[AfrICANN-discuss] Your week end reading

Sat Oct 6 01:34:07 SAST 2007

Ah, mama, toi aussi! tu nous donnes des devoirs comme cela tous
les weekends... et je ne peux meme plus faire la ballade du
dimanche apres-midi au bord du lac, hein, vraiment! Votre
gouvernance-la aussi, quand meme! elle se repose jamais?

Bon weekend, va!

Mawaki

--- Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 4. Short Domain Names Threatened by Proposed Policy on IGO
> Dispute
> Resolution Procedure by George Kirikos
> 
> "ICANN staff has published a draft report on dispute
> resolution procedures
> for IGO (inter-governmental organization) domain names" writes
> George
> Kirikos. "This proposal has deep flaws and should be rejected
> by the
> community, as it does not have the balance and protection of
> registrant
> rights present in the existing UDRP." George believes "that in
> the proposed
> policy, the domain registrant (respondent) has much weaker
> protection
> compared to the UDRP because the complainant need only prove a
> single
> element is present." George concludes, "this draft policy is
> very poorly
> written (unless you're a covetous IGO), and threatens to
> permit mass reverse
> hijacking of short domain names, with limited recourse." He
> proposes "at a
> minimum that the draft policy be amended to compel the
> complainant to prove
> bad faith registration AND use of the domain name, like the
> UDRP, and to
> permit the respondent to create an affirmative defense that
> they do have
> their own legitimate rights or interest in the domain name.
> This would add
> balance to the policy, and limit the ability of reverse domain
> name
> hijacking to occur. With the use of appropriate Sunrise
> procedures for new
> TLDs, the need for any specific policy for IGOs is lessened."
> 
>
http://www.circleid.com/posts/710118_short_domain_names_igo_udrp/
> 
> 
> 
> 5. Local ".city" TLDs as an Opportunity for City Portals by
> Dirk
> Krischenowski
> 
> Dirk Krischenowski of dotBerlin writes about what is a city
> TLD and the
> benefits of establishing one in this recent article. Dirk
> writes, ".city
> domains represent an identity for every single resident of a
> city, for their
> companies and organisations. The .city domains reach the
> entire community,
> out to the most remote members, opening up a whole range of
> opportunities
> for every individual to participate, to make their own
> contribution and to
> join in social networking." While there are city portals,
> using
> City.comdomains, Dirk says these are limited, and often packed
> with so
> much
> information it is difficult to find what you are looking for.
> However, a
> City.com domain and .City TLD can act to complement each
> other, benefiting
> both.
> 
> http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2867
> 
> 
> 
> 18. Griping, with an audience: Malcontents criticize companies
> online
> 
> This article in the International Herald Tribune, while about
> people
> complaining through setting up "gripe" websites concludes
> with, "Good
> proactive plays can include registering gripe domain names as
> well as
> personalized e-mail addresses. Registering common misspellings
> as well as
> negative domain names is a good precaution as is covering tags
> including
> .biz and .org. Costs are minimal, some lower than $50 a year.
> Companies that
> sell products or services should trademark their names to
> prevent others
> from using then without authorization."
> 
> http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/03/business/sbiz.php
> 
> 
> 
> 19. Cybersquatters Threaten Consumers and Harm Businesses
> [news release]
> 
> The growing threat of cybersquatters has resulted in the
> International
> Trademark Association (INTA) issuing a warning on behalf of
> its members to
> the public, alerting them to the growing threat of domain name
> cybersquatters who deliberately mislead consumers and defraud
> online
> businesses via this news release. The news release alerts INTA
> members to
> what is cybersquatting, the techniques used by cybersquatters
> and the extent
> of the problem.
> 
> http://inta.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1719
> 
> 
> 
> 24. U.S. urges U.N. patent agency chief to consider quitting
> [Reuters]
> 
> The US ambassador to the U.N.'s European headquarters in
> Geneva Warren
> Tichenor called for the WIPO Director General Kamil Idris to
> either publicly
> answer allegations of dishonest conduct against him or resign
> in a speech to
> the UN General Assembly earlier this week. WIPO officials have
> called the
> accusations groundless.
> 
>
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL0190964620071001
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
> WESTERN SAHARA
> 
> **********************
> 
> i. Western Sahara dispute at turning point, Morocco tells UN
> [news release]
> 
> The issue of Western Sahara is witnessing an "historical
> turning point," the
> Foreign Minister of Morocco said today, referring to the
> Non-Self-Governing
> Territory as "Moroccan Sahara" and advocating a settlement
> based on an
> autonomy proposal put forward by the country's Government.
