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Keynote Address by Assistant Secretary Strickling at the American Enterprise Institute - ?Who governs the Internet? A conversation on securing the multistakeholder process?

< <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2014/keynote-address-assistant-secretary-strickling-american-enterprise-institute> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2014/keynote-address-assistant-secretary-strickling-american-enterprise-institute>

 

Great video explainer: Vint Cerf on ICANN and NTIA

< <http://boingboing.net/2014/07/24/great-video-explainer-vint-ce.html> http://boingboing.net/2014/07/24/great-video-explainer-vint-ce.html>

 

Why The Newest Chinese TLD Is Overtaking The Competition

< <http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/24/why-the-newest-chinese-tld-is-overtaking-the-competition/> http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/24/why-the-newest-chinese-tld-is-overtaking-the-competition/>

 

China?s Changing Internet Domain Name Landscape

< <http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/21/chinas-changing-internet-domain-name-landscape/> http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/21/chinas-changing-internet-domain-name-landscape/>

 

How major brands are falling foul of domain name cybersquatters

< <http://www.techradar.com/us/news/internet/web/how-major-brands-are-falling-foul-of-domain-name-cybersquatters-1258068> http://www.techradar.com/us/news/internet/web/how-major-brands-are-falling-foul-of-domain-name-cybersquatters-1258068>

 

Verisign Healthy Financials Show .COM/.NET Demand Slowing

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/25/verisign-financials-com-net-slowing/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/25/verisign-financials-com-net-slowing/>

 

 

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Keynote Address by Assistant Secretary Strickling at the American Enterprise Institute - ?Who governs the Internet? A conversation on securing the multistakeholder process?

I want to thank the American Enterprise Institute, and in particular, Jeff Eisenach and Shane Tews, for inviting me to address this group today on the important issue of Internet governance. In particular, I want to focus on what has been happening in response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration?s (NTIA) announcement in March that we intend to transition our stewardship role with respect to the Internet domain name system (DNS).

< <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2014/keynote-address-assistant-secretary-strickling-american-enterprise-institute> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2014/keynote-address-assistant-secretary-strickling-american-enterprise-institute>

 

Great video explainer: Vint Cerf on ICANN and NTIA

The "father of the Internet" explains why the Congressional posturing and global freakout about the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration stepping back from management of the Internet domain name system is misplaced.

< <http://boingboing.net/2014/07/24/great-video-explainer-vint-ce.html> http://boingboing.net/2014/07/24/great-video-explainer-vint-ce.html>

 

Vint Cerf Warns Against Evil Superpowers Taking Over the Internet

The Father of the Internet wants to lay some wisdom and warnings on all of you. In a new video posted by Google, a cartoon version of Vint Cerf, who is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Internet (along with Bob Kahn), explains the Internet address system and some of the near-term hurdles it faces.

< <http://mashable.com/2014/07/24/vint-cerf-internet-address-icann/> http://mashable.com/2014/07/24/vint-cerf-internet-address-icann/>

 

Internet Father Vint Cerf Explains How We Keep Web Addresses Straight

In March, there was a lot of news about ICANN and how the U.S. was planning to relinquish its power over the organization. Now, with Republicans angling to delay the transition, Google has released an explainer video about why it thinks the process is positive. The video is charming, informative, and features dad jokes from Internet inventor Vint Cerf. What could be better?

< <http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/24/vint_cerf_a_father_of_the_internet_explains_how_icann_works_and_who_runs.html> http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/24/vint_cerf_a_father_of_the_internet_explains_how_icann_works_and_who_runs.html>

 

Vint Cerf Explains The Development Of One Of His Kids - The Internet

Father of the internet Vint Cerf narrates this video on one of his three "kids", the internet. The video gives a history of internet governance, starting with the work Cerf and Bob Kahn did when it was a small Defence Department project and that Jon Postel managed the directory that translated names and IP numbers.

