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For an unfettered Internet
<http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece>

A new era for domain management
<http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/feb/19/domain-management-internet-marketers>

Where policy fora collide: country-code TLDs and the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement by Susan Chalmers
<http://www.susanchalmers.com/writings/2014/1/30/where-policy-fora-collide-cctlds-and-the-tpp>

au: ARI parent goes all surfer dude with rebranding
<http://domainincite.com/15819-ari-parent-goes-all-surfer-dude-with-rebranding>

au: USC studies older people?s use of online news
<http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/usc-studies-older-peoples-use-of-online-news,33176>

Non-US .ORG Registrations Grow Strongly As Registrations Grow 2.6% In 2013
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/02/19/non-us-org-registrations-grow-strongly/>

Capturing the Gold by Stepping Up Your Game With the Right Registrations
<http://domainnamestrategy.com/2014/02/18/capturing-the-gold-by-stepping-up-your-game-with-the-right-registrations/>

Are these the 10 most-popular new gTLD domains?
<http://domainincite.com/15833-are-these-the-10-most-popular-new-gtld-domains>

Whatever Happened to the IPv4 Address Crisis?
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/021714-ipv4-278692.html>

Sedo Faces Stiffer Competition, But Largest Domain Marketplace Still Grows In 2013
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/02/18/sedo-faces-stiffer-competition/>


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GOVERNANCE
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For an unfettered Internet
While the United Nations does excellent work in peacekeeping and developing friendly relations among nations, it has severe limitations of expertise, speed and, above all, transparency, when it comes to decisions related to Internet policy
<http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-an-unfettered-internet/article5699615.ece>

J?nis K?rkli?? to chair Advisory Group for Internet Governance Forum
On 14 February, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo announced the appointment of Ambassador J?nis K?rkli?? as Chairman of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
<http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/press-releases/2014/february/18-1/>

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DOMAIN NAMES
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ICANN?s Relationship with the IETF by Steve Crocker
I am proud to say that ICANN will, for the first time, host a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in London, March 2-7. Many, perhaps most, in the ICANN community have heard of the IETF, but perhaps only a few have participated in the IETF. I?m pleased to say I?ve spent a lot of my professional career working within the IETF, and I?m a strong supporter of its work and its methods, so let me introduce you to the IETF.
<http://blog.icann.org/2014/02/icanns-relationship-with-the-ietf/>

Chinese New Year in Beijing with ICANN President by Song Zheng
This week ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehad? and Vice President for Asia Kuek Yu Chuang visited Beijing, the capital city of my country, during the Spring Festival of Chinese lunar new year of horse.
<http://blog.icann.org/2014/02/chinese-new-year-in-beijing-with-icann-president/>

myICANN Calendar 2.0 by Janice Douma Lange
Did you know myICANN has almost 1000 users, many of whom utilize the myICANN calendar? This calendar lists 100 events during just the months of January thru February 2014. These events range from conferences with ICANN speakers, council meetings, teleconferences, webinars, etc. And over the past months I have been working closely with ICANN?s Web team to expand the capabilities and functions of the myICANN calendar, something you, our community, requested.
<http://blog.icann.org/2014/02/myicann-calendar/>

A new era for domain management
Akram Atallah, president of the global domains division at Icann, which is behind an initiative to release a wave of new gTLDs onto the web, says he's looking forward to a lot of innovation over the coming months.
<http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/feb/19/domain-management-internet-marketers>

New Work in the Development and Management of EPP Extensions by Scott Hollenbeck
On Dec. 12, 2013, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) announced the formation of a new working group, Extensible Provisioning Protocol Extensions (eppext). The working group was formed to create an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) registry of Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) extensions and to review specifications of extensions for inclusion in the registry. EPP is the standard domain name provisioning protocol for gTLD registries that operate under the auspices of ICANN.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140218_new_work_in_the_development_and_management_of_epp_extensions/>

