New .au petition kicks off next month (ZDNet)
AusRegistry is on track to take over as the registry for .com.au,
.net.au, .org.au, .asn.au and .id.au domain names early next month,
CEO Simon Delzoppo has announced.  

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20265149,00.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4292067%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15318,00.html

NeuLevel Says Site's Strange Message Not From Attackers (Newsbytes)
A bizarre message that appeared Wednesday on several Web sites
operated by domain registry NeuLevel was not the work of hackers but
instead resulted from an internal error, company officials said.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176494.html
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61419-2002May9.html

Listing again (The Economist)
A way to turn telephone numbers into web addresses is proving
controversial. Few things cause more trouble in the online world than
lists. The body overseeing the Internet's domain-name system, ICANN,
keeps making unfortunate headlines; recently, one of the group's own
board members sued it to open its books. Now another electronic
directory has become a bone of contention: ENUM, a way of turning
telephone numbers into Internet addresses by converting the numbers
into domain names ending in .arpa.
 http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1080495

ICANN Committee Issues Reform Working Papers For Comment (from BNA
Internet Law News)
ICANN's Evolution and Reform Committee has issued two working papers
for comment. Earlier this week it issued a paper on ICANN's Mission
and Core Values, while yesterday came a paper on the ICANN Structure
and Nominating Committee concept. Papers at:

http://WWW.ICANN.ORG/committees/evol-reform/working-paper-mission-06may02.htm

http://WWW.ICANN.ORG/committees/evol-reform/working-paper-structure-09may02.htm

AOL Wins First Dot-Name Case (from BNA Internet Law News)
AOL has won the first ERDRP - Eligibility Requirements Dispute
Resolution Policy - for a dot-name registration. The panelist ruled
that the registrant was not eligible to register
instant.messenger.name and order the registration cancelled. Decision
at:
 http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/108377.htm




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