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Davos bosses fret over threats to Internet free trade

< <http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/internet-trade-davos-idINKBN0KW1R420150123> http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/internet-trade-davos-idINKBN0KW1R420150123>

 

Fadi Chehade Explains The 'Powerful' Innovations Surrounding Domain Names Today

< <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_6536638.html> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_6536638.html>

 

Global Domain Registration Growth Slows With .NET In Decline: Verisign DNIB

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/01/23/registration-growth-slows-net-decline-verisign/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/01/23/registration-growth-slows-net-decline-verisign/>

 

ICANN orders re-evaluation of dot-gay

< <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/23/icann_orders_reevaluation_of_dotgay/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/23/icann_orders_reevaluation_of_dotgay/>

 

us: New wife sues, claiming ex-wife registered domain names in the new wife?s new name

< <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/23/new-wife-sues-claiming-ex-wife-registered-domain-names-in-the-new-wifes-new-name/> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/23/new-wife-sues-claiming-ex-wife-registered-domain-names-in-the-new-wifes-new-name/>

 

 

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Davos bosses fret over threats to Internet free trade

Business leaders pushing for frictionless free trade have something new to worry about: the potential break-up of the Internet, which today forms the backbone of the global economy.

< <http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/internet-trade-davos-idUKL6N0V22AB20150123> http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/internet-trade-davos-idUKL6N0V22AB20150123>

< <http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/internet-trade-davos-idINKBN0KW1R420150123> http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/internet-trade-davos-idINKBN0KW1R420150123>

 

Hibernating NetMundial continues to rattle internet governance world

The controversial effort by ICANN and the World Economic Forum (WEF) to devise a new internet governance body may have gone into hibernation but it is still causing ructions.

< <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/24/hibernating_netmundial_continues_to_rattle_internet_governance_world/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/24/hibernating_netmundial_continues_to_rattle_internet_governance_world/>

 

Europe in Two Internet Related Battlefields by by Farzaneh Badii

?Lord, deliver us from all evil and from French state justice.? This was the French farmers? prayer once their parliament and state got involved with their affairs with their written laws and overly legalized procedures that applied to every single one of them. In modern times, the Internet governance community might have to say the same prayer when overzealous European states get involved in the Internet.

< <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/01/21/europe-in-two-internet-related-battlefields/> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/01/21/europe-in-two-internet-related-battlefields/>

 

Initiative and Disrupt Davos Discussions by Philip S. Corwin

As we have previously observed, the efforts undertaken by ICANN, the World Economic Forum, and CGI.BR to launch a NETmundial Initiative (NMI) to follow up on last spring's NETmundial meeting in Sao Paulo has encountered heavy skepticism and substantial resistance from the major civil society and technical groups from which endorsement and participation was sought. While things were smoothed over a bit in a December 17, 2014 meeting between some of them and ICANN, the participants "did not resolve all of the outstanding issues" and declared that "More work needs to be done by NMI and with the various communities involved."

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150125_occupy_ig_internet_social_forum_targets_netmundial_initiative/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150125_occupy_ig_internet_social_forum_targets_netmundial_initiative/>

 

The Year Ahead In Internet Governance: Of Competing Institutions, IANA Transition, And A New Crypto War [subscription]

For many years Electronic Frontier Foundation Policy Analyst Jeremy Malcolm has been predicting the next year would be the pivotal year for the UN-led IGF. With the NetMundial Initiative being constructed these coming months and governments having not yet agreed to prolong the IGF mandate, the decade-old forum might be challenged to either move or become just one of many internet governance conference venues.

< <http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/01/25/the-year-ahead-in-internet-governance-of-competing-institutions-iana-transition-and-a-new-crypto-war/> http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/01/25/the-year-ahead-in-internet-governance-of-competing-institutions-iana-transition-and-a-new-crypto-war/>

 

A Case for Looking Before Leaping: The IANA Stewardship Proposal by Byron Holland

In my comments on the draft Cross-Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions proposal for the IANA transition, I expressed my overall support, albeit somewhat reserved, for the proposal.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150122_a_case_for_looking_before_leaping_the_iana_stewardship_proposal/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150122_a_case_for_looking_before_leaping_the_iana_stewardship_proposal/>

