[DNS] auDA domain name news - 25 March

From: David Goldstein <david> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:56:23 +1100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:11 UTC

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Senior Executive Roundtable with ISPs and Telecoms by Fadi Chehad?
<http://blog.icann.org/2013/03/senior-executive-roundtable-with-isps-and-telecoms/>

Notice of auDA Extraordinary General Meeting
<http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-22032013/>

ICANN Announces First 27 gTLDs Pass Evaluation
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/03/23/icann-first-gtlds-pass-evaluation/>

ICANN to adopt most of the new gTLD ?strawman?
<http://domainincite.com/12334-icann-to-adopt-most-of-the-new-gtld-strawman>

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Google's Eric Schmidt warns on China's attempts to control the internet
Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has described China as "the most egregious" example of a nation attempting to control the internet, as he hinted at expanding the company's multimillion-pound transition fund towards British publishers to boost revenues from digital.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/21/google-eric-schmidt-china-warning>

in: Internet can't be governed: Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal, minister of communications and IT, said that internet was a necessity in India and an important medium that gave a chance to people to be heard.
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Internet-cant-be-governed-Kapil-Sibal/articleshow/19105098.cms>

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Initial Evaluation Results Released for First Set of Applications
Today marks a major milestone in the New gTLD Program: Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the first set of new gTLD applications have been released to applicants and the general public.
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-22mar13-en>

IDN Variant TLD Program ? Conclusion of Third Phase
The IDN Variant TLD Program continues to progress towards a future secure and stable delegation of IDN variant TLDs. We are announcing today the conclusion of the third (out of four) phase of the Program with the publication of two reports: the IDN Root Label Generation Rules (LGR) Procedure, and the User Experience Study for Active Variant TLDs.
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-21mar13-en.htm>

New gTLD Sessions Planned for Beijing
The New gTLD Program continues to move forward. Release of Initial Evaluation results will begin this week and the Trademark Clearinghouse will launch on 26 March. Below is a list of all ICANN staff-led new gTLD related sessions planned for Beijing:
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-21mar13-en.htm>
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-21mar13-en>

Composition of the Meeting Strategy Working Group (MSWG)
The Selectors of the Meeting Strategy Working Group (MSWG) announce the composition of the Working Group. In selecting the MSWG, multiple factors were considered including understanding ICANN's working practices, consensus-building and analytical skills and balances of geography, gender, consistency, constituency.
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-21mar13-en.htm>

Senior Executive Roundtable with ISPs and Telecoms by Fadi Chehad?
In addition to the ccTLD CEO Roundtable in London (see blog), I was able to meet the next day, 14 March 2013, with senior executives from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as well as from telecommunications companies (telecoms).
<http://blog.icann.org/2013/03/senior-executive-roundtable-with-isps-and-telecoms/>

Fadi Chehad?'s Report on New gTLD Milestones and Deadlines | 20 Mar 2013 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8eqFSyD_Ts>
<http://blog.icann.org/2013/03/new-gtld-milestones-and-deadlines/>

Jeffrey Bullock, Secretary of State, Delaware Department of State, to Heather Dryden and Suzanne Radell
New gTLD Program
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/bullock-to-dryden-radell-05mar13-en>

ICANN's CEO sees crucial times in efforts for a free Internet [IDG]
U.S. advocates for a free global Internet need to reach out to other nations to encourage their participation in open governance bodies like ICANN, the organization's president and CEO said.
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031903/icanns-ceo-sees-crucial-times-in-efforts-for-a-free-internet.html>

ICANN Beijing Schedule Published
The full schedule for the 46th ICANN public meeting in Beijing has been published.
<http://www.internetnews.me/2013/03/18/icann-beijing-schedule-published/>

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ae: TRA Leads Transition to New Internet Protocol
The IPv6 project is the initiative championed by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) as a means to prepare the UAE and its internet stakeholders for the looming IPv4 depletion and ensure business continuity.
<http://tra.gov.ae/news_TRA_Leads_Transition_to_New_Internet_Protocol-496-1.php>

Notice of auDA Extraordinary General Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Members of .AU DOMAIN ADMINISTRATION LIMITED ACN 079 009 340 will be held at:
<http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-22032013/>