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Where policy fora collide: country-code TLDs and the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement by Susan Chalmers
To those familiar with the United States? approach to intellectual property rights (?IP?) and trade policy, it will come as no surprise that the US is pressing other countries to give IP owners more in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (?TPP?), that is, more powerful economic rights and more power to enforce them.
<http://www.susanchalmers.com/writings/2014/1/30/where-policy-fora-collide-cctlds-and-the-tpp>

au: ARI parent goes all surfer dude with rebranding
AusRegistry Group, parent of new gTLD back-end ARI Registry Services, has rebranded itself Bombora Technologies.
<http://domainincite.com/15819-ari-parent-goes-all-surfer-dude-with-rebranding>

au: USC studies older people?s use of online news
New University of the Sunshine Coast research aims to ensure older people stay connected with the news in a digital era. ... ?I?ve received $10,000 in funding from the auDA Foundation to investigate how older Australians are engaging with online news,? said Dr Barnes, who has worked for media organisations including the ABC, The Age in Melbourne and Australian Associated Press.
<http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/usc-studies-older-peoples-use-of-online-news,33176>

Public Interest Registry Releases Report Demonstrating Extended Growth Of The .ORG Domain In 2013
Public Interest Registry ? the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain ? today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, ?The Dashboard,? detailing the increased growth of .ORG throughout 2013. The report reveals that 206,542 new .ORG domains were registered from January to December 2013, bringing the total number of .ORG domains under registration (DUM) to more than 10,346,000 globally.
<http://pir.org/public-interest-registry-releases-report-demonstrating-extended-growth-of-the-org-domain-in-2013/>

Non-US .ORG Registrations Grow Strongly As Registrations Grow 2.6% In 2013
While .org registrations have slowed overall, the number of registrations outside of North America is growing strongly with nearly 40 percent of registrations stemming from abroad the latest Dashboard report from the Public Interest Registry shows.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=21896>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/02/19/non-us-org-registrations-grow-strongly/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/non-us-org-registrations-grow-strongly.html>

uk: Celebrating British innovation at the Nominet Internet Awards 2014
Lesley Cowley, CEO of Nominet, introduces this year's Nominet Internet Awards, which she hopes will continue to provide a showcase for British ingenuity in digital innovation
<http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/nominet-partner-zone/nominet-internet-awards-2014>

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Capturing the Gold by Stepping Up Your Game With the Right Registrations
Brands are constantly juggling different platforms to reach different demographics. Print, TV, and digital platforms are all part of an ever-changing formula for the attention ? and buy-in ? of customers. Between conceiving of different ideas and then coordinating them, the job of delivering a brand?s message is far more complicated than it was 20 years ago.
<http://domainnamestrategy.com/2014/02/18/capturing-the-gold-by-stepping-up-your-game-with-the-right-registrations/>

Geeks in Love
What warms the cockles more than Geeks in Love? ... But the most awesome gift for your sweet geek would be a domain name, such as ILoveRipley.com or BenedictLoves.me. Even better would be a website in a new gTLD.
<http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/02/13/geeks-in-love/>

Who Are the Major New gTLD Applicants and... (Part Three: Minds + Machines) by Jean Guillon
Minds + Machines was the first "new gTLD portfolio applicant" I spotted early in 2008, when .PARIS started being mentioned. Then came a few other projects like .HORSE and later .VODKA. Being French, my vision of good new gTLD suffixes may be slightly different to those native English speakers. Therefore, I favour some TLDs such as .SURF and .ART over some clearly English terms others such as .HORSE.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140218_who_are_the_major_new_gtld_applicants_part_three_minds_machines/>

Are these the 10 most-popular new gTLD domains?
I?m a firm believer that the success of new gTLDs will be measured not just in registration volumes but also in usage, and usage is a lot trickier to measure than domains under management.
<http://domainincite.com/15833-are-these-the-10-most-popular-new-gtld-domains>

The non-.com leakage factor and what it means for new TLDs
One of the challenges of registering a domain under a TLD that?s not dominant in the location of most of your website visitors is confusion.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/19/the-non-com-leakage-factor-and-what-it-means-for-new-tlds/>

NZ Rugby League tries new .kiwi domain name
After more than two years of planning, Dot Kiwi has opened up its exclusive registration period for trademark holders, known as the Sunrise period, today.
<http://techday.com/start-up/news/nz-rugby-league-tries-new-kiwi-domain-name/179449/>

