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The substantive agenda of the first meeting of the
Internet Governance Forum
http://intgovforum.org/Summary%20of%20discussions.htm

Who Owns the Internet? by Tim Swanson
http://www.mises.org/story/2139

Why Don't GAC Representatives Follow Their Own
National Law? by Milton Mueller
http://www.circleid.com/posts/gac_representatives_national_law/

ITU Activities Related to IP-based networks,
management of internet domain names and addresses and
internet governance
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/ITU+Activities+Related+To+IPbased+Networks+Management+Of+Internet+Domain+Names+And+Addresses+And+Internet+Governance.aspx

Multilingual Internet Work Progresses
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Multilingual+Internet+Work+Progresses.aspx

The dot-xxx debacle by Lawrence Lessig
http://lessig.org/blog/archives/003390.shtml

30 mln .com domains registered monthly, 90% of them
dropped
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/index.php?p=10806

The end of legit .com registrations
http://www.ipwalk.com/general/show_news/id/22

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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The wealth of networks : how social production
transforms markets and freedom by Yochai Benkler
(527p)
Information, knowledge, and culture are central to
human freedom and human development. How they are
produced and exchanged in our society critically
affects the way we see the state of the world as it is
and might be; who decides these questions; and how we,
as societies and polities, come to understand what can
and ought to be done. For more than 150 years, modern
complex democracies have depended in large measure on
an industrial information economy for these basic
functions. In the past decade and a half, we have
begun to see a radical change in the organization of
information production. Enabled by technological
change, we are beginning to see a series of economic,
social, and cultural adaptations that make possible a
radical transformation of how we make the information
environment we occupy as autonomous individuals,
citizens, and members of cultural and social groups.
It seems passe? today to speak of ?the Internet
revolution.? In some academic circles, it is
positively nai?ve. But it should not be. The change
brought about by the networked information environment
is deep. It is structural. It goes to the very
foundations ofhow liberalmarkets and liberal
democracies have coevolved for almost two centuries.
http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks.pdf

jp: "Report of IPv6 Transition Field Trial" - towards
a ubiquitous network society -
In order to realize a ubiquitous network society where
everything and everyone will be interconnected by
enabling a smooth transition of the entire Internet
infrastructures from IPv4 to IPv6, MIC carried out
model verification experiments including verification
of effectiveness of IPv6 in various application
environments and reliability of the IPv4 - IPv6
transition models. MIC releases the report of IPv6
Transition Field Trial to the public.
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/Releases/Telecommunications/news060428_1.html

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GOVERNANCE
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The substantive agenda of the first meeting of the
Internet Governance Forum
Summary of the discussions and contributions: The
preparatory process for the Convening of the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) started a broad-based
discussion on the substantive agenda. This paper aims
to produce a short synthesis of the discussion as well
as the contributions posted on the IGF website
(http://www.intgovforum.org). It is an attempt to give
a cumulative overview of all statements and
contributions made with the aim of facilitating the
discussion at the next round of open consultations,
scheduled to be held in Geneva on 19 May 2006.
http://intgovforum.org/Summary%20of%20discussions.htm

uk: conference: The Struggle over Internet Governance:
Searching for Common Ground - 5/6 May 2005
Abstract: An invited group of international experts
with differing perspectives on Internet research,
policy and practice, including the Chairman and
Secretariat of the United Nation's recently created
Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), will be
invited to contribute to this OII?Berkman Center
forum. The aim is to help inform negotiations and
debates shaping the future governance, regulation and
use of the Internet. The event will start in the late
afternoon of 5th May with a panel discussion, followed
by a reception. Invited participants will convene on
6th May for a day-long roundtable discussion, which
will be followed by a closing dinner.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/collaboration/?rq=specialevents/20050505

eu: Commission seeks global partnership on Internet
governance, freedom of expression and the combat
against cyber-repression (news release)
To keep up the momentum of the successful World Summit
on Information Society, the European Commission has
set out today its priorities for implementing the
international policy commitments made at the Summit.
These priorities include safeguarding and
strengthening human rights, in particular the freedom
to receive and access information. Information and
communication technologies should be used to
contribute to open democratic societies and to
economic and social progress worldwide. The Commission
calls for continuing international talks to improve
Internet governance through the two new processes
created by the Summit: the multi-stakeholder Internet
Governance Forum and the mechanism of enhanced
cooperation that will involve all governments on an
equal footing.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/internationalrel/docs/wsis/i06_542.en.pdf