 

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ICANN's Roadmap for Community Digital Services

Over the last few years, more and more organizations have moved, at varying pace, towards a greater reliance on delivering information, transactions and services digitally. And it is time we join that movement.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-s-roadmap-for-community-digital-services> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-s-roadmap-for-community-digital-services>

 

Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) | Chairs' Statement: Thomas Rickert - Le?n Sanchez - Mathieu Weill

The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) held its first face-to-face meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on 19-20 January 2015.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-23-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-23-en>

 

The Africa DNS Business Exchange and Mentorship Programme Kicks off with the New Year

We are happy to announce the launch of the Africa DNS Business Exchange Programme, implemented in collaboration with AFRINIC, our long standing partner. The Programme, a key milestone and significant step in the implementation of the Africa Strategy aims to build capacity for registrars and registries in Africa. Indeed, this need was singled out as key to move forward in buildig the DNS industry on the continent, right from the inception of the African Strategy a couple of years ago.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-africa-dns-business-exchange-and-mentorship-programme-kicks-off-with-the-new-year> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-africa-dns-business-exchange-and-mentorship-programme-kicks-off-with-the-new-year>

 

Join the ICANN Quarterly Stakeholder Report on 29 January 2015

How has ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the second quarter of FY2015? What?s the status of the IANA Stewardship Transition and the Enhancing ICANN Accountability process?

< <https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-01-23-en> https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2015-01-23-en>

 

What to Expect at ICANN 52: A Guide for Business Stakeholders

Topics: The upcoming ICANN 52 public meeting in Singapore and sessions of interest, opportunities to follow, participate and join work of business stakeholders in their various constituency groups and, The latest topics in the Internet domain name and addressing systems.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-21-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-21-en>

 

Letter from Cherine Chalaby, Chair | ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee, to Thomas Schneider

Protections for IGO Names and Acronyms

< <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/chalaby-to-schneider-22jan15-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/chalaby-to-schneider-22jan15-en.pdf>

 

Letter from Steve Crocker to Thomas Schneider

NGPC responses to GAC advice items from Los Angeles Communiqu?

< <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-schneider-22jan15-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-schneider-22jan15-en.pdf>

 

Akram Atallah, President, Global Domains Division | ICANN, to Rashi Rai to Torsten Bettinger

New gTLD Applications for .MERCK

< <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/atallah-to-rai-bettinger-21jan15-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/atallah-to-rai-bettinger-21jan15-en.pdf>

 

Fadi Chehade Explains The 'Powerful' Innovations Surrounding Domain Names Today

Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, explained how we "went from twenty-something" top domain names to hundreds thanks to one simple change. "The reality is, the more there are names, the less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them," Chehade told HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday. "Because if somebody took your name on dot X, you can go get another name on dot Y now."

< <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_6536638.html> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/fadi-chehade-davos_n_6536638.html>

 

ICANN: Our Top 3 Policy Priorities for 2015 by Kiran Malancharuvil

2014 was a big year for us and for our clients. The new gTLD program forced us to rethink, reprioritize and implement new and different strategies to protect our brands online. The uncertainty largely behind us, and with more information at our fingertips about just how well (or not) brands are faring in the new environment, it's time to look forward to what we can do in 2015 to fix what's broken, throw away what's useless, fight for what's important.

< <https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/icann-our-top-3-policy-priorities-for-2015/> https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/icann-our-top-3-policy-priorities-for-2015/>

 

ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those ?Hogging? Domains?

Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we "went from twenty-something" top domain names to hundreds" throws large domain investors under the bus and then backs up the bus and rolls over them again calling them Cybersquatters.

< <http://www.thedomains.com/2015/01/25/icann-ceo-fadi-bites-the-hand-that-feeds-it-calling-out-those-hogging-domains/> http://www.thedomains.com/2015/01/25/icann-ceo-fadi-bites-the-hand-that-feeds-it-calling-out-those-hogging-domains/>

 

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Global Domain Registration Growth Slows With .NET In Decline: Verisign DNIB

The number of domain names under management around the world is creeping closer towards the 300 million mark, with four million added, an increase of 1.6 percent, across all TLDs in the third quarter of 2014 taking the total to 284 million according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by Verisign.

