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Africa's Own Net Registry On Track
The good news for the African Internet community is that
the continent is on track to get its own Regional Internet
Registry (RIR), but this will mean higher input costs for
southern African Internet service providers (ISPs).
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200405280815.html

Algerian Mokhtar Hamidi Appointed Member of AFRINIC Board
of Trustees 	
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), the
organisation responsible for the distribution and
administration of African domain names, appointed the
Algerian Mokhtar Hamidi as member of AFRINIC Board of
Trustees, which constitution took place following a meeting
held on 23-24 May in Dakar.
 http://www.aps.dz/an/pageview.asp?ID=64152

gh: Pink Aviation's Illegal Website Still Operative
The fraudulent website "www.ghanairforce.com" which was set
up by the Pink Aviation to state its case on the
transaction it had with the Ghana Air force and was
considered by the government and the Ghana Armed Forces as
illegal is still the world wide web.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200405280649.html

Some 10,000 Belarusian websites now exist
Exactly 10221 websites with specific domain names have been
indexed by Belarusian search engine Akavita in the whole of
the Belarusian internet, or "Belnet".
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=1926

Dot-xxx could help to filter porn spam
A new batch of proposed Internet domains could make it
easier to fight spam and filter out smut, but the head of
the regulatory body that will usher them sees even broader
possibilities.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5289599
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3569609

APT-ITU Joint Workshop on ENUM and IDN in Brunei Darussalam
The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) and the ITU organized
a joint workshop on ENUM and Internationalized Domain Names
(IDN) from 21-22 May, 2004 in Brunei Darussalam. All
materials are posted on the workshop web site including the
workshop programme.
 http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/05/28.html#a656

Europe sticks up two fingers at ICANN budget
The proposed 2004-5 budget for ICANN has hit a snag - the
rest of the world is refusing to pay its share of the bill.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/28/centr_opposes_icann-budget/
CENTR Members’ response to ICANN 2004 Budget
http://www.centr.org/news/CENTR-Response-2004 Budget.pdf

ICANN Proposes Fee Hike for Registrars
According to a report by research and analysis firm
Netcraft (netcraft.com), ICANN has proposed raising the
fees it charges domain registrars.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/ica052804.cfm

ICANN GNSO: Whois Task Force 1 Preliminary Report
 http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/Whois TF 1 -
Preliminary Report V2. 1.0.pdf
ICANN GNSO: Whois Task Force 2 Preliminary Report
 http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/TF2 Initial
Report3.pdf
ICANN GNSO: Whois Task Force 3 Preliminary Report

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/TF3PreliminaryWithRCMR1.pdf

First Public Comment Period begins on draft .net
re-assignment criteria
The GNSO has completed initial work to provide the ICANN
Board with guidance on the criteria for designating a
successor operator for the .net registry. The public is
invited to submit comments on the initial draft report from
the GNSO.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-28may04.htm

ICANN GNSO: DRAFT report from the .net sub-committee in
preparation for submission to the GNSO Council

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/dotnet/dotnet-draft-reportv51.pdf

An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy - Part II
"Comparisons with Telecommunications Policy" is the focus
of part two of a three-part series based on a study
prepared by Karl M. Manheim, Professor of Law at Loyola Law
School and Lawrence B. Solum, Professor of Law at
University of San Diego. Special thanks and credit to
Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol.
25, p. 317, 2004. ...In the United States, an independent
federal agency, under the direction of Congress, is charged
with developing and implementing policies governing the
major telecommunications industries. These include
broadcast radio and television, wireline and wireless
telephony, and video distribution via cable, wireless, and
satellite. One might wonder why the Federal Communications
Commission ("FCC") does not likewise have jurisdiction, at
least in the US, over perhaps the most significant
telecommunications industry -- the Internet.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/598_0_1_0_C

Keep An Eye On Precious Domain Names
The flower shop down the road run by a 60-year-old couple
doesn’t have to renew its street address. People have been
going to the shop for years, and as long as they’re in
business, everybody will know where to go.
 http://www.w3reports.com/index.php?itemid=374

Big Possibilities in Proposed New Internet Domains
A new batch of proposed Internet domains could make it
easier to fight spam and filter out smut, but the head of
the regulatory body that will usher them sees even broader
possibilities.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63100-2004May28.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040528/wr_nm/tech_domains_dc_1

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/05/28/domains.reut/index.html

http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1085758921870B232&set_id=1

us: GM Sues LendingTree Over Domain Name Use
General Motors has filed suit against mortgage firm
LendingTree of North Carolina in U.S. District Court in
Flint, Mich., to keep the mortgage firm from promoting its
services on a domain name nearly identical to one owned by
GM mortgage-lending subsidiary General Motors Acceptance,
which uses the acronym GMAC.
 http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2004052404

Six Questions To Spur Web Success
A site name in one country can mean something entirely
different when it circumnavigates the globe. How do you
tackle such language issues? The answer is to acquire
skills and a deeper understanding of global communications.
Even if you're a regional player, your sites are still
visible and exposed to the entire world.
 http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/34074.html

Web Hosting News: Netidentity Announces the Largest
Collection of Email Domain Names on the Internet
Netidentity, an email and web domain services company, has
impressively amassed the Internet's most comprehensive,
surname-based collection of domain names, from Allen.net to
Zimmermann.com.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/showarticle.asp?id=2147

CENTR appoints new General Manager
Giovanni Seppia is the new General Manager of CENTR as from
20th June 2004.
 http://www.centr.org/news/20040525.html

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Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA
Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)".

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