<pre>7. Concern over domain name scams by Philip Argy<br>Philip Argy, a leading IT and IP lawyer in Australia, and also a WIPO<br>panellist, writes "it has become increasingly difficult to enforce<br>intellectual property rights, due to improper conduct by domainers and even
<br>some registrars themselves" with more than 900 domain name registrars around<br>the world, plus a growing number of affiliated resellers. Argy writes due to<br>the cheap cost of domain names, cybersquatting is on the rise. Difficulties
<br>with ascertaining correct Whois information is hindering contacting the<br>registrants. Further, "The delegation agreement between ICANN and the US<br>Department of Commerce includes an undertaking by ICANN to ensure that every
<br>registrar includes in its agreement with a domain name owner the obligation<br>to keep the 'who is' record accurate and up-to-date. However, ICANN has been<br>turning a blind eye to people's flagrant non-compliance for far too long.
<br>Fortunately, there's a review currently under way at which this default is<br>likely to be highlight!<br> ed, so that the integrity of the "who is" record might be restored."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22864040-5013038,00.html">
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22864040-5013038,00.html</a><br><br>8. Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims<br>"Phishers are using shorter URLs for malicious sites in a bid to lend an air<br>of legitimacy to threatening links," says CNet reporting on some research
<br>from Internet Security Services, IBM's online-security division. ISS "claims<br>to have noticed a significant drop in the number of characters used by<br>fraudsters in their phishing URLs. ... A post on ISS's Frequency X blog
<br>stated that 'analysts have been observing host names within fraudulent<br>phishing URLs consistently arrive with lengths of between 30 and 37<br>characters'; observers 'have noted a significant change' as phishing host
<br>names have shrunk down to an average of only 17 characters in recent weeks."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.news.com/2100-7349_3-6221092.html">http://www.news.com/2100-7349_3-6221092.html</a><br>
<br>13. WIPO allows 'freedom of speech' cybersquatting<br>"Registering a domain name similar to that of another organisation and then<br>using the URL to protest against its namesake's products or services is<br>
acceptable, according to the WIPO. Erik Wilbers, acting director of the<br>Arbitration and Mediation Center at WIPO, says that companies will<br>increasingly lose domain disputes against individuals or groups that use<br>
them as a platform for critical speech against a business" according to a<br>story this week in ZDNet. Using the example of a case decided last month<br>over a website, <a href="http://chelwest.com">chelwest.com</a>, which expressed inflammatory opinions about a
<br>public hospital in London. The registrant (Frank Redmond) was not happy with<br>the hospital's treatment of his daughter. The hospital claimed that the<br>site's name is too similar to its own. ZDNet reports the panel ruled in
<br>favour of the registrant. "The reasons were: Redmond is not using the site<br>for any commercial gain and it is immediately apparent to internet users who<br>visit the site that it is not the!<br> official site; Redmond, according to the panel, is simply criticising the
<br>hospital with opinions which he believes to be true; and it is not obvious<br>that "chelwest" is branding of the hospital."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39291329,00.htm">
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39291329,00.htm</a><br><br>14. Business should fund domain name police, says expert<br>Following on from the recent news that Dell is chasing after cybersquatters,<br>"John Mackenzie, an intellectual property and technology law expert at
<br>Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind <a href="http://OUT-LAW.COM">OUT-LAW.COM</a>, said that businesses should<br>band together to tackle the multi-million dollar cybersquatting industry<br>pro-actively." "What is really needed and what may occur is a trade
<br>organisation pushing a policing function whose only purpose is to chase<br>these people," said Mackenzie, saying that it could be similar to<br>business-funded copyright protection groups such as the Business Software
<br>Alliance. "Brands have no choice," he said. "This is turning from the<br>opportunistic registration of domains with people making small amounts of<br>money in garden shed operations into activity from highly sophisticated
