Results of Telecommunications Council of 27 June 2001
EU Telecommunication Ministers met yesterday in Luxembourg. The main
points on the agenda were a discussion of the outstanding Commission
proposals contained in the Telecom Package, Third Generation Mobile
Communications (3G) and the ".eu". A brief presentation of the
Commission's recent communication on network security was provided
during lunch.  Also in French and German.
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3. ".eu" Top Level Domain
The Council agreed on the Commission's proposal for a Regulation on the
implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain. …

 http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=MEMO/01/247|0|RAPID&lg=EN

Competing Domain-Name Registries Creating Tower of Cyber-Babel
Identical names outside ICANN's jurisdiction have been claimed at
different registries. When these sites go live, prepare for some bitter
fighting. Who owns the rights to the Internet domain name www.free.shop?

Depends on whom you ask.
According to New.net, the Pasadena, Calif.-based domain registry, the
domain free.shop belongs to one Tariq Ghafoor of Tempe, Ariz. He
registered the name for one year in March of 2001.
But according to Namespace, a New York-based domain registry, the domain
free.shop has been registered to Morgan Flom, a self-described "URL
merchant" based in Choctaw, Okla., since June of 2000.
 http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27694,00.html

Bill Would Require ICANN To Create '.Kids' Domain
A pair of lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that would force
Internet addressing authorities to create a ".kids" domain that would be
designed to serve as a safe online haven for children.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167478.html

DOMAINS, PART ONE - BILL MANDATING DOT-KIDS DRAWS ATTENTION
A proposed bill requiring ICANN to create a dot-kids domain has created
considerable discussion within the Internet community.  The bill would
require the Commerce Department to require ICANN to add the domain.
Copy of the bill at
 http://www.icannwatch.org/essays/hr2417.pdf
Media coverage at
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167478.html

DOMAINS, PART TWO - CIRA COMPLETES ELECTION
CIRA, the dot-ca administrative agency, announced the results of its
election yesterday for the nine elected board positions.  Over 3000
members voted with the winners split between the nominating committee's
selections (five) and at-large nominees (four).  Elected members include
dot-ca founder John Demco, current chair Maureen Cubberley, and Michael
Geist.
 http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/48.html
 http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=234>

DOMAINS, PART THREE - HARRODS WIN CYBERSQUATTING ACTION
England's famous department store Harrods has won a U.S. cybersquatting
case in which the judge ordered 60 Harrods domains transfered to the
company from the current owner, Harrods of Argentina.  The Argentinian
Harrods owns trademarks in the name, but the judge ruled that it was not
reasonable to think that the domain registrations were fair use under
the anticybersquatting act.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167543.html

DOMAINS, PART FOUR - DOT-CX IN DISPUTE WITH ICANN
Dot-cx, the registry for Christmas Island, is in the midst of a battle
with ICANN over transfer of control of the domain. ICANN wants Australia
to approve the transfer.
 <http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=229>

DOMAINS, PART FIVE - FTAA DRAFT INCLUDES MANDATORY ICANN
UDRP
The release this week of negotiated drafts of the Free Trade Area of the
Americas apparently includes a domain name twist -- the draft includes a
provision mandating the use of the ICANN UDRP for domain name disputes
at the country-code level.  The move would come as news to countries
such as Canada, which has been drafting its own dispute resolution
rules.  Draft at
 http://www.ftaa-alca.org/ftaadraft/eng/draft_e.doc
Article on the release of the text at
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14320-2001Jul3.html

DOMAINS, PART SIX - ICANN COMPLETES DOT-NAME CONTRACT
ICANN announced yesterday that it has completed negotiations with the
Global Name Registry over the dot-name generic TLD.  The agreement now
undergoes a seven day review by the ICANN board.  Agreement
documentation at
 http://www.icann.org/tlds/