NIC Costa Rica welcomes our new Executive Director
We formally welcome our new Executive Director, Rosal?a Morales Acosta who formally assumed her position in July 2012.
<http://www.nic.cr/niccr_publico/showSimpleNew.do?id=37>

fr: Figures and Trends for the Secondary Market for Domain Names
Which domain name has fetched the best price? Which extension has the highest value? Find out all of this in the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names
<http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6782/show/figures-and-trends-for-the-secondary-market-for-domain-names.html>

.no still the first choice for Norwegian businesses
A large number of Norwegian businesses prefer a Norwegian domain name for branding and marketing. They want to show their connection to Norway, and have confidence in the Norwegian TLD.
<http://www.norid.no/nytt/pressemelding20130318.en.html>

.PT 100% accessible by IPv6
The top level domain of Portugal .PT has since yesterday, all name servers in the DNS root accessible by IPv6, making it 100% compatible with this technology.
<https://www.dns.pt/web/guest/content-display?content=2357237>

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An Error Cost Approach to Competition Issues in Closed gTLDs by Geoffrey A. Manne & Berin Michael Szoka
Abstract: Some critics oppose ICANN?s authorization of closed gTLDs, claiming they could be anticompetitive because closed domain registry operators would have monopoly control over generic TLDs of potentially broad appeal. But this misstates competition on the Internet. But closed gTLDs would provide the most innovative alternatives ? and strongest competition ? not only to incumbent TLDs like .com, but also today's most popular domain names.
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=2235894>

Trademark protection grows as net expands
Companies will this week be able to start registering their trademarks for protection against the coming proliferation of new internet addresses as top-level domains such as dotbooks and dotfood go live this year.
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f417a670-92e8-11e2-b3be-00144feabdc0.html>

First 27 new gTLDs pass evaluation
ICANN has started reporting the results of Initial Evaluation in its new gTLD program as promised, delivering a passing grade to 27 applications today.
<http://domainincite.com/12352-first-27-new-gtlds-pass-evaluation>

ICANN Announces First 27 gTLDs Pass Evaluation
ICANN Friday announced the first 27 generic Top Level Domains passed initial evaluation. The 27 approved gTLDs are all internationalised domain names, which ICANN have given priority to in the application process and are in the group of 30 that were slated to go through the initial evaluation process.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19993>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/03/23/icann-first-gtlds-pass-evaluation/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-announces-first-27-gtlds-pass-evaluation.html>

ICANN clears 27 non-English domain name suffixes [AP]
The agency in charge of Internet addresses says it's given preliminary approval for 27 new suffixes ? all in Chinese, Arabic and other languages besides English.
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-03-22/icann-clears-27-non-english-domain-name-suffixes>

ICANN Releases gTLD Initial Evaluation Results
ICANN today began posting the first gTLDs to pass Initial Evaluation of its new gTLD programme.
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/03/22/icann-releases-gtld-initial-evaluation-results/>

Trademark Timelines and Rights
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is poised to open Tuesday of next week, which means that March 26 will be the first day that brands or their agents can register their trademarks with Deloitte's system.  That?s the FIRST day, not the last.
<http://www.gtldstrategy.com/policy-updates/trademark-timelines-and-rights>

Food Fight
A few days after ICANN?s new gTLD Objection Filing period closed last Wednesday evening, the first objections are beginning to be made public. The first Legal Rights Objection posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the designated dispute resolution provider for this type of objection, is over the application for .DELMONTE, Domain Incite reported late last week.
<http://www.gtldstrategy.com/brand-protection-strategies/food-fight>

ICANN to adopt most of the new gTLD ?strawman?
ICANN has given a boost to trademark owners by saying it will implement most of the controversial ?strawman? solution to extend protections under the new gTLD program.
<http://domainincite.com/12334-icann-to-adopt-most-of-the-new-gtld-strawman>

Will .music mean .control or .irrelevant? by Vikram Kumar
New types of internet address are coming, such as ".music" and ".search." The likes of Amazon, Google and music industry lobby group the RIAA are trying to seize control of some of these new top level domains. But at the end of the day, does it matter?
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/will-music-mean-control-or-irrelevant-ck-137650>

Arabic Internet use set to shift to .shabaka in mid-2013
In a major development that could transform the way people navigate online, Icann officials have approved the new Arabic name ????. (.shabaka, translates to .web in English).
<http://www.emirates247.com/business/technology/arabic-internet-use-set-to-shift-to-shabaka-in-mid-2013-2013-03-24-1.499803>