< <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=22683> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=22683>

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/25/vint-cerf-development-internet/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/25/vint-cerf-development-internet/>

 

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China?s 21Vianet Contributes to Stable and Resilient Internet with L-Root Instance | Introduction on Instance Helps Mitigate Network Outages, Delivers Improved Internet Experience

A new instance of L-Root has been installed in China, increasing the DNS's overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as DDoS attacks.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-24-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-24-en>

 

Letter from Jonathan Robinson on completion of GNSO WHOIS studies

< <https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GNSO%20Council%20Chair%20to%20GAC%20-%20WHOIS%20Studies%20-%2024%20July%202014%5B1%5D.pdf> https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GNSO Council Chair to GAC - WHOIS Studies - 24 July 2014%5B1%5D.pdf>

 

21Vianet, ICANN install L-Root node in Beijing

A new instance of L-Root has been installed in China, to increase the DNS overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as DDoS attacks.

< <http://www.telecompaper.com/news/21vianet-icann-install-l-root-node-in-beijing--1027606> http://www.telecompaper.com/news/21vianet-icann-install-l-root-node-in-beijing--1027606>

 

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CNNIC Released the 30th Statistical Report on Internet Development

CNNIC released the 30th statistical report on Internet development (hereinafter referred to as ?the report?) in Beijing on 19th July, 2012. ?The report? shows that as of the end of June, 2012, Chinese netizens reached 538 million with the mobile netizens achieving to 388 million, thus mobile replaces the desktop computer to become the first priority for the Internet accessing instrument.

< <http://www1.cnnic.cn/IS/CNym/cnymcpgg/201208/t20120823_35274.htm> http://www1.cnnic.cn/IS/CNym/cnymcpgg/201208/t20120823_35274.htm>

 

mx: Service Policies came into effect on July 19th, 2014.

Dear Customer: Akky informs that its Service Policies came into effect on July 19th, 2014. The modifications made to the Akky Domain Name Policies involve mainly the following points:

< <http://www.akky.mx/jsf/news/news.jsf?id=942> http://www.akky.mx/jsf/news/news.jsf?id=942>

 

nl: Update spoof invoices

We recently reported that two firms ? NL Domein Host and Domeinhost Nederland ? were sending out ?spoof invoices?. We are advising anyone who receives a spoof invoice not to pay it. However, we have been unable to establish that the two firms are doing anything unlawful, which would allow us to intervene directly.

< <https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/update-spookfacturen-1/> https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/update-spookfacturen-1/>

 

ru: 155 domain names removed from delegation

In June of 2014, registrars received 173 requests from the company Group-IB to remove the domain names of violators from delegation. As a result, 155 domain names were removed.

< <http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=5896> http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=5896>

 

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Why The Newest Chinese TLD Is Overtaking The Competition

The newest Chinese TLD on the block is quickly overtaking the competition. Within 48 hours of its public availability, .WANG ? which translates to ?dot net?, or ?king?, and is one of the most common names in China ? received more than 20,000 registrations.

< <http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/24/why-the-newest-chinese-tld-is-overtaking-the-competition/> http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/24/why-the-newest-chinese-tld-is-overtaking-the-competition/>

 

China?s Changing Internet Domain Name Landscape

Multi-national corporations interested in the Chinese market ? companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, Coca-Cola, Disney, American Express and Nike ? have websites in the Chinese ccTLD, .CN. Now, they can saturate the world?s largest market even further. For the first time in the history of the Internet, ICANN, which oversees the domain name system, is allowing TLDs other than country codes in non-Roman script. Applications were submitted for 116 so-called Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), meaning the Web soon will include TLDs in Chinese, Japanese and South Korean characters, Perso-Arabic, Hindi, and Cyrillic. The incorporation of these TLDs has already begun.

< <http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/21/chinas-changing-internet-domain-name-landscape/> http://gtldstrategy.com/2014/07/21/chinas-changing-internet-domain-name-landscape/>

 

How major brands are falling foul of domain name cybersquatters

Famous brands risk having their trade marks hijacked online by cybersquatters who are taking advantage of a new range of domain name registration opportunities.

