Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for
the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne
time on 24 March, 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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Senators renew call for .xxx domains
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6050973.html

au: Government orders spoof site shut

http://smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/17/1142098638843.html

nz: Expert Panel appointed to resolve .nz domain name
disputes
 http://dnc.org.nz/story/30252.html

Registrars urge rejection of VeriSign's .com deal

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/16/registrars_reject_verisign_contract/

VeriSign warns of new style DoS attacks

http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2152225/verisign-warns-style-dos

ICANN Mulls Defense Measures Against New Net Attacks

http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=42169

Timetable for Testing IDNS in Top-Level Domains
Announced

http://www.circleid.com/posts/timetable_for_testing_idns_top_level_domains/

ICANN Says China Not Transferring Domain Names Onto
Single Root

http://chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3699

Consequences of ICANN Board's .com Decision Are
'Far-Reaching and Permanent'
 http://www.sys-con.com/read/193889.htm

ICANN Posts Draft of Final Version of Strategic Plan

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-18mar06.htm

Perspective: The price to pay for Net stability
 http://news.com.com/2010-1034_3-6049896.html

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Borrowing from our Common Law Cousins: American and
British Influences on the Merger of Canadian Trademark
and Internet Domain Name Laws by VINCENT-JO?L PROULX
Abstract: This article posits that Canadian trademark
law is sufficiently circumscribed to regulate the
realm of Internet domain names. The overarching
purpose of its thesis aims to identify an inherent
compatibility between Canadian trademark law and the
Internet, while also clearly delineating the Canadian
legal framework vis-a-vis domain names. In shedding
light on this legal symbiosis, the article ventures
upon a comparative study of Canadian, US, and UK
jurisprudence, while also taking stock of certain
arbitral structures such as ICANN, in order to
highlight horizontal legal transplants that will have
direct incidence on Canadian online business. Among
the themes canvassed, particular emphasis is placed on
the ever-increasing extraterritoriality of US law in
this field, along with the acknowledgement that US
judicial precedents wield considerable influence over
Canadian intellectual property policy. As a corollary
to this proposition, deference to transboundary domain
name litigation and transnational law-derived
considerations also pervade the discussion. The
merging of Canadian trademark law and Internet domain
name regulation is ultimately actuated through the
extension of foundational trademark concepts, such as
confusion and passing off, to the Internet, along with
judicial pronouncements emanating from cognate common
law jurisdictions, which are conflated into a single,
overriding approach.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=884321

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GOVERNANCE
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Internet Governance Forum Advisory Group to be
Established
In light of the consultations on the convening of the
IGF, the United Nations Secretary-General will set up
a multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to assist him in
this task. The Group will consist of about forty
members, representing governments, private sector and
civil society and include members of the academic and
technical communities.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Internet+Governance+Forum+Advisory+Group+To+Be+Established.aspx

WSIS Action Line Consultation Meeting for C2:
Information and Communications Infrastructure
ITU hosted a consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line
C2 (Information and Communications Infrastructure) on
9 March 2006, from 2-5 pm, in Doha, Qatar, during the
ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference
2006 (WTDC-06). The meeting was chaired by ITU
Secretary-General, Yoshio Utsumi.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/WSIS+Action+Line+Consultation+Meeting+For+C2+Information+And+Communications+Infrastructure.aspx

Date set for global net body's first meeting
A date has been set for the first meeting of the IGF:
Monday 30 October to Thursday 2 November in Athens,
Greece.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/17/igf_date_set/

Proxima Reunion del IGF Advisory Group
El Grupo Asesor del Internet Governance Forum tendra
su proxima reuni?n en Ginebra, los d?as 22 y 23 de
Mayo proximos. Antes, el d?a 19, habra una consulta
sobre el IGF.

http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1235&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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Senators renew call for .xxx domains
Controversial plans to create an Internet red-light
district would be revived under a new U.S. Senate
proposal. On Thursday, two Senate Democrats, Mark
Pryor of Arkansas and Max Baucus of Montana,
introduced a bill called the "Cyber Safety for Kids
Act of 2006." The 11-page measure would require the
U.S. Department of Commerce to work with ICANN to
develop plans for a domain name system that would
house material deemed "harmful to minors."
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6050973.html
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6050973.html
 http://freespeechcoalition.com/quentinxxx.htm

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/put-all-porn-in-xxx-domain-us-senators/2006/03/17/1142098637437.html

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/03/17/WashingtonDCBureau/334933.html

http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/abc/20060318/12/tech/1594225.inp

http://americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=313255

http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/18/0315255

http://arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/03/17/WashingtonDCBureau/334933.html

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/03/17/montana/a07031706_01.txt

http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/03/18/newsstate/hjjdjgicjjgcih.txt
 http://www.nbc10.com/technology/8078922/detail.html
 http://www.ktvu.com/technology/8078922/detail.html
 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188163,00.html

