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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AR - now that is serious weekend
reading.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I trust that you are enjoying Puerto
Rico!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;-)
CW</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=annerachel@gmail.com href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">Anne-Rachel
Inné</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=africann@afrinic.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 29, 2007 12:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [AfrICANN-discuss] Artilces
around ICANN in San Juan, Domains Names, cTLDs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><PRE>All, this is a collection of articles that talk about the above subjects and more....in different languages!!! Feel free <BR>to tell me if this too much and if you feel comfortable having this much information at once...
<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>ar<BR><BR>1. Typosquatting and the .eu Top Level Domain by Kristof Neefs<BR>Part I of the paper outlines the origins of typosquatting and it identifies<BR>the benefits of registering a domain similar to a well-known trademark or
<BR>name to typosquatters. It also briefly evaluates potential detrimental<BR>effects of typosquatting for consumers and legitimate businesses. Part II<BR>then adresses how the launch of the .eu top-level domain anticipated
<BR>cybersquatting by allowing the holders of a prior right to a name to<BR>register the matching .eu domain during phased registration. I assess<BR>whether the phased registration also permitted preventive registering of
<BR>domains likely to be subject of typosquatting. Part III goes on to describe<BR>the alternative dispute resolution mechanism in EC Regulation 874/2004. In<BR>conclusion, I argue that typosquatting is sufficiently remedied by the EU
<BR>regulations on the .eu domain, and I suggest a diligent and pro-active<BR>domain registering approach to holders of valuable trademark portfolios.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.droit-technologie.org/actuality/details.asp?id=1049">
http://www.droit-technologie.org/actuality/details.asp?id=1049</A><BR><BR>**********************<BR>ICANN IN SAN JUAN<BR>**********************<BR>DAY THREE<BR>2. ICANN goes native, as new TLDs proliferate<BR>Tuesday brought more on the expansion of the TLD landscape - namely a
<BR>discussion of what are referred to somewhat jokingly as geoTLDs. These are<BR>really two distinct kinds of TLDs - one for information about cities or<BR>purely geographic regions, and another for linguistic and cultural
<BR>preservation.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/27/icann_tld_regional/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/27/icann_tld_regional/</A><BR><BR>3. ICANN Puerto Rico - of Tortuous Tutorials by Adam Strong
<BR>Adam Strong wasn't at the ICANN meetings but after reading the transcript of<BR>the "tutorial" on domain tasting, he was pretty disappointed by what's going<BR>on. It's pretty clear at least one presenter got things off track.
<BR>Representing the Business Constituency (BC), Maryiln Cade focused on what<BR>she called "the harmful aspect, the dark side, . . . a scheme that is<BR>involving the abusive registration and exploitation of the rights of
<BR>others."<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/icann-puerto-rico-of-torturous-tutori">http://domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/icann-puerto-rico-of-torturous-tutori</A><BR>als/
<BR><BR>DAY TWO<BR>4. ICANN Mulls Registrar Changes (IDG)<BR>ICANN is seeking ideas and opinions on ways to modify the agreement terms it<BR>enters into with Internet registrars to protect individuals and<BR>organizations that do business with them.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133399-pg,1/article.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133399-pg,1/article.html</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/26/ICANN-mulls-registrar-changes_1.ht">
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/26/ICANN-mulls-registrar-changes_1.ht</A><BR>ml<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E180025730500745">http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E180025730500745
</A><BR>7A2<BR><BR>5. RegisterFly: the name not to be spoken<BR>The afternoon brought meatier fare - something a correspondent can sink his<BR>teeth into, so to speak. The RegisterFly debacle has forced ICANN into a<BR>bout of soul-searching, and the potential reform of the Registrar
<BR>Accreditation Agreement provoked wide-ranging debate about ICANN's purpose<BR>and the rights of registrants to their domains. It also raised the specter<BR>of how to respond to the failure of an actual registry, rather than a
<BR>registrar. Susan Crawford, ICANN board member and moderator of the<BR>discussion, broached the question of whether an entire TLD could be allowed<BR>to fail, or rather should be maintained somehow in perpetuity.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/icann_raa_san_juan/">
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/icann_raa_san_juan/</A><BR><BR>6. After Registerfly meltdown, ICANN mulls registrar contract changes<BR>ICANN is revamping its registrar agreement in order to better protect its<BR>