< <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23423> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23423>

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/01/23/registration-growth-slows-net-decline-verisign/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/01/23/registration-growth-slows-net-decline-verisign/>

< <http://www.domainnews.com/global-domain-registration-growth-slows-with-net-in-decline-verisign-dnib.html> http://www.domainnews.com/global-domain-registration-growth-slows-with-net-in-decline-verisign-dnib.html>

 

Internet Grows to 284 Million Domain Names in the Third Quarter of 2014

VeriSign, Inc. ... today announced four million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 284 million worldwide across all TLDs as of Sept. 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief.

< <http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/internet-technology-news/verisign-press-releases/articles/index.xhtml?artLink=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLm13bmV3c3Jvb20uY29tL2FydGljbGUvcnNzP2lkPTE5MTQwMzY%3D> http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/internet-technology-news/verisign-press-releases/articles/index.xhtml?artLink=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLm13bmV3c3Jvb20uY29tL2FydGljbGUvcnNzP2lkPTE5MTQwMzY%3D>

 

Dot-com is dead. Long live dot-com: Reports of domain king's death greatly exaggerated

As you probably know, the internet's domain names are dominated by a single three-letter ending: "com".

< <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/24/dotcom_is_dead_long_live_dotcom/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/24/dotcom_is_dead_long_live_dotcom/>

 

.fr in 2014: relative performance always above the market

The January 2015 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names reviews the developments in the French domain name market in 2014.

< <http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/8693/show/fr-in-2014-relative-performance-always-above-the-market.html> http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/8693/show/fr-in-2014-relative-performance-always-above-the-market.html>

 

HKIRC Announces Launch of .hk WATCH Service

Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC) today announced the launch of .hk WATCH, the first .hk domain name monitoring service for brand owners around the world. With this new service, HKIRC will protect brand owners from possible abuse of their brands.

< <https://www.hkirc.hk/content.jsp?id=63#!/&in=/company_info/pressrelease.jsp?item=492> https://www.hkirc.hk/content.jsp?id=63#!/&in=/company_info/pressrelease.jsp?item=492>

 

Hong Kong launches domain monitoring service to protect online brands

Domain names are the most important form of online Intellectual Property (IP), as they represent a company?s online identity and business trademark. Therefore, domain name dispute resolution continues to soar.

< <http://www.networksasia.net/article/hong-kong-launches-domain-monitoring-service-protect-online-brands.1421924331> http://www.networksasia.net/article/hong-kong-launches-domain-monitoring-service-protect-online-brands.1421924331>

 

HKIRC protects online brands with a new .hk WATCH Service

The Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation (HKIRC) has launched .hk WATCH, a .hk domain name monitoring service for brand owners to protect them from possible abuse of their brands.

< <http://www.mis-asia.com/resource/internet/hkirc-protects-online-brands-with-a-new-hk-watch-service/> http://www.mis-asia.com/resource/internet/hkirc-protects-online-brands-with-a-new-hk-watch-service/>

 

Kenyan websites are keen to sign up for '.ke' internet addresses [Xinhua]

Kenyan institutions and individuals are embracing the .ke internet domain name as they seek to give their website the country?s identity.

< <http://www.coastweek.com/3804-Kenyan-websites-keen-to-sign-up-for-ke-internet-addresses.htm> http://www.coastweek.com/3804-Kenyan-websites-keen-to-sign-up-for-ke-internet-addresses.htm>

 

SA hits one million .za domains

The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), which manages the .za domain, announced on Friday that the number of local internet domains had passed the one million mark milestone.

< <http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/SA-hits-one-million-za-domains-20150123> http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/SA-hits-one-million-za-domains-20150123>

 

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.gay is gay enough after all? ICANN overturns community panel decision

One of the applicants for .gay has won a significant battle in the fight for the controversial new gTLD. In a shock move, a committee of ICANN?s board of directors has overturned the rejection of dotgay LLC?s Community Priority Evaluation, ordering that the case should be re-examined by a new panel of experts.