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/16/news/state/15-porn-domain.txt

http://www.kark.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=6004

http://www.montanastandard.com/articles/2006/03/18/newsstate/hjjdjgicjjgcih.txt
 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002826866

au: Government orders spoof site shut
A spoof John Howard website that featured a soul
searching "apology" speech for the Iraq war has been
shut down under orders from the Australian Government.

http://smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/17/1142098638843.html
 http://p2pnet.net/story/8235

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/howard-spoof-site-vanishes/2006/03/16/1142098589270.html

au: Censorship in cyberspace?
Social commentator and author of satirical hoax
website www.johnhowardpm.org, Richard Neville,
circulated this update earlier today: It's funny; I'm
about as much threat to the state as smelly socks. And
yet something happened at 8pm on Tuesday night, Sydney
time, that gave me the shivers. Maybe it's a technical
problem, I kept telling myself, which is why I've
waited 36 hours before making it public. As most of
you who received my email on Monday now realise, JOHN
HOWARD'S SPEECH (a pdf of the disappeared page has
been posted on richardneville.com ? let's see how long
it lasts) was an act of satire and culture jamming.

http://crikey.com.au/articles/2006/03/16-1514-115.html

nz: Expert Panel appointed to resolve .nz domain name
disputes
Eight people, including three former High Court
judges, have been appointed to the Expert Panel which
will, from 1 June, determine disputes over .nz domain
name registrations.
 http://dnc.org.nz/story/30252.html

Registrars urge rejection of VeriSign's .com deal
Nineteen internet companies, including Network
Solutions, have asked ICANN?s Board of Directors to
reconsider a controversial agreement giving VeriSign
control of the .com top-level domain until 2012.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/16/registrars_reject_verisign_contract/
 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/16/164208

VeriSign warns of new style DoS attacks
VeriSign has warned against a new type of
denial-of-service attack that is much more powerful
than previous methods.

http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2152225/verisign-warns-style-dos

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39257938,00.htm

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2152225/verisign-warns-style-dos
 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8866

http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/New_denial_of_service_threat_emerges/0,2000061744,39246374,00.htm

http://www.betanews.com/article/VeriSign_Warns_of_New_DoS_Attacks/1142527421

ICANN Mulls Defense Measures Against New Net Attacks
"It's like they built a better bomb by having it
enriched," said Steve Crocker, who heads the security
committee for ICANN. Crocker said Internet-wide
weaknesses that made such attacks possible were "more
than simmering; it's at some level of a boil."

http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=42169

Internet panel to consider defenses against new
attacks
The Internet's primary oversight body will consider
defensive measures against a new variety of powerful
electronic attacks that can overwhelm Web sites and
disrupt e-mails by exploiting the computers that help
manage global Internet traffic.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/Internet/2006/03/17/1492913-ap.html

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1899941,00.html

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=317371

Timetable for Testing IDNS in Top-Level Domains
Announced
ICANN released today a statement outlining a proposal
by the President?s Committee on IDNs (co-chaired by
Hualin Qian, Mouhamet Diop and Paul Twomey) for a
timetable leading to the technical testing of IDNs at
the TLD level.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/timetable_for_testing_idns_top_level_domains/

Icann tests global domain names
Icann is to test Arabic, Chinese and other non-Roman
characters in domain names.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39157361,00.htm

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/icann-to-test-nonenglish-domain-names/2006/03/16/1142098568084.html
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=14180

http://infoworld.com/article/06/03/16/76527_HNinternationaldomains_1.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060316.gticannmar16/BNStory/Technology/home

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=14111

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/14107022.htm
 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1730068

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_ICANN_Domains.html

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/84834/icann-to-trial-international-characters-in-domain-names.html

ICANN Says China Not Transferring Domain Names Onto
Single Root
ICANN will start the trial testing of IDNs in the TLD
system, in the third quarter of 2006, Paul Twomey,
President and CEO of ICANN says.

http://chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3699

Consequences of ICANN Board's .com Decision Are
'Far-Reaching and Permanent'
"The failure to consider material information
concerning the potential adverse effects that the
settlement would have on competition is contrary to
ICANN's core values and would be harmful to
consumers," said 19 leading Internet companies in a
joint filing asking the Board of ICANN to reconsider a
decision about the future of the .com domain.
 http://www.sys-con.com/read/193889.htm

ICANN: Public Comment Period for Terms of Reference
for New PDP extended to 30 April
On 2 March 2006, the GNSO Council resolved to launch a
policy development process (PDP) on Policies for
contractual conditions for existing gTLDs.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar06.htm