<br>organisations who are operating around the world."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.out-law.com/page-8738">http://www.out-law.com/page-8738</a><br><br>**********************<br>GOVERNANCE<br>**********************
<br>1. Tell me the future: MediaGuardian asked the godfather of the net to tell<br>us where the technology will take us. He emailed his address book<br>When MediaGuardian asked Vint Cerf, chief evangelist at Google, to guest
<br>edit MediaGuardian, they expected him to bring some luminaries of the web<br>who don't often get to hear from. His choices transform an often-asked<br>question ("what's the future?"), into an insight into the thinking of
<br>innovators and pioneers. It's no coincidence that three of them are founders<br>of some of the biggest web names.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/03/mondaymediasection.internet">
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/03/mondaymediasection.internet</a><br><br>2. We built the road, now let's see where the journey takes us by Vint Cerf<br>When asked to explain my role in the creation of the internet, I generally
<br>use the example of a city. I helped to build the roads - the infrastructure<br>that gets things from point A to point B - and I've helped to maintain and<br>improve the roads over the years. I've even helped to set the rules
<br>governing which vehicles can use the roads. But I didn't build the vehicles,<br>and I didn't create the buildings that can be visited using the roads. That<br>task has fallen to millions of people around the world. We hear from many of
<br>the most influential and most innovative of these builders in this week's<br>MediaGuardian.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/03/mondaymediasection.googlethemedi">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/03/mondaymediasection.googlethemedi
</a><br>a<br><br>3. Social effects of the web still unclear<br>Mankind is still coming to terms with the social effects of the internet,<br>according to Vint Cerf, one of its founding fathers. "It takes decades if<br>
not generations to fully understand the impact of such inventions," he said<br>in a comment piece as guest editor of Media Guardian. "We are barely two<br>decades into the commercial availability of the internet, but it has already
<br>changed the world."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2204908/social-effects-web-unclear">http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2204908/social-effects-web-unclear</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2204908/social-effects-web-unclear">
http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2204908/social-effects-web-unclear</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=66280">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=66280
</a><br><br>**********************<br>DOMAIN NAMES<br>**********************<br><br>**********************<br> - (cc)TLD NEWS<br>**********************<br>4. kr: Domain Names in Korea<br>The registration of domain names in Korea is conducted by the Korea Network
<br>Information Center ("KRNIC") which website is accessible at:<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nic.or.kr/www/english/">http://www.nic.or.kr/www/english/</a>, and which follows specific domain name<br>
registration rules, enacted by the Board of the KRNIC and in force since<br>January 10, 2000 (the "Rules"). Otherwise, disputes regarding domain names<br>can be handled by an ad hoc committee, the Domain Name Dispute Resolution
<br>Committee. The KRNIC, which was created on June 21, 1999 as a non-profit<br>foundation, is tasked with the following activities:<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=10CDB13">
http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=10CDB13</a><br>E-98A4-4847-B150-D6A59BD447A6<br><br>5. Dot TK Domain Registry Reopened With Domain Name Landrush [news release]<br>Dot TK ended its successful Sunrise Period at
9.59amon December 3. During<br>the last five weeks, corporations were able to register Dot TK domain names<br>that correspond with their registered trademarks — protecting these from<br>misuse and preventing cyber-squatting. The end of a Sunrise Period is often
<br>referred to as a "Landrush," as it allows any individual or organisation to<br>register any domain without evidence of trademark ownership.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/06/dot-tk-domain-registry-reopened-with-d">
http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/06/dot-tk-domain-registry-reopened-with-d</a><br>omain-name-landrush/<br><br>6. New rules aim to broaden .TRAVEL's appeal<br>... On December 21, 2007, .TRAVEL registry Tralliance is implementing new