ICANN approves .shabaka top-level domain name
Arabic businesses and internet users are set for a paradigm shift in their online behaviour as ICANN ... has officially approved ????. (.shabaka in Arabic - translates to .web in English).
<http://gulfnews.com/business/technology/icann-approves-shabaka-top-level-domain-name-1.1162261>
<http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=61291&t=1&c=129&cg=4&mset=1031>

Arabic top-level domain to launch mid-year
The launch of .shabaka, which translates to .web in English, an Arabic script TLD is expected mid-year, a report said.
<http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MEDIA_232748.html>

ICANN Amnesia ? Expansion of Trademark Clearinghouse Data Contradicts Very Recent Statements
ICANN?s institutional memory seems to be slipping, and that concerns us. On March 20th, ICANN announced that trademark owners would not only be able to register their marks meeting certain validation criteria in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMC) but also up to fifty variations of each mark that had been found to be the subject of abusive registrations in a UDRP arbitration or court decision
<http://internetcommerce.org/ICANN_Amnesia>

URS Complaints Must Be in English ? and Other Things We?ve Learned from the New URS Rules
ICANN recently announced that it had ?developed and added? a set of Rules for the forthcoming Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) ? ?to provide guidance on all aspects of the URS proceedings.?
<http://isenbergondomains.com/2013/03/19/urs-complaints-must-be-in-english-and-other-things-weve-learned-from-the-new-urs-rules/>

Trademark Clearinghouse lowers prices
The Deloitte-managed Trademark Clearinghouse has slashed its bulk submission prices in response to feedback from registrars.
<http://domainincite.com/12339-trademark-clearinghouse-lowers-prices>

Trademark counsel weigh the costs of being a TMCH agent [registration]
With the Trademark Clearinghouse opening its doors for business next week, many law firm counsel are now considering how best to serve their clients in the new gTLD environment. A number have voiced concern that they will be required to register as Trademark Agents ? the financial commitment of which could be seen as less than desirable. However, the choice is not ?agent or nothing?.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=f3a09c7d-7795-4a78-bb47-23eba67e43cb>

What is .art? Financiers and Artists Vie for the Power to Define the Domain Name
... And open registration may be the case for .art or any number of these new TLDs, too -- but it's likely it won't. It'll all depend on ICANN, the U.S. government-assembled bureaucracy for managing the Internet, which will decide -- very soon -- who gets to run them. And some of them are hotly contested. No fewer than 10 bidders have thrown in their hats to run .art, making it the third-most contested new TLD proposed, and at an $185,000 pricetag just to apply for the privilege, it's not hard to imagine the stakes are high.
<http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/03/what_is_art_financiers_and_art.php>
<http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/03/what_is_dot_art.php>

The Weather Channel's power play: Attempt at domain name grab has competition crying monopoly
Registering for an internet domain name seems like a fairly innocuous act, but the Weather Channel has created a storm of opposition by filing to gain exclusive control of the .weather (dot weather) moniker, which competitors say is a move to monopolize an industry the company already dominates in the United States.
<http://www.nj.com/weather-guy/index.ssf/2013/03/the_weather_channels_power_pla.html>

ICANN approves unprecedented protections for trademark holders
?We are on target with our dates?. In a video published today (20 March 2013), ICANN CEO Fadi Chehad? has reaffirmed his organization?s readiness to execute the new gTLD program on schedule.
<http://www.netnames.com/blog/2013/03/icann-approves-unprecedented-protections-for-trademark-holders/>

Closed generics debate rages on
The new gTLD program continues to throw up last-minute debates on what is acceptable as a TLDs and what is not.
<http://www.netnames.com/blog/2013/03/closed-generics-debate-rages-on/>

WIPO posts 11 legal rights TLD objections: .blue, .academy, .goo and more
World Intellectual Property Organization has added ten legal rights objections disputes to its list of new top level domain objections.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/20/wipo-posts-11-legal-rights-tld-objections-blue-academy-goo-and-more/>

Objection! What objections against Donuts? TLDs show us about the next phase of the new TLD game
The deadline to file objections against new top level domain applications was March 13. Dispute resolution providers are slowly posting the objections, but it looks like what has been posted so far is just the tip of the iceberg.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/21/new-tld-objections/>

