<pre>10. CEOs urged to make infosecurity a priority<br>Following the report from the British-North American Committee (BNAC) for<br>which ICANN has put out a news release, IT Week gives an outlines of the<br>report saying it "recommended senior decision makers establish comprehensive
<br>information security policies, and also that they keep abreast of changes in<br>security technology and best practices themselves., which released a new<br>document outlining the steps chief executives should be taking." IT Week
<br>also reports on another report by a ScanSafe released this week that warns<br>"IT security chiefs to be on their guard against more attacks on their web<br>sites."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity">
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity</a><br><br>11. Are domain name registrars responsible for intellectual property<br>infringement?<br>Following the recent "case filed by Dell against a number of domain tasters
<br>and their registrars attempts to hold the registrars liable for infringing<br>some of Dell's intellectual property," The Whir's David Snead asks if "those<br>who facilitated the infringement of the copyrighted work were liable as
<br>third parties since they facilitated the infringement, and profited from it<br>through the fees they collected." Snead says that "[w]hile the facts in<br>Dell's case are pretty sensational (a chain of registrars profiting off a
<br>nuance in ICANN rules), the case shows that transparent attempts to exploit<br>legal loopholes, are often only temporarily successful." Snead answers his<br>original question by giving two responses, the first "that the doctrine of
<br>third party liability for intellectual property infringement is alive and<br>well. This means that you need to remain aware and vigilant about your<br>business activities. ... A second lesson relates to Domaining. While
<br>initially a suspect busines!<br> s, domaining has become a legitimate part of the Internet. Hosts and other<br>Internet infrastructure providers need to be aware that registering domain<br>names involves a different risk assessment than other business efforts.
<br>Because domainers tend to be very creative in their business, and business<br>creativity often requires a higher level of legal analysis, those who<br>provide business services to domainers need to examine whether the processes
<br>and procedures they have put into place effectively isolate the risk that<br>these new customers may pose to their business."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/David-Snead/index.cfm/2007/12/11/Are-domain-nam">
http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/David-Snead/index.cfm/2007/12/11/Are-domain-nam</a><br>e-registrars-responsible-for-intellectual-property-infringement<br><br>**********************<br>GOVERNANCE<br>**********************<br>
1. Internet Co-founder, Vint Cerf, Calls For New Environment to protect<br>society from abuses<br>Vinton G. Cerf, an American computer scientist who co-founded the internet,<br>today called for the creation of a new internet environment to protect the
<br>society from abuses. In a 15-minute recorded video message to the<br>participants of the Third Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) here, he said:<br>"The internet is for everyone, but it is up to the users to decide how to
<br>get around it. "What we need is a new internet environment in order for us<br>to defend against abuses."<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=302354">http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=302354
</a><br><br>2. How next billion will shape net<br>Internet law professor Michael Geist looks at what doubling the number of<br>users will mean to the net: Last month hundreds of people descended on Rio<br>de Janiero, Brazil, for the second annual Internet Governance Forum.
<br>Sponsored by the United Nations, the IGF attracted politicians, business<br>leaders, technologists, and others interested in the global issues facing<br>the internet. While media coverage of the forum focused primarily on domain
<br>name issues, those concerns were overshadowed by a far more important and<br>challenging question - what will the next billion users mean to the internet<br>itself?<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7138350.stm">
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7138350.stm</a><br><br>3. Save Internet freedom--from regulation<br>perspective: Rep. Edward Markey is preparing to reintroduce legislation that<br>would prohibit Internet access providers from offering priority service to
<br>content providers--known as the Net neutrality principle. Similar<br>legislation has failed in both the House and Senate in the past, but<br>proponents of Net neutrality haven't given up. If only they would. The<br>
Internet has thrived in large part because it has managed to sidestep a<br>barrage of efforts to regulate it, including laws to ban indecent material,<br>levy sales tax on e-commerce, require Web sites to provide "zoning" tags,
<br>and to criminalize spam, file sharing, and spyware.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.news.com/2010-1028_3-6222385.html">http://www.news.com/2010-1028_3-6222385.html</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.zdnet.com/2010-9588_22-6222385.html">