<br>registration policies. The changes are designed to make it easier for a<br>larger number of people to register a .TRAVEL domain. Whereas current rules<br>require a registrant to have as its "primary area of activity" the travel
<br>industry, the new rules only ask that the applicant be a "significant<br>participant" in that industry.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/143/new-rules-aim-to-broaden-travel-s-app">
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/143/new-rules-aim-to-broaden-travel-s-app</a><br>eal.php<br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN SECURITY<br>**********************<br>7. Concern over domain name scams by Philip Argy
<br>The issue of domain name registrations looks set to attract greater<br>attention next year as an already compromised system expands with the<br>introduction of international languages and characters. With more than 900
<br>domain name registrars around the world, plus a growing number of affiliated<br>resellers, it has become increasingly difficult to enforce intellectual<br>property rights, due to improper conduct by domainers and even some
<br>registrars themselves.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22864040-5013038,00.html">http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22864040-5013038,00.html</a>
<br><br>8. Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims<br>Cybercriminals are shrinking host names of malicious sites to lend them an<br>air of legitimacy, according to security researchers. Phishers are using<br>shorter URLs for malicious sites in a bid to lend an air of legitimacy to
<br>threatening links. Internet Security Services, IBM's online-security<br>division, claims to have noticed a significant drop in the number of<br>characters used by fraudsters in their phishing URLs.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.news.com/2100-7349_3-6221092.html">
http://www.news.com/2100-7349_3-6221092.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6221092.html">http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6221092.html</a><br><br>9. International cyber spying rated as number one threat for 2008
<br>A study was released yesterday warning of a rise in international<br>cyberspying, labelling it the single biggest threat to the enterprise in<br>2008. The annual McAfee Virtual Criminology Report examines emerging global
<br>cyber security trends, with imput from NATO, the FBI, SOCA and experts from<br>leading industry groups and universities.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1672342281;fp;2;fpid;1">
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1672342281;fp;2;fpid;1</a><br><br>10. More on Dell's Anti-Tasting Suit by John Levine<br>Dell filed a suit in Florida in early October against a nest of domain<br>tasters in Miami, widely reported in the press last week. The suit was just
<br>unsealed, after giving the court time to approve a restraining order and<br>serve it on the defendants. The primary defendant is a Miami resident named<br>Juan Vasquez, doing business as several registrars called BelgiumDomains,
<br>CapitolDomains, and DomainDoorman, as well as a whole bunch of tiny<br>companies of unknown authenticity in the Bahamas, various small Caribbean<br>islands, Panama, Argentina, and even Indian Ocean tax haven Mauritius.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/71138_dell_anti_domain_tasting_suit/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/71138_dell_anti_domain_tasting_suit/</a><br><br>11. Microsoft Issues Domain-Related Security Alert
<br>Microsoft on Monday issued a warning concerning a vulnerability in how<br>Windows resolves hostnames, and is offering steps for systems administrators<br>to work around the problem until a fix is issued.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3714381">
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3714381</a><br><br>12. Microsoft: Windows flaw could steer IE to hackers [IDG]<br>Microsoft said Monday that a flaw in the way its Windows operating system<br>looks up other computers on the Internet has resurfaced and could expose
<br>some customers to online attacks. The flaw primarily affects corporate users<br>outside of the United States. It could theoretically be exploited by<br>attackers to silently redirect a victim to a malicious Web site.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/04/Microsoft-Windows-flaw-could-steer">http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/04/Microsoft-Windows-flaw-could-steer</a><br>-IE-to-hackers_1.html
<br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAIN DISPUTES<br>**********************<br>13. WIPO allows 'freedom of speech' cybersquatting<br>Registering a domain name similar to that of another organisation and then<br>
