Hi all,

I had a few email issues earlier, so I'm not sure if the news went through or not. So in case not, here it is.

Cheers,
David


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au: MYOB Australia E1 Pty Ltd breaches Registrar Agreement
<http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-15082013/>

GoHosting receives .au Registrar accreditation
<http://www.ausregistry.com.au/news/gohosting-receives-au-registrar-accreditation>

.NET Hits 15 Million Registrations
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/08/16/net-hits-15-million-registrations/>

ICANN: No dotless domains for you, Google
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57598967-93/icann-no-dotless-domains-for-you-google/>

NTAG rubbishes new gTLD collision risk report
<http://domainincite.com/14162-ntag-rubbishes-new-gtld-collision-risk-report>

Panels Rule No Confusion Exists Between Singular and Plural New gTLD Strings by St?phane Van Gelder
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130814_panels_rule_no_confusion_between_singular_and_plural_tlds/>

Verisign confirms .gov downtime, blames algorithm
<http://domainincite.com/14159-verisign-confirms-gov-downtime-blames-algorithm>


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GOVERNANCE
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Internet Governance is Our Shared Responsibility by Vinton G. Cerf, Patrick S. Ryan & Max Senges [A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society]
Abstract: This essay looks at the the different roles that multistakeholder institutions play in the Internet governance ecosystem. We propose a model for thinking of Internet governance within the context of the Internet's layered model. We use the example of the negotiations in Dubai in 2102 at the World Conference on International Telecommunications as an illustration for why it is important for different institutions within the governance system to focus on their respective areas of expertise (e.g., the ITU, ICANN, and IGF).
<http://ssrn.com/abstract=2309772>

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DOMAIN NAMES
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 - ICANN
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Affirmation of Commitment Reviews Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) | Call for Volunteer Members: Representing ICANN Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations; and Serving as Independent Experts
Overview: In line with the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) requirements, and as directed by the ICANN Board, ICANN invites interested individuals to apply for volunteer Review Team Member positions ? either in representation of a Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee, or as an Independent Expert ? to serve on the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT). The Review Team will work in two phases:
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16aug13-en.htm>

NGPC Begins Consideration of GAC Durban Advice on New gTLDs
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 13 August 2013 to begin consideration of the GAC's further advice regarding new gTLD applications in the GAC Durban Communiqu?, issued on 18 July 2013.
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-16aug13-en.htm>

Contracting Statistics Now Available
The Contracting process has been moving along steadily since it commenced on 3 July 2013. To help applicants and the community visualize how applications are progressing, ICANN plans to release statistics on a weekly basis, in addition to Initial Evaluation Results.
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-3-16aug13-en>

ICANN Names Communications Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/advisories/advisory-16aug13-en>

Christine Willett, Vice President, gTLD Operations | ICANN, to Constantine Roussos
Clarification on ICANN?GAC Resolutions Impact on Pending Community Applications
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/willett-to-roussos-14aug13-en>

Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, Kashrus Administrator | Kosher Certification, to Mr. Fadi Chehad?
Community Involvement and Support for the .KOSHER gTLD application
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/levy-to-chehade-13aug13-en>

Behind the names and numbers of the Internet
Every time you go on the Internet and type in a website's address, you're relying on an interconnected system that makes sure networks around the world are properly connected and coordinated. But who takes on the daunting task of governing all of that? ICANN.
<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/behind-names-and-numbers-internet>

Interview: Atallah on new gTLD objection losers
Filing a lawsuit against a competitor won?t stop ICANN rejecting your new gTLD application.
<http://domainincite.com/14208-interview-atallah-on-new-gtld-objection-losers>

Three gTLD contracts to be renewed next week
ICANN is set to belatedly renew the .info, .org and .biz Registry Agreements next week, according to the just published agenda of its board of directors? next meeting.
<http://domainincite.com/14202-three-gtld-contracts-to-be-renewed-next-week>

