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Legal separation of IANA gains steam by Brenden Kuerbis

< <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/04/07/legal-separation-of-iana-gains-steam-as-the-way-forward/> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/04/07/legal-separation-of-iana-gains-steam-as-the-way-forward/>

 

Beyond the Contract: Partnering to Strengthen Business and Consumer Protections

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/beyond-the-contract-partnering-to-strengthen-business-and-consumer-protections> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/beyond-the-contract-partnering-to-strengthen-business-and-consumer-protections>

 

ICANN responds to IPC concerns, refers ?.sucks? to the FTC

< <http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=031fca0a-1c33-4b15-bda6-2b206534e8f5> http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=031fca0a-1c33-4b15-bda6-2b206534e8f5>

 

Victory! Domains Stripped Out of EU ?Trademark Package? by Philip Corwin

< <http://www.internetcommerce.org/victory-domains-stripped-out-of-eu-trademark-package/> http://www.internetcommerce.org/victory-domains-stripped-out-of-eu-trademark-package/>

 

Registration Operations is More Than Just Registering Domain Names

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

 

 

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Legal separation of IANA gains steam by Brenden Kuerbis

The past two weeks have seen a whirlwind of activity regarding the IANA transition. During two days of face to face meetings in Istanbul and continuing discussions online, the Community Working Group on IANA Stewardship Transition (CWG) winnowed down the models it was considering to an IANA that was either legally or functionally separated from ICANN.

< <http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/04/07/legal-separation-of-iana-gains-steam-as-the-way-forward/> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/04/07/legal-separation-of-iana-gains-steam-as-the-way-forward/>

 

What Is the IANA Contract and Why is it Important?

Those of us in the domain name space often take the IANA Functions and the contract that governs those functions for granted. And those outside of the domain name space may not even know about them at all if it weren?t for recent media coverage. If you?ve been hearing a lot about he IANA transition or who ?runs? the Internet, here is some background information.

< <http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/internet-governance-and-policy/the-iana_functions-and-iana_contract-101> http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/internet-governance-and-policy/the-iana_functions-and-iana_contract-101>

 

Towards the grand opening of NETmundial Initiative

The Coordination Council (CC) of NETmundial Initiative (NMI), of which I am a member, had the draft Terms of Reference (ToR) under consideration after the initial consultation for it in February.

< <http://blog.apnic.net/2015/04/09/towards-the-grand-opening-of-netmundial-initiative/> http://blog.apnic.net/2015/04/09/towards-the-grand-opening-of-netmundial-initiative/>

 

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Beyond the Contract: Partnering to Strengthen Business and Consumer Protections

Recently ICANN received a formal letter from Gregory Shatan, President of ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), on behalf of the IPC, asking us to halt the rollout of .SUCKS, a new gTLD operated by Vox Populi Registry Inc. In the letter, the IPC described the proposed business practices and actions of Vox Populi as "illicit" and "predatory, exploitive and coercive." As responsible stewards of the Internet, we take these allegations seriously.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/beyond-the-contract-partnering-to-strengthen-business-and-consumer-protections> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/beyond-the-contract-partnering-to-strengthen-business-and-consumer-protections>

 

ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to NordNet SA

NordNet SA ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") pursuant to Section 3 of the Data Retention Specification of the 2013 RAA, which provides that if a registrar is subject to the same applicable law that gave rise to ICANN's request to grant a previous data retention waiver under the 2013 RAA, a registrar may request that ICANN grant a similar waiver, which request shall be approved by ICANN, unless ICANN provides Registrar with a reasonable justification for not approving such request.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-04-10-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-04-10-en>

 

Request for Quotation | Equipment Refresh RFQ

ICANN is seeking one or more providers to facilitate the sourcing and pre-configuration tasks for servers and network equipment for our global network infrastructure.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-10-en> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-10-en>

 