Here?s how new TLD objections work
Yesterday I wrote about a number of objections filed against new top level domain applications. I also explained the four types of objections.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/22/heres-how-new-tld-objections-work/>

Dutch govt chooses against .overheidnl domain name
Dutch government bodies will not be using the top-level domain name .Overheidnl. All reservations for the domain name have been pulled back. The government, provinces, municipalities, and various government services will continue to use .nl.
<http://www.telecompaper.com/news/dutch-govt-chooses-against-overheidnl-domain-name--932954>

Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN?s site,  this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/22/another-new-gtld-withdraw-from-icann-this-time-its-an-idn/>

Uniregistry prepares for new gTLDs, sets up new retail registrar: Uniregistrar
Frank Schilling?s new gTLD play Uniregistry becomes ICANN accredited and launches their retail registrar, Uniregistrar.
<http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/uniregistry-prepares-for-new-gtlds-sets-up-new-retail-registrar-uniregistrar/22419>

ICANN Expands Trademark Claims Do the Ends Justify the Means? by Tom Barrett
Under the guise of implementation, ICANN has announced that Trademark Claims will be expanded to include confusingly similar strings of trademarks that have been subject to a successful UDRP.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/23/guest-post-tom-barrett-icann-expands-trademark-claims-do-the-ends-justify-the-means/>

New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/23/new-gtld-application-for-app-is-withdrawn/>

4 More New gTLD Applications Withdraw Making It An Even 30
Four more new gTLD application have been withdrawn, reflected on ICANN?s website bringing the number of withdrawn applications to an even 30.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/21/4-more-new-gtld-applications-withdraw-making-it-an-even-30/>

17 New gTLD Objections Filed At WIPO: Including .Vip; .Food; .Now
17 more Legal Rights Objections have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization: (WIPO) today largely filled with one applicant for a particular gTLD filing a Right?s Objection to all the other applicants for the same string.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/21/17-new-gtld-objections-filed-at-wipo-including-vip-food-now/>

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Google starts supporting DNSSEC
Google has started fully supporting DNSSEC, the domain name security standard, on its Public DNS service.
<http://domainincite.com/12344-google-starts-supporting-dnssec>

Experts Tell Congress Serious Deterrence Needed to Impede Foreign Cyber Attacks
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats typically is more concerned with economics and political issues than cyber attacks, but the members spent this morning in a hearing trying to come up with an answer to a fairly straightforward, but thorny question: What consequences are serious and meaningful enough that they will deter U.S. enemies from infiltrating the country's networks?
<http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/experts-tell-congress-serious-deterrence-needed-impede-foreign-cyber-attacks-032113>

Mapping the Internet: A Hacker's Secret Internet Census
Just how big is the Internet? An anonymous hacker claims to have answered the question via effective but illegal means. The result is a fascinating reflection of online usage around the world.
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hacker-measures-the-internet-illegally-with-carna-botnet-a-890413.html>

Cyberlaw: Apply international law to cyber-warfare? Good luck
First North Korea complained about a cyber-attack from ?hostile forces?. The main sign was that the state?s news agency went briefly offline last week. Some thought it might be a mere power cut. Then it was the South?s turn?on a bigger scale. On March 20th two big banks and three broadcasters were crippled. Screens went blank; on some, skulls popped up. ATM machines froze.
<http://www.economist.com/news/international/21573965-apply-international-law-cyber-warfare-good-luck-badlands>

South Korea Attackers Set Time Bomb For Data-Destroying Malware
More details emerged today about the genesis of the targeted attacks yesterday on South Korean banks, media outlets, and an ISP?including a timer set for the Master Boot Record (MBR) wiper program to activate at 2pm local time yesterday; a spearphishing email; and Android malware.
<http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks-breaches/240151425/south-korea-attackers-set-time-bomb-for-data-destroying-malware.html>

South Korea cyber attack 'increasingly likely' to have been government-led
The cyber attack against TV stations and banks in South Korea on Wednesday this week seems increasingly likely to have been by a government-level hacker who may have inserted a virus into a central computer providing antivirus protection, says an American security company.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/22/south-korea-cyber-attack>

China IP address link to South Korea cyber-attack
A cyber-attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters came from an internet address in China, South Korean officials say, but the identity of those behind it cannot be confirmed.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21873017>