customers from registrar disasters that could indefinitely hold up their<BR>domains. <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070626-after-registerfly-meltdown-ica">http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070626-after-registerfly-meltdown-ica
</A><BR>nn-mulls-registrar-contract-changes.html<BR><BR>7. New Domains in Works at ICANN Meet (AP)<BR>ICANN has scheduled workshops this week to discuss procedures for additional<BR>domain suffixes in English; it would be the third major round and the first
<BR>beyond a pilot since the domain name system was created in the 1980s. For<BR>straightforward strings in which no objection is raised, approval would come<BR>within three months.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=53322">
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=53322</A><BR><BR>8. Domains in Cyrillic symbols may appear in one year<BR>ICANN announced in a Tuesday opened its 29th International Public Meeting in<BR>San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 25, 2007. New Internet addresses, including
<BR>those entirely in foreign languages, are under review by the corporation,<BR>RBC reported.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://english.newslab.ru/news/225540">http://english.newslab.ru/news/225540</A><BR>
<BR>DAY ONE<BR>9. ICANN to Tackle new Top Level Domains (IDG)<BR>ICANN opened a week-long meeting on Monday where it will address critical<BR>issues like new gTLDs, IDNs and the organization's efforts to become more<BR>
accountable and transparent. The meeting, the second of three of its kind<BR>ICANN has planned for this year, will also include discussions about a major<BR>expansion of available Internet Protocol addresses, as well as about the
<BR>process for accrediting registrars. Taking advantage of the meeting's venue<BR>in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the agenda also includes the first General<BR>Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional At Large Organization,
<BR>formed in March.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133397-pg,1/article.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133397-pg,1/article.html</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/25/ICANN-tackle-transparency_1.html">
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/25/ICANN-tackle-transparency_1.html</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI">http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI
</A><BR>d=9025724<BR><BR>10. Internet agency to discuss domain name expansion (AP)<BR>New Internet addresses, including those entirely in foreign languages, are<BR>under review by a key oversight agency, although meetings this week in
<BR>Puerto Rico are likely to conclude with more questions.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/06/26/1182623849118.html">http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/06/26/1182623849118.html
</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21969437-15318,00.html">http://australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21969437-15318,00.html</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8Q017RO0.htm">
http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8Q017RO0.htm</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1637086,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1637086,00.html
</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2007-06-25-new-domains_N.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2007-06-25-new-domains_N.htm</A><BR><BR>11. ICANN goes to the Caribbean
<BR>The ICANN Puerto Rico meeting kicked off this morning with the usual<BR>platitudes and words of gratitude for the host nation and sponsors, but it<BR>did give us an overview of what to expect from ICANN in the next few months.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/25/icann_san_juan_2007/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/25/icann_san_juan_2007/</A><BR><BR>12. ICANN promises to tighten up domain name administration
<BR>ICANN has promised to tighten up its procedures and processes to better<BR>protect registrants and domain names.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://itwire.com.au/content/view/13168/53/">http://itwire.com.au/content/view/13168/53/
</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/363661/international-domains-on-icann">http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/363661/international-domains-on-icann</A><BR>-agenda.html
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?newsid=9279">http://techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?newsid=9279</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://telecomseurope.net/article.php?type=article&id_article=4202">
http://telecomseurope.net/article.php?type=article&id_article=4202</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/06/26/icann-to-address-domain-name-ex">http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/06/26/icann-to-address-domain-name-ex
</A><BR>pansion<BR><BR>**********************<BR>DOMAIN NAMES<BR>**********************<BR>13. Did you know there are 150 ways to spell iPhone?<BR>And that's just based on the number of Websites now set up with names like
<BR><A href="http://iphoen.com">iphoen.com</A> and <A href="http://i0hone.com">i0hone.com</A> (I know, I shouldn't publicize 'em) as a way to<BR>make money from the hype surrounding the launch of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone.