Letter from John O. Jeffrey, General Counsel & Secretary | ICANN, to The Honorable Edith Ramirez and The Honorable John Knubley

.SUCKS TLD

< <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-ramirez-knubley-09apr15-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-ramirez-knubley-09apr15-en.pdf>

 

Letter from Akram Atallah, President, Global Domains Division | ICANN, to Gregory S. Shatan

Re: .SUCKS TLD

< <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/atallah-to-shatan-09apr15-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/atallah-to-shatan-09apr15-en.pdf>

 

Letter from Christine Willett, Vice President, Global Domains Division | ICANN, to Vincent Huang and Thomas Embrescia

New gTLD application for .??

< <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/willett-to-huang-embrescia-07apr15-en.pdf> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/willett-to-huang-embrescia-07apr15-en.pdf>

 

IP Justice Advises ICANN Board to Protect Freedom of Expression Rights and Respect Community-Developed Policy in ICANN TLD Policy

IP Justice sent a letter this week to ICANN?s Board Governance Committee to express concern for ICANN?s treatment of Internet user?s freedom of expression rights in the organization?s policy for new GTLDs. The letter, which urged the committee to reconsider it?s recent decision to restrict numerous lawful of the word "doctor" in the Internet?s domain name system, stated:

< <http://ipjustice.org/wp/2015/04/10/ip-justice-advises-icann-board-to-protect-freedom-of-expression-rights-and-respect-community-developed-policy-in-icann-top-level-domain-policy/> http://ipjustice.org/wp/2015/04/10/ip-justice-advises-icann-board-to-protect-freedom-of-expression-rights-and-respect-community-developed-policy-in-icann-top-level-domain-policy/>

 

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Opening of the .alsace geoTLD: the point is you!

As of April 7, 2015, the ".alsace" geoTLD will be accessible to all on the Internet.

< <http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/8948/show/april-7-2015-opening-of-the-alsace-geotld-the-point-is-you.html> http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/8948/show/april-7-2015-opening-of-the-alsace-geotld-the-point-is-you.html>

 

dk: New customer satisfaction survey on the way

On Monday, DK Hostmaster distributes a new customer satisfaction survey to a selection of 7000 users of the .dk domain name.

< <https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/english/news/news-single/artikel/new-customer-satisfaction-survey-on-the-way-1/> https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/english/news/news-single/artikel/new-customer-satisfaction-survey-on-the-way-1/>

 

nl: SIDN publishes Annual Report 2014

In 2014, the internet was more than ever a game-changer. It overturned conventions and challenged the established order. Sectors that failed to address client dissatisfaction issues were particularly hard hit. More and more enterprises that understand what's needed to thrive in a share economy are making their presence felt. Uber is perhaps the highest-profile example, but Airbnb has also shaken things up within its sector.

< <https://www.sidn.nl/a/about-sidn/sidn-publishes-annual-report-2014> https://www.sidn.nl/a/about-sidn/sidn-publishes-annual-report-2014>

 

rs: Cyber-threats call for cyber-knowledge

On 31st March, the Serbian National Internet Domain Name Registry (RNIDS), together with the FONIS Association of Students of Information Science, organised a talk titled Cyber Security ? Everywhere for Everyone at the Belgrade Faculty of Organisational Sciences.

< <http://rnids.rs/en/what-s-new/cyber-threats-call-for-cyber-knowledge/id/6023> http://rnids.rs/en/what-s-new/cyber-threats-call-for-cyber-knowledge/id/6023>

 

21% discount on new registrations in .RU domain

On April 7th, 2015 Russian ccTLD .RU turns 21 years old. In honor of this memorable event Coordination Center for TLD RU/?? prepared a gift for the registrars and users.

< <http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=6665> http://cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=6665>

 

Nominet Undertaking Contact Data Disclosure in the .UK WHOIS Consultation

Nominet is currently consulting on a proposed policy to clarify what data about registrants is published in the .UK WHOIS and, regardless of what?s published, ensure accurate data is held essential for running .UK.