.KIWI Sunrise Commences With NZ Rugby League Kicking Off Early
The Sunrise period for .kiwi domains has opened, but don?t expect a rush of registrants given to take advantage of the Sunrise period one has to have registered their trademark in the Trademark Clearinghouse.
<http://www.domainnews.com/kiwi-sunrise-commences.html>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/02/19/kiwi-sunrise-commences/>

Aeropostale files Uniform Rapid Suspension case for .clothing domain name
Clothing company Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) has filed a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case against the domain name aeropostale.clothing.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/18/aeropostale-files-urs-case-clothing-domain-name/>

.Music new TLD community objections fail
An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has denied Constantine Roussos? community objections against competing applications for .music as well as applications for .band. The same panelist also denied an objection brought by International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies against another applicant. All of the .music objections have been decided in the applicants? favor.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/18/music-new-top-level-domain-community-objections-fail/>

Navigating additional trademark protection mechanisms in the gTLD universe [registration]
While a number of rights protection mechanisms are built into the gTLD application process, several registries have offered additional protection options. For trademark counsel, the challenge is surveying the various offerings and deciding which best suits their needs. Time, then, to consider some of the available services.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=ad5537b4-4357-4097-ae14-bf595e5492a3>

CentralNic gets its foot in the door as Famous Four back-end
New gTLD portfolio applicant Famous Four Media has selected CentralNic to provide back-end registry services, joining existing providers ARI Registry Services and Neustar.
<http://domainincite.com/15828-centralnic-gets-its-foot-in-the-door-as-famous-four-back-end>

Navigating additional trademark protection mechanisms in the gTLD universe [registraton]
While a number of rights protection mechanisms are built into the gTLD application process, several registries have offered additional protection options. For trademark counsel, the challenge is surveying the various offerings and deciding which best suits their needs. Time, then, to consider some of the available services.
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=ad5537b4-4357-4097-ae14-bf595e5492a3>

NCC buys .trust new gTLD from Deutsche Post
NCC Group, owner of .secure applicant Artemis, has bought the rights to .trust from Deutsche Post, which has an uncontested bid for the new gTLD but decided it doesn?t want it.
<http://domainincite.com/15824-ncc-buys-trust-new-gtld-from-deutsche-post>

TLD Length vs. Total Domain Length
A lot of people have questioned if some new TLDs are simply too long. Will people type in an eleven character TLD such as .photography when they?re used to typing in just two or three characters to the right of the dot?
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/17/top-level-domain-length-vs-total-domain-length/>

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Reporting From the Web's Underbelly
In the last year, Eastern European cybercriminals have stolen Brian Krebs?s identity a half dozen times, brought down his website, included his name and some unpleasant epithets in their malware code, sent fecal matter and heroin to his doorstep, and called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/technology/reporting-from-the-webs-underbelly.html>

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Insurance.pro decision acknowledges limits on UDRP and trademarks
A couple weeks ago a National Arbitration Forum panel handed down a decision in a complaint brought over the domain name insurance.pro.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/18/insurance-pro-decision-acknowledges-limits-on-udrp-and-trademarks/>

au: Immihelp, LLC v. Babak Shahafar - Case No. DAU2013-0041
1. The Parties: The Complainant is Immihelp, LLC of Plano, Texas, United States of America, represented by Davies Collison Cave, Australia. The Respondent is Babak Shahafar of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, self-represented. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar: The disputed domain name <immihelp.com.au> (?the Domain Name?) is registered with Web Address Registration Pty Ltd.
<http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2013-0041>

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Whatever Happened to the IPv4 Address Crisis?
In February 2011, the global Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated the last blocks of IPv4 address space to the five regional Internet registries. At the time, experts warned that within months all available IPv4 addresses in the world would be distributed to ISPs.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/021714-ipv4-278692.html>
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/538413/whatever_happened_ipv4_address_crisis_/>
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/538413/whatever_happened_ipv4_address_crisis_/>

24 million IPv4 addresses still available in Canada, US
Three years after the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) distributed its last block of IPv4 address space and after much press coverage on the looming IPv4 crunch, addresses for the 32-year-old Internet protocol are still being allocated in Canada and the United States.
<http://www.itworldcanada.com/post/24-million-ipv4-addresses-still-available-in-canada-us>