<BR>The practice is called typosquatting, and its become a huge, albeit legally<BR>risky, cash cow due to the popularity of pay-per-click advertising. Sloppy<BR>typists land on a page, click on an ad (possibly even for the Apple store or
<BR>for Cingular, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone), and cha-ching, the<BR>domain holder makes a cut.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://blogs.business2.com/sloan/2007/06/did-you-know-th.html">http://blogs.business2.com/sloan/2007/06/did-you-know-th.html
</A><BR><BR>14. More Than Just Squatting (on Domain Names)<BR>One of the less reputable sectors of the Internet economy that has been<BR>growing rapidly is domain name parking. Entrepreneurs register names that<BR>are either misspellings of common domains, like
<A href="http://amazo.com">amazo.com</A> or generic titles<BR>like <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.chicagodoctors.com/">www.chicagodoctors.com</A>. They fill these sites with ads from Google or<BR>Yahoo, getting paid for every click. This game has morphed into what is know
<BR>as Google arbitrage, filling the page also with just enough content that it<BR>will actually be found by search engines, and in turn attract users who<BR>simply see ads and click again to get somewhere useful.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/more-than-just-squatting-on-domain">
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/more-than-just-squatting-on-domain</A>-<BR>names/<BR><BR>15. InternetNZ's Farrar steps down from Council<BR>Outgoing InternetNZ vice president David Farrar says he plans to leave the
<BR>organisation's Council, after almost nine years onboard. Farrar joined the<BR>INZ Council in 1998, and has served the last four years as vice-president.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/46824D9DFE5510E8CC2573020015A2DC">
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/46824D9DFE5510E8CC2573020015A2DC</A><BR><BR>16. mx: All the new IP addresses will be allocated on IPv6<BR>According to forecasts of some investigators, in the next three years the<BR>
central pool of Internet Protocol addresses of the present version 4, IPv4<BR>will be depleted, so from January 1st, of 2011, NIC Mexico will not be able<BR>to allocate anymore IPv4 addresses and will only assign IP addresses in
<BR>version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6).<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=220">http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=220</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=217">
http://www.nic.mx/es/Noticias_2?NEWS=217</A> (Spanish)<BR><BR>17. IEDR opens up market for personalised .ie domains<BR>The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has confirmed that it is hoping to introduce<BR>personalised .ie domain names this summer. This will allow people to
<BR>register domains like <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.johnmurphy.ie/">www.johnmurphy.ie</A> or <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.marysmith.ie/">www.marysmith.ie</A>.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8615">
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8615</A><BR><BR>18. za: Call for New Domain Name Authority Directors<BR>Nominations for directors to serve on the board of the ".za" Domain Name<BR>Authority has been opened by the Communications Minister Dr Ivy
<BR>Matsepe-Casaburri, Tuesday.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200706260692.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/200706260692.html</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=42103,1,22">
http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=42103,1,22</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://mybroadband.co.za/news/General/414.html">http://mybroadband.co.za/news/General/414.html</A><BR><BR>19. za: Have a little faith, .za administrator told
<BR>The Inkatha Freedom Party on Friday called on the administrator of the .za<BR>Internet domain name, Mike Lawrie, to "show some faith" in the South African<BR>government and its ability to administer the address in the best interests
<BR>of all South Africans.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_i">http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_i
</A><BR>d=qw1024047002303B253<BR><BR>20. Direct Navigation: Maximizing Traffic to Drive ROI (cost - US$750)<BR>Direct navigation is the largest untapped market for paid search advertisers<BR>and agencies. With Google having increasingly become a gateway to the
<BR>Internet and a navigation tool, Internet users have become accustomed to<BR>typing domain names into the address bar, creating a new source of traffic<BR>for marketers.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/research:concept/1091/id=99431">
http://jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/research:concept/1091/id=99431</A><BR><BR>21. ANRT opens consultation on .ma domain name administrator (sub req'd)<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=173439">
http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=173439</A><BR><BR>22. Bush on cyber war: 'a subject I can learn a lot about'<BR>When the presidents of the USA and Estonia met on Monday, cyber warfare was<BR>still very much on the Estonian agenda. Estonia has recently cooled its jets