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/04/10/nominet-contact-data-disclosure-uk-whois/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/04/10/nominet-contact-data-disclosure-uk-whois/>

< <http://www.domainnews.com/nominet-data-disclosure-in-whois-consultation.html> http://www.domainnews.com/nominet-data-disclosure-in-whois-consultation.html>

 

Save the Date: .US Public Stakeholder Town Hall (April 22 1-3 ET, 10-12 PT)

.US is the TLD for the United States of America. As stakeholders in the .US ccTLD, we all share a vested interest in making sure that .US continues to be a vibrant namespace that reflects the diversity, creativity and success of our people. As the Internet continues to grow and evolve, it?s important that the .US domain does too.

< <http://www.neustar.us/save-the-date-us-public-stakeholder-town-hall-april-22-1-3-et-10-12-pt/> http://www.neustar.us/save-the-date-us-public-stakeholder-town-hall-april-22-1-3-et-10-12-pt/>

 

.US Domains Are Subject To Being Suspended Under The URS

.US domain names have became subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy. Actually ICANN site on the URS specifically says that .US domain names are not subject to the URS Technically the decision is a usRS for the .usTLD Rapid Suspension System (the "Rules").

< <http://www.thedomains.com/2015/04/09/us-domains-are-subject-to-being-suspended-under-the-urs/> http://www.thedomains.com/2015/04/09/us-domains-are-subject-to-being-suspended-under-the-urs/>

 

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ICANN responds to IPC concerns, refers ?.sucks? to the FTC

Almost two weeks after the IP Constituency (IPC) formally voiced its concern over pricing policies in the ?.sucks? TLD, ICANN has swung into action, referring the IPC?s allegations to both the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and, because Vox Populi is a Canadian enterprise, Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA).

< <http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=031fca0a-1c33-4b15-bda6-2b206534e8f5> http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=031fca0a-1c33-4b15-bda6-2b206534e8f5>

 

ICANN reports .sucks to the FTC over ?predatory? pricing

ICANN has referred .sucks registry Vox Populi to the US Federal Trade Commission over concerns from intellectual property owners that its pricing is ?predatory?.

< <http://domainincite.com/18326-breaking-icann-reports-sucks-to-the-ftc-over-predatory-pricing> http://domainincite.com/18326-breaking-icann-reports-sucks-to-the-ftc-over-predatory-pricing>

 

ICANN Asks US and Canadian Regulators to Consider if .SUCKS Violates Laws

There has been widespread outrage from brand owners as to the business model of the .sucks gTLD with fears the gTLD will turn into a forum for registrants to "bash-a-brand." And now following a complaint from ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency, ICANN has asked both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and, because Vox Populi is a Canadian enterprise, Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA), to consider assessing and determining whether or not Vox Populi is violating any of the laws or regulations those agencies enforce.

< <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23682> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23682>

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/04/11/icann-asks-us-and-canadian-regulators-to-consider-if-sucks-violates-laws/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/04/11/icann-asks-us-and-canadian-regulators-to-consider-if-sucks-violates-laws/>

< <http://www.domainnews.com/icann-asks-us-and-canadian-regulators-to-consider-if-sucks-violates-laws.html> http://www.domainnews.com/icann-asks-us-and-canadian-regulators-to-consider-if-sucks-violates-laws.html>

 

ICANN Asks U.S., Canada to Probe .sucks Domain Pricing

ICANN on Thursday asked the U.S. and Canadian governments to determine whether the company that manages .sucks is violating any laws by inflating the prices that brand owners pay for their own .sucks sites.

< <http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=193293> http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=193293>

 

ICANN wants to put a stop to '.sucks' blackmail [AP]

The body that regulates internet addresses is checking to see if it can crack down on a Canadian company accused of using the new ".sucks" domain name to extract exorbitant sums from celebrities and companies seeking to protect their public brands.