using the URL to protest against its namesake's products or services is<br>acceptable, according to the WIPO. Erik Wilbers, acting director of the<br>Arbitration and Mediation Center at WIPO, says that companies will<br>
increasingly lose domain disputes against individuals or groups that use<br>them as a platform for critical speech against a business.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39291329,00.htm">
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39291329,00.htm</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Cybersquatting-OK-for-freedom-of-s">http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Cybersquatting-OK-for-freedom-of-s
</a><br>peech-sites/0,139023166,339284355,00.htm<br><br>14. Business should fund domain name police, says expert<br>A technology law expert has called on the business world to set up a<br>policing outfit to tackle cybersquatters. The call came as Dell raised the
<br>stakes in the fight against domain hoarders, demanding compensation of $1<br>million per name in a lawsuit.<br>...<br>John Mackenzie, an intellectual property and technology law expert at<br>Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind
<a href="http://OUT-LAW.COM">OUT-LAW.COM</a>, said that businesses should<br>band together to tackle the multi-million dollar cybersquatting industry<br>pro-actively.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.out-law.com/page-8738">
http://www.out-law.com/page-8738</a><br><br>15. What A Difference A Space Can Make In Cyber-Space!: The Ninth Circuit's<br>Trademark Decision In Perfumebay.Com v ebay by John E. McKie and Amanda M.<br>Roach<br>The Ninth Circuit in
<a href="http://Perfumebay.com">Perfumebay.com</a> Inc. v. EBay Inc, Case No. 05-56794 (9th<br>Cir. Nov. 5th, 2007) was asked to decide which versions of the mark<br>"Perfumebay" infringed upon the trademark "eBay", both being web-based
<br>shopping sites selling perfume. The Court affirmed the District Court's<br>ruling that the version "perfumebay" as a conjoined term is confusingly<br>similar to "eBay," but rejected eBay's contention of infringement against
<br>non-conjoined versions of the Defendant's name in which the two terms are<br>merely separated by a space – like "Perfume Bay." In this case the Ninth<br>Circuit upheld the District Court's refusal to enjoin non-conjoined terms,
<br>on the basis that they were not likely to confuse or to dilute.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=54828">http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=54828</a><br><br>
16. ARGENTINA: Overview of E-commerce<br>Domain names are also a troublesome issue. Although the courts have ruled<br>more than once that the owner of a trademarked brand has rights over the<br>same domain name, the process of recovering the name when another person or
<br>firm has registered it may take months, at the very least. The body that<br>registers domain names is the Network Information Centre Argentina (NIC<br>Argentina) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and
<br>Culture. Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis online at<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nic.ar/">http://www.nic.ar</a>. In mid-2006 the Council of the Common Market (Consejo del<br>Mercado Común) decided on the creation of a Mercosur domain; a commission is
<br>now defining the technical and registration issues. Argentina was one of the<br>two Latin American countries that had free registration, but the government<br>announced at the end of 2006 that it will charge a fee for Argentina
<br>Internet domains (<a href="http://com.ar">com.ar</a>, <a href="http://org.ar">org.ar</a>, <a href="http://edu.ar">edu.ar</a>, <a href="http://mil.ar">mil.ar</a> and <a href="http://net.ar">net.ar</a>) in order to<br>avoid domain seizure.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1084">http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1084</a><br><br>17. Bodog Poker Founder Not in Contempt of Court in Bitter Domain Litigation
<br>Case<br>In the $49 million default judgment issued against Bodog, under which its<br>BodogPoker and other domain names were placed under the control of 1st<br>Technologies, the bitter ongoing case took a turn in Bodog's favor when a
<br>federal magistrate in Las Vegas ruled that because neither Bodog nor founder<br>Calvin Ayre are residents of Nevada they are not subject to Nevada law, so<br>Ayre is not required to appear before the court and thus cannot be found
<br>guilty of contempt of court.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pokerpages.com/poker-news/news/bodog-poker-founder-not-in-contemp">http://www.pokerpages.com/poker-news/news/bodog-poker-founder-not-in-contemp