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TRA release data on UAE registrars to encourage businesses to register with the country?s domain name .ae
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has released data outlining the market share of registrars in the UAE to encourage local businesses to register for the national ccTLD of the United Arab Emirates .ae.
<http://tra.gov.ae/news_TRA_release_data_on_UAE_registrars_to_encourage_businesses_to_register_with_the_country%92s_domain_name_.ae-536-1.php>

au: MYOB Australia E1 Pty Ltd breaches Registrar Agreement
auDA accredited registrar MYOB Australia E1 Pty Ltd failed to gain auDA's consent to a change of effective control of the company, in breach of the Registrar Agreement.
<http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-15082013/>

GoHosting receives .au Registrar accreditation
Canberra-based web hosting company GoHosting today announced it has become the latest company to receive .au Registrar accreditation approval from the .au Domain Administration (auDA) and can now sell .au domain names direct to the general public.
<http://www.ausregistry.com.au/news/gohosting-receives-au-registrar-accreditation>

.ME Announce Spark.me Startup Competition
.ME is holding the Spark.me Startup Competition in conjunction with Spark.me, an interactive regional conference and meeting of the brightest tech minds from the region of South East Europe and beyond held at the Hotel Splendid in Budva, Montenegro from September 26-27, 2013.
<http://domain.me/me-announce-spark-me-startup-competition/>

.NET Hits 15 Million Registrations
This week .net hit the 15 million registrations mark to become the fourth TLD to do so behind the behometh, .com followed by .tk and .de.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20855>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/08/16/net-hits-15-million-registrations/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/net-hits-15-million-registrations.html>

15 Facts About .net to Celebrate 15 Million Registrations
Recently, .net hit a major milestone when its zone surpassed 15 million .net domains registered globally, making it one of the most popular domain extensions on the Internet today. Supported by the same infrastructure and expertise that has powered .com for more than 15 years, .net is recognized around the world as an established and credible place to interact online. To mark this momentous occasion, we pulled together 15 facts about .net. How many .net facts do you already know?
<http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/15_facts_about_net_to>

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ICANN: No dotless domains for you, Google
Contrary to popular thinking, Google doesn't always get its way when it comes to all things Internet -- at least, not if the latest pronouncement from ICANN is any indication.
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57598967-93/icann-no-dotless-domains-for-you-google/>

ICANN has decided to ban the use of dotless domains
ICANN has decided to ban the use of dotless domain names.
<http://www.zdnet.com/icann-has-decided-to-ban-the-use-of-dotless-domains-7000019514/>

Dotless domains are dead
ICANN has banned dotless gTLDs, putting a halt to Google?s plans to run .search as a dotless search service and confounding the hopes of some portfolio applicants.
<http://domainincite.com/14174-dotless-domains-are-dead>

ICANN Bans Dotless Domains by St?phane Van Gelder
Any new TLD approved for the Internet will have to be more than just a single label. ICANN's new gTLD program committee (NGPC) has decided to ban the use of "dotless domains". TLD operators that had planned to use their new suffix as a keyword, i.e. just the string and nothing else, will now have to reconsider.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130816_icann_bans_dotless_domains/>

Chehade hopes for lower round two gTLD fees
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade has said he hopes that new gTLD application fees will be lower in the second round.
<http://domainincite.com/14188-chehade-hopes-for-lower-round-two-gtld-fees>

When You Can?t Tell Web Suffixes Without a Scorecard
On the Web, there?s no place like .home. But there soon may be, along with hundreds of other new Internet address suffixes like .bible, .blog, .family, .game, .gay and .pizza. Since last summer ... Icann ... has vetted and initially approved 1,574 applications for new TLDs ? the letters to the right of the dot. The premise is to give companies and consumers seeking secondary-level domain names ? the janedoe in janedoe.com ? options beyond the 22 top-level generic suffixes like .com and .biz that are currently available.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/technology/when-you-cant-tell-web-suffixes-without-a-scorecard.html>