< <http://www.techradar.com/us/news/internet/web/how-major-brands-are-falling-foul-of-domain-name-cybersquatters-1258068> http://www.techradar.com/us/news/internet/web/how-major-brands-are-falling-foul-of-domain-name-cybersquatters-1258068>

 

What do ICANN's new TLDs mean for business? Interview: GoDaddy on becoming the master of your new domain

In September 2013, internet registration outfit ICANN introduced a slew of new TLDs, far expanding the options beyond .com, .co.uk and a multitude of other aging suffixes.

< <http://www.techradar.com/au/news/internet/web/what-does-icann-s-new-top-level-domains-mean-for-business--1258835> http://www.techradar.com/au/news/internet/web/what-does-icann-s-new-top-level-domains-mean-for-business--1258835>

 

Is the U.S. Lagging Behind China?s ?Domain Savvy??

Imagine this: What if the Internet was created in China and we had to learn how to navigate it using Chinese characters? How would we ever have done that? Luckily we didn?t have to because the Internet was built around US-ASCII or ?Latin? alphabet characters. However, for the billions of Chinese and the many other countries that do not use Latin characters in their native alphabet, it meant they had to adapt to using a foreign language to navigate the Internet.

< <http://innovationinsights.wired.com/insights/2014/07/nerds-made/> http://innovationinsights.wired.com/insights/2014/07/nerds-made/>

 

Deadline for .wales and .cymru trademark registrations approaches

Businesses that hold a trademark and wish to appeal to customers in Wales, or want to be identified as having a Welsh heritage, need to register with the Trademark Clearinghouse before the 31st July to ensure the best possible chance of securing their .wales or .cymru domain names.

< <http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/deadline-wales-and-cymru-trademark-registrations-approaches> http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/deadline-wales-and-cymru-trademark-registrations-approaches>

 

Amazon and Google deal on .talk, .play, .drive and others

Google and Amazon have started making deals to settle their new gTLD contention sets.

< <http://domainincite.com/17131-amazon-and-google-deal-on-talk-play-drive-and-others> http://domainincite.com/17131-amazon-and-google-deal-on-talk-play-drive-and-others>

 

Galician TLD Pioneers Now Live

Today the first 93 .gal domain names that have been assigned to ?pioneers? are going live. The .gal TLD has been setup to serve Galicia and Galician culture and language. If you?re not familiar with Galicia it?s a region in northern Spain:

< <http://www.internetnews.me/2014/07/25/galician-tld-pioneers-now-live/> http://www.internetnews.me/2014/07/25/galician-tld-pioneers-now-live/>

 

Exercise of Options and TVR

Minds + Machines Group ... announces that it has issued 350,000 new Ordinary Shares following exercise by an employee of 350,000 share options at an exercise price of 9p per share.

< <http://investors.mindsandmachines.com/2014/07/exercise-of-options-and-tvr/> http://investors.mindsandmachines.com/2014/07/exercise-of-options-and-tvr/>

 

How Donuts Became The World's Largest Registry Overnight

Since time immemorial, dot-com has been the only TLD that?s ever mattered. But now a domain registrar named Donuts has put $58 million into registering new dot-whatever Internet names, making it into the largest domain registrar in the world--overnight. Google is number two with 101 gTLDs in Internet-speak.

< <http://www.fastcolabs.com/3033464/how-donuts-became-the-worlds-largest-registry-overnight> http://www.fastcolabs.com/3033464/how-donuts-became-the-worlds-largest-registry-overnight>

 

Of The 9,025 .Voting Domains Registered Over 97% Registered To Co. With Ties To The Registry?

One company is responsible for registering over 97% of the 9,025 .Voting new gTLD domain names.