> 
> http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24118
> 
> 
> 
> ii. Addressing UN, State Voices Hope for Solution On Western
> Sahara Issue
> 
> The Foreign Minister of Algeria today told the United Nations
> General
> Assembly that his country hopes for an agreement between
> Morocco and the
> Polisario Front that would pave the way for the people of
> Western Sahara to
> decide on their future.
> 
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200710020001.html
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
> GOVERNANCE
> 
> **********************
> 
> 1. Microsoft-loving (former) security czar calls for closed
> internet
> 
> Richard Clarke, the man who served President Bush as a special
> adviser for
> cyber security, has a five-point plan for saving the internet.
> Speaking at a
> Santa Clara University conference dedicated to "trust online,"
> Clarke called
> the net "a place of chaos in many ways, a place of crime in
> many ways," but
> laid out several means of righting the ship, including
> biometric IDs,
> government regulation, and an industry wide standard for
> secure software. He
> even embraces the idea of a closed internet - which seems to
> have sparked a
> death threat from net pioneer Vint Cerf.
> 
>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/02/richard_clarke_speech_trust_online_santa_clara_university_microsoft/
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Cerf on the future of the Net
> 
> More than 30 years ago, Vint Cerf and colleague Robert Kahn -
> performing
> research sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
> Agency -
> created the core standards that allow computers across the
> globe to link
> together. ... Cerf spoke with Government Technology at
> Google's Washington,
> D.C., offices. During the hour-long conversation, Cerf
> discussed numerous
> issues that will shape the Internet's future, including Net
> neutrality,
> municipal wireless projects and mobile connectivity.
> 
> http://www.govtech.com/gt/148598?topic=117699
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
> DOMAIN NAMES
> 
> **********************
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - DOMAIN SECURITY
> 
> **********************
> 
> 3. How to Trace a DDOS Attack
> 
> At most any time of the day, there's a distributed
> denial-of-service (DDOS)
> attack underway somewhere on the Internet. Yes, it's still
> true, despite
> reports that some ISPs have experienced fewer DDOS attacks
> overall during
> the last six months. It's a matter of quality, not quantity:
> "When DDOSes do
> occur, they are done with much greater purpose than they used
> to be," says
> Rodney Joffe, senior vice president and senior technologist
> for Neustar.
> "They are usually to obscure what's [really] happening in the
> background."
> 
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=135457
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - ICANN
> 
> **********************
> 
> 4. Short Domain Names Threatened by Proposed Policy on IGO
> Dispute
> Resolution Procedure by George Kirikos
> 
> ICANN staff has published a draft report on dispute resolution
> procedures
> for IGO (inter-governmental organization) domain names. This
> proposal has
> deep flaws and should be rejected by the community, as it does
> not have the
> balance and protection of registrant rights present in the
> existing UDRP.
> 
>
http://www.circleid.com/posts/710118_short_domain_names_igo_udrp/
> 
> 
> 
> 5. Birth of '.XXX' Looming?
> 
> It has been brought back into the public eye again after being
> buried in the
> ICANN 'rejections pile'. Specifically, the idea of a .xxx web
> suffix for
> porn sites, once characterised as the internet's vampire, may
> have risen
> from the dead as part of a larger argument over rules for how
> much
> discretion will be exercised in accepting or denying
> applications.
> 
> http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=22484
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - (cc)TLD NEWS
> 
> **********************
> 
> 5. Local ".city" TLDs as an Opportunity for City Portals by
> Dirk
> Krischenowski
> 
> One of the most frequently asked question when it comes to the
> discussion
> about a city top-level domain ".city" (such as .london,
> .berlin or .nyc) is
> what .city means to the already established official city
> portal (such as
> London.gov.uk, Berlin.de, NYC.gov or in general City.com).
> This article
> contributes to the most important topics in this discussion.
> 
> http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=2867
> 
> 
> 
> 6. What Trademark Owners Really Need To Know About The .ASIA
> Sunrise [reg
> req'd]
> 
> If you are a trademark owner or represent one, you have almost
> certainly
> received numerous notifications that the .ASIA sunrise period
> opens October
> 9, 2007. Most of these notifications are likely solicitations
> from various
> service providers designed to persuade you or your client to
> register .ASIA
> domain names. This note provides a quick overview of .ASIA so
> that you or
> your clients can make an informed decision whether or not to
> take advantage
> of the .ASIA sunrise period.