Computer Networks in South Korea Are Paralyzed in Cyberattacks
Computer networks running three major South Korean banks and the country?s two largest broadcasters were paralyzed Wednesday in attacks that some experts suspected originated in North Korea, which has consistently threatened to cripple its far richer neighbor.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/world/asia/south-korea-computer-network-crashes.html>

Seoul Investigates Web Shutdown
South Korean police are investigating one of the country's biggest Internet shutdowns yet for evidence of a North Korean cyberattack, after simultaneous outages Wednesday paralyzed computer systems at major television networks and banks for several hours.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324103504578371641923019714.html>

Cyber-attack on S.Korea may not have come from China after all - regulator
This week's cyber-attack on South Korean broadcasters and banks may not have originated in China after all as the IP address has been traced to one of the victim banks, the communications regulator said on Friday.
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/03/22/korea-cyber-attack-idINDEE92L04520130322>

Cybersecurity Lobby Surges as Congress Considers New Laws
The determination by Congress and President Barack Obama?s administration to protect networks of critical U.S. industries from hackers and cyberspies is creating an explosive growth opportunity -- for lobbyists.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-21/cybersecurity-lobby-surges-as-congress-considers-new-laws.html>

New Metric Would Score The Impact, Threat Of DDoS To An Enterprise
Taking a page from the metrics used to rank tornadoes and software vulnerabilities, attack-mitigation firms look to find a better measure of denial-of-service attacks than bandwidth and duration
<http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/attacks-breaches/240151320/new-metric-would-score-the-impact-threat-of-ddos-to-an-enterprise.html>

Whole internet probed for insecure devices
A surreptitious scan of the entire internet has revealed millions of printers, webcams and set-top boxes protected only by default passwords.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21875127>

Iran Is a More Volatile Cyber Threat to U.S. than China or Russia
Cyber threats from larger, more advanced nations that have diplomatic relations with the United States focus on cyber espionage and theft. But Iran is a more irrational actor and is building a cyber capability that is retaliatory in nature.
<http://www.cio.com/article/730589/Iran_Is_a_More_Volatile_Cyber_Threat_to_U.S._than_China_or_Russia>

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Decisions: Colorblind
The University of Miami filed two UDRP complaints with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over UHealth.com and UHealth.org, and although the domain names and complaints were similar, the outcomes were decidedly different.
<http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/2013/03/18/decisions-colorblind>

How a Simple UDRP Rule Change Could Help Reduce Cyberflight
As I?ve written before, ?locking? a domain name during a UDRP proceeding is an important concept, and now a report from ICANN staff seems to agree ? and, fortunately, is even recommending that the UDRP rules be modified to help avoid cyberflight.
<http://isenbergondomains.com/2013/03/18/how-a-simple-udrp-rule-change-could-help-reduce-cyberflight/>

WIPO UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Hijacking On Adjudicate.org.au
Add Adjudicate Today Pty Limited of Mona Vale, of New South Wales, Australia to the list of those found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name adjudicate.org.au
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/21/wipo-udrp-panel-finds-reverse-domain-hijacking-on-adjudicate-org-au/>

au: Constable Care Child Safety Foundation Inc. v. The Big Bamboo Production Co. Pty Limited - Case No. DAU2013-0001
1. The Parties: The Complainant is Constable Care Child Safety Foundation Inc., of Western Australia, Australia, represented by Herbert Smith Freehills, Australia. The Respondent is The Big Bamboo Production Co. Pty Limited of New South Wales, Australia, represented by Michael Jassy & Associates, Australia. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar: The disputed domain name <constablecare.com.au> (the ?Disputed Domain Name?) is registered with TPP Domains Pty Ltd. dba TPP Internet (the ?Registrar?).
<http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2013-0001>

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How the 'largest IPv4 census ever' broke the law, but still respected user privacy
It started as a joke ? ?we should try the classic telnet login root:root on random IP addresses? ? but it soon evolved into a massive, illegal project to hack into nearly half-a-million internet-connected devices solely for the purpose of mapping out global internet activity. The data would materialize as this fascinating .gif:
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/82705>

The End of Needs Assessments in IPv4? by Milton Mueller
A policy change now being considered by the European IP address registry RIPE-NCC would completely eliminate needs assessments as an eligibility criterion for acquiring IPv4 number blocks. If successful, policy proposal 2013-3 would liberalize the allocation and use of IPv4 number blocks, and open the door to a much more efficient and predictable market for numbers in the waning days of the Internet?s legacy protocol.
<http://www.internetgovernance.org/2013/03/20/the-end-of-needs-assessments-in-ipv4/>