< <http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/67687630/ICANN-wants-to-put-a-stop-to-sucks-blackmail> http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/67687630/ICANN-wants-to-put-a-stop-to-sucks-blackmail>

< <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11430720> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11430720>

 

The group that created ?.sucks? now wants government to keep it from spinning out of control

You may have heard that celebrities like Taylor Swift are buying up new Web site names such as TaylorSwift.porn in an effort to keep bad guys from using those sites against them. This type of preemptive buying is set to explode this year with hundreds of new Web address endings, such as .actor and .city, coming onto the market. But now, the international organization behind them all is poised to put the brakes on an intensely controversial one: .sucks.

< <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/04/09/the-group-that-created-sucks-now-wants-government-to-keep-it-from-spinning-out-of-control/> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/04/09/the-group-that-created-sucks-now-wants-government-to-keep-it-from-spinning-out-of-control/>

 

Big brands register .Sucks as ICANN asks FTC for review

Intellectual property interests and brands owners are upset about the .sucks domain name and its pricing, but many big brands aren?t taking chances even as ICANN asks government regulators to review it.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/10/big-brands-register-sucks-as-icann-asks-ftc-for-review/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/10/big-brands-register-sucks-as-icann-asks-ftc-for-review/>

 

ICANN Really .Sucks By Saying They Don?t Regulate Content: Anyone Remember .XXX?

After collecting over 1/3 of a billion dollars in application fees, ICANN attempted to pass off the whole .Sucks issue to law enforcement this week, asking them for an opinion, which is very unlikely to come, of whether the .sucks roll-out violates US or Canadian federal law.

< <http://www.thedomains.com/2015/04/11/icann-really-sucks-by-saying-they-dont-regulate-content-anyone-remember-xxx/> http://www.thedomains.com/2015/04/11/icann-really-sucks-by-saying-they-dont-regulate-content-anyone-remember-xxx/>

 

Mixed Responses on Knowledge of New gTLDs in British, American and Belgian Surveys

A new study from the NCC Group claims to have found 87 percent of British and American consumers do not feel very comfortable visiting websites using new gTLDs. Meanwhile another study in Belgium found almost half (46%) of small-to-medium enterprises and those engaged in the "liberal professions" were aware of new gTLDs and over half (54%) found this to be a positive trend.

< <http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23673> http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=23673>

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/04/10/knowledge-new-gtlds-surveys/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/04/10/knowledge-new-gtlds-surveys/>

< <http://www.domainnews.com/mixed-knowledge-new-gtlds-surveys.html> http://www.domainnews.com/mixed-knowledge-new-gtlds-surveys.html>

 

UK users still don't trust fancy new Internet TLDs, study finds

Eighteen months into the new era of gTLDs such as .london, .shop and .bank barely one in ten British and US consumers feels comfortable visiting websites using them, according to a large survey by security firm NCC Group.

< <http://www.techworld.com/news/security/uk-users-still-dont-trust-fancy-new-internet-top-level-domains-study-finds-3607203/> http://www.techworld.com/news/security/uk-users-still-dont-trust-fancy-new-internet-top-level-domains-study-finds-3607203/>

 

Consumers feel uncomfortable with ?new Internet?

With hundreds of new gTLDs arriving on the Internet ? like .shop, .bank and .london ? research has revealed that 87% of consumers do not feel very comfortable visiting them.