</a><br>t-of-court-in-bitter-domain-litigation-case--30159.htm<br><br>18. Judge Declares Bodog Entertainment Group, S.A. Not Subject to<br>Examination Under Nevada Law by <a href="http://BODOG.COM">BODOG.COM</a><br>In the potentially law redefining case of 1st Technology, LLC vs. Bodog
<br>Entertainment Group, S.A., on Nov. 28, a federal magistrate judge in Las<br>Vegas ruled in favor of a motion initiated by the defense team stating that<br>Bodog Entertainment Group, S.A. is not a resident of Nevada, and therefore
<br>is not subject to examination under Nevada law.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=156582&t=0">http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=156582&t=0
</a><br><br>19. us: Nevada Magistrate Denies Contempt Motion Against Bodog<br>ImageIn a potentially precedent setting ruling, a federal magistrate in Las<br>Vegas has ruled that Bodog Entertainment Group S.A. is not subject to
<br>examination under Nevada law as the company is not a resident of Nevada. The<br>ruling is part of an ongoing dispute between 1st Technology LLC and Bodog<br>Entertainment Group.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gamingintelligencegroup.com/gig/content/view/670/2/">
http://gamingintelligencegroup.com/gig/content/view/670/2/</a><br><br>20. What's in a name, asks Bodog founder Calvin Ayre<br>The strange and underreported case of 1st Technology v. Bodog continued its<br>legal sojourn this week with another response by 1st Technology to the
<br>gambling giant's continued claims of ownership to its one-time domains, such<br>as <a href="http://Bodog.com">Bodog.com</a>. The case, in which 1st Technology has managed to wrest at<br>least temporary control over internet domains previously owned and operated
<br>by Bodog, has drawn little attention from outside the gambling industry,<br>even though the litigation involves thorny and unsettled issues of trademark<br>law.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/bodog_domain_lawsuit/">
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/bodog_domain_lawsuit/</a><br><br>21. in: Getting rid of cybersquatters<br>Are you a transnational corporation aspiring to serve the Indian market? Do<br>you carry an established business, trying to utilize the potential of Indian
<br>consumers to the fullest? Are you trying to solicit business or popularize<br>your goods or services over the Internet using the ".in" domain? If your<br>answer to any of the above is "yes", then there is a fair chance that an
<br>unknown party has already obtained a registration of your domain name with<br>the ".in" extension and is waiting for you to buy it for an exorbitant<br>amount of money.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/02233724/Management----Getting-rid-of.html">
http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/02233724/Management----Getting-rid-of.html</a><br><br>**********************<br> - MISCELLANEOUS<br>**********************<br>22. What was the world's first .COM?<br>Today a website domain name is something you can pick up for just a few
<br>dollars and make your own for years to come. But have you ever wondered what<br>the first domain names to be registered were?<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geek.com/what-was-the-worlds-first-com/">
http://www.geek.com/what-was-the-worlds-first-com/</a><br><br>23. Provider ENUM Registry RFP Announced [news release]<br>The Country Code 1 ENUM LLC has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the<br>industry to build a Provider ENUM (sometimes referred to as "Carrier" or
<br>"Infrastructure" ENUM) Registry. The Registry will be used by the members of<br>the LLC, as well as other interested service providers with assigned U.S.<br>numbering resources, to facilitate interconnection between IP-based
<br>telecommunication networks.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071205/20071205005796.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071205/20071205005796.html</a><br><br>**********************<br> - DOMAINING
<br>**********************<br>24. Domainer's Magazine Online Version Now Available for Free<br>Domainer's Magazine will mark their one year anniversary by offering the<br>online version of their magazine free of charge for the year beginning with
<br>the January/February 2008 issue and also offering the ability to view any of<br>this past year's issues as well.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20071204/bs_prweb/prweb573927_1">
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20071204/bs_prweb/prweb573927_1</a><br><br>**********************<br> - AFTERMARKET<br>**********************<br>25. Dun & Bradstreet Buys AllBusiness.com [AP]<br>Dun & Bradstreet Corp., a business information company, said Tuesday it has
