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Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/do
main-news/ for today's edition of the complete domain
news, including an RSS feed - already online!
Headlines from the March 3 edition of the news include:
The FCC, Comcast, and Net Neutrality | Holes in the net make
'cloud computing' pie in the sky | Midterm Review of the
Joint Project Agreement : Comments of CENTR | Karl
Auerbach's comments to NTIA's "mid-term review" of
its ICANN "JPA" agreement | Network Solutions
Presents at NTIA Mid-Term Review of ICANN | auDA introduces
new rules to block domain hogs | rs: Start of .rs domain
names registration | YouTube Hijacking: A RIPE NCC RIS case
study | Researchers Name Top Six Spamming Botnets | Six
botnets behind 85% of all spam, says Marshal | Judge
Reverses His Order Disabling Wikileaks Web Site | Wikileaks
Ruling Leaves Big Questions Unanswered | us: ICA Posts
Position Paper and Analysis of Snowe “Anti-Phishing”
Legislation
And see my website - http://technewsreview.c
om.au/ - for daily updates in between postings.
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Registration Now Open for ICANN's 32nd International Public
Meeting to be held in Paris, France
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-25feb08.htm
Network Solutions sued over domain name policy [IDG]
http://www.itworld.com/Net/3499/network-solutions-
sued-080226/
New .au registrant transfers policy - implementation update
26/02/08 [news release]
ht
tp://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022008/
The coming dot AU property boom
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/02/26/1203788290
820.html
How Pakistan knocked YouTube offline (and how to make sure
it never happens again) by Declan McCullagh
http:
//www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9878655-7.html
Cybersquatting and Abuse to Mainstream Consumer Brands
Intensified in 2007, According to Year-Long Trend Report by
MarkMonitor [news release]
http://www.markmonitor.com/pressreleases/press-080225f
.php
E-scammers trashing reputations
http://www.infoworld.com/article
/08/02/25/E-scammers-trashing-reputations_1.html
CADNA Supports Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act [news
release]
http://www.cadna.org/en/press-release-february-26-200
8.html
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Lessig Decides Against Run for Congress at Internet Speed
Just like any good Web story, this one took just five days
to go from tantalizing to nothing more than that. Silicon
Valley will not be represented by an Internet icon in the
House of Representatives, not for a couple of years anyway.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/lessig-decides-a
gainst-run-for-congress-at-internet-speed/index.html
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Registration Now Open for ICANN's 32nd International Public
Meeting to be held in Paris, France
ICANN’s next meeting will be held 22 – 27 June 2008 in
Paris, France at Le Méridien Montparnasse. The meeting is
free to attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN
encourages broad participation in its bottom-up
consensus-development processes. You can participate in
these meetings in person, through the webcast or other
remote participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of
the various ICANN-related mailing lists.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-25feb08.htm
IPv6 Addresses for the Root Servers
On or about 4 February 2008, for the first time AAAA records
for some of the authoritative name servers for the DNS root
zone will be introduced. These records will provide for
access to the root servers over IPv6 transport, and will be
implemented in both the root zone data, and the root hints
file. We are providing this advanced notification in case
unexpected network events occur that might be related to
this change.
http://www.iana.org/reports/2008/root-aaaa-announcem
ent.html
Lawsuit targets Network Solutions, ICANN over the 'front
running' of domain names
This one was as predictable as lawsuits ever get: A Los
Angeles firm this afternoon has announced a class action
against Network Solutions and ICANN over the former's
practice of locking up domain names as soon as they are
searched for on its site, which means the party searching
can buy the name only from Network Solutions.
http
://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25376
Network Solutions sued over domain name policy [IDG]
A class-action lawsuit filed on Monday against Network
Solutions alleges the company has unfairly profited from its
domain name registration business. The lawsuit, filed in
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California,
takes issue with a policy Network Solutions implemented in
December. The company says the policy is intended to protect
people trying to reserve a domain name, but others say
steers business to Network Solutions.