< <http://www.thedomains.com/2014/07/24/of-the-9025-voting-domains-registered-over-97-registered-to-co-with-ties-to-the-registry/> http://www.thedomains.com/2014/07/24/of-the-9025-voting-domains-registered-over-97-registered-to-co-with-ties-to-the-registry/>

 

NYC picks Panama registrar for reserved names

The City of New York is working with Panama-based registrar CCI REG to reserve government-related domains in the new .nyc gTLD, despite imposing residency requirements on registrants.

< <http://domainincite.com/17122-nyc-picks-panama-registrar-for-reserved-names> http://domainincite.com/17122-nyc-picks-panama-registrar-for-reserved-names>

 

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Cyber attacks on energy companies: do we need specific laws to protect us?

It is hardly surprising that recent weeks have seen an increase in the number of cyber attacks affecting energy companies and the industrial control systems they use to heat and light our homes and businesses.

< <http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/jul/24/cyber-attacks-energy-energetic-bear> http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/jul/24/cyber-attacks-energy-energetic-bear>

 

Viewpoint: Microsoft's Internet Policing Has Been Dangerously Wrongheaded

Last month, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit launched a lawsuit aimed at disabling two large and quite nasty botnets?networks of innocent computers secretly controlled by nefarious software.

< <http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202664344454/Viewpoint-Microsofts-Internet-Policing-Has-Been-Dangerously-Wrongheaded> http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202664344454/Viewpoint-Microsofts-Internet-Policing-Has-Been-Dangerously-Wrongheaded>

 

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us: GoDaddy Domain Names Ruled Too Close To Oscars Marks

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which presides over the yearly film awards known as the Oscars, won a bid on Thursday to have 88 Web domain names held by GoDaddy Inc. declared confusingly similar to its own trademarks, according to an order filed in California federal court.

< <http://www.law360.com/articles/560991/godaddy-domain-names-ruled-too-close-to-oscars-marks> http://www.law360.com/articles/560991/godaddy-domain-names-ruled-too-close-to-oscars-marks>

 

au: Penske System, Inc. v. M Akkaoui a/k/a Moe Akkaoui - Case No. DAU2014-0017

1. The Parties: The Complainant is Penske System, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America ("United States"), represented by Deirdre Thomas, United States. The Respondent is M Akkaoui a/k/a Moe Akkaoui of Bankstown, Australia. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar: The disputed domain name <penske.com.au> (the "Domain Name") is registered with AussieHQ Pty Ltd (the "Registrar").

< <http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2014-0017> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2014-0017>

 

China Domain Name Emails. It Is Still A Scam.

One of our China lawyers just got the following email which, interestingly enough went to the spam folder. I mention that it went to the spam folder because it shows that Outlook recognized it for what it contained, a fairly standard China domain name scam email.

< <http://www.chinalawblog.com/2014/07/china-domain-name-emails-it-is-still-a-scam.html> http://www.chinalawblog.com/2014/07/china-domain-name-emails-it-is-still-a-scam.html>

 

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Verisign Healthy Financials Show .COM/.NET Demand Slowing

Registrations of new .com and .net domain names increased by 420,000 net during the second quarter, meaning there were 128.9 million active domain names across both TLDs, an increase of 3.7 percent, Verisign Registry Services reported in their results for the second quarter of 2014. This compares to a 4.9 percent increase for the same period 12 months ago.

< <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=22682> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=22682>

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/25/verisign-financials-com-net-slowing/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2014/07/25/verisign-financials-com-net-slowing/>

< <http://www.domainnews.com/verisign-financials-com-net-slowing.html> http://www.domainnews.com/verisign-financials-com-net-slowing.html>

 

Verisign Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results

VeriSign, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2014

< <http://www.verisigninc.com/assets/earnings-release-Q2-2014.pdf> http://www.verisigninc.com/assets/earnings-release-Q2-2014.pdf>

 

Verisign reports slowing growth, hikes .Net prices 10%

Verisign reported earnings after the bell today, and the results for .com/.net aren?t that promising.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/24/verisign-reports-slowing-growth-hikes-net-prices-10/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/24/verisign-reports-slowing-growth-hikes-net-prices-10/>

 

Some Internet Measurements by Geoff Huston

At APNIC Labs we've been working on developing a new approach to navigating through some of our data sets the describe aspects of IPv6 deployment, the use of DNSSEC and some measurements relating to the current state of BGP. The intent of this particular set of data collections is to allow the data to be placed into a relative context, displaying comparison of the individual measurements at a level of geographic regions, individual countries, and individual networks.