> 
> http://mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=52816
> 
> 
> 
> 7. News Alert - Registration Of .Asia Domain Names Opening
> Soon
> 
> >From 6 October 2007, trade mark owners will have the chance
> to register
> domain names in the new '.asia' top-level domain (TLD), prior
> to a general
> release of .asia names in 2008. The domain space will open in
> several
> phases, offering opportunities in turn to government entities,
> owners of
> marks currently in use, owners of unused and newer marks, and
> the general
> public.
> 
> http://mondaq.com/article.asp?article_id=52658
> 
> 
> 
> 8. .EC domains for US$17 per year
> 
> NIC.EC, the .EC (Ecuador) domain registry have announced a
> special promotion
> for new .ec domain name registrations. Till the end of
> October, new .ec
> domain names can be registered for US$17 per year for up to
> five years under
> .ec as well as com.ec, net.ec, org.ec, edu.ec, info.ec,
> pro.ec, fin.ec and
> med.ec.
> 
>
http://domainnews.com/general/2007100408/ec-domains-for-us17-per-year/
> 
>
http://domainpulse.com/2007/10/03/ec-domains-for-us17-per-year/
> 
> 
> 
> 9. Five hundred requests for accents in Spanish domain names
> [news release]
> 
> http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=186569
> 
> 
> 
> 10. EURid to Implement Automatic DNS Updates for .EU
> 
> EURid, the registry for .EU, has announced it will switch to
> dynamic DNS
> updates on October 9. On that date, .EU DNS servers will begin
> updating
> instantaneously in response to changes as they occur.
> 
>
http://blogs.verisign.com/brandprotection/2007/09/eurid_to_implement_automatic_d.php
> 
> 
> 
> 11. .ng Internet Registration Soars
> 
> Number of Internet registration in the country grows to about
> 3,000, the
> Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has said.Nigeria got
> the authority
> to operate its own domain registration body early this year at
> a formal hand
> over of the domain registration by Mr Randy Bush former
> Internet
> registration agent for Nigeria to the management of the
> Nigerian Internet
> Registration Association.
> 
> http://dailytrust.com/content/view/4364/80/
> 
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200710010599.html
> 
> 
> 
> 12. North's Country Domain '.KP' Gets Nod
> 
> Its just a matter of time before North Korea meets the world
> through the
> World Wide Web, as its domain ".kp" has recently been
> delegated for use.
> 
> http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/10/123_11146.html
> 
> 
> 
> 13. '.nyc' wants to go .com
> 
> Is it time for New York City to corner a piece of the
> Internet? A growing
> grassroots movement says yes, and is trying to create an
> ".nyc" domain name
> to go alongside the .coms and .orgs of the World Wide Web.
> 
>
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/BIZ/710030303
> 
>
http://chinapost.com.tw/business/2007/10/04/125318/Internet-domain.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 14. New Zealand hits 300 000
> 
> According to local registry InternetNZ, after seeing constant
> growth on .NZ
> for the last three years, New Zealand's Internet suffix
> reached the 300 000
> mark on September 26, 2007.
> 
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/english/110/new-zealand-hits-300-000.php
> 
> 
> 
> 15. ph: Domain prices should go down, not up
> 
> The decision last April by Verisign to raise the fee for both
> .com and .net
> domain names hardly created a fuzz in the online community
> presumably
> because consumers thought the hike was justified after years
> of unchanged
> rates. But here in the Philippines, the price increase has
> sent a chilling
> effect to those who have conscientiously followed the
> oppressive way in
> which a private company has managed th .ph ccTLD.
> 
>
http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/pinoypost/0,3800005677,63000751,00.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 16. Serbia readies new .RS Internet suffix
> 
> Born out of the ashes of what used to be Yugoslavia, Serbia is
> now a country
> in its own right and with its own Internet extension – .RS –
> which should go
> live in early 2008. We take a look at the new domain.
> 
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/english/111/serbia-readies-new-rs-internet-suffix.php
> 
> 
> 
> 17. uk: Nominet ups dispute personnel
> 
> Nominet, the operator of the .uk internet domain, is looking
> for 10 IP and
> internet specialists to join its dispute resolution panel as
> it looks to
> cope with the growing number of domain name disputes.