http://www.itworld.com/Net/3499/network-solutions-
sued-080226/
http://w
ww.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/142858/network_solutio
ns_sued_over_domain_name_policy.html
http://www.infowo
rld.com/article/08/02/26/Network-Solutions-sued-over-domain-
name-policy_1.html
http://computerworld.co
m/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9
064685
Network Solutions sued for price fixing
In early January, the well-known domain registrar started
self-registering domains that customers search for but don't
immediately buy. The company insists it's merely trying to
crackdown on so-called "domain front running," but
at least one customer is clever enough to realize this
argument makes no sense.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/20
08/02/26/network_solutions_sued_for_front_running/
From the "Bad-Analogy-Department".... by Bret
Fausett
Comes this press release about a new lawsuit filed here in
Los Angeles against Network Solutions: "Imagine if you
asked a car dealer if they had a black convertible and were
then forced to buy the car from them. Would you get a good
deal? Each time someone asks Network Solutions about a
domain name, the firm creates a monopoly for itself, forcing
consumers to pay the price they demand," said Brian
Kabateck, lead counsel in the class action and Kabateck
Brown Kellner's Managing Partner. Imagine? Isn't that
exactly what happens when you go into a car dealership and
ask to buy one of their cars? You have to buy that car on
their lot from them.
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/2/25/35
45023.html
Network Solutions Is Sued Over Sale Of Domain Names [sub
req'd]
A Los Angeles law firm filed a lawsuit Monday against
Network Solutions LLC, one of the biggest sellers of domain
names, alleging the Herndon, Va., company improperly profits
from the way it reserves a domain name after a potential
customer searches for it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120398856637292331.html
Bad flavor: ICANN, Network Solutions sued for domain tasting
A class-action lawsuit has been launched against domain
registrar Network Solutions and ICANN over the controversial
practice of domain tasting. The suit was initiated on behalf
of Chris McElroy, a search engine optimization specialist
who goes by the handle NameCritic. McElroy has long been an
extremely vocal critic of ICANN and is a regular participant
on the organization's mailing lists.
htt
p://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080226-bad-flavor-icann-
network-solutions-sued-for-domain-tasting.html
Class Action Suit Against Network Solutions and ICANN
Underway
According to a press release from the law firm Kabateck
Brown Kellner, a federal class action lawsuit has been filed
in U.S. District Court, Central District of California
against domain name registrar Network Solutions and ICANN.
The suit clam that the NSI has forced customers into buying
domains from the company rather than through potentially
cheaper avenues, in effect netting the company millions of
dollars.
http:/
/www.domainnamenews.com/featured/class-action-suit-against-n
etwork-solutions-and-icann-underway/1450
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Network Solutions, ICANN
Lawsuit stems from “customer protection measure”.
http://domainnam
ewire.com/2008/02/25/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-netw
ork-solutions-icann/
Network Solutions named in class action suit
Network Solutions has been named in a class action suit
alleging that it "forced" millions of people to
buy internet domain names from the company instead of from
cheaper competitors.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/22104
84/network-solutions-slammed-class
http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/
news/2210484/network-solutions-slammed-class
Network Solutions, ICANN Sued Over Domain Front Running
Network Solutions and ICANN are being sued over the “front
running” domain registration practices that we covered
last month.
http://www.techcrunc
h.com/2008/02/25/network-solutions-icann-sued-over-domain-fr
ont-running/
Network Solutions Suit Clarified
The information below also appeared as an update to an
earlier article about the class-action lawsuit against
Network Solutions filed by Kabateck Brown Kellner. ...
[Brian] Kabateck said it was unclear how many plaintiffs
would ultimately particapate in the lawsuit and therefore
damages sought at this point are unknown. He estimates,
though, that the number of plaintiffs is potentially in the
thousands, and that the suit will seek a refund of about $25
per plaintiff, or the amount they allegedly were
overcharged.
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2
008/02/25/network-solutions-suit-clarified
Network Solutions Sued For Registration Practices
Whether ICANN officially acknowledges the existence of
domain front-running, the international organization is
named in a class-action lawsuit against Network Solutions.
The litigants architecting the suit claim ICANN's return
policy allowed Network Solutions to register searched-for
domains and then raise the price.
http://www.webpron
ews.com/topnews/2008/02/25/network-solutions-sued-for-regist
ration-practices
Network Solutions sued for domain registration practices
Network Solutions is now facing a class-action lawsuit which
claims that the company unfairly profit by forcing customers
to buy domains from them for high prices compared to rival
domain sellers.
htt
p://news.techwhack.com/7183/network-solutions/
Network Solutions Sued For Defrauding Millions
Network Solutions has forced millions of people to buy
Internet domain names from them instead of cheaper
competitors through a scheme that's netted the firm millions
of dollars, a federal class action lawsuit filed today by
Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP states. ICANN, whose policies
facilitate the scheme, is also named in the suit, filed in
U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/453565.html
http://www.wdtv.com/news/technology/?feed=bim&i
d=15946332
Network Solutions, ICANN Sued
Network Solutions and has been hit with a federal class
action lawsuit on Monday for allegedly front-running domain
names. ICANN was also named in the lawsuit because "its
policies facilitated the scheme."
http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/022
608_Network_Solutions_ICANN_Sued.Cfm
Network Solutions is Being Sued for Front-Running Domains
Carolina-based domain registrar Network Solutions is being
sued for registering internet domains that customers search
for but don’t buy.
