UK Government Consultation On The Management Of Internet Addresses
(DTI news release)
ICANN, the US based organisation that co-ordinates the Internet's
Domain Name System, announced in February 2002 a review of its
mission, funding and relationship with Governments. The UK
Government, along with many other Governments, is working with ICANN
on this programme of reform.
The consultation seeks the views of the UK internet community -
businesses, internet companies and domain name users - on how ICANN
should be reformed and how Governments can best support the important
work of ICANN.

http://www.nds.coi.gov.uk/coi/coipress.nsf/2b45e1e3ffe090ac802567350059d840/9fab5a16a5ba591080256bb8004a2613?OpenDocument
 http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/ecommerce/icann.shtml (consultation paper)

Reworking of domain-name system another step closer to completion
(Canberra Times)
The slow process of renovating the regulatory system that governs
Australia's Internet domain names will click over a new leaf next
month when AusRegistry takes over from auDA as the wholesale supplier
or registry of com.au, net.au, org.au, asn.au and id.au top-level
domain names. Who cares? The small minority of Internet users and
organisations who maintain Internet domains.

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=features&subclass=techno&category=industry%20news&story_id=148184&y=2002&m=5

VeriSign Used False Ads, Suit by Rival Asserts (Reuters)
Internet domain-name seller VeriSign Inc. was hit with a lawsuit
filed on Monday by a rival that charged VeriSign with using false
advertising to steal customers. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=953704
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-912668.html

http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1021383148&REQSESS=YSB44A61&REQHOST=site1&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=112440&CARTT=14&CCAT=2&CCHAN=28&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=Article%20Page&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=5157833&CTOPIC=
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25264.html

BulkRegister Sues VeriSign Over Marketing Campaign (Washtech.com)
Internet domain name seller BulkRegister.com today sued addressing
giant VeriSign Inc. over a controversial direct-mail marketing
campaign that VeriSign used to lure customers away from its smaller
competitors.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10813-2002May13.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176551.html

Web community puts price on head of super highwayman VeriSign
(Register)
Domain registrar VeriSign has infuriated the Web community by wrongly
transferring a New York writer's domain to an unchecked person in
Germany.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25270.html

E-store loses domain dispute (Australian IT)
THE World Intellectual Property Organisation has found that online
retailer e-store may have breached the Trade Practices Act - and
ordered it to give three domain names to a Sydney-based computer
retailer. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4310152%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0069.html

RealNames shutdown threatens Asian naming market
(Register/ComputerWire)
The closure of RealNames Corp yesterday threatens the ability of
Chinese and Japanese speakers to easily address web sites in their
own languages. Microsoft Corp's Asian units are said to be under
pressure from local naming authorities to urge their parent to
reconsider its position on RealNames' closure. 
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25261.html

RealNames to Shut Down as Microsoft Deal Scuttled (Reuters)
The president and chief executive of RealNames Corp said on Monday
his company is shutting down because Microsoft Corp has refused to
renew a contract to use RealNames technology in the Internet Explorer
browser to allow people to find Web sites using simple words instead
of long Web addresses. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=955008
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/400640p-3189582c.html
 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000034017may14.story


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