ICANN Posts Draft of Final Version of Strategic Plan
Development of the July 2006 to June 2009 strategic
plan began at the ICANN meeting in Luxembourg in July
2005 and has included extensive consultation with the
community through small group workshops in English,
French and Spanish, workshops with Supporting
Organizations and Advisory committees, public forums
at ICANN meetings and public forums on the ICANN
website.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-18mar06.htm

Here's to the Crazy Ones.... by Bret Fausett
A group of registrars filed a new Request for
Reconsideration this week. It addresses ICANN's many
failures in openness, transparency, legitimacy, and
sound decision-making. It's well worth reading.
Registrars, it's also probably time you all got out of
your work rooms during the ICANN meetings and met some
important people in the community.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/16/1824631.html

Perspective: The price to pay for Net stability
There is lots of talk these days about Net
neutrality--whether Internet infrastructure companies,
such as Verizon Communications, should be able to
charge service providers, such as Yahoo, for use of
their networks.
 http://news.com.com/2010-1034_3-6049896.html

PNINA Starts Campaign Encouraging Registration Through
.PS Domain
The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority
(PNINA) has announced a special price cut campaign for
regsitering domain names within the Palestinian .PS
top-level-domain targeting only Palestinian
registrants starting March 1 to April 14, 2006.

http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=2762&lang=en

fi: Private persons applied for fi-domain names at a
steady pace
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority
(FICORA) began granting fi-domain names to private
persons on 1 March at 8.00 a.m.

http://www.ficora.fi/englanti/ajankoht/private0103.htm

jp: Total Number of JP Domain Name Registration
Reaches 800,000 (news release)
On March 2, 2006, JPRS announced that the accumulated
total of registered JP domain name as of March 1, 2006
exceeded 800,000, marking 801,997. The number of
registered Japanese JP domain name reached 118,450,
hitting a record high. This number of Japanese JP
domain name, which accounts for 15% of whole JP domain
name, is the second largest number of registered IDN
among the 248 ccTLDs worldwide next to .de (Germany),
tying for second place with .tw (Taiwan).
 http://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/060303.html

China.com sells sub domains
China.com is to franchise part of its web domain to
brands, countries and cities as part of a move to get
people to publish more information in Chinese.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39157286,00.htm

http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=11025&slug=INTERNET

.KR domain names to be forced to 2-nd level
Starting September, all Korean 2LD, such as .CO.KR,
.OR.KR, .GO.KR and others will be covered by .KR
names.

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=7867&mhnews_page=1

ca: CIRA's Public Letter to ICANN by Michael Geist
Late this afternoon, the Canadian Internet
Registration Authority issued an important public
letter to ICANN. As a CIRA board member for the past
five years, I'm particularly proud of this letter as
the organization has publicly called on ICANN to
follow accountable, transparent, and fair processes.

http://michaelgeist.ca/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,1167/Itemid,85/nsub,/

ca: The new cybersquatting: What'$ in a name
Ottawa's Pool.com rose to the top in its novel, arcane
and lucrative field -- snatching and selling expired
Internet domain names

http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=e8c50ede-f3ae-4c7a-8cae-c56bfd65338f&k=30170

IRU to Promote .travel Internet Domains for Bus, Coach
and Taxi Business
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and
Tralliance Corporation, the Registry for the new
.travel Internet Domain, today signed a landmark
agreement to provide authentication for bus, coach and
taxi operators wishing to promote their services
through .travel. Under the agreement, the IRU, in
cooperation with its Member Associations throughout
the world, will review and confirm the eligibility of
bus, coach and taxi companies, who apply for a .travel
domain name.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/iru_to_promote_travel_internet_domains/

es: Number of '.es' domain names rises to 298,600 (sub
req'd)

http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=121260&nr=

uk: What does Pipex have in the pipeline?
The controversial change to the structure of Nominet
is defeated, prompting speculation as to the reasons
behind members' votes

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2090895,00.html

uk: Community group are stunned as web page turns into
a porn site
A LOCAL community group have warned people to be on
the lookout for internet hackers, after their own
webpage was turned into a sleazy porn site.

http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/news/rutherglennews/tm_objectid=16822277&method=full&siteid=50144&headline=community-group-are-stunned-as-web-page-turns-into-a-porn-site-name_page.html

Wine domain names shoot up in value
Wine web domains have surged in value in recent months
according to experts. Website winedomains.com reports
that since December 2005, web domains such as
cabernetsauvignon.com, redwines.com, and
organicwine.com have sold for five-figure sums.
WineList.com sold for US$21,255.
 http://www.decanter.com/news/81744.html

Internet.bs Offers New .eu Domain Names
Customers can register .eu domains with no
pre-registration fees and do not have to wait till the
.eu domains go public on April 7, 2006.

http://webhosting.info/news/1/internet.bs-offers-new-.eu-domain-names_0317062411.htm

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

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