< <https://www.nccgroup.trust/en/newsroom/press-releases/2015/04/consumers-feel-uncomfortable-with-new-internet/> https://www.nccgroup.trust/en/newsroom/press-releases/2015/04/consumers-feel-uncomfortable-with-new-internet/>

 

We Need a Focused, Cooperative Strategy for Marketing New gTLDs

This essay discusses recent findings on the difficulty of overcoming decision bias, and it argues that this factor, when combined with a diverse and fragmented demand for new gTLDs, makes a focused marketing strategy crucial to the success of the program. In addition, success requires cooperation among registries and resellers when it comes to sales and marketing.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150410_we_need_a_focused_cooperative_strategy_for_marketing_new_gtlds/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150410_we_need_a_focused_cooperative_strategy_for_marketing_new_gtlds/>

 

New gTLDs and Universal Acceptance by Jean Guillon

Universal Acceptance is the topic of the moment, explained in one simple sentence: in the new gTLD world, it means that various groups (the DNS, ICANN and a few others) are working hard to make new domain names better accepted by the existing technical Internet infrastructure. A video extracted from the "ICANN 52" meeting explains it in 50 slides but I suggest a pause on slide 17, because it shows where the issues are and what remains to be fixed to give the ultimate answer to that question.

< <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150409_new_gtlds_and_universal_acceptance/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150409_new_gtlds_and_universal_acceptance/>

 

Lady Gaga dumps .org for freebie new gTLD

With all the recent headlines about celebrities who feel compelled to protect their personal brands in .porn and .sucks, it?s worth noting that celebs also find new gTLDs useful.

< <http://domainincite.com/18322-lady-gaga-dumps-org-for-freebie-new-gtld> http://domainincite.com/18322-lady-gaga-dumps-org-for-freebie-new-gtld>

 

Lady Gaga charity switches from .org to .foundation

The Born This Way Foundation (BTWF), a non-profit founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, has switched its web address from a .org to .foundation.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/09/lady-gaga-charity-switches-from-org-to-foundation/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/09/lady-gaga-charity-switches-from-org-to-foundation/>

 

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US, European Law Enforcement Carry Out Beebone Botnet Takedown

U.S. and European law enforcement combined resources to take down the Beebone, or AAEH, botnet.

< <https://threatpost.com/us-european-law-enforcement-carry-out-beebone-botnet-takedown/112099> https://threatpost.com/us-european-law-enforcement-carry-out-beebone-botnet-takedown/112099>

 

International police operation targets polymorphic Beebone botnet

On 8 April, Europol?s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), joined forces with the Dutch authorities and the FBI, and U.S-based representatives at the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force- International Cyber Crime Coordination Cell (IC4) along with private sector partners, to target the Beebone (also known as AAEH) botnet, a polymorphic downloader bot that installs various forms of malware on victims? computers.

< <https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/international-police-operation-targets-polymorphic-beebone-botnet> https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/international-police-operation-targets-polymorphic-beebone-botnet>

 

Long Live the Botnet

Botnets are, in many ways, living organisms. They are formed by their creators - both malicious and benign - and then roam the internet. Much has been written about good and bad bots, but not much as been written about the lifecycle of the bot. Do Bots die? If so, when? What is the average life-span of a good bot? A bad bot?

< <https://blogs.akamai.com/2015/04/long-live-the-botnet.html> https://blogs.akamai.com/2015/04/long-live-the-botnet.html>

 

U.S., European police break up network of 12,000 computers taken over by criminals

Law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States have dismantled a network comprising at least 12,000 in computers that had been taken over by criminals, Europol said on Thursday.

< <http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/04/09/cybersecurity-europol-idINKBN0N01O420150409> http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/04/09/cybersecurity-europol-idINKBN0N01O420150409>

 

FBI Warns of Fake Govt Sites, ISIS Defacements

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) are mass-defacing Websites using known vulnerabilities in WordPress. The FBI also issued an alert advising that criminals are hosting fraudulent government Web sites in a bid to collect personal and financial information from unwitting Web searchers.

< <http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/04/fbi-warns-of-fake-govt-sites-isis-defacements/> http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/04/fbi-warns-of-fake-govt-sites-isis-defacements/>

 

Apple Leaves CNNIC Root in iOS, OSX Certificate Trust Lists

When it was revealed late last month that a Chinese certificate authority had allowed an intermediate CA to issue unauthorized certificates for some Google domains, both Google and Mozilla reacted quickly and dropped trust in CNNIC altogether, Apple has kept the root certificates in its trusted store for both iOS and OSX.