> 
>
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=129120&d=415&h=417&f=416
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - DOMAIN DISPUTES
> 
> **********************
> 
> 18. Griping, with an audience: Malcontents criticize companies
> online
> 
> As the power of the Internet grows, businesses small and large
> find
> themselves confounded by disenchanted employees, suppliers and
> competitors
> who find fertile ground to air grievances online. Armed with
> little more
> than a Web connection and keyboard, these detractors can
> irritate, via
> scathing reviews, or cause serious business problems by using
> online message
> boards, or even disclose company secrets and spread rumors of
> unethical
> behavior. They also might start a gripe site or register a Web
> address in
> another person's name.
> 
> http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/03/business/sbiz.php
> 
> 
> 
> 19. Cybersquatters Threaten Consumers and Harm Businesses
> [news release]
> 
> The International Trademark Association (INTA) issued a
> warning on behalf of
> its members to the public, alerting them to the growing threat
> of domain
> name cybersquatters who deliberately mislead consumers and
> defraud online
> businesses.
> 
> http://inta.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1719
> 
> 
> 
> 20. Bodog Biting back
> 
> Lawsuits can frighten, embarrass and ruin. But for
> Canadian-born Calvin
> Ayre, they can be marketing opportunities. The 46-year-old
> founder of Bodog
> Entertainment Group, which has expanded from online gaming
> into music and
> televised fighting, is in the middle of a patent dispute that
> has so far
> seen Nevada and Washington courts strip Bodog of its domain
> names, order it
> to pay millions in fines, and demand that Antigua-based Ayre
> testify in the
> United States next month about his company's assets.
> 
>
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20070918_19917_19917
> 
> 
> 
> 21. Facebook wins Manx battle for face-book.com
> 
> Facebook has wrestled control of the web address face-book.com
> away from an
> Isle of Man-based firm that operates it as a revenue-raising
> link dump.
> 
>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/facebook_domain_dispute/
> 
> 
> 
> 22. Computer crime: domains stealing
> 
> Like real-world theft, the hijacking of an Internet address
> can happen
> quickly and with little warning. New York computer consultant
> Ronen
> Inowlocki knows firsthand. In July, a thief took control of
> the
> yyy.comaddress Inowlocki has owned for years.
> 
> http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.10.2007/2924/
> 
> 
> 
> 23. us: County exec candidates fight war of domains
> 
> After being wooed for months by a Democratic Party power
> structure searching
> for any viable candidate, State Sen. Lena Taylor filed papers
> this week to
> run for Milwaukee County executive. The Milwaukee Dem may find
> it hard to
> get a Web site with a catchy address, however, since her
> opponents have been
> busy gobbling up domain names.
> 
>
http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics100307.html?12870
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - MISCELLANEOUS
> 
> **********************
> 
> 24. U.S. urges U.N. patent agency chief to consider quitting
> [Reuters]
> 
> The United States on Monday said the head of the United
> Nations'
> intellectual property and patent protection agency WIPO should
> either
> publicly answer allegations of dishonest conduct against him
> or resign.
> 
>
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL0190964620071001
> 
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100100865.html
> 
> 
> 
> 25. Arsys Grows Beyond 500,000 Domains
> 
> Arsys Internet announced that it now hosts over 500,000
> domains. Over the
> last two years, the company has doubled its domain name
> registrations,
> bolstering its status as Spain's No. 1 domain name Registrar
> and one of the
> fastest growing in Europe.
> 
> http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=22445
> 
> 
> 
> 26. DNSWorld Conference
> 
> The world's premier international conference on Internet
> Domain Name
> Service, DSNWorld, will be held from Oct. 10-12, 2007 in
> Cancun, Mexico. The
> multiple stream event features over 70 expert lectures,
> special
> presentations, tutorials and workshops. Topics include IP
> addressing, the
> transition from IP4 to IP6, domain name issues, NAP's, root
> servers,
> Internet governance, hijacking, DNSSEC and more.