< <http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2014-07/measure.html> http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2014-07/measure.html>

 

GoDaddy & Microsoft Partner to Provide Affordable Office 365 to Small Businesses in India

GoDaddy ... and Microsoft today announced a long-term strategic partnership to offer Microsoft Office 365 from GoDaddy as its exclusive core business-class email and productivity service for small businesses in India. Microsoft Office 365 offered through GoDaddy will give millions of small businesses access to enterprise-grade productivity solutions at an affordable price, starting at Rs. 149/month. Microsoft Office 365 helps even the smallest of businesses look professional, collaborate with employees and customers, and effectively run their business anywhere, on any mobile device.

< <http://au.godaddy.com/news/article/godaddy-microsoft-partner-to-provide-affordable-office-365-to-small-businesses-in-india.aspx> http://au.godaddy.com/news/article/godaddy-microsoft-partner-to-provide-affordable-office-365-to-small-businesses-in-india.aspx>

 

Does Google?s ?Search Ads Lift Brand Awareness? Study Mean What It Says?

Google is touting a new study this week that concludes ?Search Ads Lift Brand Awareness.? What the study should be titled, though, is ?The Top Search Ad Lifts Brand Awareness?.

< <http://searchengineland.com/google-search-ads-lift-brand-awareness-study-194395> http://searchengineland.com/google-search-ads-lift-brand-awareness-study-194395>

 

World Domain Day - New International Conference In India! Expanding the Global Domain Market to India

The Indian Domain Owners Association (IDOA) is hosting the first annual World Domain Day [WDD.2014] on August 24th 2014 in Hyderabad, India.

< <https://sedo.com/us/news/3491/--World-Domain-Day---New-International-Conference-In-India/> https://sedo.com/us/news/3491/--World-Domain-Day---New-International-Conference-In-India/>

 

Bring back error correction, say Danish 'net boffins

Researchers from Denmark's Aalborg university are claiming that Internet could move traffic five times or more faster than it does today. The downside? Doing away with how TCP/IP currently functions.

< <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/28/bring_back_error_correction_say_danish_net_boffins/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/28/bring_back_error_correction_say_danish_net_boffins/>

 

A look inside today?s virtual domain name tradeshow

... The process of registering, downloading software, and navigating the show floor was rather cumbersome. (Once you figure out how to chat with companies, you?ll find many of them aren?t available.)

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/24/a-look-inside-todays-virtual-domain-name-tradeshow/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/24/a-look-inside-todays-virtual-domain-name-tradeshow/>

 

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Weekly Expired Domain Report

Domain sales charts ? expired or otherwise ? make for some strange bedfellows.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/24/weekly-expired-domain-report/> http://domainnamewire.com/2014/07/24/weekly-expired-domain-report/>

 

Exclusive ? Interview with the Buyer of Digital.com, Richard Kershaw

Digital.com sold in the Heritage Auction for $325,000 and with the buyer?s premium the total price to the buyer came to $373,750. After the auction we communicated with the gentleman who purchased the domain name, Richard Kershaw.

< <http://www.thedomains.com/2014/07/26/exclusive-interview-with-the-buyer-of-digital-com-richard-kershaw/> http://www.thedomains.com/2014/07/26/exclusive-interview-with-the-buyer-of-digital-com-richard-kershaw/>

 

A 6-Figure Chinese .Com Sale and a Powerful ccTLD Performance Light Up This Week's Domain Sales Chart 

This double length column covering the past two weeks worth of reported domain sales (coupled with the double-length report we posted July 11) will bring you fully up to date to on all sales reported during and after my recently concluded anniversary/vacation break. From this point forward we will be back on our usual weekly schedule with a new sales column coming out every Wednesday evening.