Killer app for IPv6? It?s the Internet.
I recently solicited comments on what the killer app might be that would drive demand for and adoption of IPv6, the next generation of Internet Protocols. From what the readers had to say, the killer app is the Internet itself. Despite the possibilities for improved functionality in the new protocols, the overriding reason for using them is simply to keep the Internet alive and well as the old address pool dries up.
<http://gcn.com/blogs/cybereye/2013/03/internet-as-killer-app-for-ipv6.aspx>

ARIN Fee changes and IPv6 address return
As recently announced, ARIN has adopted a new Fee Schedule that will be effective 1 July 2013. The changes help balance overall fees so that customers receiving comparable services are paying comparable fees where feasible, and to reduce, where possible, the costs for smaller ISPs. ARIN has received several inquires from organizations that received /32 IPv6 allocations which (due to policy at the time) may be significantly more than necessary for their networking needs.
<https://www.arin.net/announcements/2013/20130319_fees.html>

APNIC's new Vision and Mission for the future
At APNIC 35 in Singapore, the APNIC Executive Council (EC) announced a new Vision and Mission for APNIC.
<http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2013/apnics-new-vision-and-mission-for-the-future>

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Demand Media Paid $18 Million For Name.com Registrar
According to a 10-K report filed with the SEC by Demand Media the company paid $18 Million dollars for the domain name registrar Name.com.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/24/demand-media-paid-18-million-for-name-com-registrar/>

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Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains
A couple of weeks back Domain Guardians announced they were brokering the sale of several Australian city domains.
<http://www.internetnews.me/2013/03/19/domain-guardians-confirm-7-figure-offer-on-australian-city-domains/>

ccTLDs Take Top Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart and Pile Up Nearly Half of the 20 Entries Overall
Someone must have declared the past 7 days ccTLD Week. Country code domains took the top two spots on our latest all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart and went on to pile up 9 chart entries overall. German domain GayForum.de set the pace with a $45,500 sale at Sedo. The domain was purchased to serve as a redirect to an active forum at the .com version of the domain.
<http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130320.htm>

Sedo?s earnings: domain business shrinks 18% as affiliate business grows
Sedo Holding released its Annual Report yesterday, and the numbers for the domain name business are fairly dismal.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/21/sedos-earnings-domain-business-shrinks-18-as-affiliate-business-grows/>

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INTERNET USE
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YouTube reaches billion users milestone
Google announced that its YouTube video site has hit a billion regular visitors, matching a similar milestone reached by Facebook last October, as mobile devices and global internet growth power web companies to unprecedented scale.
<http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8f06331a-91ca-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0.html>

YouTube crosses 1 billion monthly users
YouTube, the world's dominant online video site, just got even bigger -- averaging 1 billion visitors every month.
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-crossed-1-billion-monthly-users-20130320,0,6360482.story>

YouTube reaches a billion monthly viewers, boosted by 'Generation C'
YouTube has a billion unique users visiting the video-sharing website every month, equivalent to one out of every two people on the internet ? and the generation that has grown up with it watches video on smartphones just as much as PCs.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/21/youtube-billion-monthy-viewers-generation-c>

uk: Rise of 44 per cent in women hooked on online betting
Online gambling is becoming more attractive to women than drugs or alcohol, according to the UK's leading female addiction specialist. Liz Karter has warned that work stress is a major cause of gambling addiction for women who are frequently turning to online poker at home rather than winding down with drinks in a wine bar.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rise-of-44-per-cent-in-women-hooked-on-online-betting-8547070.html>

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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EU says we should glorify our entrepreneurs:Skype; Spotify and Angry Birds creators advise EU ? first stage of "Startup Europe" campaign [news release]
Most people think of Silicon Valley in the United States when they think about technology and entrepreneurs ? the European Commission wants young Europeans to be inspired by home-grown entrepreneurs, so their bright ideas start and stay in Europe.
<http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-262_en.htm>