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.as
p?id=24495
Network Solutions Sued Over Domain Tasting
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Network
Solutions and ICANN over NSI's policy of temporarily
registering domains as soon as someone searches for them.
http://news.digitaltren
ds.com/news/story/15871/network_solutions_sued_over_domain_t
asting
Trademark Owners Question Efficacy Of ICANN's Domain
Registration Fee Scheme [news release]
Imposing a small fee on all domain registrations, as
recently recommended by the board of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, may act as a
first step to curbing domain tasting, but it is not an
adequate solution to the tasting problem, trademark owners
and cyberlaw attorneys say.
http://www.cadna.org/en/pdf/icanns-domain-r
egistration-fee-scheme.pdf
Canadian Government on ICANN
The Canadian government has submitted to comments to the
U.S. government on the continuing ICANN oversight.
htt
p://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2713/196/
ICANN Midterm Review
The following is Internet Commerce Association's comments to
NTIA for ICANN's Midterm review.
http://www.internetcommerce.org/ICANN_midterm_review
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Quarter of a million .asia domain names wanted
DotAsia, the organisation responsible for the new .asia top
level Internet domain says it has received 266,000
applications for registration of .asia domain names in the
first 24 hours of its 'landrush' phase.
http://w
ww.itwire.com/content/view/16850/53/
Stake a claim to your Asian domain
... But the times are possibly changing. The BBC reports
that just 30,780 applications have been filed for .asia
domain names so far, compared with 330,000 at the same point
in the launch of the .eu domain name. Instead of lining up
for a slice of cyber real estate, are circumspect internet
users choosing to ignore the latest virtual land grab? No
one would be surprised if IT leaders, bombarded and
bamboozled by a series of suffix releases, are struggling to
see the point of yet another domain registration.
http://www.computing.co.uk
/computing/analysis/2210515/stake-claim-asian-domain-3850804
DotAsia LandRush Offers by Michele Neylon
As dotasia is currently in landrush you can expect to see
plenty of special offers from the various registrars.
Eurodns, for example, are running a special which is quite
attractive for the first two years. The only downside is
that it's not that clear how the local presence will be
charged thereafter.
http://www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/02/25/dotasia-la
ndrush-offers/
New .au registrant transfers policy - implementation update
26/02/08 [news release]
In December 2007, the auDA Board approved a recommendation
from the 2007 Names Policy Panel that the Transfers (Change
of Registrant) Policy be relaxed to allow a registrant to
transfer their domain name licence to another eligible
entity, for any reason. The auDA Board has approved an
implementation plan for the new transfers policy.
ht
tp://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022008/
The coming dot AU property boom
"The auDA board has recently accepted the
recommendations of our review panel to lift the ban on
advertising Australian domain names for sale," he says.
Work on implementing the change in policy has already begun
and could be finished by as early as June this year.
"We've got some administrative bits and pieces to work
out first, and then there'll need to be some changes made to
the software and systems used at the registrars. We're also
mindful there'll need to be a program of public education so
the general public is aware of the new policy.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/02/26/1203788290
820.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/02/26/1203
788290820.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2
008/02/26/1203788290820.html
No country code for Catalonia
Spain's politicians have shelved plans for a .CT country
code domain for the Catalan region, which already has a .CAT
generic domain.
http://domainesinfo.fr/english/172/no-countr
y-code-for-catalonia.php
.nl Brings Numeric Domains
.nl will see the beginning of numeric domains, Secura has
announced that they are offering free pre-registration.