<br>bought AllBusiness.com for $55 million and subsequently raised its 2008<br>revenue outlook to account for the acquisition.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/0ba674f637443b30b0d91f9b">
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/0ba674f637443b30b0d91f9b</a><br>db06b003.htm<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/071204/1_317564_id.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/071204/1_317564_id.html
</a><br><br>26. Music.mobi Sells for Record US$616,000<br>Record Sedo auction sells over $1.5M in .mobi domain names.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2007/12/05/musicmobi-sells-for-record-616000/">
http://domainnamewire.com/2007/12/05/musicmobi-sells-for-record-616000/</a><br><br>27. Sedo announces .MOBI Auction Will Be Extended [news release]<br>Sedo are aware the there are some problems with the .MOBI Auction at this
<br>time. Due the down time we were not able to extend the auction before the<br>set closing time. Some bidders may have received emails saying that they<br>have won the auction, however because the system was down the highest bid at
<br>the time the system failed are not binding according to our terms and<br>conditions.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1601&tracked=1&partnerid=21172">http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1601&tracked=1&partnerid=21172
</a><br><br>28. No minimum commission for .uk domains [news release]<br>No minimum commission for sales of parked domains From 06. December 2007<br>Sedo will do away with the minimum sales commission of £35 for domains in
<br>Sedo's first price category* - provided that they are taking part in Sedo's<br>domain parking programme. In the future, sales of parked domains will be<br>subject to a flat 10% commission, improving the transparency and
<br>affordability of the domain sales process.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1608&tracked=1&partnerid=21172">http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1608&tracked=1&partnerid=21172
</a><br><br>29. .MOBI Auction.MO Closing Within 24 hours!<br>The 3rd premium .MOBI auction event is coming to a close, tomorrow (December<br>5) at 12 pm EST The 3rd Premium .MOBI Auction will be closing tomorrow,<br>Wednesday, December 5th at 12pm EST. This auction features the best of
<br>entertainment related and generic .MOBI domains.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1599&tracked=1&partnerid=21172">http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1599&tracked=1&partnerid=21172
</a><br><br>30. Submissions Close December 11 for SnapNames Live Auction at DFG '08!<br>[news release]<br>SnapNames, an <a href="http://Oversee.net">Oversee.net</a> company, is now accepting submissions of premium<br>domain names for auction in January 2008. Independent submissions will be
<br>accepted through December 11 and screened to identify the top entries for<br>sale.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainnews.com/aftermarket/2007120513/submissions-close-december">http://www.domainnews.com/aftermarket/2007120513/submissions-close-december
</a>-<br>11-for-snapnames-live-auction-at-dfg-08/<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/05/submissions-close-december-11-for-snap">http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/05/submissions-close-december-11-for-snap
</a><br>names-live-auction-at-dfg-08/<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.snapnames.com/newsroom_nov1407.jsp">https://www.snapnames.com/newsroom_nov1407.jsp</a><br><br>**********************<br> - NON-ENGLISH NEWS
<br>**********************<br>31. Domain-Grabber: IFPI.com immer noch fest in Piratenhand<br>Der Internationale Verband der Musikwirtschaft (IFPI) hat bei der World<br>Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) offiziell Beschwerde wegen
<br>Domaingrabbing eingelegt.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/1849680/">http://www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/1849680/</a><br><br>32. at: Regierung will Zugriff auf IP-Adressen
<br>SPÖ und ÖVP wollen am Donnerstag einen Änderungsantrag für die Novellierung<br>des Sicherheitspolizeigesetzes einbringen, der der Polizei bei Gefahr im<br>Verzug auch den Zugriff auf IP-Adressen ohne Richtervorbehalt erlauben soll.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/241096/">http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/241096/</a><br><br>33. IPv4: Countdown-Vergabepolitik in der Diskussion<br>Voraussichtlich spätestens 2011 gehen bei der IANA die IPv4-Adressen aus.
<br>Bei den regionalen IP-Registries (RIRs), die den Mangel bald zu verwalten<br>haben, ist nun eine Debatte entbrannt, ob eine spezielle Vergabepolitik für<br>die letzten großen Blöcke von IANA an die RIRs nötig ist. Insbesondere
