a9350ehttp://in.news.yahoo.com/070728/43/6iqn2.html**********************
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Defending the Typosquatter by Bret Fausett
When I was in college, I took a 'Philosophy of the Law' class, taught by famous libertarian John Hospers, which included as an assigned text "Defending the Undefendable." (Amazon: Defending the Undefendable: The pimp, prostitute, scab, slumlord, libeler, moneylender and other scapegoats in the rogue's gallery of American society.) It's a book that makes good, logical (and libertarian) arguments about why we shouldn't punish some of the 'undefendable' members of our society,
neither in courts of law nor in the court of public opinion.
http://www.namebrief.com/content/view/20/1/VeriSign Earnings in Line
VeriSign swung to a loss on a revenue drop of 6% in the second quarter and issued weak guidance for the third quarter.
http://www.thestreet.com/s/verisign-earnings-in-line/newsanalysis/technet/10370536.htmlVeriSign Reports Second Quarter Results in Line with Prior Guidance
VeriSign reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. VeriSign reported total revenue of $368 million for the second quarter of 2007. These results include $4 million of revenue related to the Jamba Services business that is held for sale and which is reported under discontinued operations
on the statements of operation. On a GAAP basis, VeriSign reported a net loss of $5 million for the second quarter of 2007 and a net loss per share of $0.02 per fully-diluted share.
http://www.verisign.com/static/042547.pdfTwo thirds of Internet searchers use direct navigation
Direct navigation?typing a generic category plus ?.com? directly into a Web browser?is growing, according to an Opinion Research Corp. survey for LeaseThis.com, a company that leases domain names at a flat rate.
http://btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070727/FREE/70727004/1078**********************
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Tucows Acquires ItsYourDomain.com [news release]
Tucows Inc. announced it acquired
ItsYourDomain.com, a privately held, profitable ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through a worldwide wholesale network of over 2,500 affiliates.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/TO30927072007-1.htmhttp://www.rttnews.com/sp/breakingnews.asp?item=154Tucows Acquires ItsYourDomain.com [news release]
Tucows announced it has acquired ItsYourDomain.com, a privately held, profitable ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through a worldwide wholesale network of over 2,500 affiliates.
http://about.tucows.com/media/tucows-acquires-iyd/Flights.eu Acquired by
Flights.com
Flights.com, a global travel website, announced today that it has acquired the domain ?Flights.eu? to further its expansion into the European travel market.
http://www.pr.com/press-release/46448GayCalifornia.com sells for US$250,000
Hammerberg & Associates, Inc. has acquired the domain name GayCalifornia.com for $250,000, the company said in a written statement.
http://planetout.com/news/article.html?date=2007/07/26/4http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2007/07/26/4http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid47729.aspYellow Pages Publisher To Buy
Business.com
R. H. Donnelley's $345 million acquisition proposal is significantly more than the $7 million paid for the Business.com domain name in 1999.
http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201454http://domainnamewire.com/2007/07/26/rh-donnelley-acquires-businesscom-for-345m/**********************
- NON-ENGLISH NEWS
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Vers une concurrence des institutions de règlement ?
Dans une lettre adressée à l?ICANN, l?OMPI conteste le projet de candidature de la Czech Court Arbitration. Se pose en filigrane la question de savoir comment et jusqu?à quel point les institutions de règlement des litiges relatifs aux noms de domaine peuvent
rivaliser de nouveautés pour conquérir des parts de marché?
http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/152/vers-une-concurrence-des-institutions-de-reglement.phpPróximo cambio en el Esquema de Titularidad de un Nombre de Dominio [news release]
El próximo cambio en el Esquema de Titularidad de un Nombre de Dominio, que realizará NIC México, tiene como objetivo principal facilitarle a los clientes la administración de los Nombres de Dominio .MX, a través de procesos de titularidad estándares con los de la Industria de los Nombres de Dominio en general.
http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=224Story in Chinese mentioning ICANN
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