<BR>somewhat on the issue of the serious DDoS attacks it suffered in recent<BR>months. Initially, the Estonian Government suggested that the Russian<BR>Government had mounted a purposeful digital assault, leading to a wave of
<BR>wide-eyed "cyber-war!" headlines in the Western media.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/bush_soothes_estonians_on_cyber_war/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/bush_soothes_estonians_on_cyber_war/
</A><BR><BR>23. How MySpace is hurting your network<BR>Increasingly popular social-networking sites such as MySpace, YouTube and<BR>Facebook are accounting for such huge volumes of DNS queries and bandwidth<BR>consumption that carriers, universities and corporations are scrambling to
<BR>keep pace.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=5546&pubid=3&">http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=5546&pubid=3&
</A><BR>tab=Home&issueid=114<BR><BR>24. What Is Cybersquatting and What Can Be Done About It? ACPA or UDRP?<BR>Have you ever had a third party register a domain name that is either<BR>exactly the same or very similar to your trademark? If so, it may be a
<BR>Cybersquatting issue. Cybersquatting is registering, trafficking in, or<BR>using a domain name with a bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a<BR>trademark belonging to someone else. To address this issue, Congress enacted
<BR>what is known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ("ACPA").<BR>The ACPA amended the Lanham Act by providing trademark owners with a civil<BR>remedy against cybersquatting.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domaininformer.com/guides/Legal/articles/070625whatiscybersquatting.h">
http://domaininformer.com/guides/Legal/articles/070625whatiscybersquatting.h</A><BR>tml<BR><BR>25. Domain name industry booming with multimillion-dollar sales, but is it<BR>sustainable?<BR>If hefty domain name prices are any indication, the dot-com resurgence may
<BR>be headed for another bust. Just take a look at last week's live auction<BR>sale by domain name broker Moniker. On Friday at the Traffic conference in<BR>New York, Moniker beat its record for the largest sale of a single domain
<BR>name at live auction. That sale went to <A href="http://Creditcheck.com">Creditcheck.com</A>, which took in a<BR>cool $3 million. When the day was done, Pompano Beach, Florida-based Moniker<BR>had raked in $10.9 million for brokering 115 names.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22712">http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22712</A><BR><BR>26. Domain Names Market Remains Hot...A Bubble Waiting To Burst?<BR>In April, Pablo Palatnik wrote a blog post, "Domain Names Have Become True
<BR>Commodities". Pablo writes "[i]t's now June and the market for Domain names<BR>is still rising in prices. It's much like the housing market two years ago,<BR>not quite as hot and profitable yet, but there are a lot of people making
<BR>serious money from domain names."<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://searchenginejournal.com/domain-names-market-remains-hota-bubble-waiti">http://searchenginejournal.com/domain-names-market-remains-hota-bubble-waiti
</A><BR>ng-to-burst/5179/<BR><BR>27. <A href="http://Communicate.com">Communicate.com</A> Stock Nearly Doubles in June<BR>Individual domain name prices aren't the only signs that the domain name<BR>market is white hot. Shares of domain name company
<A href="http://Communicate.com">Communicate.com</A> (CMNN.ob)<BR>have soared from $1.14 at open on June 1 to close at $2.10 last Friday, June<BR>22. (Shares fell 8 cents on Monday).<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/26/communicatecom-stock-nearly-doubles-in">
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/06/26/communicatecom-stock-nearly-doubles-in</A>-<BR>june/<BR><BR>28. <A href="http://Moniker.com">Moniker.com</A> Brokers Two Multi-Million Dollar Domain Name Sales at<BR>T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NYC
<BR>More than 300 individuals packed the ballroom at the Hyatt Grand Central in<BR>NYC to bid on some of the world's most premium domain names at the<BR>culmination of T.R.A.F.F.I.C NYC. The auction was hosted by <A href="http://Moniker.com">
Moniker.com</A>.<BR>During intense live bidding, CreditCheck.com and its associated Web site<BR>FreeCreditCheck.com sold for U.S. $3 million combined while <A href="http://Seniors.com">Seniors.com</A> sold<BR>for $1.8 million.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domaininformer.com/news/press/070625Moniker.html">http://domaininformer.com/news/press/070625Moniker.html</A><BR><BR>29. Rick Latona Lights Up the Top 20 With Three Charted Domains Including
<BR><A href="http://Iran.com">Iran.com</A> at US$400,000 <BR>Rick Latona of DigiPawn.com went on a spending spree this week and more than<BR>half a million dollars later he was the proud new owner of <A href="http://Iran.com">
Iran.com</A><BR>($400,000), TrackAndField.com ($57,000), <A href="http://Territory.com">Territory.com</A> ($30,000) and<BR><A href="http://Gutter.com">Gutter.com</A> ($12,500).<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales06-19-07.htm">
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2007/domainsales06-19-07.htm</A><BR><BR>30. Apple iPhone Promoting .com TLD?<BR>One of the key features of the soon-to-launch iPhone is its advanced web<BR>browser capabilities. "The iPhone is the first smart phone we've tested with