Companies move to protect their brands as new domain names become available
The race to snap up a fresh batch of Internet addresses is spawning a new round of disputes as businesses scramble to secure exclusive rights to words that represent their brand ? or at least prevent their competitors from doing so. One of the latest squabbles pitted California-based DirecTV against its chief satellite TV rival Dish DBS, a subsidiary of Colorado-based Dish Network.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/companies-move-to-protect-their-brands-as-new-domain-names-become-available/2013/08/16/f9ce1c2a-0435-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html>

New gTLDs: If I Knew Then, What I Know Now... by Elisa Cooper
If only I had been able to predict the new gTLD future, but alas my crystal ball (well, really it?s a Magic 8 Ball ?) did little to help me. And I really doubt that 5+ years ago, when this new gTLD journey began, that anyone could have predicted where we are now.
<https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/new-gtlds-if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now/>

NTAG rubbishes new gTLD collision risk report
The New gTLD Applicants Group has slated Interisle Consulting?s report into the risk of new gTLDs causing security problems on the internet, saying the problem is ?overstated?.
<http://domainincite.com/14162-ntag-rubbishes-new-gtld-collision-risk-report>

Response to NTIA
FYI?We just sent a response back to the NTIA. We first reached out to them on May 30 regarding Verisign?s concerns around the advisability of rapid delegation of new gTLDS to the root zone.
<http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/response_to_ntia>

Second private auction nets $1.2m per gTLD
Only eight new gTLD contention sets were resolved during Innovative Auctions second round of private auctions this week, and the average winning bid has gone down.
<http://domainincite.com/14182-second-private-auction-nets-1-2m-per-gtld>

A month after first 4 TLD contracts signed, still only 4 signed
There?s been a delay (surprise!) after the first four TLD contracts were signed.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/16/a-month-after-first-4-tld-contracts-signed-still-only-4-signed/>

ICANN passes 92 new gTLDs
Ninety-two new gTLD applications received passing Initial Evaluation scores this week, as ICANN approaches the end of the long-running process.
<http://domainincite.com/14237-icann-passes-92-new-gtlds>

8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new TLD contention sets.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/15/8-new-tld-auctions-net-9-65-million/>

8 Domains, $9.65M: Second Applicant Auction a Success by Sheel Mohnot
We at Innovative Auctions were happy to see the successful completion of the second Applicant Auction earlier today. Winners will pay a total of $9,651,000 to resolve contention for eight new gTLDs.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130815_8_domains_965m_second_applicant_auction_a_success/>

Del Monte sues after .DelMonte TLD objection decision
Is this the first lawsuit over a TLD Legal Rights Objection?
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/15/del-monte-sues-after-delmonte-tld-objection-decision/>

Panels Rule No Confusion Exists Between Singular and Plural New gTLD Strings by St?phane Van Gelder
If early International Centre for Dispute Resolution decisions are anything to go by, as far as dispute resolution panellists are concerned, singular and plural versions of the same string do not risk causing user confusion. Tasked with handling string confusion objections under the new gTLD program, the ICDR has just rejected an objection by Google against Donuts' application for .CARS. Google has applied for .CAR.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130814_panels_rule_no_confusion_between_singular_and_plural_tlds/>

Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over TLD applications.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/15/donuts-beats-its-third-fashion-brand-in-top-level-domain-disputes/>

Uniregistry wins .gift and AOL yanks .patch bid
Three more new gTLD applications were withdrawn today, only one of which was related to this week?s previously reported batch of private auctions.
<http://domainincite.com/14229-uniregistry-wins-gift-and-aol-yanks-patch-bid>

Google beats Donuts in objection ? .pet and .pets ARE confusingly similar
Google has won a String Confusion Objection against rival new gTLD applicant Donuts, potentially forcing .pet and .pets into the same contention set.
<http://domainincite.com/14224-google-beats-donuts-in-objection-pet-and-pets-are-confusingly-similar>