< <http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2014/20140723.htm> http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2014/20140723.htm>

 

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Twitch: what is it, and why has Google bought it for $1bn?

Google has reportedly closed a $1bn deal to acquire gaming video streaming site Twitch. The unconfirmed report by GamesBeat places Twitch at the heart of a revamped YouTube push to attract a hardcore group of users to the dominant video platform and tap into the rising gaming trend.

< <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/25/twitch-google-gaming-video-site> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/25/twitch-google-gaming-video-site>

 

au: Government plan to turn screws on pirated content

Australia would have some of the toughest anti-piracy measures in the Western world if leaked government proposals to crack down on online copyright infringement were implemented, copyright experts say.

< <http://www.smh.com.au/national/government-plan-to-turn-screws-on-pirated-content-20140726-3cm8u.html> http://www.smh.com.au/national/government-plan-to-turn-screws-on-pirated-content-20140726-3cm8u.html>

 

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Online privacy and law enforcement: Why Microsoft is resisting an official demand to hand over data

Lawyers for Microsoft and the American government are due to face each other in a court in New York on July 31st. The two sides have been arguing for months about a warrant, served on Microsoft in December, which requires the company to hand over e-mails stored at data centres in Ireland. Microsoft has already challenged the warrant once, but the judge who issued it upheld it.

< <http://www.economist.com/news/business/21608644-why-microsoft-resisting-official-demand-hand-over-data-unwarranted> http://www.economist.com/news/business/21608644-why-microsoft-resisting-official-demand-hand-over-data-unwarranted>

 

Privacy fears as Australian surveillance laws are dragged into the digital era

One of Australia?s key laws governing surveillance ? the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (TIA) Act of 1979 ? is desperately in need of an overhaul. It?s a dinosaur from the days of the fixed line telephone and the fax machine.

< <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/26/privacy-fears-australian-surveillance-laws-digital-era> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/26/privacy-fears-australian-surveillance-laws-digital-era>

 

au: Internet surveillance scheme costs could soar

The potential cost to consumers of implementing the government?s proposed new internet surveillance system is soaring, as a leading provider warns it could stretch to over $100 million.

< <http://www.afr.com/p/business/companies/internet_surveillance_scheme_costs_txJk468RQQCWRznKncgahI> http://www.afr.com/p/business/companies/internet_surveillance_scheme_costs_txJk468RQQCWRznKncgahI>

 

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Trademarking a tragedy: the need to defend against rogue trademarks of tragic events

The entire world was in a state of shock, disbelief and sadness last Thursday at the news that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 had been shot out of the sky over war-torn eastern Ukraine. Some individuals, though, saw the tragedy as something else entirely: an opportunity. Reports soon surfaced of mysterious companies registering trademarks for the term ?MH17?, and despite it being the last thing Malaysia Airlines would want to think about at a time like this, it has been forced to register defensive trademarks this week against these rogue applications.

< <http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=ee50c570-641f-41ee-a0dc-a2fb78239f7d> http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=ee50c570-641f-41ee-a0dc-a2fb78239f7d>

 

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OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies

Background: This Recommendation aims to support the development and implementation of digital government strategies that bring governments closer to citizens and businesses. It recognises that today?s technology is not only a strategic driver for improving public sector efficiency, but can also support effectiveness of policies and create more open, transparent, innovative, participatory and trustworthy governments.

< <http://www.oecd.org/internet/public-innovation/recommendation-on-digital-government-strategies.htm> http://www.oecd.org/internet/public-innovation/recommendation-on-digital-government-strategies.htm>

 

au: Government pushes website blocks to fight piracy

A leaked government discussion paper reveals a "very radical proposal for copyright law reform in Australia" according to intellectual property expert Dr Matthew Rimmer.

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