http://news.zdnet.com/2010-9588_22-6222385.html</a><br><br>**********************<br>DOMAIN NAMES<br>**********************<br><br>**********************<br> - ICANN<br>**********************<br>4. Multilingual Internet Gets Go-Ahead
<br>The International Telecommunication Union, UNESCO and ICANN will collaborate<br>on global efforts to forge universal standards towards building a<br>multilingual cyberspace. The three agencies organized a workshop on this
<br>subject during the second Internet Governance Forum (IGF) taking place in<br>Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 12 to 15 November 2007.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.screenafrica.com/news/new_med/725260.htm">
http://www.screenafrica.com/news/new_med/725260.htm</a><br><br>**********************<br> - (cc)TLD NEWS<br>**********************<br>5. .eu officially opens regional office in Prague<br>EURid, the organisation in charge of the Internet top-level domain .eu, will
<br>today toast the success of its recently established third regional office,<br>in Prague, the Czech Republic. The office officially opens today in the<br>presence of Mr Alexandr Vondra, the Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European
<br>Affairs. The successful Internet top-level domain .eu now has close to 2.7<br>million registered domain names, and it is growing.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://eurid.eu/content/view/238/33/lang,en/">
http://eurid.eu/content/view/238/33/lang,en/</a><br><br>6. Serbia –Receives .rs Domain Extension<br>Serbia is able to register websites with .rs domain extension, replacing the<br>old .yu: Priority for registering with the new domain will be given to those
<br>who already own .yu addresses, and will cost about RSD 2000 (about EUR 25).<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=23412">http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=23412
</a><br><br>7. tk: Reinventing the domain registry business<br>Tokelau isn't the first small country to entrust the management of its<br>Internet extension to an outside firm. But the unusual business model chosen<br>
for .TK by registry Dot TK has seemingly yielded impressive results.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/147/reinventing-the-domain-registry-busin">http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/147/reinventing-the-domain-registry-busin
</a><br>ess.php<br><br>8. .TK – Very Impressive Results<br>Tokelau's domain extension is managed in Europe, even though the geographic<br>location of the islands are off New-Zealand. The way Dot TK has gone about<br>that task is said to have done wonders for the local economy. "Dot TK
<br>operates a unique business model which makes it very distinct in the domain<br>name market," Dot TK Business Development Manager Matt Kelly told<br>Domaines.Info during an exclusive interview.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=23416">
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=23416</a><br><br>9. .travel to make policy changes<br>The Travel Partnership Corporation (TTPC), the company that oversees the<br>.travel top level domain registration process, has approved some very
<br>important policy changes to take effect December 21, 2007 that may affect<br>the companies and organizations of .travel names. According to TTPC, these<br>changes are being made to improve and speed up the registration process for
<br>use of .travel Internet addresses.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/23786">http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/23786</a><br><br>**********************
<br> - DNS SECURITY<br>**********************<br>10. CEOs urged to make infosecurity a priority<br>Chief executives and directors were this week urged to make information<br>security one of their top priorities and do more to engage with their IT
<br>departments, as yet another report predicted more serious threats for 2008.<br>The call came from business leader organisation the British-North American<br>Committee (BNAC), which released a new document outlining the steps chief
<br>executives should be taking.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity">http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity">
http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity">http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2205709/ceos-urged-infosecurity
</a><br><br>11. Are domain name registrars responsible for intellectual property<br>infringement?<br>A recent case filed by Dell against a number of domain tasters and their<br>registrars attempts to hold the registrars liable for infringing some of
<br>Dell's intellectual property. The claims that are relevant to domain name<br>registrars allege that at least 3 registrars created a chain of registrars<br>who took advantage of the ICANN 5 day redemption period to profit off Dell's
<br>trademarks. Dell alleges that these registrars allowed domain tasters to<br>redeem domain names at one registrar and subsequently register it at an<br>affiliated registrar. This would preserve the taster's interest in the
<br>domain name, and allow the affiliated registrars to share in any click<br>through revenue created by the registration of the name.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/David-Snead/index.cfm/2007/12/11/Are-domain-nam">
http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/David-Snead/index.cfm/2007/12/11/Are-domain-nam</a><br>e-registrars-responsible-for-intellectual-property-infringement<br><br>12. 'AKILL' investigation continues<br>Police are still examining the computer equipment seized from the Coromandel
