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The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ First World Information Society Day focuses on WSIS implementation (news release) http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2006/07.html Neutrality of the Net http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/132 us: Tom Cruise sues for TomCruise.com http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/09/tom_cruise_domain/ Plan for Adult Area Sparks a Fight On Control of Web http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114722804052548561.html Number Of .CN Domain Names To Surpass .COM Domain Names In China In 2006 http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/61563_0_5_0_M/ Final .eu Sunrise decisions expected soon http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=629612&ISS=21869&LS=EMS73991 Web sites invest in domain names http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-sites0508,0,2026900.story ***************** GOVERNANCE ***************** First World Information Society Day focuses on WSIS implementation (news release) The first World Information Society Day will be commemorated on 17 May 2006 to mark the inception of the International Telecommunication Union in 1865, over 140 years ago. On this important occasion, the first ITU World Information Society Award will be presented to two distinguished and eminent personalities whose outstanding personal contributions have furthered the cause of building a more inclusive and equitable Information Society and helped close the digital divide. The inaugural ITU Award will be given to President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and Professor Muhammad Yunus, Managing Director of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh. http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2006/07.html Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It The lecture, Professor Jonathan Zittrain's Inaugural Lecture for Oxford University, will propose a theory about what lies around the corner for the Internet, how to avoid it, and how to study and affect the future of the internet using the distributed power of the network itself, using privacy as a signal example. http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20060411_141 Neutrality of the Net Net Neutrality is an international issue. In some countries it is addressed better than others. (In France, for example, I understand that the layers are separated, and my colleague in Paris attributes getting 24Mb/s net, a phone with free international dialing and digital TV for 30euros/month to the resulting competition.) In the US, there have been threats to the concept, and a wide discussion about what to do. That is why, though I have written and spoken on this many times, I blog about it now. http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/132 Internet Governance ? A Framework WSIS to IGF, and beyond by David Allen Abstract: Here we investigate a framework for the world?s Internet governance regime. This framework combines what are ordinarily considered to be two opposites: stability, on the one side; and innovation, on the other. Regimes from around the world serve as examples. Ultimately, we apply some lessons learned to the new Internet Governance Forum, also to expansion of participation in UN affairs, and finally of course to ?Net governance itself. What do we hope you ?take away? from this? That you will begin to ?think across time? in this policy question; that you will be prepared to deal with the reality of human behavior, apparently hard wired into us; and that you can be receptive to innovations in theory ? in other words, to internalize a framework that describes how already you live your daily life. http://davidallen.org/papers/Internet_Governance-the_paper-A4.pdf ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** Plan for Adult Area Sparks a Fight On Control of Web Stuart Lawley wants to create a new Internet neighborhood for the adult-entertainment industry: dot-xxx. The 43-year-old British entrepreneur believes the new three-letter ending for Web-site addresses would help protect children from online pornography, by making it easier to filter such material. He also hopes to make a pile of money by collecting fees for registering dot-xxx sites. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114722804052548561.html http://www.circleid.com/posts/triple_x_will_someone_intervene/ ICANN Response to GAC Communique and Recent Communication ICANN has posted responses to recent GAC communications concerning the proposed .XXX TLD. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-08may06.htm Number Of .CN Domain Names To Surpass .COM Domain Names In China In 2006 China has registered 1.1 million .CN domain names since 1994, compared with 1.2 million .COM domain names, according to comments by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) assistant director Liu Zhijiang quoted by China Youth Daily. http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/61563_0_5_0_M/ Final .eu Sunrise decisions expected soon Trademark owners who applied for .eu domain names during the Sunrise period should know within the next six weeks whether they have successfully obtained their desired domains http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=629612&ISS=21869&LS=EMS73991 Web sites invest in domain names The Web site www.flashgames.com has no staff, spends no money on marketing and despite its name, offers no games. All it offers is a list of links to other game sites. http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-sites0508,0,2026900.story us: Tom Cruise sues for TomCruise.com Scientologist Tom Cruise has taken the owner of TomCruise.com to domain name arbitrator WIPO to win it back. The Hollywood star, and lead of recently released Mission Impossible III, is a bit slow off the mark - the domain was registered in November 1996, and other super-celebs have been going to WIPO for years trying to win back their namesake domains. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/09/tom_cruise_domain/ us: Domain names become premium Web real estate Everyone should have Amy Schrier's problem. For six months, she resisted selling the domain name Blue.com for $200,000. Using a formula she devised to fetch the highest market value for domain names, Schrier eventually convinced a private party that Blue.com was worth $500,000. Since the name was sold in March, its site now includes links to sexual material and airfare ads. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-05-09-domainers_x.htm Catch them in the net (reg req'd) Fighting cybersquatters has become easier for trademark owners thanks to increased harmonization of laws and the emergence of dispute resolution systems such as the UDRP. But has harmonization gone far enough? What new issues do trademark owners face and how can they best overcome them? http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&pubID=198&SID=629700&ISS=21869&LS=EMS74082 Domain name disputes on the rise (reg req'd) WIPO has received 616 cases under the UDRP so far this year, continuing the upward trend in cybersquatting disputes. In 2005, there were 1,456 cases at WIPO but it looks likely that 2006 will top that figure http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=629694&ISS=21869&LS=EMS74082 Trade mark turf wars Brands which shared the same names used to rub along happily enough together, but, as the Apple v Apple case shows, technology is pushing companies into trade mark turf wars. ... Disputes really stepped up a gear with the advent of the internet. The use of domain names has led to turf wars between the owners of trade marks that previously had happily co-existed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4754357.stm Bid to boost Spanish domain names (sub req'd) http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=126804&nr= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Dating: It's free to join and check out our great singles! http://www.yahoo7.com.au/personalsReceived on Sun May 14 2006 - 13:50:30 UTC
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