< <https://threatpost.com/apple-leaves-cnnic-root-in-ios-osx-certificate-trust-lists/112086> https://threatpost.com/apple-leaves-cnnic-root-in-ios-osx-certificate-trust-lists/112086>

 

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UDRP Spotlight: Determining Domain Name Squatting

Though not expressly stated in the UDRP rules, a complaining brand owner must prove a case of domain name squatting through the presentation of a preponderance of the evidence.

< <http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/udrp-and-urs/determining_domain_name_squatting> http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/udrp-and-urs/determining_domain_name_squatting>

 

How a journalist briefly got control of a major new gaming brand?s domain

Following the official announcement of Lego Dimensions on Thursday morning, a random Internet surfer might have expected a trip to LegoDimensions.com would lead to some additional official information on the game.

< <http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/04/how-a-journalist-briefly-got-control-of-a-major-new-gaming-brands-domain/> http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/04/how-a-journalist-briefly-got-control-of-a-major-new-gaming-brands-domain/>

 

Bryan Cave Atty Escapes Domain Name Trademark Suit [registration]

A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday freed Georgia-based Bryan Cave LLP attorney John C. Bush from allegations he?d helped a medical record company ?hijack? a web address by lying to international domain name dispute resolution authorities, finding the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the lawyer.

< <http://www.law360.com/articles/641123/bryan-cave-atty-escapes-domain-name-trademark-suit> http://www.law360.com/articles/641123/bryan-cave-atty-escapes-domain-name-trademark-suit>

 

MySchool.com domain name owner fights back after lawsuit

Original Web Ventures has responded to a lawsuit filed against its domain name MySchool.com, and has made claims of its own against plaintiff Joseph Carpenter.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/09/myschool-com-domain-name-owner-fights-back-after-lawsuit/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/09/myschool-com-domain-name-owner-fights-back-after-lawsuit/>

 

Australian Postal Corporation v. Jason Soares - Case No. DAU2015-0003

1. The Parties: The Complainant is Australian Postal Corporation of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, represented by Ashurst, Australia. The Respondent is Jason Soares of Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia, represented by K&L Gates. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar: The disputed domain name <mypost.com.au> is registered with NetRegistry Pty Ltd (?Domain Name?).

< <http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2015-0003> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2015-0003>

 

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us: Should DOD put IPv6 back on the front burner?

Remember the IPv6 crisis? Four years ago, after the IANA allocated the last blocks of IPv4 address space to the five regional registries around the world, the need to switch to IPv6 was talked about with the urgency of correcting Y2K date code in December 1999. The message at the time: Get with the new protocols or get left behind on the mobile, everything-connected Internet.

< <http://defensesystems.com/articles/2015/04/09/dod-ipv6-tranistion-falls-behind.aspx> http://defensesystems.com/articles/2015/04/09/dod-ipv6-tranistion-falls-behind.aspx>

 

Sky to trial IPv6 soon with customers

The world trade of old unused IPv4 blocks is something we have seen increase a lot in the last few months and we expect this to continue to increase as IPv4 block exhaustion becomes more acute and is a key reason why Sky is pushing on with a move towards a dual-stack operation.

< <http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/6920-after-staff-trials-sky-to-trial-ipv6-with-customers.html> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/6920-after-staff-trials-sky-to-trial-ipv6-with-customers.html>

 

Sky Broadband moves to tackle Britain?s backwards IPs

Sky Broadband has announced it is preparing to support the new IPv6 internet addressing standard.