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.as
p?id=24462
pe: New Policies On Registration Of Domain Names
From December 8th 2007, it is in force the registration of
the second level domains (eg. xxxxx.pe), apart from being
shorter, easier to remember, the new domains ".pe"
are faster to prosecute and can be traded by any one who
wishes to do so.
htt
p://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=57494
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How Pakistan knocked YouTube offline (and how to make sure
it never happens again) by Declan McCullagh
This graph that network-monitoring firm Keynote Systems
provided to us shows the worldwide availability of
YouTube.com dropping dramatically from 100 percent to 0
percent for over an hour. It didn't recover completely until
two hours had elapsed. A high-profile incident this weekend
in which Pakistan's state-owned telecommunications company
managed to cut YouTube off the global Web highlights a
long-standing security weakness in the way the Internet is
managed. After receiving a censorship order from the
telecommunications ministry directing that YouTube.com be
blocked, Pakistan Telecom went even further. By accident or
design, the company broadcast instructions worldwide
claiming to be the legitimate destination for anyone trying
to reach YouTube's range of Internet addresses.
http:
//www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9878655-7.html
http://www.z
dnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62038171,00.htm
http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content
/feb2008/gb20080226_603535.htm
Cybersquatting and Abuse to Mainstream Consumer Brands
Intensified in 2007, According to Year-Long Trend Report by
MarkMonitor [news release]
MarkMonitor, the global leader in enterprise brand
protection, today released the company’s latest
Brandjacking Index, which finds that cybersquatting is the
most common form of brand abuse—with a 33 percent jump in
one year—and that brandjackers are abusing an expanding
range of brands that consumers use everyday. The report also
shows recent and significant drops in domain kiting and
related pay-per-click fraud, indicating that aggressive
legal action on the part of brandholders as well as ICANN
scrutiny are proving effective in deterring specific
brandjacking techniques. In addition, phishing techniques
and targets continued in 2007 to evolve with a 533% increase
in phish attacks against the retail and services sector.
http://www.markmonitor.com/pressreleases/press-080225f
.php
Cyber-squatters reaping rich rewards
Cyber-squatting continues to be the most prevalent form of
online brand abuse after a 33 percent jump in the past year,
new research reveals..
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2210422/cyber-sq
uatting-rise
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=70830
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnun
et/news/2210422/cyber-squatting-rise
Brands online face more assaults
Whether it's cybersquatters selling fake iPods or porn
purveyors perverting Disney cartoons, 2007 was another tough
year for companies trying to defend their brands online,
according to MarkMonitor Inc.'s Brandjacking Index report
released this week.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/brands_online_face
_more_assaults
E-scammers trashing reputations
Phishers, cyber-squatters, and other online fraudsters
continued their assault on well-known corporate brands over
the last 12 months, increasing the burden on the companies
being targeted and further frustrating consumers. According
to MarkMonitor's annual "brand-jacking" report --
which attempts to gauge the level of damage being extracted
on corporate reputations by online scammers via schemes like
phishing -- problems only intensified last year for
businesses in defending their public images online.
http://www.infoworld.com/article
/08/02/25/E-scammers-trashing-reputations_1.html
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;61433912;f
p;4194304;fpid;1
Why LLL.coms are no longer "safe" bets
I do not consider LLL.com "risk free" bets
anymore. While LLL.coms used to be a great way to flip a
domain and make a pretty penny, that is increasingly no
longer the case due to the increased risk. Now, there is
greater risk putting large sums of money into a domain that
could quite easily be taken from you in a UDRP. While 3L
domains used to be sacred (e.g. assuming the registrant
wasn't stupid, no one would be able to take the domain from
him/her in a UDRP process). However, the sad fact is that
WIPO and NAF have increasingly been willing to allow 3L
domains to be taken away from the registrant.
http://www.na
mepros.com/short-domain-discussion/436568-why-lll-coms-no-lo
nger-safe.html#post2569188
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CADNA Supports Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act [news
release]
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA), comprised
of ten globally recognized brand-name companies, strongly
supports the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act (APCPA),
introduced today by Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and
cosponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ted Stevens
(R-AK).
http://www.cadna.org/en/press-release-february-26-200
8.html
Snowe Introduces Bi-Partisan Legislation Aimed At Protecting
Nation’s Internet Users [news release]
A bi-partisan group of Senators from the Commerce, Science
and Transportation Committee led by U.S. Senators Olympia J.
