Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the most recent edition of the domain news, already live online! The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ au: Govt opposes adult internet domain http://theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-opposes-adult-internet-domain/2006/04/15/1144521529649.html Internet agency considers domain name to organize contacts http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-04-14-tel-name_x.htm Fighting Over the Scraps from ICANN's Table by Wendy Seltzer http://www.circleid.com/posts/fighting_over_scraps_icann_table/ *********** GOVERNANCE *********** Global Alliance for ICT and Development Launched (news release) The mission of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development will be to facilitate and promote such integration by providing a platform for an open, inclusive, multi-stakeholder cross-sectoral dialogue on the role of ICT in development. It will thus contribute to linking the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society with the broader United Nations development agenda. http://unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1585 **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** au: Govt opposes adult internet domain The federal government has written to the international internet domain name body to protest against moves by a United States company to establish the adult content domain .xxx. http://theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-opposes-adult-internet-domain/2006/04/15/1144521529649.html http://smh.com.au/news/technology/coonan-moves-to-block-adult-internet-domain/2006/04/14/1144521508885.html http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Feds_oppose_adult_Internet_domain/0,2000061744,39252126,00.htm 1,5 million .eu registrations in less than a week (news release) In less than a week from the general launch .eu has approximately 1.5 million domain names registered. This is in addition to all the applications made during the Sunrise phase which still await validation before they are activated. http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/1-5-million-eu-registrations-in-less-than-a-week EU Domain Outgrows BIZ A report issued Thursday by Internet researcher Ipwalk (ipwalk.com) said that the .eu domain had quickly outgrown the established top-level domain .biz in the time since its land rush period began last Friday. http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/041306_EU_Domain_Outgrows_BIZ.cfm Germans lead the charge to register .eu domain names Since Friday, any of the European Union's 450 million citizens can register a new .eu domain name. Though the Brussels-based European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid) did not expect to be trampled in the stampede, it received 350,000 pre-registration applications and a further 560,000 on the first day - making .eu bigger than many small country domains, though still behind the 4.8m permutations of .uk, or the 10m .com domains. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1752266,00.html Black helicopters circle .eu domain Letters Black helicopters have been circling this week over the .eu domain landrush. The TLD has just been made available to the unwashed masses after a sunrise period for companies and organisations to stake their legitimate claims. Naturally, it's all gone titsup: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/13/letters/ Character Change for Chile Domain Name Provider NIC Chile (Chile's domain name provider), the only one in Latin America to have it's own domain name extension (.cl), has, in the latest months, played it's best cards. http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=4&no=285327&rel_no=1 Internet agency considers domain name to organize contacts Reaching out and touching someone used to be as simple as dialing a string of numbers. But now there are home, cell and work phone numbers from which to choose, and sometimes work extensions to remember. There are also e-mail addresses ? at home and at work ? and instant messaging handles, perhaps separate ones for the various services, some of which now do voice and video besides text. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-04-14-tel-name_x.htm http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONTACT_DOMAIN_NAME http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041400906.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1845702 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12318552/ http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060415/BUSINESS/604150313/ http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060417/BIZ04/604170303/ http://www.startribune.com/789/story/372896.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/14/financial/f105858D07.DTL http://thevictoriaadvocate.com/24hour/technology/story/3260464p-12042798c.html http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/orl-domain1606apr16,0,1446400.story http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060415/NEWS/604150384/ us: Web site name fuels election talk A Republican state representative who worked for Tim Pawlenty's 2002 gubernatorial campaign has purchased the online domain name mccain-pawlenty.com, with his eyes trained not on Pawlenty's re-election bid this year but on 2008. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/14349945.htm http://www.startribune.com/587/story/372220.html http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=123119 http://wcco.com/politics/local_story_104172236.html ICANN: GNSO Council Election for ICANN Board Seat 14 - April - May 2006 http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16apr06.htm cn: China starts .mobi domain name registration Beijing Xin Wang Hu Lian Technologies Ltd. announced its launch of the .mobi domain name registration service. http://www.interfax.com/4/147823/news.aspx us: Squatters Snap Up All Idol Names American Idol finalists may be coached about how to look and sound good, but nobody's advising them to claim their own little corner of cyberspace before becoming famous. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,70648-0.html Fighting Over the Scraps from ICANN's Table by Wendy Seltzer I?ve finally recovered from another ICANN meeting, frustrated as ever. 700 or so people flew halfway around the world to hear canned presentations, dueling-monologue public form sessions, and resolutions that left major issues unresolved, and to gripe in the hallways about how little was being done. http://www.circleid.com/posts/fighting_over_scraps_icann_table/ Out of Court Settlement Procedure Introduced for ".es" Domain Name Conflicts (reg req'd) The out-of-court conflict settlement procedure for domain names bearing the country code for Spain ".es", for which a regulation was approved on 8 November 2005 by the Director General of the public business entity "Red.es", has recently come into operation. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=38982&email_access=on Domain Names Worth Their Weight in Gold Again "So far in 2006 domain name on.com fetched $635,000, Macau.com was sold for $550,000, blue.com was sold for half a million, and Jasmin.com was bought for $310,000. http://slashdot.org/articles/06/04/15/0132242.shtml http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060414/tc_usatoday/sellersofinternetaddressessurfforandgetsomebigpayoffs eu: Many takers for EU Internet domain suffix Hundreds of thousands of Europeans have rushed to sign up for .eu ('dot-EU') Internet domain suffixes today, the first day for registrations by individuals. http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=europa&article=352925&lng=1&PHPSESSID=8e68ed90632a51798d76f49afecd1fa0 New .EU Domain Name System Irks U.S. Firm An American company's charge that cheating went on during the rush for new .eu domains is flat out wrong, the European registry responsible for handing out the names countered Tuesday. http://internetweek.cmp.com/news/185300494;jsessionid=YBEMVXFAC1MBKQSNDBOCKHSCJUMEKJVN http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/185300338;jsessionid=EDXUAS0NCOCYIQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN Europe's domain registry hijacked, says GoDaddy The registry for the new .eu domain has grown to 1.4 million web addresses since Friday morning ? but one registrar has accused the group that runs it of inept organisation, allowing companies to cheat the system by setting up bogus registrars to work on their behalf. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/524E11BAA695AFADCC25714E006481AD http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=31608 http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=20116 http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=14349 http://www.techzonez.com/comments.php?shownews=17787 http://www.out-law.com/page-6838 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2006 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.comReceived on Wed Apr 19 2006 - 14:34:47 UTC
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