< <http://www.cbronline.com/news/telecoms/connectivity/sky-broadband-moves-to-tackle-britains-backwards-ips-4551183> http://www.cbronline.com/news/telecoms/connectivity/sky-broadband-moves-to-tackle-britains-backwards-ips-4551183>

 

Portugal Public Administration to migrate to IPv6 in 2016

Carlos Gon?alves, Board Member of the Entity of Shared Services of the Public Administration (ESPAP), has unveiled plans for Portugal's Public Administration to migrate to IPv6.

< <http://www.telecompaper.com/news/portugal-public-administration-to-migrate-to-ipv6-in-2016--1076038> http://www.telecompaper.com/news/portugal-public-administration-to-migrate-to-ipv6-in-2016--1076038>

 

?Any product and service deployed today without IPv6 represents a missed opportunity and a future cost?

On Monday March 30 Paul Wilson, Director General of APNIC addressed the APEC TELMIN Industry Forum during Plenary 3, the ?Dialogue with Industry Leaders and Academia on their vision of APEC TEL for the future?.

< <http://blog.apnic.net/2015/04/10/any-product-and-service-deployed-today-without-ipv6-represents-a-missed-opportunity-and-a-future-cost/> http://blog.apnic.net/2015/04/10/any-product-and-service-deployed-today-without-ipv6-represents-a-missed-opportunity-and-a-future-cost/>

 

Crystal balls cannot predict ARIN IPv4 D-Day

No one can deny the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) will soon exhaust its available supply of IPv4 addresses, but what many people are speculating about is exactly when this will occur.

< <http://blog.apnic.net/2015/04/03/crystal-balls-cannot-predict-arin-ipv4-d-day/> http://blog.apnic.net/2015/04/03/crystal-balls-cannot-predict-arin-ipv4-d-day/>

 

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Victory! Domains Stripped Out of EU ?Trademark Package? by Philip Corwin

Back in January ICA joined with four other trade association in cosigning a letter communicating our joint concerns regarding a ?trademark package? being considered by the Council of the European Union. Adoption of the language under consideration could have led to adverse judicial actions being brought against domain registrants of all types by aggressive trademark owners.

< <http://www.internetcommerce.org/victory-domains-stripped-out-of-eu-trademark-package/> http://www.internetcommerce.org/victory-domains-stripped-out-of-eu-trademark-package/>

 

Registration Operations is More Than Just Registering Domain Names

Perceptions can be difficult to change. People see the world through the lens of their own experiences and desires, and new ideas can be difficult to assimilate. Such is the case with the registration ecosystem.

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

 

How Important Is It For Your Website To Be A .com?

One of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs is finding a memorable domain name that will be easily found by their target audience, and then optimizing the page for search. A whole industry is dedicated to .com real estate, with moguls (aka cybersquatters) owning thousands of .com names, and selling them to budding entrepreneurs for a healthy return on investment.

< <http://www.forbes.com/sites/drewhendricks/2015/04/09/how-important-is-it-for-your-website-to-be-a-com/> http://www.forbes.com/sites/drewhendricks/2015/04/09/how-important-is-it-for-your-website-to-be-a-com/>

 

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Netcraft: Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in March 2015

Bigstep had the most reliable hosting company website in March, responding to all of our requests. This is the 13th time that Bigstep has appeared in the top 10 since Netcraft began monitoring its website in March 2013, and the first time it has topped the ranking. Bigstep offers "full metal" cloud services from data centres in the UK and Germany, providing bare metal hosting with the flexibility of the cloud.

< <http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/04/08/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-march-2015.html> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/04/08/most-reliable-hosting-company-sites-in-march-2015.html>

 

DE-CIX to Establish Internet Exchanges in Sicily and Marseille

DE-CIX, the world-wide leading operator of interconnection platforms for the exchange of data traffic in the Internet, is building Internet Exchanges (IX) in Sicily and Marseille. Both Internet hubs will be operated by DE-CIX International AG, and will be equipped with the already proven DE-CIX Apollon technology.

