Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for
the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne
time on 20 February, a more recent edition of the news
should be posted to the auDA web site.

The domain name news is supported by auDA.

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Why the net should stay neutral
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700430.stm

Dot-eu phase 2 proves popular

http://www.managingip.com/?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=612952

Surf?s up ? Wellington hosts major Internet conference
 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0602/S00081.htm

Vietnamese fruit seller in net name cock-up

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/13/vietnamese_domains/

Buyers get set for mobile domains

http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2150183/buyers-set-mobile-domains

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Why the net should stay neutral
Is it time to let internet companies provide premium
access to paying websites and services? No, says BBC
technology commentator Bill Thompson.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700430.stm

The Internet After the Internet Governance Forum
Bret Fausett's podcast - Today's show starts with a
review of last week's show, then moves to Internet
Governance and this week's organizational meeting for
the U.N.'s Internet Governance Forum. Finally a
question: who represents end-users? Do they represent
themselves only in the marketplace or is there a role
for them in "governance" and "technical coordination"
as well?

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/14/1761361.html

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Dot-eu phase 2 proves popular
More than 70,000 applications were filed in the first
hour following the launch of phase 2 of the .eu
sunrise period last week

http://www.managingip.com/?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=612952

Surf?s up ? Wellington hosts major Internet conference
More than 700 people and representatives from 90
governments will be ?surfing? in Wellington next month
as the city hosts a major international conference on
the Internet.
 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0602/S00081.htm

Vietnamese fruit seller in net name cock-up
A Vietnamese grapefruit seller has been refused the
domain name www.buoi.com.vn because "the word for
grapefruit, buoi, without a proper tone marking can be
misunderstood", as Thai Huu Ly, of the Vietnam
Internet Network Information Centre, put it to AFP.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/13/vietnamese_domains/

ICANN Posts Accountability Frameworks Documents
ICANN would welcome the opportunity to discuss an
accountability framework with all ccTLD managers. To
assist this process, two documents have been developed
for ccTLD managers to consider as a starting point to
discussions. 

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-12feb06.htm

ICANN GNSO Council Report to the ICANN Board
Policy recommendation and advice on a procedure for
handling conflicts between a registrar/registry's
legal obligations under privacy laws and their
contractual obligations to ICANN

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/council-rpt-18jan06.htm

MIP to host web seminar on cybersquatting
MIP is to host its first free web seminar next week.
The seminar, which anyone can register for, will
analyze the latest cybersquatting and domain
speculation trends

http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=612942&ISS=21345&LS=EMS64073

VeriSign Completes Successful Integration of Private
and Public Electronic Numbering (ENUM) Networks in
Austria (news release)
Successful Integration Enables Carriers to Extend VoIP
and Revenue-Generating IP Opportunities beyond
Disparate Networks

http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2006-02/artikel-5986640.asp

Buyers get set for mobile domains
Companies wanting to register .mobi domains for mobile
services will receive new guidelines today. Meanwhile,
firms aiming to serve customers across Europe can now
take advantage of a new registration period for the
.eu domain.

http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2150183/buyers-set-mobile-domains

http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=2740&scatid=6&contid=4
 http://itvibe.com/news/3923/

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=14691

us: Players cash in on the domain game
Real estate attorney Christian Zouzas has a sideline
of collecting domain names, those virtual slivers of
cyberspace necessary to businesses that wish to do
business on the Internet. Zouzas recently sold two of
his "properties" -- foods.us and jew.us -- for the
combined sum of $49,500.

http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/02/13/story2.html

Dotster Experiences Huge Traffic During First "Happy
Hour"
Dotster confirmed this evening that it had a large
increase in traffic during its first "Happy Hour" sale
event.
 http://sys-con.com/read/184003.htm

EU Internet domain names open for business
Hundreds of thousands of businesses raced on Tuesday
to snap up ".eu" Internet domain names, with "sex.eu"
taking the prize for the most sought-after address on
the first day companies could apply.

http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060208-073435-6125r

Gmail goes the company domain way
Google is introducing a new service that will allow
organisations to use their own domain names as a
customised front end to Gmail. The service is expected
to be particularly popular with small to medium sized
business which have their own website and domain but
are not able to operate or afford a managed email
service of their own.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/83499/gmail-goes-the-company-domain-way.html

Cyber squatting hits four-year high
Illegal acts of cybersquatting where people abuse
trademarks or domain names are surging to their
highest level in over four years, The World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has warned.
 http://www.contractoruk.com/news/002512.html

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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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