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us: FTC Calls for Openness, Accessibility in Whois
Database System (news release)
http://ftc.gov/o
pa/2006/09/whois.htm
us: Senators question .com price increases
http://n
ews.com.com/2100-7345_3-6117771.html
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6117771.html
Registrar criticizes .com contract (IDG)
http://infoworld.com/article/06/09/20/HNdotcomcontr
act_1.html
us: Verisign defends Internet domain deal
http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/i
tem.do?newsId=36223754450253
Some CENTR members and ICANN work to improve Internet
htt
p://www.the-islander.org.ac/art_3351_16_0.html
http://www.sartma
.com/art_3351.html
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Two New Sites Launched for Commentary Internet
Governance Forum by Jeremy Malcolm
Two new sites for commentary on the Internet
Governance Forum have launched ahead of its inaugural
meeting in Athens which is due to take place from 30
October to 2 November 2006.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/websites_for_i
nternet_governance_forum
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DOMAIN NAMES
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us: FTC Calls for Openness, Accessibility in Whois
Database System (news release)
The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S.
Senate that access to Whois databases – the
directories that contain information about Web site
operators – are "critical to the agency’s consumer
protection mission, to other law enforcement agencies
around the world, and to consumers.” In Commission
testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade, Tourism
and Economic Development of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commissioner Jon
Leibowitz said improvements should be made to the
current Whois database system and the databases should
be “kept open, transparent, and accessible.”
http://ftc.gov/o
pa/2006/09/whois.htm
us: Senators question .com price increases
A long-running dispute over the cost of domain names
and VeriSign's lucrative .com monopoly returned to
Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with several U.S. senators
questioning the current arrangement as uncompetitive.
http://n
ews.com.com/2100-7345_3-6117771.html
http:
//news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6117771.html
Registrar criticizes .com contract (IDG)
A contract for VeriSign to operate the .com domain
should include infrastructure build-out requirements
and make the company justify built-in prices
increases, a lawyer for the GoDaddy.com registrar said
Wednesday.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/09/20/HNdotcomcontr
act_1.html
'Off the record' Icann/VeriSign deal under fire
Domain registrar Go Daddy urged Senate lawmakers this
week to protect the integrity of the internet by
keeping it under control of Icann.
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.u
k/vnunet/news/2164699/icann-record-verisign-deal
http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=211240
us: Verisign defends Internet domain deal
A deal allowing Verisign Inc., to retain control of
'.com' domain names was made behind closed doors by
the nonprofit group that polices the Internet, an
executive with GoDaddy.com Inc. said
http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/i
tem.do?newsId=36223754450253
ICANN Welcomes United States Department of Commerce's
Continued Support for Private Sector Leadership of
Domain System Coordination (news release)
ICANN today welcomed strong statements made by Mr.
John Kneuer, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information, United States
Department of Commerce indicating support for private
sector leadership of the DNS.
http:/
/tickertech.com/cgi/?a=news&ticker=a&w=&story=20
0609200609212041PR_NEWS_USPR_____LATH094
Some CENTR members and ICANN work to improve Internet
Some CENTR members participating in the Internet
Infrastructure Improvement Account have today agreed
to donate to ICANN the sum of $190.000 to stimulate
improvements in the IANA services provided to the
global community.
htt
p://www.the-islander.org.ac/art_3351_16_0.html
http://www.sartma
.com/art_3351.html
http://www.
tristantimes.com/art_3351.html
nic.at and several members of CENTR support additional
services at ICANN (news release)
Ten European registries, nic.at among them, agreed
within the scope of CENTR to financially stimulate
improvements in services at ICANN regarding the
important function of IANA.
http://www.nic.at/fileadmin/www.nic.at/docum
ents/payment_IANA_PR.pdf
Internet Infrastructure Improvement Account (IIIA)
(news release)
Some CENTR members participating in the Internet
Infrastructure Improvement Account have today agreed
to donate to ICANN the sum of $190.000 to stimulate
improvements in the IANA services provided to the
global community. The ten Registries making the
donation operate the Top Level Domains ending in: .AC;
.AT; .BV; .DE; .GG ; .IR .LU; .NO ; .SI .SJ.
https://www.centr.org/docs/2006/09/payment_IANA-PR.pdf
Solving a problem you didn't know you had: OpenDNS
I ran into OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch at the Stirr
mixer a week ago, and he did a good job of pitching me
on his product, an alternative DNS service. His pitch:
The DNS your ISP uses -- the box (or collection of
boxes) that change domain names you type into the
actual numerical IP addresses of the Web and email
servers you're trying to reach -- is probably slow.
