InternetNZ international chairman sees victory for
country-code rights
A meeting of internet body ICANN has achieved recognition
of a new structure for country-code top-level domain
organisations (ccTLDs) like InternetNZ to run their own
affairs.

http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/016137DBE1844E1FCC256D6A0017DB75

Circle ID and the  Wait Listing Service Controversy
Monitoring the controversy over ICANN's acceptance of Wait
Listing Service for expiring domain names. Includes link to
industry comment and "public opinion".
 http://www.circleid.com/wls

Is WLS the Right Mechanism to Protect Consumers? By Karl
Auerbach
The claim that the *only* way that reliable wait listing
can be done by *the* registry is not true. The registrars
could, as a technical matter, if they chose to do so,
"wrap" the registry with a new entity that mediates all
acquisitions and releases. Whether this accords with
ICANN's hyper intricate contractual scheme or with laws
against restraint of trade, I don't know. Personally I
consider WLS to be contrary to the idea that a contract
contains an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
- it seems to me that WLS violates that implied covenant -
It is as if my doctor is selling contracts on parts of my
body should I die while under his care.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/174_0_1_0_C/

Government wrests URLs from atheist cybersquatter
The federal government has won a challenge to claim
ownership of a series of dot-ca names originally registered
by a British Columbia man who calls himself Darwin Bedford
and uses the domain names to point to a number of Web sites
promoting atheism and other causes.

http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=52954

He's The Prisoner of Sex.com
Gary Kremen started Match.com but ended up with chump
change. Then he got caught up in Sex.com, where success
left him lying on his back in the gutter.
 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.08/sex_com.html

Glasgow.com belongs to me, says website boss
A BUSINESSMAN has secured the Glasgow.com domain name,
bringing the valuable web address back to Scotland.
 http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=793012003

Briefing on .kids.us Domain
NTIA will host an informational briefing regarding the
launch of the new kids.us domain on Tuesday, July 22, 2003,
at 3:00 p.m.

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2003/dotkidsbriefing_07142003.html

Coffee chain bucks estoppel claim (reg req'd)
Global coffee company Starbucks has secured the rights to
two domain names relating to its business, despite a charge
that its claims were barred by estoppel.

http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=12835&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=&Type=News


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