<br>Vertreter aus Lateinamerika, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten halten dafür, dass<br>die drei "alten" RIRs in Europa, Nordamerika und Asien deutlich besser mit<br>Adressraum versorgt sind. Daher sollte die Zuweisung der letzten 25
<br>IPv4/8-Blöcke (nach CIDR-Terminologie) gleichmäßig zugeteilt werden – fünf<br>Blöcke für jede RIR. Allerdings würde der aktuelle Adressverbrauch bei RIPE,<br>ARIN und APNIC bei einer solchen Verteilung dafür sorgen, dass sie bereits
<br>Jahrzehnte vor dem LACNIC- und AfriNIC-Pools ohne IPv4-Adressen dastehen.<br>Daher gibt es zwei Gegenvorschläge und einen Streit die Bedeutung einer<br>"gerechten" Verteilung.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/99902">
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/99902</a><br><br>34. TLD-IDNs – ICANN drückt aufs Tempo<br>Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN macht bei der Einführung internationalisierter<br>Top Level Domains rasche Fortschritte: sechs Wochen nach dem Beginn des
<br>öffentlichen Testprogramms hat ICANN bekanntgegeben, dass bereits im Februar<br>2008 der neue Standard verabschiedet werden soll.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/tld-idns-icann-drueckt-a">
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/tld-idns-icann-drueckt-a</a><br>ufs-tempo-id667109.html<br><br>35. TLDs – Neues von .tel, .eu und .sg<br>Auch diese Woche haben wir ein kunterbuntes Paket an Meldungen zu Top Level
<br>Domains für Sie zusammengestellt. So wird schon in wenigen Wochen die Endung<br>.tel dem iPhone Konkurrenz machen. Neues gibt es auch aus Brüssel und<br>Singapur.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/tlds-neues-von-tel-eu-un">
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/tlds-neues-von-tel-eu-un</a><br>d-sg-id667108.html<br><br>36. Rick Schwartz – die Story hinter flowers.mobi<br>Rick Schwartz ist einer der großen Domainer der ersten Stunde, Mitgründer
<br>und -organisator der T.R.A.F.F.I.C.-Veranstaltungen und erregte Aufsehen,<br>als er vor gut einem Jahr flowers.mobi für US$ 200.000,– ersteigerte. Nun<br>gab er Auskunft, wie es dazu kam. Zugleich ist es ein Lehrstück über
<br>Domaining. "Ich folge dem Geld", ist die Kernaussage seines Konzeptes und<br>Geschäftsgebarens. Und das aus gutem Grund: Rick Schwartz hat mit Domains<br>einige Millionen gemacht. Aber nach dem spektakulären
flowers.mobi-Deal vor<br>gut einem Jahr häuften sich Mutmassungen und Gerüchte, es habe sich um ein<br>abgesprochenes Spiel gehandelt. In seinem Blog zog Schwartz nun einen<br>Strich, um die Gerüchte beiseite zu legen. Zu dem Deal kam es aus
<br>zahlreichen Gründen, aber insbesondere aus einem Grund: Schwartz roch das<br>Geld, das in der neuen generischen Endung .mobi steckte.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/rick-schwartz-die-story">
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/rick-schwartz-die-story</a>-<br>hinter-flowers-mobi-id667107.html<br><br>37. WIPO – <a href="http://zermatt.com">zermatt.com</a> bleibt in asiatischer Hand<br>Seit langem steht mit
<a href="http://zermatt.com">zermatt.com</a> wieder einmal eine UDRP-Entscheidung breit<br>in den Medien. Die WIPO hatte in dem Verfahren der Gemeinde Zermatt und<br>deren Touristikzentrale gegen die Inhaberin der Domain entschieden, dass
<br>letztere berechtigter Weise die Domain inne habe. Marco Bundi und Benedikt<br>Schmidt setzten sich bei weblaw.ch mit der Entscheidung auseinander.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/wipo-zermatt-com-bleibt">
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/wipo-zermatt-com-bleibt</a>-<br>in-asiatischer-hand-id667106.html<br><br>38. Lokalisierung des World Wide Web nimmt langsam Gestalt an<br>Die internationale Organisation zur Verwaltung von Internetadressen Icann
<br>plant nach zwei Erweiterungsrunden in den Jahren 2000 und 2004, Anfang 2009<br>weitere Endungen für Internetadressen, im Fachjargon Top-Level-Domains, zu<br>vergeben. Städte und Regionen können sich bis Ende 2008 für eine
<br>Top-Level-Domain bewerben.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.magentanews.com/cache.asp?n=2993176">http://www.magentanews.com/cache.asp?n=2993176</a><br><br>39. Un .TRAVEL plus accessible<br>A partir du 21 décembre 2007, le .TRAVEL inaugure une charte de nommage plus
<br>ouverte, permettant à un plus grand nombre d'enregistrer plus facilement<br>sous cette extension.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1376/professionnels-du-tourisme-un-trav">
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1376/professionnels-du-tourisme-un-trav</a><br>el-plus-accessible.php<br><br>40. Dell s'attaque au domain tasting<br>Le géant de l'informatique a porté plainte contre plusieurs registrars qu'il