Snowe (R-Maine), Bill Nelson (D-Florida) and the
Committee’s Ranking Member Ted Stevens (R-Alaska),
introduced today bi-partisan legislation aimed at ending the
deceptive practice known as phishing.
http://www.politickerme.com/snowe-introduces-biparti
san-legislation-aimed-protecting-nation%E2%80%99s-internet-u
sers-949
us: Boehner Won’t Give Up Earmark Reform Website
House Republicans aren’t giving in to order from the chief
administrative officer to remove a website devoted to
earmark reform. The site, earmarkreform.house.gov, remained
active today despite an order from Dan Beard last week to
shut it down.
http://blog.heritage.org/2008/02/25
/boehner-wont-give-up-earmark-reform-site/
us: Boehner defends anti-earmark site
House Minority Leader John A. Boehner has refused to find a
new home for his anti-earmark Web site after the House
administrative officer said it violated chamber rules.
http://www.washingtontimes.co
m/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NATION/345424337
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IPv6 Service at k.root-servers.net and IPv6 Glue for Root
Name Servers
On 4 February 2008 the IANA added IPv6 glue to the DNS root
zone. This is a first quick look at measurement data for
K-root, k.root-servers.net. It is based on data taken with
the DNS Statistics Collector (DSC) tool, which we highly
recommend.
ht
tp://ripe.net/news/k-root-service-IPv6-glue.html
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Go Daddy Is A Trailblazer in Safeguarding Customer Data
[news release]
The Go Daddy Group, Inc. network of registrars are the first
to back-up all of their customer information with an outside
data storage firm under new regulations set forth by ICANN.
https://www.godaddy.com/
gdshop/news/release_view.asp?news%5Fitem%5Fid=145&app%5F
hdr=
Go Daddy Protects Domain Data
Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy
(godaddy.com) announced on Monday that its network of
registrars have become one of the first to back-up all of
their customer information with an outside data storage firm
under new regulations set forth by ICANN.
http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/02
2508_Go_Daddy_Protects_Domain_Data.cfm
Learn To Speak German For Five Reasons
There are many reasons why someone would want or need to
speak another language. Let's take German for example--why
is German a good language to learn to speak? ... Second, the
number of German websites is 2nd in popularity next to
English speaking websites. You will have access to a lot
more information online by speaking German.
http://www.articlexplosion.com/articledetail.php?art
id=53213
us: The IRS Cares What Type of Domainer You Are
Guest author Sandy K. Brooks, CPA writes about tax
implications for domainers. When discussing the tax
implications of domaining, the first question that is often
asked is, “Are domain names property?” Yes, domains are
property. Not only have they continually been proven to be
property, they should be considered assets. An asset is
anything with economic value. The domain name business would
not be the successful, growing industry that it is today if
domains had no economic value.
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/
02/26/the-irs-cares-what-type-of-domainer-you-are/
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Affiliate Summit Live Domain Auction Results
Live blogging the Affiliate Summit Domain Auction Results -
no guarantees on accuracy etc. The list below only contains
sold domains.
http://www.domainn
amenews.com/domain-auction/affiliate-summit-live-domain-auct
ion-results/1453
Leap day auction - $250 reserves on new domains
Leap Day AuctionWe’ve finalized the list of domains and
activated bidding for the Leap Day Auction that will close
on February 29 at 11am PST. We also put a few of the January
domains back up and lowered the reserves on those domains
10%. Our review team selectively focused and added new
domains to the auction list. All of the new domains have a
reserve price of $250 or less, so if high reserves on names
have prevented you from jumping into the domain business,
this is a great time to get in the game. Those who have an
appetite for domains with lots of potential should also be
pleased with this list.
http://blog.domaintools.com/200
8/02/leap-day-auction-250-reserves-on-new-domains/
The Big List of Domain Auctions
Domain auctions are one of the most important market venues
for a domainer - whether you are a buyer or a seller. If you
are a seller, they offer immediate liquidity for your
domains - you don't need to wait for an end user (or another
domainer) to show an interest in your domain. If you are a
buyer, you have a choice of a number of often high quality
domains available for purchase at wholesale levels. Even if
you aren't buying or selling, the results of major domain
auctions provide a good barometer of the health and
direction of the domain market.
http://www.domain
bits.com/auctions/
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Klage gegen Network Solution und ICANN
Der Domain-Registrar Network Solution (NSI) sieht sich einer
Sammelklage gegenüber. Eine Anwaltkanzlei aus Los Angeles
wirft dem Unternehmen Betrug im Zusammenhang der Vergabe von
Domains vor.
http://www.golem.
de/0802/57983.html
ICANN und Network Solutions wegen angeblichen Betrugs
verklagt
Die kalifornische Anwaltskanzei Kabateck Brown Kellner wirft
dem Domain-Anbieter Network Solutions vor, Domain-Anfragen
dafür auszunutzen, die Adressen selbst zu registrieren und
für einen überhöhten Preis weiterzuverkaufen.
