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The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Talk dull but deep for Icann http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711089a28,00.html Property boom shifts online http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/06/26/1151174111335.html The Internet's CEO signs up for three more years http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/26/twomey_new_contract/ FTC Issues Statement on Whois Databases (news release) http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/06/icann.htm Whois data a key weapon in fraud fight, FTC says http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6088651.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6088651.html Germany registers 10 millionth .de domain http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/denic_ten_million_domains/ ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ICANN Opens 26th International Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco The ICANN announcement lists some of the highlights of the meeting in Morocco including Developments in the area of IDNs, A public meeting of the Security, Stability and Advisory Committee (SSAC) to discuss the consequences of domain name registration lapses in situations where another person registers a lapsed domain, and a workshop on the committee's ongoing work to ensure the DNS is protected from certain types of attacks and Several meetings of ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), including a meeting to discuss government perspectives on the public policy aspects of the WHOIS database and an open plenary session during which the GAC and ICANN Board members will participate in open dialogue on current issues. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-25jun06.htm Talk dull but deep for Icann With a web domain for pornography effectively off the agenda, next week's meeting of the Internet's governing body, Icann, will deal with drier but meatier issues such as the future of the organisation. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711089a28,00.html Property boom shifts online The real estate boom isn't over - it has simply shifted online with market speculators now buying, selling and renting virtual properties. The practise of "domaining" may not be new, but it has recently evolved in such a dramatic fashion that it will form one of the key discussions points at a high-level internet conference in Marrakesh this week. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/06/26/1151174111335.html The Internet's CEO signs up for three more years Paul Twomey has signed a three-year extension to his employment contract it was announced this morning in Marrakech. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/26/twomey_new_contract/ FTC Issues Statement on Whois Databases (news release) The Federal Trade Commission today told a meeting of ICANN that access to the Whois databases is ?critical to the agency?s consumer protection laws, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.? Whois databases are online information directories that contain contact information about website operators. Access to the databases is in question because one of ICANN?s advisory bodies recommended limiting access to Whois data to ?technical purposes only.? http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/06/icann.htm FTC Issues Statement on Whois Databases A recent statement released by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission emphasized that the Whois databases should be kept ?open, transparent, and accessible,? allowing agencies like the FTC to protect consumers and consumers to protect themselves. http://www.circleid.com/posts/ftc_issues_statement_whois_databases/ Whois data a key weapon in fraud fight, FTC says The Federal Trade Commission has made a pitch for open access to Whois, saying the databases are a key weapon in its fight against spyware and other Internet fraud. http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6088651.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6088651.html Anti-ICANN Groups Spam The US Department of Commerce Spam Groups who despise ICANN have organized an email campaign to let the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) know what they think of its continuing effort to privatize coordination and management of Internet Domain Names and DNS. So how's it going? Email Battles shows how the mysterious power of the Web reveals all. http://www.osopinion.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7870&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 nz: Driver refuses to talk after deadly crash A driver involved in a two-car crash in Lower Hutt on Friday night that killed three members of the same family and a family friend has refused to talk to police about the incident. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711559a11,00.html http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711619a10,00.html http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711786a10,00.html http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711559a10,00.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10388345 http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-24jun06.htm Germany registers 10 millionth .de domain Germany has registered its 10 millionth domain name, making the .de top-level domain the second largest in the world following dotcom. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/denic_ten_million_domains/ http://webhosting.info/news/1/denic-registers-ten-millionth-.de-domain-name_0627064826.htm Ten Million .de Domains Registered at DENIC (news release) On Monday, June 26, 2006, DENIC, the German domain administrator, processed the ten millionth application for a .de domain. This makes .de the second Top Level Domain, after .com, to pass the hurdle of ten million registered domains. The holder of the jubilee domain, huettenberger-case-fabrik.de, is a manufacturer of transport cases from Linden, a small town in the vicinity of Frankfurt. http://www.denic.de/en/denic/presse/press_77.html French registrar signs up 37,000 personal .fr domain names (sub req'd) http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=132815&nr= ICANN: .BIZ, .INFO and .ORG Proposed Agreements Posted for Public Information Following the receipt of letters from Afilias, NeuStar and PIR earlier today, ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf requested the posting of the proposed agreements for public information. The ICANN Board has not yet reviewed these proposed agreements, and will consider posting these agreements for a public comment period of no less than 21 days at an upcoming Board Meeting. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-27jun06.htm ICANN: gTLD Registries Request Posting of Proposed Agreements Afilias (.INFO), NeuLevel (.BIZ) and PIR (.ORG) have formally requested that proposed renewal registry agreements be posted for public review and comment. Their letters are posted. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-27jun06.htm ICANN Nominating Committee Holds Workshop in Marrakech The Nominating Committee needs your help finding the best people to serve ICANN. For answers to your questions about the Nominating Committee process, please view the webcast of the Marrakech workshop on Thursday 29 June 2006 at 14:00-15:00 UTC. For information on the webcast, see Webcast and Remote Participation Information at http://www.icann.org/meetings/marrakech/ . http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-25jun06.htm ICANN Calls for Proposals to Host 2007 Meetings ICANN is actively soliciting proposals from organizations seeking to host ICANN Meetings in 2007. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-25jun06.htm rw: Country to Get Internet Domain Rwanda is going to be among the few countries in the world that will be offering free registration for an Internet Domain name to her citizens, The New Times has established. According to Dr. Raphael Mmasi, the Director of National Computing Centre in the Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA), the Country Code Top Level Domain (CCTLD) is still managed by an individual, Fredrick Gregory http://allafrica.com/stories/200606260297.html Sedo Introduces Financing Programs for High-Value Domain Name Purchases (news release) World's Largest Domain Name Marketplace Partners with Domain Capital to Deliver Domain Financing for Purchases of more than $10,000 http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=16144 Challenges to gripe Web sites produce inconsistent results The answer depends upon what you put on your Web site. Unfortunately, because court decisions in this area are contradictory, it also depends on what court tries your case. http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149188743293 UK snapping up .eu domain names The UK has the second highest uptake of the new .eu domain name suffix in Europe, according to new research with 19% of all .eu registrations in Europe to date. http://www.bl4london.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewItem&intItemID=4837 ICANN Opens 26th International Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco (news release) ICANN?s 26th International meeting officially opens in Marrakech, Morocco today. The meeting, which runs until June 30th, sees stakeholders from the technical community, business and government and civil society, participate in over 30 meetings and workshops. They will discuss the most important issues relating to the ongoing stability, security and growth of the Internet. These meetings constitute an essential part of ICANN?s global consensus-development and outreach efforts. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_meeting_in_marrakech_morocco/ http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=16311 Verisign Receives Subpoena Relating to Stock Option Backdating By George Kirikos VeriSign has reported that they are cooperating with a grand jury subpoena and a SEC inquiry into their historical stock option grants. More can be found here. Backdating of options is essentially a fraud against existing shareholders, as noted in the press or simply searching Google for "backdating fraud". Under the existing 2001 .com Registry Agreement, section 16.C would allow for termination of the agreement by ICANN in the event that VeriSign "is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or other serious offense related to financial activities... ??? http://www.circleid.com/posts/verisign_receives_subpoena/ Microsoft Choking Domain Parking Business Practices? In a follow up to Microsoft's Strider URL Tracer tool released a few months ago, SecurityFocus is running an article which takes a closer look at how Microsoft's free Strider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol is aimed at fighting typo-squatters and domain parking abuse. From the article: "In most cases, the typo domain is not even selling a product or service itself. The typo domain makes its money from syndicated advertising such as Google's AdSense program. The typo-squatter simply parks the domain and the only content on the site ends up being the ads served from a syndicated advertising program. http://www.circleid.com/posts/microsoft_on_domain_parking_business_practices/ Twomey The Register reports ICANN has extended Dr. Paul Twomey's contract for two years with a third year option http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1840202&mode=flat Blackjack.de Rakes in $300,000 Pot in Week's Biggest Domain Sale Blackjack.de sold for a whopping $300,000 this week at NameDrive.com (the biggest sale to date in that company's Park & Sell program) to easily top our new Top 20 chart. That was one of three impressive .de sales that hit the top half of the Big Board http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales06_27_06.htm Six Figure Sale of CreditCare.com and Highest .US Sale Ever Reported Headline Continuing Surge in Domain Business Business is supposed to slow down in the summer, but you wouldn't know it from the ongoing boom in the domain market. Still another six-figure sale headlines our latest Top 20 chart, this one coming from GreatDomains where CreditCare.com commanded $125,000. The same venue also posted the second biggest .net sale of the year, ringing up $56,500 for Bingo.net. Only Sex.net was higher, going for $454,500 last month. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2006/domainsales07_04_06.htm Domain Roundtable: Highlights From a Landmark Gathering of Industry Leaders in the Pacific Northwest The organizers of the 2006 Domain Roundtable Conference (held in Bellevue, Washington April 19-21) faced a difficult challenge when they started putting together a sequel to the successful debut show they staged last year in Seattle. In business, it has been said that if you are not growing you are dying. With that in mind, executives from conference host Name Intelligence, Inc. knew they would have to pull out all of the stops to surpass the level of excellence they reached last year. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/may-drt.htm Stick 'em Up! Self Defense Against Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Many people and / or small organizations create websites strictly to share information, to advertise their non-profit services, to advertise their small craft projects, or to voice their political or religious ideas. They will agonize over choosing the most appropriate domain name that accurately defines their small company, or they may merely register their current name or nick-name, or an acronym of their company?s trade name or a shortened version a trade name. However the process, they may register a domain that causes a representative of a corporate entity to send a demand letter advising them to cease and desist using this prized domain name. http://www.dnjournal.com/legal/sl_reverse_hijacking.htm Domain Names, Trademarks and the Dispute Domain names and trademarks are related, but the rights derived from each are very different. Trademark rights flow from use of a mark for goods or services in interstate commerce or within a state?s boundary. Domain name rights are derived by way of a domain name owner?s contract with a registrar. Although a trademark owner has common law, federal or state rights to particular terms that constitutes their mark or trade name, it does not necessarily translate that this owner, above all others, have rights to a domain name consisting of the trademark owners terms. http://www.dnjournal.com/legal/sl_domains_trademarks.htm ****************** OTHER INERNET NEWS ****************** us: Online Effort Is Planned Against Child Pornography http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/technology/27porn.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6088259.html http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19615452%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/isps_illegal_image_crackdown/ au: Long wait for porn filters IT will be six months before families can obtain a free filter to block offensive material on home computers. The technology is, however, available at cost price from internet service providers under an existing child protection scheme. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19600685%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html nz: Mobile watershed dropped The Telecommunications Carriers Forum has approved a content code for mobile carriers, but without a controversial proposal to allow mobile companies to show restricted content after a "watershed" time, as applies to TV broadcasts. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3711099a28,00.html uk: Child porn convictions to be reported to banks Police will be able to pass details of child pornography offenders on to banks so that offenders' credit cards can be revoked. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/27/child_convictions_passed_to_banks/ http://www.out-law.com/page-7039 ca: Big Brother watching you surf? One of Canada's largest Internet service providers is warning its customers that Big Brother is lurking on-line, with the federal government expected to revive an Internet surveillance bill. If the legislation is reintroduced, it could allow police unfettered access to personal information without a warrant, experts warn. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060627.gtsecurity0627/BNStory/Technology/home uk: Child porn control goes too far, says privacy chief The Information Commissioner advised the Home Office against a key measure of its recent Data Protection Act amendment giving banks the power to administer an account without the knowledge of the account holders. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/child_convictions_passed_to_banks/ http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=7042 Spam once again on the rise Spam is again on the rise, led by a flood of junk images that spammers have crafted over the past few months to trick e-mail filters, according to security vendors. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001482 au: Social isolation linked to web The internet may be contributing to a long term decline in the social networks in the US, according to to a study that reveals fewer close ties are now shared with family and friends than twenty years ago. http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/social-isolation-linked-to-web/2006/06/26/1151174125631.html eu: Microsoft faces ?2 million daily fine EU antitrust authorities plan to recommend that Microsoft pay as much as ?2 million for every day that it failed to disclose information about Windows to its competitors. http://iht.com/articles/2006/06/26/yourmoney/msft.php au: Broadband in Australia - Enter the fast lane Much has been made of Australia's woeful performance in broadband in terms of population penetration and average speed compared with other countries. Less considered is the effect that faster broadband will have on companies and industries, and what might happen if it arrives here sooner than expected. As BRW's news editor, Stuart Washington, writes in this week's Cover Story: "Australia is on the edge of a broadband shift that will shake industries to their foundations ... It is clear that most Australian households will have access to reasonably cheap high-speed broadband within months rather than years." http://brw.com.au/freearticle.aspx?relId=20178 nz: Kiwi Telecom to split retail and wholesale operations Telecom New Zealand (Telecom) has announced plans to create an "independent wholesale operation" in a bid to promote telecoms competition. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/27/telecom_nz/ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10388664 http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4771/127/ au: Mixed signals from 3G survey More Australians are becoming aware of third generation or 3G mobile phone technology, but fewer are considering using it. http://www.smh.com.au/news/mobiles--handhelds/mixed-signals-from-3g-survey/2006/06/28/1151174247827.html uk/eu: Convergence, IP telephony markets see big growth UK convergence and IP telephony resellers grew 23 per cent last year, more than double the growth rate achieved by the sector as a whole, reports IT Europa. http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=16295 us: Next-Generation Internet Not Guaranteed If Congress and other lawmakers decide to treat the Internet like telecommunications by passing net neutrality regulations, disallowing the reform of barriers to entry in cable and allowing for government-run muni WiFi, then Netizens should brace for the worst. The Internet, as we know it, will be over. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/51297.html au: VoIP needs in-house staff, warns school Melbourne Grammar School's (MGS) IT director has warned organisations examining Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony not to underestimate the value of allocating in-house staff to the project. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/VoIP_needs_in_house_staff_warns_school/0,2000061791,39261328,00.htm MySpace Receives More Pressure To Limit Children's Access to Site MySpace.com came under pressure yesterday to take further steps to limit children's access to the site. At a conference on Internet safety, the attorneys general from two states challenged assertions by a MySpace executive who argued that there was no way for the Web site to verify the ages of people signing up for membership. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115102268445288250-4bj1FYNPJ2VLtZt_O0cs42L148M_20060722.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062001768.html MySpace tightens age restrictions MySpace.com plans to introduce restrictions on how adults contact teenagers on the site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5101942.stm http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/myspace-to-curb-access-to-youths/2006/06/21/1150845227645.html uk: Film censor wants internet power The UK film censor wants to control and classify films on the internet. The British Board of Film Classification has said that it would like to give web-delivered films certificates in the same manner as it does for cinema and DVD releases. http://www.out-law.com/page-7030 au: Net filters shield kids from porn Debra Ferguson does not want her three teenage boys tempted by Internet porn. The Goonellabah mother, and Baptist, is looking forward to getting free computer software that will screen out sites with adult material on her family?s computer. http://northernstar.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3689692 au: Govt plan to protect kids on the net Families will be offered free filter programs for their home computer under a $117 million federal government plan to protect children from internet predators and pornography. http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-plan-to-protect-kids-on-the-net/2006/06/21/1150845224040.html http://www.bloggernews.net/2006/06/australian-government-to-provide.html http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19542040%5E15343%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15317,00.html http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4710/127/ Free PC filters move to fight porn THE Federal Government has offered free pornography filters for home computers as it moves to shore up its political heartland with a pitch to families. http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/free-pc-filters-to-fight-porn/2006/06/21/1150845243668.html http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/free-software-to-trap-internet-nasties/2006/06/21/1150845247846.html http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19549186-2702,00.html http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39276719,00.htm http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6086259.html us: NY lawmaker drops suit claiming Google profits from child porn A suburban politician has dropped a federal lawsuit that had claimed the search engine company Google Inc. profits from child pornography. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/22/financial/f141101D58.DTL http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-google-porn-suit,0,1980334.story http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_PORN_SUIT au: Tough Stance on Spam a Success Australia has dropped from 10th to 23rd on the list of worldwide sources of spam, according to a report tabled in parliament today. http://www.smarthousenews.com.au/Computing/Industry?Article=/Computing/Industry/W2R4J4C3 au: Spam Act review lauds anti-spam success Estimates that up to 80 percent of all e-mails are now spam show the problem hasn't gone away, but self-congratulation was still prominent as the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) handed down its first report on the Spam Act 2003. http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Spam_Act_review_lauds_anti_spam_success/0,2000061744,39260887,00.htm au: Broadband hits 3m AUSTRALIA now has more than 3 million broadband internet services, up 78 per cent on the 1.8 million recorded in March 2005. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19562964%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Broadband_hits_three_million_connections/0,2000061791,39260890,00.htm eu: The e-society in 2005 - More than a third of EU25 population have no basic computer skills In the EU25, in 2005, 37% of people aged between 16 and 74 had no basic computer skills. This percentage was slightly higher for women (39%) than for men (34%). Among Member States for which data are available, the survey showed notable differences between countries. Large differences also existed between age groups and between different education levels. http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/06/83&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en au: Why every Australian family needs the internet IMAGINE a country where the children of poor families are denied textbooks at home. Where they can't look up words in a dictionary or the latest facts and figures in an encyclopedia. Where children of the rich have access to the best libraries and the best education, while others are excluded. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/06/23/1150845378898.html Korea plans to leap into 4G Long after most Asian countries implement their 3G networks, South Korea would already be implementing 4G, a technology that virtually connects all network devices including mobile phones and can deliver up to 100 megabits of bandwidth in a wireless environment. http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=79960 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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