It's definitely not as safe as it could be. And it
doesn't do enough to help you find what you want when
you mistype a domain name.
http://
news.com.com/2061-12572_3-6118871.html
au: On the prowl for easy prey
A number of unsolicited mass mail-outs not just here
but in New Zealand and elsewhere abroad have been
catching out unwary owners.
http://
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,20391879-5001081
,00.html
hk: conference: ADNDRC Conference on Domain Name
Dispute Resolution - October 2006
A conference in Hong Kong on domain name dispute
resolution in the Asia Pacific region
http://hkiac.org/HKIAC/pdf/Events/ADNDRC/DNDR_Confe
rence.html
Azerbaijan’s all domain names to have .az
Following complaints that .az domains are too
expensive, Intrans has announced that from 1 October,
any Azerbaijani website with a .com, .net, and .org
domain will be able to register a .az domain free of
charge for one year, while keeping their existing
domain for this period.
http://en.apa.az/n
ews.php?id=14563
az: 3,000 national domain names registered in
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Domain Registration held a workshop on
National Domain Names and Prospects of Internet. 3,000
domains have been registered in .az in the 13 years,
with more domains registered in neighbouring countries
in the region, but this is due to the "former
Communication and Information Technologies Ministry
didn’t allow the development of Internet in
Azerbaijan.""
http://today.
az/news/society/30503.html
.mobi set to spark domain name mania (sub req'd)
The demand for internet domain names specifically used
for mobile phones is expected to reach fever pitch
next week when registration is opened up to the
public. Nearly 13,000 trademarked websites have
already been registered by companies over the past
four months.
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/articl
e1696183.ece
us: Pryor stands by .xxx domain name bill
Although conservative groups attacked the idea and
international regulators nixed it, Sen. Mark Pryor
said Wednesday he would continue his effort to create
an Internet designation specifically for pornography.
http://arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/09
/21/WashingtonDCBureau/337791.html
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/0
9/20/news/092106dcxxxdomains.txt
Response to Inaccurate .travel Wild Card Assessments
By Ronald N. Andruff
Bret Fausett's recent assessment of Tralliance's
".museum-like" wild card is just dead wrong. If
Tralliance is so focused on monetizing its search
results, why, then, would we not capitalize on the
cornerstone of our registry, directory.travel? The
fact is .travel is a sponsored space on the Net that
is designed to do one thing and one thing only: Serve
its constituency. For years the community has heard me
at the open forum microphone reminding the ICANN board
of directors that the industry was anxious to have its
own domain to enable it to improve business
efficiency.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/response_to_travel_wild_
card
ICANN Confirms: New gTLD Contracts Permit .tv style
pricing
GeorgeK writes "Vint Cerf/ICANN confirm my
interpretation of .biz/info/org proposed contracts --
tiered/differential domain pricing would not be
forbidden. I finally got the "official" word from
Vint
Cerf of ICANN, "on the record", who confirmed that
my
interpretation is correct, that differential/tiered
pricing on a domain-by-domain basis would not be
forbidden under the .biz/info/org proposed contracts.
http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/06/08/24/1857218.sht
ml
ICANN Welcomes United States Department of Commerce's
Continued Support for Private Sector Leadership of
Domain System Coordination (news release)
ICANN today welcomed strong statements made by Mr John
Kneuer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications
and Information, United States Department of Commerce
indicating support for private sector leadership of
the DNS.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-21sep06.h
tm
Go Daddy Fights for Accountability
Go Daddy announced it is urging Senate lawmakers to
protect the integrity of the Internet, keeping it
under control of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers and promoting greater accountability
and transparency among leaders of the Internet's
governing body.
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/09210
6_Go_Daddy_Fights_for_Accountability.cfm
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/sto
ries/2006/09/18/daily38.html
ICANN free in two years: Government oversight? What
government oversight!
Internet overseeing organisation ICANN will become an
autonomous body, free from any form of government
control, on 1 October 2008, if plans drawn up between
it and the US government go according to plan.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/22/icann_free_mou
http://out-law.com/page-
7327
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3633701
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/0922
06_Government_to_Keep_Control_of_ICANN.cfm
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/15934/ICANN-Free-in
-Two-Years
U.S. to extend oversight of ICANN (AP)
The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it will
extend its oversight of the California-based
organization that handles the internet's domain name
policies, while finding ways to improve the group's
accountability and transparency.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/09/20/business/techbrief.p
hp
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/21/1158431798
711.html
ht
tp://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-icann21sep21,1,61740
94.story
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/21/tech-
icann.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/155653
39.htm
http://www.philly.com/mld/ph
illy/living/columnists/joyce_kasman_valenza/15565339.htm
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/Int
ernet/2006/09/20/1868260-ap.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2469200
http://wired.com/
news/wireservice/0,71826-0.html
http://www.washingtonpost.co
m/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001061.html
http:
//www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/53153.html
http://www.f
oxnews.com/wires/2006Sep21/0,4670,InternetGovernance,00.
html
U.S. Government To Keep Control Of Web Domain Group
ICANN (Reuters)
The existing three-year agreement, which ends on Sept.