< <https://international.eco.de/2015/news/de-cix-to-establish-internet-exchanges-in-sicily-and-marseille.html> https://international.eco.de/2015/news/de-cix-to-establish-internet-exchanges-in-sicily-and-marseille.html>

 

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DomainNameSales increases sales commissions

DomainNameSales.com is increasing the fee it charges for brokering a sale from 12.5% to 15.0%. The commission applies to existing negotiations for which a deal hasn?t been reached.

< <http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/09/domainnamesales-increases-sales-commissions/> http://domainnamewire.com/2015/04/09/domainnamesales-increases-sales-commissions/>

 

Car.info Takes the Checkered Flag with Biggest Domain Sale Reported This Week

It's not often that we see a .info domain on our weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart and almost unheard of to see one beat all comers, but was the case this week with Sedo's $76,000 sale of Car.info leading the elite list. That is also the second biggest non .com gTLD sale reported so far this year, trailing only the $120,000 sale of Move.org in February.

< <http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2015/20150408.htm> http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2015/20150408.htm>

 

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au: Man faces 145 child sex charges for exploiting 28 children

A 47-year-old man from Warwick in southern Queensland is charged with the exploitation or rape of 28 children from several states after allegedly using social media websites to target his victims.

< <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-13/warwick-man-to-face-court-over-child-sex-charges/6387290> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-13/warwick-man-to-face-court-over-child-sex-charges/6387290>

 

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Australian downloaders take heart. Canadians have been in the same boat for 3 years

Despite the rhetoric coming from Voltage Pictures, they are nowhere near sending letters to anyone in Australia about their alleged downloading of the movie Dallas Buyers Club last year.

< <http://theconversation.com/australian-downloaders-take-heart-canadians-have-been-in-the-same-boat-for-3-years-39893> http://theconversation.com/australian-downloaders-take-heart-canadians-have-been-in-the-same-boat-for-3-years-39893>

 

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au: New South Wales Attacks Researchers Who Found Internet Voting Vulnerabilities

A security flaw in New South Wales? Internet voting system may have left as many as 66,000 votes vulnerable to interception and manipulation in a recent election, according to security researchers. Despite repeated assurances from the Electoral Commission that all Internet votes are ?fully encrypted and safeguarded,? six days into online voting, Michigan Computer Science Professor J. Alex Halderman and University of Melbourne Research Fellow Vanessa Teague discovered a FREAK flaw that could allow an attacker to intercept votes and inject their own code to change those votes, all without leaving any trace of the manipulation.

< <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/new-south-wales-attacks-researchers-who-warned-internet-voting-vulnerabilities> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/new-south-wales-attacks-researchers-who-warned-internet-voting-vulnerabilities>

 

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Global Threats to Net Neutrality

The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted strong net neutrality rules that should prevent cable and phone companies from creating fast and slow lanes on the Internet. But policy makers in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe and India, are considering very different kinds of rules that could hurt consumers and start-up Internet businesses.

< <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/global-threats-to-net-neutrality.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/global-threats-to-net-neutrality.html>

 

Data Retention Law Passes in Australia, but the Fight Isn?t Over

Mandatory data retention legislation is never a good idea, which is why EFF has vigorously opposed it in the United States, where Congress tried and failed to pass it in 2009. That year, two ill-conceived bills would have required all Internet providers and operators of Wi-Fi access points to keep records on Internet users for at least two years to assist police investigations.

< <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/data-retention-law-passes-australia-fight-isnt-over> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/data-retention-law-passes-australia-fight-isnt-over>

 

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Why the NBN can do without fibre-to-the-node by Mark Gregory

NBN Co boss Bill Morrow has got one year under his belt in what?s arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the country. It?s a challenge that he?s acutely aware of and despite quite a few ticks in the win column so far, Morrow?s job isn?t getting any easier.

< <http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/4/10/technology/why-nbn-can-do-without-fibre-node> http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/4/10/technology/why-nbn-can-do-without-fibre-node>

 

 

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