http://
www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/104063
Kanzlei verklagt Icann und NSI
Wie die Network World berichtet, hat die Anwaltskanzlei
Kabateck Brown Keller aus Los Angeles eine Sammelklage gegen
Network Solutions (NSI) und die Internet-Verwaltung Icann
beantragt. Die Kanzlei wirft NSI vor, von Kunden bei der
Whois-Suche gefundenen freien Domains selbst zu
registrieren, um sie ihnen überteuert zu verkaufen.
http://www.zdnet.de/
news/tkomm/0,39023151,39187622,00.htm
Klage gegen NSI und ICANN
Eine Anwaltskanzlei aus Los Angeles hat Klage gegen den
Ex-Monopolisten Network Solutions (NSI) und die
Internet-Verwaltung ICANN beantragt. Das als Sammelklage
angelegte Verfahren richtet sich gegen die vor Wochen
bekannte gewordene Praxis des Domain Registrars, die von
potentiellen Kunden bei der Whois-Suche gefundenen freien
Domains zu "Schutzzwecken" selbst zu registrieren.
http://www.intern.de/news/neue--meldungen/--2008022
63364.html
Icann sucht Freiwillige
Die ICANN sucht für ihr oberstes Gremium, das Board of
Directors, zwei neue Direktoren. Außerdem sollen in den
unterstützenden Gremien diverse Schlüsselpositionen
besetzt werden.
http
://www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/1855382/
Domainnamen-Betrug wird vielfach unterschätzt
Einer neuen Studie zufolge ist jedes zweite Unternehmen in
Deutschland bereits Opfer von Wirtschaftskriminalität
geworden. Deutsche Firmen seien zudem ungenügend auf
Domainnamen-Betrug, Cybersquatter & Co vorbereitet.
http://www.pcwelt.de/start/sicherheit/sonstiges/news
/148630/
.asia ab sofort allgemein verfügbar
Die zuständige Registrierungsstelle DotAsia hat die freie
Vergabe von Domains mit der Endung .asia an alle
Interessenten gestartet. Die generische Top-Level-Domain
(TLD) soll als panasiatische Plattform für insgesamt 73
Staaten dienen, ähnlich der .eu-TLD für die Europäische
Union. Der Start der Asian-TLD erfolgt mit prominenter
Unterstützung und dürfte Vorreiterrolle für das Internet
haben.
http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=114492
Domainnamen-Betrug wird vielfach unterschätzt
Einer neuen Studie zufolge ist jedes zweite Unternehmen in
Deutschland bereits Opfer von Wirtschaftskriminalität
geworden. Deutsche Firmen seien zudem ungenügend auf
Domainnamen-Betrug, Cybersquatter & Co vorbereitet.
http://www.pcwelt.de/start/sicherheit/sonstiges/news
/148630/
LG Hamburg – "gleitende Haftung" für Foren?
Das Landgericht Hamburg hat am 04.12.2007 (Az.: 324 O
794/07) eine einstweilige Verfügung gegen den Blogger
Stefan Niggemeier bestätigt, wonach diesem untersagt wird,
einen bestimmten Kommentar zu veröffentlichen. Wir hatten
Ende des letzten Jahres bereits darüber berichtet. Nun
liegen die Entscheidungsgründe vor, und Stefan Niggemeier
hat Auszüge daraus veröffentlicht.
http://
www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/lg-hamburg-glei
tende-haftung-fuer-foren-id667144.html
.asia – Startschuss für Landrush-Phase!
DotAsia, Verwalter der neuen Asien-Domain .asia, hat die
Sunrise-Phase mit Erfolg abgeschlossen: über 30.000
Vormerkungen sind bei der Registry in den vergangenen
viereinhalb Monaten eingegangen. Für die Landrush-Phase,
deren Startschuss am gestrigen Mittwoch gefallen ist,
rechnet DotAsia ebenfalls mit starkem Andrang.
http://www
.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/asia-startschuss-f
uer-landrush-phase-id667145.html
1,5 Millionen für Shopping.de?