> 
>
http://www.it-analysis.com/technology/security/event.php?eve=105
> 
> 
> 
> 27. A New Way of Looking at the World (Wide Web)
> 
> Every country has its own two-letter code, such as .de for
> Germany and .cn
> for China. But not all codes are so obvious, such as .lk for
> Sri Lanka or
> .za for South Africa. That's where a new map from Byte Level
> Research comes
> in handy. Their Map of the World Wide Web includes 180 of the
> 250 county
> codes currently in use, covering most United Nations
> countries. Each
> two-digit code is aligned over the country it represents. And
> each world
> region is color coded with the legend below for quick and easy
> reference.
> 
> http://bytelevel.com/news/world_wide_web_map.html
> 
> 
> 
> 28. Rumor: AOL to turn Wow.com into 'World of Warcraft' social
> network by
> Caroline McCarthy
> 
> I'm a smidgen skeptical of this rumor, if only because it
> seems so darn
> obvious: TechCrunch reported on Tuesday morning that Time
> Warner's AOL may
> have found a use for its Wow.com domain, which it acquired in
> 1998 as part
> of the offal of what had once been CompuServe.
> 
> http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9789343-36.html
> 
> 
> 
> 29. The art of the dotcom mark
> 
> ... The ever-evolving market-place has thrown up many new
> challenges.
> Especially when it comes to domain availability. It's said
> that all the good
> dot.com and dot.co.za names have already been snapped up.
> Which isn't
> surprising when you think about the rate at which new domain
> names are
> registered globally every day. And which causes problems for
> established
> companies that might not have had the foresight to register
> their names and
> are now forced to change their names because other companies
> have registered
> the names! These companies then have to opt for a dot.biz or
> dot.netaddress. But we all know which address is really
> foremost in
> people's minds
> ... (When you developed a logo "in the olden days", foresight
> meant having a
> logo with a lifespan of 15 to 20 years!)
> 
> http://cbn.co.za/pressoffice/fusion_design/fullstory/391.htm
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - DOMAINING
> 
> **********************
> 
> 30. Domain Name and Internet Traffic Industry Announces 'We
> Get It!' Awards
> Finalists [news release]
> 
> T.R.A.F.F.I.C. announced the finalists for its annual We Get
> It! Awards. The
> domain name and Internet traffic industry's most highly
> coveted award is
> given to the organization or individual(s) that has best
> demonstrated an
> understanding of the power of domains and the Internet by
> attracting
> visitors, increasing sales and beating competitors in terms of
> Internet
> marketing.
> 
>
http://domainpulse.com/2007/10/01/domain-name-and-internet-traffic-industry-announces-we-get-it-awards-finalists/
> 
>
http://domainnews.com/general/2007100207/domain-name-and-internet-traffic-industry-announces-we-get-it-awards-finalists/
> 
> 
> 
> 31. The Domain Distribution Network Partners with Network
> Solutions to Offer
> Aftermarket Premium Domains For Sale
> 
> The Domain Distribution Network (DDN), an aftermarket domain
> distribution
> and fulfilment service, announced today that it has partnered
> with Network
> Solutions, an ICANN accredited registrar and leading provider
> of Internet
> services, to offer premium domains to Network Solutions
> customers.
> 
>
http://domainpulse.com/2007/10/03/the-domain-distribution-network-partners-with-network-solutions-to-offer-aftermarket-premium-domains-for-sale/
> 
>
http://domainnews.com/general/2007100314/the-domain-distribution-network-partners-with-network-solutions-to-offer-aftermarket-premium-domains-for-sale/
> 
> 
> 
> 32. Aussie domain name distributor signs US registrar
> 
> Network Solutions has inked a deal with Queensland domain name
> distributor
> Domain Distribution Network (DDN) to resell 'aftermarket'
> domain names. The
> Queensland company harvests already registered but expired or
> parked
> Internet domain names and resells them to all types of
> end-users, including
> businesses and consumers.
> 
>
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1654914151;fp;2;fpid;1
> 
> http://arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;1654914151;fp;4194304;fpid;1
> 
>
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1654914151;fp;2;fpid;1
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - DOMAIN SALES
> 
> **********************
> 
> 33. Swim.com sold for US$214,500
> 
> ipAuctions sold swim.com for US$214,500 in an auction that was
> completed on
> 3 October. The winner was listed as "mountain74". There was 34
> bids, 32 of
> them coming in the last 6.5 hours. The website is currently
> used for selling
> swimwear in the US.