Who Owns the Internet? by Tim Swanson
Before you can answer who owns the Internet, you must
answer what the Internet is. Is it a jumble of random
wires and duct tape? Is it a software packet, a
computer, or a router? While some may argue that it is
one big snuff collection, in truth it is an
amalgamation, an assortment of heterogeneous computer
systems with varying capabilities linked together by
various protocols.
http://www.mises.org/story/2139

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Why Don't GAC Representatives Follow Their Own
National Law? by Milton Mueller
A few weeks ago ICANN?s domain name policy making
organ (the GNSO) decided that the purpose of Whois was
domain name coordination and not compulsory
surveillance of domain name registrants. The US and
Australian governments expressed their opposition.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/gac_representatives_national_law/

ITU Activities Related to IP-based networks,
management of internet domain names and addresses and
internet governance
Following a decision by ITU Council during Council
2006 held 19-28 April, the following documents are
available: Council Document 2006/04: ITU activities
related to Internet Protocol-based networks and
management of Internet domain names and addresses;
including activities related to Internet governance,
Addendum 1, Briefing Note.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/ITU+Activities+Related+To+IPbased+Networks+Management+Of+Internet+Domain+Names+And+Addresses+And+Internet+Governance.aspx

Multilingual Internet Work Progresses
At a recent Study Group 17 (SG17) meeting in Korea,
SG17 gave final approval to a Question on
Internationalized Domain Names that provides direction
and focus to ongoing work.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Multilingual+Internet+Work+Progresses.aspx

The dot-xxx debacle by Lawrence Lessig
The dot xxx debate has been back in the news recently,
and what I find unendingly puzzling is the sides
taken. From first principles, you?d except groups who
want it to be harder to get pornography on the
internet to want a .xxx domain ? followed by a law
(like this one, or stronger) ordering ISPs to block
porn sites that don?t move to the porn zone. That
would make it relatively easier to avoid randomly
running into porn on the internet.
http://lessig.org/blog/archives/003390.shtml

ICANN Posts Revised Version of Annual Operating Plan
ICANN today posted revised versions of the 2006-07
annual Operating Plan, comprised of projects to be
undertaken in order to achieve the goals set out in
ICANN's Strategic Plan. Feedback on the plan was
gathered during consultative sessions during the
Wellington meeting and thereafter in an online forum.
For reference, both redline and clean versions are
posted. ICANN is developing and will post an annual
operating budget in accordance with this plan.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-04may06.htm

30 mln .com domains registered monthly, 90% of them
dropped
Every month, around 30 mln .com domain names are
registered, but over 90% of these are never paid for,
ipWalk reports.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/index.php?p=10806

The end of legit .com registrations
GoDaddy.com founder and CEO, Bob Parsons, openly
attacked a growing trend he called the "add/drop
scheme", where millions of domain names are registered
but never paid for thanks to a loophole in the ICANN
regulations. Data from Ipwalk verifies that the
add/drop scheme, also known as domain tasting, has
reached alarming proportions and is continuing to
skyrocket. More than 90% of the .com domain names
added on any single day are part of the add/drop
scheme.
http://www.ipwalk.com/general/show_news/id/22

WIPO Carves Up the Internet (and the Broadcast
Spectrum)
Don't bother reading this unless the words "new
intellectual property right" and "the Internet" seem
important when put together, because it is a twisted
and complicated story. Even the key players are
struggling to figure out what is going on. But like a
lot of twisted and complicated things, it is
important.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/wipo-carves-up-the-intern_b_20336.html

PIR Welcomes New Worldwide Internet Leaders to the
.ORG Advisory Council
The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced today the
appointment of seven new Worldwide Advisory Council
members and a new representative from the ICANN
Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) to fill
expiring term open seats. 
http://www.circleid.com/posts/pir_worldwide_internet_leaders/
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/14779/