<BR>a real, computer-grade Web browser, a version of Apple's Safari," say the<BR>Wall Street Journal. To make the user's browsing experience even more<BR>efficient, the phone even comes with a TLD button labeled ".com". Rather
<BR>interesting given that today there are over two hundred TLDs in existence<BR>including .mobi.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/apple_iphone_buttons_com_domain/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/apple_iphone_buttons_com_domain/
</A><BR><BR>31. What's in a domain name? Commentary: Web start-ups scraping bottom of<BR>brand barrel<BR>Internet start-ups seem to be having as much trouble acquiring names as they<BR>do venture financing. Nowadays, these start-ups are built on the cheap,
<BR>employing shoestring budgets by leasing inexpensive computer servers and<BR>using low-cost software. The last thing they want to spend big money on is a<BR>name. A Web identity is imperative, but these firms don't have tens of
<BR>thousands of dollars to hire a naming specialist, to say nothing of the cost<BR>of acquiring a cybersquatted domain.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7BF9C03C2F%2D15F1%2D4">
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7BF9C03C2F%2D15F1%2D4</A><BR>F9F%2DA791%2D8BB8851EFEB0%7D<BR><BR>32. ICANN opens consultation on operating principles (sub req'd)<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=173235">
http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=173235</A><BR><BR>33. Kammergericht: Keine Staatsnamen für private Internet-Domains<BR>Namen von Staaten dürfen nach einem Urteil des Berliner Kammergerichts nicht<BR>für private Internet-Domains missbraucht werden. Für Staatsnamen, ob in der
<BR>Landessprache oder in einer Übersetzung, bestehe immer ein ausschließliches<BR>Nutzungsrecht des jeweiligen Staates, urteilte das Gericht in einem am<BR>heutigen Mittwoch bekannt gewordenen Beschluss.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91821">
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91821</A><BR><BR>34. Internet-Verwaltung: Warten auf Godot ... und neue Domains<BR>Die Einführung neuer Top Level Domains steht wieder einmal ganz oben auf der<BR>Agenda der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Die
<BR>private Netzverwaltung versammelt sich diese Woche zu ihrem turnusmäßigen<BR>Treffen in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91795">http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91795
</A><BR><BR>35. Die Welt der ICANN<BR>Die ICANN hat rechtzeitig zum Start ihres Kongresses in San Juan einfache<BR>interaktive Karten ins Netz gestellt, auf denen unter anderem eingezeichnet<BR>ist, woher die Mitglieder der Organisation kommen, wo die verschiedenen
<BR>Root-Zone-Server des Whois-Systems stehen und ich welchem Land es wie viele<BR>Registrare für Domains gibt.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://futurezone.orf.at/tipps/stories/202792/">http://futurezone.orf.at/tipps/stories/202792/
</A><BR><BR>36. ICANN startet Marathon-Session zu Transparenz<BR>Die ICANN hat sich diese Woche in Klausur begeben. Sie will hauptsächlich<BR>neue TLDs und ihre Rolle besprechen, aber die öffentlichkeitswirksamsten<BR>Ergebnisse werden wohl aus der Sessions-Serie kommen, die sich mit
<BR>Nabelschau beschäftigt: Der ICANN wurde in der Vergangenheit öfters<BR>Intransparenz vorgeworfen. Das soll jetzt zunächst offen diskutiert und nach<BR>Möglichkeit abgestellt werden, meldete AP.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.silicon.de/enid/storage_network/28003">
http://www.silicon.de/enid/storage_network/28003</A><BR><BR>37. .ASIA : le calendrier définitif dévoilé<BR>Le registre du .ASIA a présenté hier lors de la réunion de l'ICANN à San<BR>Juan, le calendrier définitif d'ouverture de son extension.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1245/asie-asia-le-calendrier-definitif-devo">http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1245/asie-asia-le-calendrier-definitif-devo</A><BR>ile.php<BR><BR>38. L'Icann veut garantir la qualité de services aux internautes
<BR>Lors de sa 29e conférence internationale, l'Icann, le régulateur d'Internet,<BR>a décidé de sonder l'opinion sur les procédures de certifications attribuées<BR>aux registrars (organismes locaux chargés de gérer et de commercialiser les
<BR>noms de domaines - DNS).<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-l-icann-veut-garantir-la-q">http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-l-icann-veut-garantir-la-q
</A><BR>ualite-de-services-aux-internautes-23269.html<BR><BR>39. De nouveaux noms de domaine Internet pourraient voir le jour<BR>De nouvelles adresses Internet, y compris des adresses écrites exclusivement<BR>dans une langue autre que l'anglais, pourraient bientôt voir le jour.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://techno.branchez-vous.com/actualite/2007/06/de_nouveaux_noms_de_domain">http://techno.branchez-vous.com/actualite/2007/06/de_nouveaux_noms_de_domain</A><BR>e_in.html<BR><BR>
40. 400 millions pour un nom !<BR><A href="http://Business.com">Business.com</A> serait-il le nom de tous les records ? Acheté au prix de USD<BR>7,5 millions en 1999, le nom serait bientôt proposé aux enchères.<BR>Estimations du montant de la vente : de USD 300 à 400 millions.