< <http://domainincite.com/17910-gay-is-gay-enough-after-all-icann-overturns-community-panel-decision> http://domainincite.com/17910-gay-is-gay-enough-after-all-icann-overturns-community-panel-decision>

 

Internet regulator to reconsider community application for ?.gay? domain

Internet regulator ICANN has agreed to reconsider an application to protect the ?.gay? domain, after fears it would be sold off.

< <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/23/internet-regulator-to-reconsider-community-application-for-gay-domain/> http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/01/23/internet-regulator-to-reconsider-community-application-for-gay-domain/>

 

ICANN orders re-evaluation of dot-gay

ICANN has ordered that the application for the dot-gay TLD be re-evaluated after 54 letters in support of it "inadvertently" fell through the cracks.

< <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/23/icann_orders_reevaluation_of_dotgay/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/23/icann_orders_reevaluation_of_dotgay/>

 

What does 2015 have in store for online businesses?

... Many businesses have been quick to capitalise on the availability of new TLDs. The new domains offer businesses a big opportunity to define themselves, launch new services or showcase the extent of their offerings.

< <http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/what-does-2015-have-in-store-for-online-businesses--1281967> http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/what-does-2015-have-in-store-for-online-businesses--1281967>

 

Hoax news site operator vows ?more to come?; creates another brand headache

While not a new phenomenon, over the past few weeks a number of increasingly sophisticated fake news websites have created headaches for media brands. The owner of a number of these sites has suggested to World Trademark Review that more such attacks are planned.

< <http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/Blog/detail.aspx?g=ecf67754-c83f-493f-96b2-3ec0c595c46c> http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/Blog/detail.aspx?g=ecf67754-c83f-493f-96b2-3ec0c595c46c>

 

ICM Registry Adds Domain Check for Brand Owners

ICM Registry ? the operator of .xxx, and the upcoming .sex., adult and .porn TLDs ? has released an online tool for companies to check their brands across hundreds of new TLD names.

< <http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=190171> http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=190171>

 

Trademark Clearinghouse bundles Porn domains with service at discount

Deal with ICM Registry cuts pricing if you sign up for TMCH and protect a brand in adult domain names.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/01/22/trademark-clearinghouse-bundles-porn-domains-with-service-at-discount/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/01/22/trademark-clearinghouse-bundles-porn-domains-with-service-at-discount/>

 

Dot com to dot love: How to use the web?s new domains to get noticed

Dot how, dot work, dot money, dot yoga ? these are just a few of the new domain extensions launching in the next couple of months. And here?s a sample of the many gTLDs, as they?re technically called, that became available recently ? dot buzz, dot cool, dot tips, dot beer, dot wtf.

< <https://www.techinasia.com/dot-love-how-to-use-new-domains-to-get-noticed/> https://www.techinasia.com/dot-love-how-to-use-new-domains-to-get-noticed/>

 

.vlaanderen and .brussels open to all

Starting from today, 20 January 2015, anyone can register a domain name ending in .vlaanderen or .brussels provided it is still available. Registrations will be on a first come, first served basis, as they are with .be domain names.

< <http://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/news/vlaanderen-and-brussels-open-all> http://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/news/vlaanderen-and-brussels-open-all>

 

Do we need new domain names for real estate?

There are lots of new TLDs coming out (or already released) for real estate purposes: .Realtor, .realty, .realestate, .casa, .immobilien, .immo and probably a few others I?ve missed.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/01/22/do-we-need-new-domain-names-for-real-estate/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/01/22/do-we-need-new-domain-names-for-real-estate/>

 

Why, Even After A Year, There's Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains

... And it?s pretty much turned out the way I thought. The additional virtual territory does not seem to have been a tremendous bonanza ? at least so far. Here?s how things unfolded.

< <http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2015/01/22/why-even-after-a-year-theres-still-no-land-grab-for-new-internet-domains/> http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2015/01/22/why-even-after-a-year-theres-still-no-land-grab-for-new-internet-domains/>

 

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Web Security Outlook for 2015: Mega Vulnerabilities Expected to Fuel DDoS Attacks

Companies using web hosting services expect high availability and lightning-fast performance for their online applications. That?s why hosting providers should be concerned about the rapidly growing DDoS threat.