Anyone Who Still Thinks IPv6 Won't Happen Clearly Isn't Watching the Measurements by Dan York
Anyone who still is using the "I'll-just-wait-on-IPv6-because-it-will-never-happen" approach is clearly NOT watching the measurements. First, there was the news last week that Google's IPv6 measurement had crossed over 3% less than five months after crossing the 2% mark. Then today comes word from the World IPv6 Launch measurements program that the February 2014 measurements are up.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140219_anyone_who_still_thinks_ipv6_wont_happen_isnt_watching_measurems/>

Designing Effective Regulation for IPv6 Adoption by Mukom Akong Tamon
So you are the IT regulator for a country and you are convinced that the shortage of IPv4 address space represents a threat to the development of the Internet in your country and you want to do something about it. Being that as regulator you don't really run the countries IP networks, what can you really do? I've heard many regulators in over 30 countries grapple with this problem. The purpose of this article is to think through some ideas to guide action on using (or not) regulation to drive IPv6 adoption.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140218_designing_effective_regulation_for_ipv6_adoption/>

Austrian utility orders Itron smart grid solution
Itron Inc. signed a contract to deliver its OpenWay smart grid solution in Salzburg, Austria. Salzburg AG, energy supplier for 260,000 customers in the province of Salzburg, will use the solution for an IPv6 pilot project.
<http://www.elp.com/articles/2014/02/austrian-utility-orders-itron-smart-grid-solution.html>

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What?s In A Name?
An age old question that carries a fair amount of import online. Domains are, essentially, real estate. And like actual real estate, you encounter a wide array of people trying to accomplish a wide array of goals.
<http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/webmaster/archive/2014/02/14/what-s-in-a-name.aspx>

U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More
Following on the heels of this week's domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it's clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy. Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain of a BitTorrent meta-search engine along with those belonging to other music linking sites and several others which appear to be connected to physical counterfeit goods.
<http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/>

Fake Political Websites Draw Attention in DC by Philip Corwin
Controversy continues to build in Washington, DC regarding an online campaign against Democratic candidates for the House being conducted by the National Republican Campaign Committee. As just reported by National Journal, the NRCC recently adjusted the arguably misleading series of websites and ?changed the donation page to make clearer to potential contributors that their money wasn't going to the smiling Democrats pictured but instead to the Republicans?.
<http://www.internetcommerce.org/Fake_Political_Websites>

Verisign gets patent for Recovery of a Failed Registry
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Verisign patent number 8,656,209 for ?Recovery of a Failed Registry?.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/19/verisign-gets-patent-for-recovery-of-a-failed-registry/>

How to Stop New ICANN Rule From Shutting Your Website Down
Imagine if your website were to get shut down by your domain registrar. Thanks to a new requirement by ICANN ? the governing body for all domain names ? it could happen to anyone.
<http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5941-protect-your-website-icann-verification.html>

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Web Host Uses Google Glass to Break Down Communication Barriers, Offer Visual Compliance
Canadian Web Hosting, a company that provides web hosting from data centers in Toronto and Vancouver, has been using Google Glass in its data centers and beyond to improve internal processes, and transform how employees communicate between each other and with end users.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/web-host-uses-google-glass-break-communication-barriers-offer-visual-compliance>

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Sedo Faces Stiffer Competition, But Largest Domain Marketplace Still Grows In 2013
While Sedo seems to be facing stiffer competition in the domain name aftermarket, they are still the big one. In 2013, Sedo was responsible for 37,241 transactions in its domain marketplace with a mean average price of $1,893 across all sales and a median price of $577. This represented a three percent increase in total transactions over the 36,181 transactions powered in 2012 and an increase in 2012's mean average price of $1,885.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=21892>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/02/18/sedo-faces-stiffer-competition/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/sedo-faces-stiffer-competition.html>