> 
>
http://domainnews.com/aftermarket/2007100404/swimcom-sold-for-us214500/
> 
> http://domainpulse.com/2007/10/03/swimcom-sold-for-us214500/
> 
> 
> 
> 34. egX Group to sell Domain Name - www.investment.com [news
> release]
> 
> egX Group has announced it is selling the domain name
> investment.com. egX
> will be selling the domain name through Moniker's
> T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Auction
> reserved for Premium Domains in Miami, Florida October 9th to
> the 13th.
> 
> http://egxworld.com/ir/NewsDetails.asp?ID=116
> 
> 
> 
> 35. TRAFFIC Domain Name Conference Auctions Evaluated in New
> Analysis by
> Research and Appraisal Company Zetetic
> 
> Based on analysis of 34,000 historical domain name sales,
> Zetetic projects
> the upcoming TRAFFIC Conference Domain Name Auction in Miami
> to yield nearly
> US$2 million in sales.
> 
> http://zetetic.com/about-zetetic/press-release-9-28-2007.html
> 
> 
> 
> **********************
> 
>  - NON-ENGLISH NEWS
> 
> **********************
> 
> 36. Kampagne gegen IP-Adressen-Speicherung
> 
> Der Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung geht in die
> Vorwärtsverteidigung
> gegen weit verbreitete Praktiken zur Erfassung
> personenbeziehbarer
> Nutzerspuren auf Internetangeboten. Der Zusammenschluss von
> Bürgerrechtlern
> hat dazu die Kampagne "Wir speichern nicht" gestartet.
> 
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/96789
> 
> 
> 
> 37. Europarat gibt Empfehlungen zum Schutz der
> Meinungsfreiheit in
> Krisenzeiten
> 
> Das Ministerkomitee des Europarats hat drei Texte zum Schutz
> der Meinungs-
> und Informationsfreiheit in Zeiten der Krise verabschiedet. In
> den
> "Richtlinien zum Schutz von Meinungs- und Informationsfreiheit
> in
> Krisenzeiten" und der "Erklärung über den Schutz und die
> Förderung des
> investigativen Journalismus" hat sich das Ministerkomitee
> unmittelbar vor
> der gestern gestarteten fünftägigen Konferenz der
> Parlamentarischen
> Versammlung des Europarates auf eine Absicherung
> journalistischer Arbeit
> verständigt. Die ausführlichere Empfehlung zur "Förderung der
> Meinungs- und
> Informationsfreiheit in den neuen Informations- und
> Kommunikationsmedien"
> (CM/Rec (2007)11) befasst sich vor allem mit mehr Transparenz
> und Aufklärung
> der Nutzer darüber, inwieweit ihre persönlichen Informationen
> im Netz
> protokolliert werden.
> 
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/96845
> 
> 
> 
> 38. Auch Innenminister Schäuble will Webseiten mit
> gefährlichen Inhalten
> sperren
> 
> Nach dem Treffen der EU-Innen- und Justizminister in Lissabon
> begrüßte
> Bundesinnenminister Wolfgang Schäuble den Vorschlag von
> EU-Innenkommissar
> Franco Frattini, im Rahmen eines von ihm ausgearbeiteten
> Antiterror-Pakets
> den Zugang zu bestimmten Webseiten zu sperren.
> 
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/96829
> 
> 
> 
> 39. Drei Neue fürs Jugendamt
> 
> Ute Butz ist Rathaus-Dezernentin und zuständig für die Themen
> "Jugend",
> "Schule" und "Soziales". Und sie ist Sturm erprobt - innerhalb
> von nur zwei
> Jahren stand sie mehrmals vor ungewöhnlichen
> Personalproblemen.
> 
>
http://www.rga-online.de/lokales/radevormwald.php?userid=&publikation=2&template=phparttext&ausgabe=41835&redaktion=2&artikel=108542325
> 
> 
> 
> 40. La Nouvelle Zélande atteint les 300 000 .NZ
> 
> Le .NZ dépasse désormais les 300 000 enregistrements. Un
> chiffre en nette
> progression depuis 3 ans.
> 
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1320/nouvelle-zelande-la-nouvelle-zelande-atteint-les-300-000-nz.php
> 
> 
> 
> 41. Livre blanc sur les noms de domaine, V2
> 
> L'édition 2007 du Livre blanc de Loïc Damilaville vient de
> sortir. 21 pages
> pour répondre aux principales questions sur les noms de
> domaine.