< <http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/web-security-outlook-2015-mega-vulnerabilities-expected-fuel-ddos-attacks> http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/web-security-outlook-2015-mega-vulnerabilities-expected-fuel-ddos-attacks>

 

Over 75% of All TLDs Now Signed With DNSSEC by Dan York

As I was entering in data for the weekly DNSSEC Deployment Maps, I was struck by the fact that we are now at the point where 617 of the 795 TLDs are now signed with DNSSEC. You can see this easily at Rick Lamb's DNSSEC statistics site...Now, granted, most of that amazing growth in the chart is because all of the newgTLDs are required to be signed with DNSSEC, but we are still seeing solid growth around the world.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150122_over_75_of_all_top_level_domains_tlds_now_signed_with_dnssec/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150122_over_75_of_all_top_level_domains_tlds_now_signed_with_dnssec/>

 

Akamai: Coming 1/29: Q4 2014 State of the Internet Security Edition

We continue to preview sections of the Q4 State of the Internet - Security Report due out next week. Last week we told you about a DDoS attack from a group claiming to be Lizard Squad and the unintended consequences of many bots, spiders and scrapers. Tuesday, we shared a history of malware evolution.

< <https://blogs.akamai.com/2015/01/coming-129-q4-2014-state-of-the-internet-security-edition.html> https://blogs.akamai.com/2015/01/coming-129-q4-2014-state-of-the-internet-security-edition.html>

 

eu: Cybersecurity & Privacy Innovation Forum

The Cyber Security & Privacy (CSP) Innovation Forum 2015 will be held on 28-29th April, 2015 in Management Centre Europe, Rue de l'Aqueduc, 118 Brussels. It is a unique event where the full portfolio of Commission funded research projects in the area of cybersecurity will be present.

< <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/cybersecurity-privacy-innovation-forum> https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/cybersecurity-privacy-innovation-forum>

 

de: eco Policy Breakfast: No National Haste for IT Security Act

Germany must not take the second step before the first ? the parallel legislative processes on IT Security at the national and European level must be closely aligned. This, a central position for eco, was discussed by participants at the first eco Policy Breakfast for 2015 in Berlin last Tuesday morning. Among the around 30 guests from politics and industry, there were, along with member companies, representatives from German Federal Ministries, as well as German Members of Parliament and their staff.

< <https://international.eco.de/2015/news/eco-policy-breakfast-no-national-haste-for-it-security-act.html> https://international.eco.de/2015/news/eco-policy-breakfast-no-national-haste-for-it-security-act.html>

 

Why Obama's Cybersecurity Plan May Not Make Americans Safer

On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama appeared before the American people and again acknowledged digital data theft and data destruction as one of the most important issues facing the nation:

< <http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/why-obamas-cybersecurity-plan-may-not-make-average-americans-safer/384733/> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/why-obamas-cybersecurity-plan-may-not-make-average-americans-safer/384733/>

 

Hacker Steals 20 Million Passwords From Unidentified Dating Site

User names and passwords of 20 million visitors to an unidentified dating site have been hacked and offered for sale on a website, according to a posting by the thief on an online forum used by cybercriminals.

< <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-25/hacker-steals-20-million-passwords-from-unidentified-dating-site.html> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-25/hacker-steals-20-million-passwords-from-unidentified-dating-site.html>

 

au: Hackers expose cyber flaws [subscription]

AUSTRALIANS are reporting 500 cybercrimes every week, amid warnings the country is failing to keep pace with the spiralling threat of online attacks.

< <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/hackers-expose-cyber-flaws/story-e6frg6n6-1227196446934> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/hackers-expose-cyber-flaws/story-e6frg6n6-1227196446934>

 

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us: New wife sues, claiming ex-wife registered domain names in the new wife?s new name

No, really ? that?s [Audrey] Dunham v. [Paige] Dunham (C.D. Cal. Jan. 21, 2015), involving the current and past wives of ?ventriloquist, producer and stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham? (Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner).

< <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/23/new-wife-sues-claiming-ex-wife-registered-domain-names-in-the-new-wifes-new-name/> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/23/new-wife-sues-claiming-ex-wife-registered-domain-names-in-the-new-wifes-new-name/>

 

When Online Brand Protection Goes Awry

The case I?d like to talk about this week really got under my skin. Instead of using the UDRP as the online brand protection tool it was meant to be, this Complainant?s case falls into the categories of Complainant maliciousness and, worse, counsel ignorance or ineffectiveness.