Sedo's Annual Domain Market Study Says .Com Commanded Higher Sales Prices and A Bigger Share of the Market in 2013
Domain sales and monetization giant Sedo released their annual Domain Market Study covering 2013 today. The study helps identify industry trends and changes based on the tens of thousands of sales made over the past year through the Sedo platform.
<http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2014/dailyposts/20140218.htm>

Last year?s big domain opportunities: Bitcoin and two types of smoking
We can all see missed opportunities with hindsight. Looking back at the past year, I think there were two types of domain names that were ripe for buying: domains for bitcoin as well as two different types of ?smoking?.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2014/02/17/last-years-big-domain-opportunities-bitcoin-and-two-types-of-smoking/>

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Screen time improves eye sight: study
Almost as long as there have been television screens, parents have been warning about the risk to your eyesight of watching for too long. But now, researchers in California have found that you can improve your sight if you use a screen the right way.
<http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3947385.htm>

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Facebook Must Comply with German Data Protection Law, Court Rules [IDG]
Facebook has to comply with German data protection law, the Higher Court of Berlin ruled in a decision that directly contradicted an earlier decision by another court.
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098720/facebook-must-comply-with-german-data-protection-law-court-rules.html>
<http://www.cio.com/article/748365/Facebook_Must_Comply_with_German_Data_Protection_Law_Court_Rules>

Facebook snaps up messaging service WhatsApp in $19bn deal
Facebook is to buy the messaging service WhatsApp for $19bn, the social media company said on Wednesday.
<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/19/facebook-buys-whatsapp-16bn-deal>

Facebook to Buy Messaging Start-Up in $16 Billion Deal
Facebook said on Wednesday that it would acquire WhatsApp, a messaging start-up, for $16 billion in cash and stock.
<http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/facebook-to-buy-messaging-start-up/>

Lie detector on the way to test social media rumours
A lie detector for social media is being built to try to verify online rumours. The system will analyse, in real time, whether a posting online is true. It will also identify whether social media accounts have been created just to spread false information.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26263510>

Microsoft study finds Twitter posts can predict post-natal depression
A Microsoft study investigating the linguistic quirks of Twitter users has found that subtle shifts in language used by expectant mothers can predict their subsequent likelihood of developing post-natal depression.
<http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/02/19/microsoft-study-finds-twitter-posts-can-predict-post-natal-depression>

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Online trolls are psychopaths and sadists, psychologists claim
Canadian researchers have confirmed what most people suspected all along: that internet trolls are archetypal Machiavellian sadists.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/online-trolls-are-psychopaths-and-sadists-psychologists-claim-9134396.html>

au: Tony Abbott stands up to cyber giants on bullying
THE Abbott government has hit back at Facebook and Google amid a growing political storm over regulation of the internet, insisting parents need tough legal sanctions within months to prevent children from being bullied online.
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbott-stands-up-to-cyber-giants-on-bullying/story-fn59niix-1226832114621>

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au: Labor to back controversial fair use policy
Opposition spokesman on communications Jason Clare will announce on Tuesday that Labor will support the controversial introduction of a ?fair use? policy that has raised the ire of copyright holders.
<http://www.afr.com/p/technology/labor_to_back_controversial_fair_8T6Fsedid8rFBrdBBaI4YN>

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Dotcom raid legal, FBI taking evidence not
Police raids on Kim Dotcom's mansion in 2012 have been declared legal, but FBI removal of electronic information seized in the search was an unauthorised breach, the Court of Appeal has found.
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/9739447/Dotcom-raid-legal-FBI-taking-evidence-not>

New Zealand appeals court reverses ruling that Megaupload warrants were illegal
On Wednesday in New Zealand, a Court of Appeal ruled that the warrants used to seize property belonging to Megaupload founder and CEO Kim Dotcom were legal. The court's decision reversed a 2012 High Court decision in which a chief judge ruled that the warrants were too vague and did not define the parameters of the search and seizure sufficiently.
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/new-zealand-appeals-court-reverses-ruling-that-megaupload-warrants-were-illegal/>

Court of Appeal: No miscarriage of justice in Dotcom raid
Kim Dotcom's lawyers and the Crown are both considering appealing aspects of a Court of Appeal ruling that search warrants on Dotcom's Coatesville mansion were valid.
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11205578>
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