Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne time on 8 December, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** au: auDA seeks public input as domain rules change Australia's domain name regulator is to seek public input as it reviews the rules for registering certain types of Australian domains. http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/auDA_seeks_public_input_as_domain_rules_change/0,2000061791,39225675,00.htm http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/zdnet/20051202/18/tech/0,2000061791,39225675,00.inp Porn domain faces further delays Plans to set up a .xxx domain for internet sex websites have been delayed again. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4491430.stm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39239843,00.htm http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/icann_kills_xxx/ http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17435299%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/635036 ICANN goes floppy on porn domain The proposed .xxx porn domain has been mysteriously dropped from ICANN?s board meeting agenda. http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2147050/icann-goes-floppy-porn-domain The XXX Train Wreck in Vancouver By Milton Mueller It is now clear that by sending its letter of August 12 blocking approval of the .XXX domain, the US Government has done more to undermine ICANN?s status as a non-governmental, multi-stakeholder policy body than any of its Internet governance ?enemies? in the ITU, China, Brazil, or Iran. And despite all the calls for a government role that would ensure ?rule of law? and ?accountability? of ICANN, the interventions of governments are making this aspect of Internet governance more arbitrary and less accountable. http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_xxx_train_wreck_in_vancouver/ Too Late to Comment...Except on .XXX Here's a reasonable subject for outrage. Earlier this week, ICANN quietly posted the independent evaluators' reports on the most recent round of sTLDs. One of the purported reasons for posting them now, at least from what I've overheard in the hallway, is that the Governmental Advisory Committee has asked for the reports in order to evaluate .XXX. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2005/12/2/1431946.html Rush expected on EU domain name EU companies and public bodies are expected to rush to register addresses for the new .eu domain when it is launched next week, the EU says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4490140.stm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/ecommerce/0,39020372,39240109,00.htm http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1899126,00.html http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69731,00.html http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39154771,00.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120100800.html http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=11740 New .eu domain 'as important as .com' European Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding said on Thursday that she expected ?several hundreds of thousands? of companies to apply to use the new .eu domain name. http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5342 http://infoworld.com/article/05/12/01/HNeudomain_1.html .eu ? Do you get the point? This weeks sees the launch of the '.eu' domain name, explains Vivianne Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200512/9d2e27ac-6498-4097-938f-e91ae190a8dd.htm .eu, Europe?s Own Internet Domain: Frequently Asked Questions http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=13943 ICANNwiki A wiki set up to cover the ICANN conference in Vancouver with lots of information and photos of attendees! http://icannwiki.org/index.php/Main_Page Lextext in Vancouver Bret Fausett has oodles more coverage of the ICANN Vancouver meeting. See: http://blog.lextext.com/blog/icann VeriSign-ICANN Proposed Settlement Discussed in Vancouver So, here goes. I am somewhat disappointed by the reaction to the proposed settlement. I feel that most of the discussion fails to take into account the actual conditions under which the settlement has been negotiated. Blatant self interest is masquerading as informed comment, most obviously from the Registrar community. Most amazing of all is the failure to grasp the enormity of what the ICANN board and staff has achieved with this proposed settlement, the ramifications of which will be positive for all ICANN constituencies for many years ahead. http://www.circleid.com/posts/verisign_icann_proposed_settlement_discussed_in_vancouver/ The Royal Reading of the Reports by Bret Fausett If there's one thing that ICANN can do to cut down on the length of its meetings, it's this: dispense with the "reading of reports." http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2005/12/3/1433528.html "Specific Comments" I can't tell you how many times over the last week I've heard members of the ICANN Board ask for "specific" or "concrete" comments on the new .COM Registry Agreement and the proposed settlement. It only occurred to me at the airport why that's not possible. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2005/12/2/1432684.html Splitting the Root: It's Too Late By John Levine One of the consistent chants we've always heard from ICANN is that there has to be a single DNS root, so everyone sees the same set of names on the net, a sentiment with which I agree. Unfortunately, I discovered at this week's ICANN meeting that due to ICANN's inaction, it's already too late. Among the topics that ICANN has been grinding away at is Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) that contain characters outside the traditional English ASCII character set. http://www.circleid.com/posts/splitting_the_root_its_too_late/ ICANN Publishes Latest Newsletter In conjunction with its meetings in Vancouver, ICANN has published it latest newsletter - now available for download. http://icann.org/newsletter/newsletter-dec2005.pdf ICANN Publishes Latest Newsletter In conjunction with its meetings in Vancouver, ICANN has published it latest newsletter - now available for download. http://icann.org/newsletter/newsletter-dec2005.pdf ICANN Publishes Report on Implementation of the Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) http://icann.org/whois/wdrp-survey-report-30nov05.pdf Masters of their domain (name), rightists nix 'XXX' for web Plans to establish a ".xxx" Internet domain for porn are foundering under attack from conservative organizations and protest from the U.S. Department of Commerce. http://www.nypost.com/business/58848.htm ICANN authority attacked again Fresh from the latest on-again, off-again debate over the creation of the .xxx domain, ICANN has found itself embroiled in another Top Level Domain (TLD) controversy. This time it's about who will administer the lucrative .com domain. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051203-5679.html ALAC Meets the ICANN Board For three years, I've been a member of ICANN's "Interim" At-Large Advisory Committee, ALAC. At this Vancouver meeting, for the first time, the ICANN Board met with us, and Bret captured it on mp3 for podcast. ALAC criticized ICANN's proposed settlement with VeriSign, and then spoke about the problems with the current structure for at-large participation. http://www.circleid.com/posts/alac_meets_the_icann_board/ The "Parked Domain Monetization" Business I think that a large number of people buying domains can't get their first choice name because some "parked domain monetization" operation (cyber-squatter) owns it and is making money running ads on the page. The trick is to sign up for millions of domain names; set up pages and run ads on them; after 1 day delete domains that have no traffic; after 3 days delete names that have some traffic; after 5 days delete pages with marginal traffic; keep the 1% of pages that have enough traffic to be worth keeping the domain. Because of the refund policy, the 99% of pages deleted before the 5 day grace period are refunded in full and the "monetizer" gets to keep the ad revenue generated over those 5 days. ...Interestingly, I think Google AdSense probably has boosted the viability of this business. http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_parked_domain_monetization_business/ Netcraft December 2005 Web Server Survey In the December 2005 survey we received responses from 74,353,258 sites. That's a decrease of 219.5K sites from the November survey, marking the first decline in the Netcraft survey since January 2003. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/12/02/december_2005_web_server_survey.html EC opens investigation into dotcom contract The European Commission has opened an investigation into the new dotcom contract following a formal complaint by a lobbying group calling itself the Coalition for ICANN Transparency (CFIT). http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/03/ec_dotcom_investigation/ VeriSign's channel revolting over .com VeriSign Inc faces significant opposition from its channel of domain name registrars over a proposed deal with the ICANN that would allow the company to raise the price of a .com registration. http://commentwire.com/article_news.asp?guid=27CC5A72-5319-4D92-B66B-151B9F6AB6A7 Secure DNS faces resistance The deployment of DNSsec, an enhancement to the domain name system that could protect against certain types of phishing and pharming attacks, is still facing skepticism and resistance from those who would be involved in implementing it. http://commentwire.com/article_news.asp?guid=5CB02292-1149-4657-BA91-3F67AA4C91B5 Shenmue domain pending renewal ShenmueSega better get those interns in check. Someone forgot to renew the Shenmue.com domain, which expired on the 19th. http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000687070194/ ICANN Plays Down U.S. Influence aychamo writes "The ICANN is denying that it gives the US government too much control over its operations. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/02/1326228 ICANN Lawsuit Update: Judge Rules in ICANN's Favor and Denies Application for Temporary Restraining Order A US Federal Judge has ruled in ICANN's favor and denied an application for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against ICANN sought by industry group CFIT in the US District Court, Northern District of California. The application for a TRO was an attempt to block the proposed settlement of a long-standing dispute between ICANN and VeriSign. ICANN continues to seek comment from the public and its various stakeholder groups on the proposed settlement during this week's ICANN meetings taking place in Vancouver, Canada. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-30nov05.htm ICANN and VeriSign get temporary lawsuit reprieve VeriSign Inc will have to wait until next year before its controversial proposal to run .com for another five years, possibly gaining the ability to raise prices, is decided. http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=5B107880-A641-4F30-AF9E-A84E31145E31 http://internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3567916 ICANN shrugs off dotcom lawsuits Internet overseeing organisation ICANN has dimissed two lawsuits against it as "attempts to manipulate the public comment process" over future ownership of all dotcoms. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/icann_dismisses_lawsuits/ Industry Groups Sue VeriSign, ICANN Over the years, VeriSign has weathered much controversy as a result of its control over the two most popular domain registries. Most recently, the company's SiteFinder service, which redirected all unknown or unregistered .com or .net domain names to the VeriSign Web site, was the subject of much criticism. http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=39822 http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/verisign-icann-face-antitrust-lawsuits/2005/11/30/1133026497651.html http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20051130141323730 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=11710 http://technewsworld.com/story/difvAAbDEFtmuC/Groups-Say-ICANN-VeriSign-Deal-Needs-Anti-Trust-Review.xhtml http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/47635.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/30/icann_versign_sued/ http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=6825&mhnews_page=1 ICANN AND Verisign Sued by WADND.COM for Price Fixing and Monopolizing ".COM" Domain Name Market (news release) WADND.COM files lawsuit against ICANN and Verisign alleging that the two have engaged in antitrust activities, including conspiracy, monopolization, illegal price fixing and monopolizing ?.com? and ?.net? domain name markets. The suit alleges that the two are on the verge of entering ?an unlawful agreement [that gives VeriSign a permanent monopoly over the all ?.com? and ?.net? internet domain name registrations.? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb316152.htm Choosing your domain name Domain names are the web addresses (www.) that visitors type in to access your website online. There are a number of factors to consider when choosing domain names and they are briefly explored in this article. http://www.everywoman.co.uk/technology/article.asp?id=1608&switch=true ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* Read the letter that won the internet governance battle The World Summit in Tunis last month was overshadowed by the global argument over internet governance. Its biggest controversy came with the proposition put forward by the EU a month earlier that there be a new inter-governmental body that oversee ICANN. The US government was furious and launched an enormous lobbying campaign, both public and private, across the board to retain its position. Most significant among all those lobbying efforts was a letter sent from the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice to the UK foreign minister Jack Straw acting in the role of presidency of the EU. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/02/rice_eu_letter/ Debate on Internet ownership continues At the recent WSIS, delegates from the 174 participating countries met with the aim of bridging the "digital divide" that separates rich and poor nations. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/02/spark.internet.ownership/index.html Who Controls the Internet? The recently-concluded second phase of WSIS II held at Tunis took some far-reaching decisions and pushed others to a later day, in what is seen by many observers as inevitable compromises. http://allafrica.com/stories/200512020240.html Gender Missing in WSIS Document The Gender Caucus has observed with disappointment why the document of WSIS failed to pay attention on gender issues. http://allafrica.com/stories/200512020472.html ng: Country Fails to Impress at WSIS "I am not impressed with Nigeria's participation when it comes to our stand in WSIS. I think it leaves much to be desired. Perhaps we will do better with more co-ordination for the future and make sure that when next we come for an event like this, our stand would be something compared with what we had in Egypt during the ITU Africa Conference". http://allafrica.com/stories/200511300146.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2005 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take your Mail with you - get Yahoo! Mail on your mobile http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mweb/index.htmlReceived on Wed Dec 07 2005 - 11:55:05 UTC
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