Looks Like 1st New gTLD Private Auction For This Week Is Over As Donuts Loses & TLDH Wins .Casa
It appears that the 1st of this weeks private auctions being held by Applicant Auction is completed as Donuts has withdrawn its application for .Casa on the ICANN website.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/15/looks-like-1st-new-gtld-private-auction-for-this-week-is-over-as-donuts-loses-tldh-wins-casa/>

dotShabaka Diary ? Day 4
Here?s the fourth installment of dotShabaka Registry?s journal, charting its progress towards becoming one of the first new gTLDs to go live, written by general manager Yasmin Omer.
<http://domainincite.com/14171-dotshabaka-diary-day-4>

ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid
As most observers of ICANN know, there were two applicants for the .africa new TLD. The second applicant, dotConnectAfrica, did not have the broad support that a ?geo? TLD would need in order to meet the criteria laid out in the ICANN newTLD application guidebook.
<http://www.internetnews.me/2013/08/16/icann-puts-final-nail-in-coffin-of-dotconnectafrica-bid/>

Time for Auction? by Christa Taylor
Today, Innovative Auctions announced the resolution of eight TLDs in the second private auction commencing on August 13th for a total of $9,651,000. With the first and second auctions successfully completed and the third auction scheduled for September 10th is now a good time to resolve your contention set and jump on the next auction bus? more?
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130815_time_for_auction/>

NTAG Cites .XXX in Telling ICANN To Allow All New gTLD?s Labeled ?Unknown Risk? In Collision Report To Move Forward
In a comment filed with ICANN on the Name Collision Report of Interisle, the New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) signed by Tim Switzer, laid out a pretty compelling argument for why ICANN should not delay the roll out 279 new gTLD?s that fell within the ?unknown risk category in the Interisle report.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/15/ntag-cites-xxx-in-telling-icann-to-allow-all-new-gtlds-labeled-unknown-risk-in-collision-report-to-move-forward/>

ICDR Rejects Verisign?s String Confusion Objection To .Cam As Being Too Confusing to .Com
One of the more interesting objections filed at the International Centre for Dispute resolution (ICDR) based on String Confusion was Verisign?s objection to the new gTLD .Cam being too confusing to .Com.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/15/icc-rejects-verisigns-string-confusion-objection-to-cam-as-being-too-confusing-to-com/>

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Verisign confirms .gov downtime, blames algorithm
Verisign this morning confirmed yesterday?s reports that the .gov TLD went down for some internet users due to a DNSSEC problem, which it said was related to an algorithm change.
<http://domainincite.com/14159-verisign-confirms-gov-downtime-blames-algorithm>

DNS Posioning and Spoofing Made Simpler with BIND Vulnerability
Web page spoofing just got easier: One of the defenses against Domain Name System (DNS) cache poisoning and web address spoofing lies in the randomization of the IP address of the queried name server. But a newly found vulnerability in BIND, the most widely used DNS software on the internet, enables an attacker to de-randomize the queries?greatly reducing the time and effort required to successfully poison BIND's cache.
<http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/33995/dns-posioning-and-spoofing-made-simpler-with-bind-vulnerability/>

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A Single Price Index for Domain Names Is Misleading by Alex Tajirian
Having a single price index for the domain name industry would be worse than useless. Such an index is presented in a recent study by Thies Lindenthal. The index is intended to be a benchmark for domain owners and investors. But it's out of line with other studies and the common sense of how a market operates. A much better barometer to follow is average prices for groups of domain names with similar characteristics. more?
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130814_a_single_price_index_for_domain_names_is_misleading/>

Do the Math: Domain Market Comeback Continues With $725,000 Sale of MathGames.com
For the 7th consecutive week the domain aftermarket has produced at least one six-figure (or higher) reported sale. MathGames.com did the honors this week when Bill Karamouzis revealed in our current Cover Story that he paid $725,000 in a private transaction to get the name.
<http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130814.htm>

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Media companies took a battering from the internet. Cash from digital sources is at last repairing some of the damage
This summer a made-for-TV movie about a tornado carrying man-eating sharks was a surprise hit in America. The preposterous plot of ?Sharknado? may strike a chord with media bosses who have watched the internet ravage their business over the past decade. Newspapers have lost readers and advertising to the internet. Book and music shops have closed for good. Sales of DVDs and CDs have plummeted. The television industry has so far resisted big disruption but that has not stopped doomsayers predicting a flight of advertising and viewers.
<http://www.economist.com/news/business/21583687-media-companies-took-battering-internet-cash-digital-sources-last>