<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1241/400-millions-pour-un-nom.php">http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1241/400-millions-pour-un-nom.php</A><BR><BR>41. Réunion ICANN: WHOIS et nouvelles extensions
<BR>La deuxième réunion ICANN 2007 est en cours aux Caraïbes. Premiers sujets<BR>abordés : le fonctionnement du WHOIS et le lancement de nouvelles extensions<BR>génériques.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1242/etude-nom-de-domaine-et-referencement">
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1242/etude-nom-de-domaine-et-referencement</A>.<BR>php<BR><BR>42. Le .DK agit contre le typosquatting<BR>Le registre de l'extension Danoise activera sa nouvelle charte le 1er<BR>juillet prochain. Il prévoit de supprimer toute tentative de typosquatting
<BR>en .DK.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1244/danemark-le-dk-agit-contre-le-typosqua">http://domainesinfo.fr/extension/1244/danemark-le-dk-agit-contre-le-typosqua</A><BR>tting.php
<BR><BR>43. Le domaine Internet poursuit son ascension<BR>De nouvelles adresses Internet, y compris des adresses écrites exclusivement<BR>dans une langue autre que l'anglais, pourraient bientôt voir le jour.<BR>L'ICANN, l'agence qui a juridiction sur la question, discutera de cette
<BR>possibilité cette semaine à Puerto Rico, en plus de différentes propositions<BR>visant à accroître le nombre de noms de domaine disponibles.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://montreal.24heures.ca/Actualite/2007/06/26/4290373-sun.html">
http://montreal.24heures.ca/Actualite/2007/06/26/4290373-sun.html</A><BR><BR>44. Proponen crear el dominio de Internet '.lat' para latinos<BR>Unos 800 expertos en dominios de Internet de 90 países participan en un
<BR>congreso de la ICANN en el que exploran la posibilidad de crear el dominio<BR>".lat" para latinos.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://terra.com/noticias/articulo/html/act882252.htm">http://terra.com/noticias/articulo/html/act882252.htm
</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.laraza.com/news.php?nid=44760">http://www.laraza.com/news.php?nid=44760</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=260">
http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=260</A><BR>670<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/433510.html">http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/433510.html
</A><BR><BR>45. De visita en la Isla padre de internet<BR>La creación de nuevos dominios, la integración de los alfabetos<BR>internacionales a las direcciones de las páginas cibernéticas, y una colosal<BR>expansión en la cantidad de páginas que podrán ser creadas son las próximas
<BR>innovaciones y retos que encara la internet.<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://endi.com/noticia/negocios/noticias/de_visita_en_la_isla_padre_de_inte">http://endi.com/noticia/negocios/noticias/de_visita_en_la_isla_padre_de_inte
</A><BR>rnet/237145<BR><BR>46. Stories in Russian mentioning ICANN<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://top.rbc.ru/society/26/06/2007/107490.shtml">http://top.rbc.ru/society/26/06/2007/107490.shtml</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.utro.ru/news/2007/06/26/658509.shtml">
http://www.utro.ru/news/2007/06/26/658509.shtml</A></PRE>
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