30, had been intended to be the last, but now the
agreement will be extended between one and three
years.
http://informationweek.com/internet/sho
wArticle.jhtml?articleID=193004216
http://ww
w.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=60107
http://aus
tralianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20450635%5E15342%5
E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15318,00.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-09-20-ica
nn-us-ties_x.htm
http://informationweek.com/story/showArtic
le.jhtml?articleID=193004216
eu: EURid visited by Commissioner Viviane Reding and
EU Parliamentarians
Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane
Reding visited EURid on September 18. She was
accompanied by several Members of the European
Parliament. The purpose of the visit was to understand
the way the new domain name registration system – that
so far has attracted more than two million users –
functions.
http://w
ww.eurid.eu/en/general/news/eurid-visited-by-commissioner-vi
viane-reding-and-eu-parliamentarians
us: Oprah For President Campaign Threatened
Fans of Oprah Winfrey hoping that she’ll run for
president have experienced the first hiccup in their
campaign. The talk show host is trying to put a stop
to a Web site, book and toll free phone number that
support the proposed 2008 Winfrey presidential bid.
http://popmatters.com/pm/blogs/popwi
re_post/5599/television-news-briefs-from
Harrah’s files lawsuit over WSOP.com
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc has filed a lawsuit in an
effort to acquire the rights to the domain name
WSOP.com. It is the company’s contention that the
internet site should be transferred over to them from
its current owner, Federico Schiavio, because they
already own the trademark on the name “World Series of
Poker” and have also applied for a patent on the
acronym “WSOP”.
http://allgamingnews.com/index.php/harrahs-
files-lawsuit-over-wsopcom
http://www.pokerlistings.com/harrahs-wan
ts-wsopcom-for-poker-series-9077
http:
//www.online-casinos.com/news/news2905.asp
McBargain - The domain name FastFood.com to be offered
for sale (news release)
Sometime this fall, the very high profile, and
somewhat controversial domain name, FastFood.com will
be offered for sale to the highest bidder. Timed to
coincide with the release of the incendiary film “Fast
Food Nation” by Fox Searchlight Pictures, the value of
the domain is expected to get as hot as a burger on a
grill.
http://clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/18640005cp.shtml
Businesses need a suitable domain name
I have been noticing something rather strange lately.
If you happen to be in contact with local government
and semi-government departments, including the
military, and you are in the habit of picking up
business cards then take a look at the email address.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/200906_Database/20
Sep2006_datacol004.php
No BS Domain Names
They always say that when choosing a domain name use
keywords in it but I had to figure it out on my own
because no one actually will tell you how to do it.
After reading the tip about using keywords I came up
with the domain tipsonhowtosavemoney.com vet the truth
be told I had created a new keyword because unless
somebody actually entered tipsonhowtosavemoney as one
word in the search box they would not pull up my
domain. I at first thought that the search engines
would be able to see the words tips, save and money in
my url but that isn't the case. You have to separate
the keywords with hyphens.
http://domaininformer.com/guides/Do
main_Registration/articles/060921NoBS.html
at: nic.at entlässt Mitarbeiter - Teilweise Neuvergabe
von Zifferndomains
Mitarbeiter schanzt sich selber Domains zu -
Betroffene Domains werden an die Zweiten der Liste
übertragen
http://derstandard.
at/?id=2596061
at: Ziffern-Domains: nic.at entlässt Mitarbeiter
Ein mittlerweile entlassener Mitarbeiter der
österreichischen Domain-Registrierungsstelle nic.at
hat sich mehrere der begehrtesten neuen
Ziffern-Domains gesichert. Nun werden die strittigen
Domains teilweise neu vergeben.
http://fu
turezone.orf.at/it/stories/138140/
ICANN bleibt unter US-Kontrolle
Die Hoffnung auf eine internationale Lösung zur
Kontrolle der Internet-Infrastrukturen ist wieder
einmal vertagt: Die USA zeigen einmal mehr, dass sie
daran kein Interesse haben. Außerdem im Überblick:
Handys aus Automaten, anonym Surfen mit dem
"Torpark"-Browser und mehr.