With Gmail Overhaul, Not All Mail Is Equal
For some retailers that rely on emailed promotions, Google Inc. is adding insult to injury.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579015021688974880.html>

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Smartphones outsell basic mobile handsets for first time
Smartphones have outsold more basic handsets worldwide for the first time, with demand for the high-tech devices surging in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and eastern Europe.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/14/smartphones-samsung-apple-iphone-basic-handsets>

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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Cyber scams take advantage of hope and trust
Cases of cyber blackmail are less prominent than cyberbullying but can have the same devastating impact on victims. Arrests have been made over online blackmailing attempts where hackers have corrupted the websites of large companies and demanded money, but individual cases are less well known.
<http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/16/cyber-scams-take-advantage-hope-trust>

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N.S.A. Often Broke Rules on Privacy, Audit Shows
The National Security Agency violated privacy rules protecting the communications of Americans and others on domestic soil 2,776 times over a one-year period, according to an internal audit leaked by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden and made public on Thursday night.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/us/nsa-often-broke-rules-on-privacy-audit-shows.html>

Google tells US court: Gmail users can?t expect privacy
Users of Google?s email service Gmail should have no ?legitimate expectation? that their emails will remain private, the company has said in a submission to a US court.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-tells-us-court-gmail-users-cant-expect-privacy-8762280.html>

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NSA Spying: The Three Pillars of Government Trust Have Fallen
With each recent revelation about the NSA's spying programs government officials have tried to reassure the American people that all three branches of government?the Executive branch, the Judiciary branch, and the Congress?knowingly approved these programs and exercised rigorous oversight over them. President Obama recited this talking point just last week, saying: "as President, I've taken steps to make sure they have strong oversight by all three branches of government and clear safeguards to prevent abuse and protect the rights of the American people." With these three pillars of oversight in place, the argument goes, how could the activities possibly be illegal or invasive of our privacy? 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/nsa-spying-three-pillars-government-trust-have-fallen>

N.S.A. Calls Violations of Privacy ?Minuscule?
The top National Security Agency official charged with making sure analysts comply with rules protecting the privacy of Americans pushed back on Friday against reports that the N.S.A. had frequently violated privacy rules, after the publication of a leaked internal audit showing that there had been 2,776 such ?incidents? in a one-year period.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/us/nsa-calls-violations-of-privacy-minuscule.html>

Did President Obama know about the NSA?s privacy problems?
We now know that President Obama?s assurances that the NSA wasn?t ?actually abusing? its surveillance programs are untrue. A leaked audit shows the NSA violated its own privacy rules, and in some cases the law, thousands of times over a one-year period.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/16/did-president-obama-know-about-the-nsas-privacy-problems/>

nz: Lost opportunity to make the GCSB Bill better for internet users by Susan Chalmers
The Government had the opportunity to improve the privacy pitfalls of the GCSB Bill in Parliament last week, but it elected not to.
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/lost-opportunity-make-gcsb-bill-better-internet-users-no-open-ck-144483>

NZ restricts spy agency cyber power
The GCSB won't be allowed to access emails New Zealanders send to each other without specific case-by-case warrants issued under exceptional circumstances, Prime Minister John Key says.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/523915/nz_restricts_spy_agency_cyber_power/>

nz: Cyber liability laws 'unworkable'
Website owners should not be held liable for defamation, cyber bullying, breaches of suppression orders, copyright infringement or other offences committed by people posting comments to their sites, a coalition of media and technology heavyweights and consumer groups says.
<http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/cyber-liability-laws-unworkable-5534690>

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nz: Bigger than it seems
Because the ultrafast broadband (UFB) network build is spread out over the entire country, it doesn't have the look and feel of a major engineering operation, but as Downer UFB and RBI project director Mike Maunsell says, it's much bigger than it appears to be.
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10912864>

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