WorldCom.com Disappears from the Web
WorldCom.com has been taken offline, erasing the web's
last traces of the brand that became a symbol of white
collar crime and the largest bankruptcy in U.S.
history. The domains worldcom.com and worldcom.net
have been taken out of the DNS database, meaning
requests for those URLs return no response.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/05/03/worldcomcom_disappears_from_the_web.html

eu: Domain names applied for during Sunrise but for
which applications were rejected or have expired will
be made available again on June 7 (news release)
On June 7 the first set of domain names that were
applied for during Sunrise, but for which the
applications were rejected or have expired, will be
made available for registration again.
http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/domain-names-applied-for-during-sunrise-but-for-which-applications-were-rejected-or-have-expired-will-be-made-available-again-on-june-7

Updated RIPE Whois Database User Manual
We are pleased to announce the publication of an
updated RIPE Whois Database User Manual: Getting
Started The content has been revised and updated and
we have improved the wording to make it clearer.
http://ripe.net/db/news/db-start-200605.html

NRO ASO AC Selection of ICANN Board Member
At their May 3, 2006, meeting the ASO AC selected
David L. Wodelet to serve a three year term on the
ICANN Board of Directors.
http://nro.net/documents/nro36.html

European institutions' new Web identity to celebrate
Europe Day, 9 May
The European institutions' sites will start operating
under the ".eu" top level domain on 9 May 2006, Europe
Day. It means that they can now use this domain to
project their own web identity, as EU citizens have
been able to do since 7 April 2006. The institutions'
internet addresses will change to the ". eu" suffix as
of 9 May 2006.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/586&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

SITA Wants to Fly Non-Stop to Consumers by Bret
Fausett
SITA Letter to ICANN Board Chair Vint Cerf: "The
registrar community which has had limited experience
of serving the aviation community (with a business
model of a mass market, first come first served
philosophy) is not in a position to develop services
targeted to the specific needs of the aviation
community, at least not without substantial investment
and education. It is necessary, as part of making
.aero the most innovative and aviation responsive and
sensitive names space that it possibly can, that SITA
be able to distribute names directly in particular
circumstances."
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/5/4/1932509.html

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OTHER INTERNET NEWS
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World Press Freedom Day to be observed at United
Nations on 3 May (news release)
The United Nations Department of Public Information
(DPI) will observe World Press Freedom Day with an
event to take place on Wednesday, 3 May, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m., in Conference Room 1 at United Nations
Headquarters in New York.  The observance will be held
within the framework of this year?s annual session of
the Committee on Information.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/note6006.doc.htm

World Press Freedom Day: Our annual survey and new
list of predators
Reporters Without Borders presents its latest
worldwide survey (104 countries), in English, French
and Spanish. It also announces an updated list of 37
predators of press freedom.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17084

Net censorship spreads worldwide
Repressive regimes are using technology to stifle
online debate among citizens on every continent,
reveals a report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4973114.stm

Kid-Friendly Search Engines Filter Content
New search engine can prevent a child from
accidentally stumbling into a porn site or someplace
else that's too dicey for a parent's comfort level.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/06/AR2006050600159.html

us: N.Y. Lawmaker Sues Google Over Child Porn
A Long Island politician sued Google Inc. on Thursday
claiming the search engine leader is profiting from
illegal child pornography. Jeffrey Toback, a member of
the Nassau County Legislature, said Google has paid
links to Web sites containing pornography involving
minors.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050402022.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6069014.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/google-sued-over-child-porn-claims/2006/05/05/1146335905109.html

us: Hate groups use US Internet servers - report
Hate groups around the world, including Islamic
militants, often use Internet servers based in the
United States to send propaganda and instructions to
followers, a report has revealed.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1146799442575B223
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/05-05-2006/29a3000ffed2fa0f.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14505133.htm

Internet audience hits 694 million worldwide
Some 694 million people worldwide over age 15 are now
using the Internet, about 14 percent of the total
population in this age group
http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/internet-audience-hits-694-million-worldwide/2006/05/05/1146335896624.html

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