http://www.s
piegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,438576,00.html
ICANN-Vertrag wird verlängert
Wie erwartet wird das US-Handelsministerium
(Department of Commerce, DoC) den Grundlagenvertrag
über die Internetverwaltung mit der ICANN erneut
verlängern.
http://w
ww.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/78539
Washington entend prolonger sa tutelle sur l'ICANN
Le département américain du Commerce a annoncé qu'il
comptait renouveler sa tutelle sur l'organe de
régulation des noms de domaines internet, à expiration
de son mandat le 30 septembre prochain.
http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/reuters/
reuters_tech/205881.FR.php
Liens renouvelés entre l'ICANN et le gouvernement
américain
Le gouvernement américain a annoncé mercredi que ses
liens avec l'organisme responsable de réguler
Internet, l'ICANN, seraient renouvelés jusqu'à une
date ultérieure de la limite prévue du 30 septembre
prochain.
http://www.branchez-vous.com/actu/06-09/10-295505.html
Les États-Unis peu pressés de lâcher le contrôle du
net
En 2003, Paul Twomey, le président de l'ICANN
expliquait que « deux gouvernements successifs se sont
engagés à transférer les fonctions de gestion de
l’Internet à une entité indépendante, internationale
et qui est le fruit de l’association entre les
secteurs publics et privés. Ce MoU est considéré par
ces deux signataires comme étant le dernier. Il est
prévu sur 3 ans et contient plusieurs engagements à
tenir. Ces engagements, c’est ce qu’il nous faut
parvenir à faire pour réussir ce transfert de
fonctions ».
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/31532-Ic
ann-gouvernance-internet.htm
nl: SIDN fête ses 2 millions de .NL
Le .NL a dépassé les 2 millions de noms enregistrés en
août 2006. Ce succès conforte la 4eme place du .NL
parmi les extensions les plus populaire au monde.
http://domainesinfo.fr/extensio
n/1008/hollande-sidn-fete-ses-2-millions-de-nl.php
fr: Les changements de propriétaires en .FR à nouveau
actifs
Afin de gérer au mieux l'ouverture du .FR aux
particuliers certains services de l'AFNIC avaient été
suspendus, dont les changements de propriétaires. Ils
sont maintenant rétablis.
http://d
omainesinfo.fr/extension/1007/france-les-changements-de-prop
rietaires-en-fr-a-nouveau-actifs.php
Le .TK, extension officielle des enchères Internet?
Tokelau, un archipel proche de la Nouvelle Zélande,
tente de rentabiliser son extension Internet en
ciblant les ventes aux enchères.
http://domaines
info.fr/extension/977/tokelau-le-tk-extension-officielle-des
-encheres-internet.php
ICANN pronta a liberarsi del controllo USA
Una proposta prossimamemte al vaglio del direttivo
ICANN prevede l'uscita degli Stati Uniti dalla propria
posizione di egemonia sull'ente entro il 1 Ottobre
2008. La decisione giunge dopo un periodo di scontri
in cui la posizione USA si è fatta scomoda
http://webnews.html.it/news/le
ggi/4748/icann-pronta-a-liberarsi-del-controllo-usa/
Retiene el control
El Departamento de Comercio de Estados Unidos anunció
que renovará su autoridad sobre la compañía que
gestiona los nombres de los dominios de Internet más
allá del 30 de septiembre, cuando se esperaba que el
Gobierno estadounidense cediese el control de manera
permanente.
http://mercurioantof
agasta.cl/prontus4_noticias/site/artic/20060922/pags/2006092
2225827.html
http://www.laflecha.net/
canales/blackhats/noticias/eeuu-mantendra-el-control-de-la-i
cann
EEUU mantiene el control del organismo de nombres en
Internet
El Departamento de Comercio de Estados Unidos dijo el
miércoles que va a renovar su autoridad sobre la
compañía que gestiona los nombres de los dominios de
Internet más allá del 30 de septiembre, cuando se
esperaba que el Gobierno estadounidense cediese el
control de manera permanente.
http://www.lati
noamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&fil
e=article&sid=1359
ICANN fri om to år
Allerede om en ukes tid (30. september) går den
eksisterende avtalen mellom ICANN og den amerikanske
regjeringen ut på dato.
http://w
ww.itavisen.no/php/art.php?id=340550
Story on ICANN in Russian, probably on ICANN retaining
its role
http://lenta.r
u/news/2006/09/22/icann/
Story on ICANN in Russian
http://len
ta.ru/news/2006/09/22/onewebday/
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