> 
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1318/livre-blanc-sur-les-noms-de-domaine-v2.php
> 
> 
> 
> 42. La PARL des noms marocains
> 
> Les autorités marocaines en charge du .MA ont adopté une
> Procédure
> Alternative de Résolution des Litiges (PARL), qui sera
> administré par le
> Centre d'Arbitrage et de Médiation de l'OMPI. Détails de cette
> PARL
> spécifique au .MA.
> 
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/164/la-parl-des-noms-marocains.php
> 
> 
> 
> 43. La Serbie prêt à se lancer sur Internet
> 
> L'extension serbe – le .RS – devrait ouvrir courant 2008. Un
> projet de
> charte de nommage est en ligne jusqu'au 8 octobre 2007.
> 
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1321/serbie-la-serbie-pret-a-se-lancer-sur-internet.php
> 
> 
> 
> 44. EDHEC Nice : les Matinées de Domaine.info
> 
> Créer des échanges d'idées sur les questions actuelles que se
> posent les
> Entreprises sur le monde de l'Internet et plus précisément du
> nommage :
> c'est l'objectif des "Matinées de Domaine.info", cycle de
> conférences débats
> lancé par l'EDHEC Business School à Nice. La prochaine matinée
> aura lieu
> jeudi 11 octobre de 9 à 11 heures dans les locaux de l'école ,
> 400 Promenade
> des Anglais à Nice sur le thème "Les noms de domaines : quelle
> stratégie
> adopter ?"
> 
> http://sophianet.com/wtm_article45048.fr.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 45. Internet, l'Italia lancia la Carta dei Diritti
> 
> Si è svolto a Roma il Dialogue Forum on internet rights, un
> vertice per
> rilanciare la proposta italiana di un Bill of Rights della
> rete in vista
> dell'Internet governance forum di Rio del Janeiro.
> 
>
http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/index.asp?Pagina=speciali%5cspeciale2.asp&ID=233
> 
> 
> 
> 46. Milano: convegno sugli aspetti giuridici di Internet
> 
> Dopo il "Dialog Forum on Internet Rights", l'11 ottobre 2007
> si terra' a
> Milano un importante convegno sugli aspetti giuridici di
> Internet.
> 
> http://studiocelentano.it/d.asp?id=27128&opt=ict
> 
> http://news.excite.it/hitech/tec/472954
> 
> 
> 
> 47. Renfe abre un portal web accesible a través de
> dispositivos móviles
> 
> Ante los profundos cambios que está viviendo el mercado
> ferroviario, Renfe
> ha decidido moverse a alta velocidad, también en lo relativo a
> las
> Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones. Dentro de
> la apuesta de
> Renfe por éstas, destaca el reciente lanzamiento del portal
> para
> dispositivos móviles Renfe.mobi y la apuesta por el canal de
> venta on-line
> de billetes de tren.
> 
> http://www.idg.es/computerworld/articulo.asp?id=182549
> 
> 
> 
> 48. Registro de Nombres de Dominio en America Latina -
> Estadisticas al 30 de
> Septiembre del 2007
> 
> El estudio iniciado por LatinoamerICANN para medir la
> incidencia de
> políticas de Sociedad de la Información en el desarrollo de
> los ccTLD's de
> la región, así como analizar el impacto de las políticas de
> los ccTLDs en
> las politicas de Sociedad de la Informacion nacionales,
> mantiene una
> recopilación de datos estadisticos de la región, a
> continuación se presentan
> los datos recabados al 30 de Septiembre del 2007.
> 
>
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1554
> 
> 
> 
> 49. Promoción dominios nuevos .EC a $17 por año
> 
> Desde el 20 de Septiembre hasta el 31 de Octubre del 2007,
> todos los
> registros de dominios nuevos serán a US$17 por año.
> 
>
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1553
> 
> 
> 
> 50. Não perca o domínio que você deseja registrar
> 
> Siga estes dez cuidados para evitar que algum espertinho
> registre antes o
> domínio que você descobriu que está disponível. Não o digite
> no browser, por
> exemplo. Veja porque.
> 
>
http://webinsider.uol.com.br/index.php/2007/10/03/nao-deixe-escapar-o-dominio-que-voce-deseja-registrar/
> 
> 
> 
> 51. Story on .kp in Korean
> 
> http://hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007100177471
> 
> 
> 
> 52. Story mentioning ICANN in Russian
>
http://www.smi.ru/go/908022337/www.smi.ru/07/09/24/908006450.html
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