< <http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/udrp-and-urs/online-brand-protection-goes-awry> http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/udrp-and-urs/online-brand-protection-goes-awry>

 

Snapchat stumped in cybersquatting case

Social media app company Snapchat has failed in a cybersquatting dispute to transfer a web address that was registered in its name.

< <http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/news/snapchat-stumped-in-cybersquatting-case-4238> http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/news/snapchat-stumped-in-cybersquatting-case-4238>

 

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IPv4 exhaustion stunts Internet growth in 2014

Expansion of the Internet slowed in 2014 as the number of available IPv4 addresses neared exhaustion, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the regional Internet registry for the Asia Pacific.

< <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/564621/ipv4-exhaustion-stunts-internet-growth-2014/> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/564621/ipv4-exhaustion-stunts-internet-growth-2014/>

 

IPv6 Security Myth #2: IPv6 Has Security Designed In by Chris Grundemann

Today we continue with part 2 of the 10 part series on IPv6 Security Myths by debunking one of the myths I overhear people propagating out loud far too much: That you don't need to worry about security because IPv6 has it built into the protocol. In this post, we'll explore several of the reasons that this is in fact a myth and look at some harsh realities surrounding IPv6 security.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150122_ipv6_security_myth_2_ipv6_has_security_designed_in/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150122_ipv6_security_myth_2_ipv6_has_security_designed_in/>

 

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GoDaddy Patches Vulnerability That Could Allow Hackers to Hijack Customer Domains

A vulnerability potentially allowing GoDaddy customer domains to be taken over has been patched. The vulnerability was discovered by independent security engineer Dylan Saccomanni on Saturday, and fixed within 48 hours.

< <http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/godaddy-patches-vulnerability-allow-hackers-hijack-customer-domains> http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/godaddy-patches-vulnerability-allow-hackers-hijack-customer-domains>

 

Domain hijacking bug found in Go Daddy

Go Daddy has rushed out a fix to a security bug in its web site that could have allowed attackers to steal valuable domain names.

< <http://domainincite.com/17907-domain-hijacking-bug-found-in-go-daddy> http://domainincite.com/17907-domain-hijacking-bug-found-in-go-daddy>

 

Where Do Old Protocols Go To Die?

... The WHOIS protocol was first published as RFC 812 in March 1982 ? almost 33 years ago. It was designed for use in a simpler time when the community of Internet users was much smaller. WHOIS eventually became the default registration data directory for the Domain Name System (DNS). As interest in domain names and the DNS has grown over time, attempts have been made to add new features to WHOIS. None of these attempts have been successful, and to this day we struggle with trying to make WHOIS do things it was never designed to do.

< <http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/where_do_old_protocols_go> http://blogs.verisigninc.com/blog/entry/where_do_old_protocols_go>

 

Looking at All of the Internet by Geoff Huston

No doubt we have all heard that the Internet is really quite big. With some three billion human users and perhaps more than five billion connected devices, we could probably make the claim that the Internet represents the largest engineered artifact that humanity has ever constructed.

< <http://blog.apnic.net/2015/01/22/looking-at-all-of-the-internet/> http://blog.apnic.net/2015/01/22/looking-at-all-of-the-internet/>

 

BGP in 2014 by Geoff Huston

The Border Gateway Protocol, or BGP, has been holding the Internet together, for more than two decades and nothing seems to be falling off the edge so far. As far as we can tell everyone can still see everyone else, assuming that they want to be seen, and the distributed routing system appears to be working smoothly.

< <http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2015-01/bgp2014.html> http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2015-01/bgp2014.html>

 

What happens when most of China visits your website? It dies a horrible death

What happens if a significant proportion of all the web traffic in China gets directed to one server? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the answer is ?that server dies a rapid death?.

< <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/23/what-happens-when-most-of-china-visits-your-website-it-dies-a-horrible-death> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/23/what-happens-when-most-of-china-visits-your-website-it-dies-a-horrible-death>

 

New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm

What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/01/23/architelos-sued-ip-law-firm/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/01/23/architelos-sued-ip-law-firm/>

 

Valideus appoints Jeff Neuman to lead new US office

Domain name management consultancy Valideus has created a sister company in the US and appointed Jeff Neuman as senior vice president.