Manche sammeln Briefmarken, manche sammeln Domains. Beides
kann als Kapitalanlage gesehen werden. Oder als sinnlose
Zeitverschwendung.
http://www.visualblo
g.de/?p=1098
shopping.de erzielt Höchstwert einer .de- Domain
Der Verkauf der Internet-Domain shopping.de markiert den
bisher höchsten Verkaufspreis, der je für eine Domain mit
dem deutschen Länderkürzel .de erzielt wurde. Sedo.de, die
weltweit führende Handelsplattform für Domains, hat die
Verhandlungen geführt und erfolgreich zum Abschluss
gebracht.
http://w3news.
de/news/artikel1092.html
http://www.s
upportnet.de/newsthread/3778
Frische Impulse für die Domain-Branche
Frische Impulse für die Domain-Branche gibt es derzeit beim
Domain Pulse in Wien. Die zweitägige Veranstaltung findet
bereits zum vierten Mal statt und zählt mit rund 300
Teilnehmern zu den wichtigsten Kongressen rund um das Thema
Internet-Domains im deutschsprachigen Raum. Als Ausrichter
der Veranstaltung treten im jährlichen Wechsel die
Domain-Registrierungsstellen in Österreich, Deutschland und
der Schweiz auf.
http:
//www.onlinekosten.de/news/artikel/28767/0
Sarkozys Beschimpfung als Web-Adresse
Der französische Präsident Nicolas Sarkozy hat sich dafür
entschuldigt, einen Messebesucher als «Deppen» beschimpft
zu haben. Jetzt gibt es den Spruch bereits als Adresse einer
Website.
http:
//www.20min.ch/news/ausland/story/30629875
Nicolas Sarkozy : petites phrases et longs discours sur le
Net
Rarement petites phrases prononcées et écrites – ou non
– par un chef de l'Etat sont devenues aussi rapidement
populaires. "Casse-toi, pauvre con" n'en finit
plus de faire le tour de la Toile. Chansons, noms de
domaine, articles, sites, parodies, vidéos, t-shirts, tout
y passe. Depuis la publication de la vidéo du rituel bain
de foule présidentiel au Salon de l'agriculture sur le site
Internet du Parisien samedi, et après presque 3 millions de
visionnages en trois jours, c'est au tour des noms de
domaine "Cassetoipauvrecon", d'être l'objet de
toutes les spéculations.
http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/art
icle/2008/02/26/nicolas-sarkozy-petites-phrases-et-longs-dis
cours-sur-le-net_1015956_651865.html
'Casse-toi pauvre con' de Sarkozy inspire les noms de
domaine
La vidéo de Sarkozy au Salon de l’Agriculture a été vue
par plus de 3 millions de personnes indique aujourd’hui le
Parisien. La petite phrase « casse-toi, pauvre con »
lâchée par le Président de la République Française à
un simple badaud qui l’invectivait n’a pas laissé
insensible le marché des noms de domaine.
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/42024-
casse-toi-pauvre-con-sarkozy.htm
http://fr.news.y
ahoo.com/pcinpact/20080226/ttc-casse-toi-pauvre-con-de-sarko
zy-insp-c2f7783.html
Quand une réplique créé du nom de domaine
La réplique de Nicolas Sarkozy à l’encontre d’un
visiteur du salon de l’agriculture plait aux internautes.
Déjà 11 noms de domaine "Cassetoipauvrecon"
enregistrés sous 8 extensions différentes.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actual
ite/1434/quand-une-replique-cree-du-nom-de-domaine.php
Sarkozy: 'cassetoipauvrecon.com' est à vendre
La désormais célèbre phrase prononcée par le président
au salon de l'agriculture (voir la vidéo) a inspiré des
petits malins qui vendent le nom de domaine
http://fr.new
s.yahoo.com/actudestars/20080226/ten-sarkozy-cassetoipauvrec
on-com-est-ve-bc0f742.html
Sunshine : les conséquences inattendues du décret du 6
février 2007
Le 16 janvier 2008, la cour d'appel de Paris a privé le
titulaire d’un nom de domaine du bénéfice de ce nom au
motif qu’il ne serait pas titulaire d’une marque. Une
décision dommageable.
http://www.journaldunet.com/expert/le-net/23349/sunsh
ine-les-consequences-inattendues-du-decret-du-6-fevrier-2007
.shtml
"Cassetoipauvrecon", nom de domaine prisé
L'insulte lancée samedi par Nicolas Sarkozy à un visiteur
du Salon de l'agriculture a franchi une nouvelle étape dans
l'engouement des internautes qui ont réservé en série des
noms de domaine "cassetoipauvrecon".
http://www.lejdd.fr
/cmc/scanner/media/20089/cassetoipauvrecon-nom-de-domaine-pr
ise_98087.html
Prague candidat à l'ICANN 2009
La capitale tchèque serait candidate pour recevoir la
manche européenne des réunions internationales de l'ICANN
en 2009.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1429/pr
ague-candidat-a-l-icann-2009.php
Pas de .CT pour la Catalogne
Le parlement espagnol a renoncé au .CT, extension
géographique désignant la Catalogne sur Internet. A ne pas
confondre avec le .CAT qui lui existe toujours.
