Hi all

The final Internet news. As much as I would love to continue, these are
things that budget cuts bring about...

For those celebrating christmas and new year, enjoy, for those that don't,
enjoy the holiday break.

All the best.

Regards
David

The Name Game (Forbes) 8Jan http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0108/240.html
An Internet address ending in "dot-com" remains a prized asset, but the
suffix is largely meaningless in Chinese, Arabic or Korean. Some 33 million
Web addresses are registered worldwide, but new entries in the Pacific Rim
alone could hit 100 million in three years, Yankee Group says. In China 30
million users may require two names to satisfy two sets of characters.

ICANN Public Comment Forum - At Large Study (ICANN)
http://forum.icann.org/atlargestudy/
Now that ICANN has completed the At Large membership and election process in
the year 2000, it is time to launch a comprehensive study of the At Large
concept, structure, and mechanisms. After discussions with many individuals
who have been involved in the At Large effort, the ICANN staff made a set of
recommendations about how the study might be organized, emphasizing the need
for an effort that is effective, credible, and open to broad participation.
At its recent meeting in Los Angeles, the ICANN Board called for public
comments on the staff recommendations -- key issues include the study's
structure, composition, timetable, and funding. ICANN actively invites input
from any interested individual or organization. The deadline for public
comments is 27 December 2000, midnight GMT/UTC.

S��warenkonzern will "Kinder"-Domain freiklagen (Heise) 22Dec
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/psz-22.12.00-000/
Der �sterreichische Zweig des S��warenkonzerns Ferrero hat die Web-Agentur
Mediaclan, Betreiberin von Kinder.at, auf �berlassung der Domain verklagt.
Das berichten die �sterreichischen Zeitungen Der Standard und Kurier
�bereinstimmend. Die Agentur, die auf ihrer vor rund zwei Jahren
angemeldeten Domain nach eigenen Angaben den Aufbau eines Portals f�r Eltern
und Kinder zu Erziehungsthemen plant, will nicht nachgeben, sondern den
Streit vor Gericht ausfechten.

Battle Heats Up Over Dot-Biz Web Address (Yahoo) 21Dec
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001221/wr/tech_icann_dc_1.html
An independent Internet company has asked the U.S. government to resolve a
dispute over who has the rights to license the ``.biz'' suffix on Internet
addresses.

Time Warner Wins Potter Domains (Wired) 21Dec
http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,40785,00.html
Time Warner Entertainment emerged the winner from the latest hair-raising
Harry Potter adventure, this time fought out in the world of cyberspace.
Also see Time Warner wins Harry Potter Web sites (CNN) 21Dec
http://europe.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/12/21/harry.potter.ap/index.html
WIPO Rules All Harrys Should Go in One Potter (Variety) 22Dec
http://ev.variety.com/index.asp?layout=ev_story&articleid=VR1117790912

Time Warner erklagt sich 107 Harry-Potter-Domains (Wirtschafts Woche) 21Dec
http://wiwo.de/WirtschaftsWoche/Wiwo_CDA/0,1702,10692_53514,00.html
Time Warner hat die Rechte an 107 Internetadressen zugesprochen bekommen,
die mit dem Namen des Kinderbuchhelden Harry Potter in Verbindung stehen.
Also see Time Warner gewinnt Streit um Harry-Potter-Internet-Adressen
(Heise) 21Dec http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/wst-21.12.00-001/
Time Warner gewinnt Streit um Harry Potter (tecChannel.de) 21Dec
http://www.tecchannel.de/news/20001221/thema20001221-3274.html

Wo Harry Potter draufsteht, soll auch Time Warner drin sein (Der Spiegel)
21Dec http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzkultur/0,1518,109092,00.html
Seit einigen Wochen mahnt das US-amerikanische Medienunternehmen Time Warner
Websites ab, die "Harry Potter" im Namen f�hren. F�r den Konzern ist das ein
Vorgehen gegen Domain Grabbing - f�r die (oft kleinen) Betroffenen eine
Entt�uschung.

New service back-orders domain names (Network World Fusion) 21Dec
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/1221newnames.html
A Web site launching in early January will monitor Internet domain name
registrations globally and allow corporations to back-order names that were
previously owned by competitors or speculators.

Immer �fter besch�ftigen sich Gerichte mit Internet-Adressen (Berliner
Zeitung) 20Dec
http://www.berlinonline.de/wissen/computer/.html/200012/comp20101.html
Wenn ein Privatmann sich die Internet- Adresse "weideglueck.de" registrieren
l�sst, f�hrt er nach einem Richterspruch Sittenwidriges im Schilde.

Summary of New Top Level Domain Applications (Elexica) 29Nov
http://www.elexica.com/scripts/checklink.asp?area=Items&resource=d9i74b6e9.h
tm
Review of current stage in the ICANN application process for new Top Level
Domains (TLD)