< <http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/news/valideus-appoints-jeff-neuman-to-lead-new-us-office-4244> http://www.trademarksandbrandsonline.com/news/valideus-appoints-jeff-neuman-to-lead-new-us-office-4244>

 

Jeff Neuman quits Neustar for Valideus

Neustar?s top domain name guy is moving to UK new gTLD consultancy Valideus.

< <http://domainincite.com/17913-jeff-neuman-quits-neustar-for-valideus> http://domainincite.com/17913-jeff-neuman-quits-neustar-for-valideus>

 

Schedule of APTLD Board Election, 2015

At the APTLD AGM to be held in Fukuoka, Japan, on 27 February 2015, the following four existing Board Members will finish their terms:

< <http://aptld.org/> http://aptld.org/>

 

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What?s a few million hosts between friends? by George Michaelson

Geoff and I were musing about how to average two prefix lengths in a ?what?s the average announcement? question. If you take the simple view, it?s the simple average. If we consider a /8 and a /24, the average is a /16. Is that really what we meant? Consider the number of hosts:

< <http://blog.apnic.net/2015/01/21/whats-a-few-million-hosts-between-friends/> http://blog.apnic.net/2015/01/21/whats-a-few-million-hosts-between-friends/>

 

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Crain?s Covers .NYC Domain Name Auctions

Yesterday afternoon, Thornton McEnery of Crain?s New York published an article about .NYC domain names: What?s he smoking? Podiatrist foots $60K bill for marijuana.nyc. The article covered the recently concluded auctions for .NYC domain names, which grossed just under $750,000 in total sales, netting ?roughly $300,000? for the government of New York City.

< <http://www.domaininvesting.com/crains-covers-nyc-domain-name-auctions/> http://www.domaininvesting.com/crains-covers-nyc-domain-name-auctions/>

 

Pair of Six-Figure Sales Give 2014 a Good Sendoff and Get 2015 Started on a High Note 

... A pair of six-figure sales provided the latest highlights with MostWantedDomains.com getting the new year off to a great start with their $800,000 sale of 345.com and Flippa.com closing the books on 2014 with their $120,000 sale of Rides.com.

< <http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2014/20150114.htm> http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2014/20150114.htm>

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au: Internet not yet killing free-to-air television, Deloitte says

Video might have killed the radio star according to the pop hit from the 1980s, but is the internet killing traditional free to air television?

< <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/internet-not-yet-killing-free-to-air-television/6033352> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/internet-not-yet-killing-free-to-air-television/6033352>

 

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Australian Privacy Foundation Submission on the Data Retention Bill 2014 by David F. Lindsay et al

Abstract: The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 (the Bill) would amend the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (the TIA Act) to require service providers to retain certain types of telecommunications data for a two year period and to introduce certain reforms to the regimes applying to access to stored communications and telecommunications data under the TIA Act.

< <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2553652> http://ssrn.com/abstract=2553652>

 

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Winklevoss Twins Aim to Take Bitcoin Mainstream

Bitcoin, the virtual currency that was once the talk of the financial world, has been taking a beating over the last year with the price tumbling downward.

< <http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/winklevoss-twins-aim-to-take-bitcoin-mainstream-with-a-regulated-exchange/> http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/winklevoss-twins-aim-to-take-bitcoin-mainstream-with-a-regulated-exchange/>

 

Bitcoin and the Digital-Currency Revolution: For all bitcoin?s growing pains, it represents the future of money and global finance.

About a half-billion dollars worth of it vanished from an online exchange in Tokyo. A prosecutor in Manhattan arrested the 24-year-old vice chairman of its most prominent trading body on drug-related charges of money laundering. Its founder?s identity remains a mystery, and last year, it shed two-thirds of its value, losing an additional 44% in just the first two weeks of January. In his year-end letter to investors, Warren Buffett?s advice about it was emphatic: ?Stay away.?

< <http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-revolutionary-power-of-digital-currency-1422035061> http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-revolutionary-power-of-digital-currency-1422035061>

 

 

 

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