<br>accuse de s'adonner au domain tasting et, de ce fait, au cybersquatting de<br>sa propriété intellectuelle.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1374/dell-s-attaque-au-domain-tasting.p">
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1374/dell-s-attaque-au-domain-tasting.p</a><br>hp<br><br>41. Le .ASIA ouvert à tous dès le 20 février 2008<br>L'extension asiatique ouvrira à tous selon un calendrier en deux étapes :<br>
une landrush à partir du 20 février 2008, puis l'ouverture totale, prévue le<br>26 mars 2008.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1377/asie-le-asia-ouvert-a-tous-des-le">http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1377/asie-le-asia-ouvert-a-tous-des-le
</a>-<br>20-fevrier-2008.php<br><br>42. Dell s'attaque aux cybersquatteurs<br>Le constructeur ne supporte plus de voir plus de 1100 noms de domaines qui<br>sont proches de sa marque.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://technaute.cyberpresse.ca/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,12">
http://technaute.cyberpresse.ca/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,12</a><br>2007,1399979.html<br><br>43. The Pirate Bay perd le domaine IFPI.com<br>Le groupe de pirates The Pirate Bay va être dépossédé du nom de domaine «
<br>IFPI.com » qu'il avait obtenu grâce à un don effectué par une personne<br>anonyme. L'affaire a fait grand bruit car le domaine IFPI.com était réservé<br>depuis quelques années par la « International Federation of the Phonographic
<br>Industry »), mais dernièrement elle avait oublié de renouveler sa propriété<br>sur ce nom de domaine. Une personne en avait alors profité pour s'emparer<br>avant d'en faire don à The Pirate Bay qui l'a utilisé pour créer la «
<br>International Federation of Pirates Interests » et parasiter ainsi l'IFPI.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.neteco.com/87390-thepiratebay-perd-domaine-ifpi.html">http://www.neteco.com/87390-thepiratebay-perd-domaine-ifpi.html
</a><br><br>44. Los dominios de Australia (.au)<br>Australia es una país con unos 20 millones de habitantes. El 30 de noviembre<br>de este año llegó al millón de dominios registrados. Hace 5 años tenían<br>registrados 250.000
. Pero es que, en febrero de este año había 790.000<br>dominios. En nueve meses han crecido un 26%.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domisfera.com/los-dominios-de-australia-au/">http://www.domisfera.com/los-dominios-de-australia-au/
</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2007/12/algo-sobre-dominios-australianos">http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2007/12/algo-sobre-dominios-australianos</a>-<br>au.html<br><br>
45. Impulsan el lanzamiento del .lat<br>Antonio Harris, director ejecutivo de la Cámara de Bases de Datos y<br>Servicios en Línea, aseguró que el desarrollo de este dominio regional<br>creará una identidad latina en Internet
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.canal-ar.com.ar/noticias/noticiamuestra.asp?Id=5207">http://www.canal-ar.com.ar/noticias/noticiamuestra.asp?Id=5207</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2007/12/impulso-los-dominios-lat.html">
http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2007/12/impulso-los-dominios-lat.html</a><br><br>46. Buscan crear una identidad latinoamericana en Internet<br>América latina ya tiene su extensión propia para el registro de nombres de<br>
dominio en Internet: El ".lat". El anuncio lo hizo la Cámara de Bases de<br>Datos y Servicios en Línea (Cabase), que nuclea a los proveedores de<br>Internet, comercio electrónico, contenidos y servicios en línea.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ar.news.yahoo.com/s/06122007/44/n-technology-buscan-crear-identidad-l">http://ar.news.yahoo.com/s/06122007/44/n-technology-buscan-crear-identidad-l</a><br>atinoamericana-internet.html
<br><br>47. Los nuevos dominios que llegaran en el 2008: ".Berlin" y ".Lat"<br>También Paris y Nueva York desean hacerse con un dominio local para dotar a<br>sus ciudadanos de un identificativo propio: Los dominios correspondientes a
<br>ciudades serán las grandes novedades que nos depara el 2008.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.noticiasdot.com/wp2/2007/12/04/los-nuevos-dominios-que-llegaran-e">http://www.noticiasdot.com/wp2/2007/12/04/los-nuevos-dominios-que-llegaran-e
</a><br>n-el-2008-berlin-y-lat/<br><br>48. Includes a story on .SU mentioning ICANN in Russian<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smi.ru/07/12/03/908170069.html">http://www.smi.ru/07/12/03/908170069.html
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