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CHILD PROTECTION & ONLINE SAFETY
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Facebook users disgusted as 'child porn' video receives 16,000 shares and 4,000 likes
An apparent child porn video has appeared on Facebook, leaving the social network's users reeling in disgust.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-users-disgusted-as-child-porn-video-receives-16000-shares-and-4000-likes-8545876.html>

uk: New study reveals child sexual abuse content as top online concern and potentially 1.5m adults have stumbled upon it [news release]
More people in Britain are concerned about websites showing the sexual abuse of children than other types of illegal, illicit or?harmful? internet content. However, more than half of people in Britain currently say that they either wouldn?t know how to report it if they were to encounter it (40%) or would just ignore it (12%).
<http://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf/news/post/347-new-study-reveals-child-sexual-abuse-content-as-top-online-concern-and-potentially-15m-adults-have-stumbled-upon-it>

Cyberstalking: Complex persecution - A memoir of being hounded
JAMES LASDUN is a British writer who teaches creative writing in America. His engrossing new memoir, ?Give Me Everything You Have?, is an attempt to come to terms with being obsessively cyberstalked by a former student. Seven years ago friendly e-mails from Nasreen, an Iranian Muslim woman, mutated into violent accusations and sly manipulation as she began to ruin his reputation. It is to Mr Lasdun?s credit that this memoir is a fascinating and eminently readable account of his experience, rather than a whining defence or a vicious retaliation. The book is also an astute meditation on anti-Semitism, online harassment, the nature of obsession and the power of the written word.
<http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21573957-memoir-being-hounded-complex-persecution>

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ONLINE TV, MUSIC & PIRACY
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us: Torrent site IsoHunt loses copyright-infringement lawsuit appeal
A file-sharing site that's been in a legal tussle with Hollywood for years lost another round Thursday. A federal appeals court in California upheld a lower-court ruling that file-sharing website IsoHunt contributed to copyright infringement by its users and that the site was not protected by the "safe harbor" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
<http://www.techhive.com/article/2031713/torrent-site-isohunt-loses-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-appeal.html>

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SPAM
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Why your inbox fills with bacn instead of spam
It might be heresy for some to say this, but not all bacon is welcome. Especially when we are talking bacn rather than bacon. One is all the not-quite-junk mail messages that land in your inbox and the other is the tasty stuff that sits happily alongside sausages, fried bread and the other cast members of the full English breakfast.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21830739>

Spam in email traffic grew by nearly 13 percentage points in February: Data
After a lull of several months spammers stepped up their activity in February. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the proportion of spam in email traffic grew by nearly 13 percentage points and aver-aged 71% for the month, higher than the average for January and the last three months of 2012.
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/enterprise-it/security/Spam-in-email-traffic-grew-by-nearly-13-percentage-points-in-February-Data/articleshow/19169184.cms>

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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us: Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping - Advocates for Disabled Say Netflix, Target Are Legally Obligated to Make Sites Easier to Navigate
Commerce has moved online. Now, the disability lawsuits are following. Advocates for disabled Americans have declared that companies have a legal obligation to make their websites as accessible as their stores, and they've filed suits across the country to force them to install the digital version of wheelchair ramps and self-opening doors.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324373204578374483679498140.html>

Silk Road: the online drug marketplace that officials seem powerless to stop
Mark Johnson rifles through his mail as he gets home from work. Among the usual bills is a small padded envelope. Though it doesn't have his name on, it's the package he's most interested in: inside lie two grams of, he hopes, relatively pure MDMA.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/22/silk-road-online-drug-marketplace>

us: AP v. Meltwater: Disappointing Ruling for News Search
A federal district judge in New York City issued a troubling ruling today holding that an electronic news clipping service infringed copyright when it republished excerpts of news stories in search results for its clients seeking news coverage based on particular keywords.
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/ap-v-meltwater-disappointing-ruling-news-search>

WIPO: Strong Growth in Demand for Intellectual Property Rights in 2012
International filings for patents, trademarks and industrial designs under WIPO-administered intellectual property (IP) systems saw continued strong growth in 2012.
<http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2013/article_0006.html>

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SECURITY
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Experts Tell Congress Serious Deterrence Needed to Impede Foreign Cyber Attacks
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats typically is more concerned with economics and political issues than cyber attacks, but the members spent this morning in a hearing trying to come up with an answer to a fairly straightforward, but thorny question: What consequences are serious and meaningful enough that they will deter U.S. enemies from infiltrating the country's networks?
<http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/experts-tell-congress-serious-deterrence-needed-impede-foreign-cyber-attacks-032113>