http://domainesinfo.fr/
extension/1433/communaute-catalane-pas-de-ct-pour-la-catalog
ne.php
Le .TRAVEL revendu
L'actuel propriétaire du .TRAVEL TheGlobe.com est sur le
point de revendre Tralliance, le registre du .TRAVEL, à une
société contrôlée par Michael S. Egan, le PDG de
TheGlobe.com.
http://domainesinfo.fr/ext
ension/1432/professionnels-du-tourisme-le-travel-revendu.php
Le Registre Internet français récidive
Cette société, dont nous avions déjà dénoncé la
démarche douteuse, incite à nouveau les propriétaires de
.FR à s’inscrire à un annuaire non officiel pour une
somme de 960 euro!
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite
/1419/le-registre-internet-francais-recidive.php
La ciberocupación aumentó un 33% en 2007
El nuevo informe Brandjacking Index de MarkMonitor revela
que los ciberocupas se centran en nuevos sectores, atacan a
más empresas y perfeccionan sus tácticas.
http://ww
w.diarioti.com/gate/n.php?id=16632
Piratas de dominios pierden ante Warner
Time Warner ganó esta semana un litigio sobre la propiedad
de dominios de Internet relacionados con el nombre Harry
Potter, con un fallo en su favor emitido por WIPO, la
Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual.
http://www
.diarioti.com/gate/n.php?id=2779
Perú recibe la asignación del nombre de dominio
'piscoperuano.cl' tras una disputa en Chile.
El Estado de Perú recibió la asignación del nombre de
dominio 'piscoperuano.cl' en una reciente disputa legal en
Chile contra un ciudadano de ese país, informó hoy la
Cancillería en Lima.
http://actualidad.te
rra.es/nacional/articulo/peru_chile_recibe_asignacion_nombre
_2274679.htm
http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2
008/02/disputa-entre-los-gobiernos-de-chile-y.html
Perú recibe la asignación del nombre de dominio
'piscoperuano.cl' tras una disputa en Chile
El Estado de Perú recibió la asignación del nombre de
dominio 'piscoperuano.cl' en una reciente disputa legal en
Chile contra un ciudadano de ese país, informó hoy la
Cancillería en Lima.
http://www.lati
noamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&fil
e=article&sid=1600
Los andalucistas crearán el dominio ‘and’ para aumentar
la presencia en la Red
Coalición Andalucista (CA) propone en su programa para las
elecciones autonómicas del próximo 9 de marzo crear el
dominio ‘.and’ en Internet y portales andaluces en
español alternativos a ‘MySpace’ y ‘Youtube’.
http://www.lati
noamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&fil
e=article&sid=1599
La organización de Red.es en un interesante video.
Recomendamos este video en el que se explican los aspectos
que rodean la organización de Red.es, entidad encargada de
la gestión de los dominios en España.
http:
//carrero.es/organizacion-dominios-es/1685
http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/02/la
-organizacin-de-redes-en-un.html
Los andalucistas crearán el dominio ‘and’ para aumentar
la presencia en la Red.
Coalición Andalucista (CA) propone en su programa para las
elecciones autonómicas del próximo 9 de marzo crear el
dominio ‘.and’ en Internet y portales andaluces en
español alternativos a ‘MySpace’ y ‘Youtube’.
http://www.ideal.es/granada/20080224/mas-actualidad/andaluc
ia/andalucistas-crearan-dominio-para-200802241554.html
http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2
008/02/los-andalucistas-crearn-el-dominio-and.html
El comercio de dominios empieza a ser respetado.
El año pasado, 106 dominios ganaron más de 68.000 euros
cada uno con la especulación. porn.com, se vendió por 6,5
millones de euros.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internet/comercio/dominios/e
mpieza/ser/respetado/elpeputec/20080224elpepunet_2/Tes
http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008
/02/el-comercio-de-dominios-empieza-ser.html
Ta ikke for lett på overgang til IPv6!
I begynnelsen av februar meldte ICANN at de har tatt et
viktig skritt i retning av å rulle ut neste generasjons
adresseringssystem for Internett, kjent som IPv6:
IPv6-adressene til seks av verdens 13 rotserver-nettverk for
oversettelse mellom IP-adresser og verts- og domenenavn er
nå blitt lagt til i de nødvendige filene og databasene.
http://www.d
igi.no/php/art.php?id=511742
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