EURid Set to Manage .eu Internet Domain
Non-profit consortium EURid of Italy, Belgium and Sweden is
set to administer the planned .eu domain, a new Internet
address aimed at giving companies a pan-European Union
presence, EU officials said on Friday.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2466966

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/reuters03-28-065631.asp

MelbIT admits domain breach
Australia's biggest and oldest domain name registrar,
Melbourne IT, has been rapped over the knuckles for
breaching industry agreements which it helped to draft.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6214851%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20273296,00.htm

Misleading URLs may become illegal 
The US is expected to introduce a law that would make
sexual Web sites hiding behind innocent-sounding domain
names illegal.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132558,00.html

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=pornlawstobetigh1048859371&area=news

If You Can't Do The Time, Don't Register The Domain
In a little noticed outcome with potentially far-reaching
implications for the domain name system, the US House of
Representatives has voted to provide criminal sanctions for
the use of misleading domain names on the Internet. 
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/03/31_ti.htm

Net Censorship Debate Rages as POW Pictures Pulled
A Florida-based Web hosting company knocked a small news
site off-line after it posted controversial photos of
captured American soldiers, stoking accusations that
private firms are censoring free speech.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2446564

Internet body to OK non-English domains
Internet domain names in languages other than English
should be available within the next few weeks or months,
the chairman of the Internet's key oversight body said
Wednesday.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/5493999.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6200711%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15319,00.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34419-2003Mar26.html

ICANN Rio de Janeiro Meeting Topic: Criteria to Be Used in
the Selection of New Sponsored TLDs
In "A Plan for Action Regarding New gTLDs", ICANN's
President recommended that the ICANN Board consider
immediately initiating a round for selecting three
sponsored top-level domains (sTLDs), subject to
verification that the sTLDs introduced in 2001 had not
admitted significant numbers of registrants that lie
outside of their charters. A study of that question has now
been completed and shows general adherence to the sTLD
charters.
 http://www.icann.org/riodejaneiro/stld-rfp-topic.htm

Preliminary Report Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board in
Rio de Janeiro
ICANN's Transition Board of Directors held a meeting by
teleconference on 27 March 2003. Directors Vint Cerf
(chairman) (joined the meeting while in progress), Amadeu
Abril i Abril, Karl Auerbach, Ivan Moura Campos, Lyman
Chapin, Jonathan Cohen (joined the meeting while in
progress), Mouhamet Diop (joined the meeting while in
progress), Masanobu Katoh, Hans Kraaijenbrink, Sang-Hyon
Kyong, Stuart Lynn, Andy Mueller-Maguhn (departed during
meeting), Alejandro Pisanty, Nii Quaynor, Helmut Schink,
Francisco da Silva, and Linda S. Wilson participated.
Alejandro Pisanty served as chair of the meeting. The Board
adopted the following resolutions:
 http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-27mar03.htm

World Wide Alliance of Top Level Domain - ccTLD Meeting in
Rio
ccTLD Meeting in Rio ends 26/03/03 The 3 day ccTLD meeting
in Rio ended yesterday, Tuesday 25 March 2003. During the
meeting several issues were discussed and a resolution
passed on the ccNSO AG report . The scribe notes , some
draft minutes and presentations have been posted on the
Meeting Highlights page.
 http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/Rio/ccNSO_resolution.html
 http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/Rio/highlight.html

Actress Wins Complaint Against AbortionisMurder
Cybersquatter - from UDRPlaw.net
Actress Kellie Martin prevailed in her UDRP complaint
against infamous cybersquatter John Barry, in a decision
released by the World Intellectual Property Organization
today.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2003/d2003-0043.html

Nominet holds off on domain reservation plans
UK register Nominet is to hold off implementing a wait
listing service - a system that would allow people to
reserve domains put back up for sale - for six months.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29956.html

Wipo ruling could wipe out domain names
World Intellectual Property Organisation under fire over
proposed changes to Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy.
 http://www.pcw.co.uk/News/1139771

Sex.co.kr Make it Internet Debut
The owner of the popular www.sex.co.kr domain name said he
will launch an Internet portal based on the Web address
that will feature a variety of adult information.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200303/kt2003033118284311820.htm

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