<br>home of the alleged botmaster known online as "AKILL". The raid — a joint<br>effort by New Zealand Police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation —<br>was conducted late last month. AKILL, an 18-year-old from Whitianga, has not
<br>been arrested. The forensic analysis of the computers is expected to be<br>finished later this week, says Waikato Police detective inspector Peter<br>Devoy.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/3F3AABA1ACEFD29ACC2573AF000D4002">
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/3F3AABA1ACEFD29ACC2573AF000D4002</a><br><br>**********************<br> - MISCELLANEOUS<br>**********************<br>13. MarkMonitor Web Seminar Signup: Defending Your Brands Online: Learn from
<br>Liberty Mutual and Managing IP Magazine<br>The inherent openness and anonymity of the Internet are creating<br>unprecedented challenges for enterprises. Attacks on corporate brands –<br>including typo-/cyber-squatting, false associations on third-party websites,
<br>sponsored link abuse, disparaging content, and phishing – are rampant and<br>put company revenue, reputation and customer trust at risk. Fortunately,<br>protecting your brand in cyberspace is not impossible. Hear how one leading
<br>financial institution – Liberty Mutual – is waging the battle against a<br>broad range of online attacks.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/12/markmonitor-web-seminar-signup-defendi">
http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/12/markmonitor-web-seminar-signup-defendi</a><br>ng-your-brands-online-learn-from-liberty-mutual-and-managing-ip-magazine/<br><br>14. Domain Name Issues And Related Business Risks<br>COMMENT: I have learned a lot about domain name maintenance and management
<br>issues over the past week! As a follow-up to my blog post yesterday, I have<br>since discovered that as a result of a divestiture <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>two<span class="moz-txt-tag">
*</span></b> registrars claim<br>control of my domain (that I created and have owned and used since 2002);<br>one in Australia has primary control, and the one I have always communicated<br>with in Washington state has secondary control...I never knew this before.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com/miscellaneous/2007/12/domain_name_issue">http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com/miscellaneous/2007/12/domain_name_issue</a><br>s_and_related.htm
<br><br>**********************<br> - AFTERMARKET<br>**********************<br>15. Sedo announces launch in the UK<br>Sedo's wish to increase focus on the .uk market and to provide local<br>dedicated client services for customers across UK and Ireland, has resulted
<br>in the decision to launch a new office in the UK. The office will be first<br>located in Reading, Berks, where Sedo will build and train the UK team and<br>will then relocate to London mid-2008 to share office space with our sister
<br>company, AdLink.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1617&tracked=1&partnerid=21172">http://www.sedo.com/links/showhtml.php3?Id=1617&tracked=1&partnerid=21172
</a><br><br>16. SoccerTV.com sells for $80,000 at PubCon [news release]<br>Moniker have announced they have sold more than US$325,000 in premium domain<br>names at PubCon Las Vegas 2007 on Wednesday, December 5 at the Las Vegas
<br>Convention Center. SoccerTV.com was the night's biggest seller fetching<br>$80,000. <a href="http://Grandpa.com">Grandpa.com</a> and FamilyServices.com were among the evening's other<br>top sales going for $55,000 and $45,
000.00 respectively.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/12/soccertvcom-sells-for-80000-at-pubcon/">http://www.domainpulse.com/2007/12/12/soccertvcom-sells-for-80000-at-pubcon/</a>
<br><br>**********************<br> - NON-ENGLISH NEWS<br>**********************<br>17. Die wertvollste Domain Österreichs<br>Dass ein unverwechselbarer Name im Domain-Geschäft sehr wertvoll ist zeigte<br>der diese Woche besiegelte Verkauf der österreichischen Domäne
<a href="http://Job.at">Job.at</a>. Der<br>Verkaufserlös von 408.000,- Euro ist fast sechsmal höher als der<br>Verkehrswert der bisher teuersten österreichischen Domäne <a href="http://Mozart.at">Mozart.at</a>, die im<br>
Jahr 2000 für rund 70.000 Euro den Besitzer wechselte.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=113539">http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=113539</a><br><br>18.
<a href="http://Job.at">Job.at</a> wechselt Besitzer<br>Die österreichischen Domäne <a href="http://Job.at">Job.at</a> wurde Anfang dieser Woche verkauft, der<br>Erlös von 408.000 Euro ist fast sechsmal höher als der Verkehrswert der
<br>bisher teuersten österreichischen Domäne <a href="http://Mozart.at">Mozart.at</a>, die im Jahr 2000 für<br>rund 70.000 Euro den Besitzer wechselte. Ex-Domain-Inhaber ist Markus<br>Ertler, der bereits 1994 gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Alexander die bis dato
<br>größte heimische Immobilienplattform im Internet, <a href="http://immobilien.net">immobilien.net</a> startete.<br><a href="http://Job.at">Job.at</a> wurde im Februar 1997 registriert, in den Jahren darauf sicherte sich
<br>Ertler vorausschauend für zukünftige Projekte noch über 1.000 weitere<br>Domänen.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3147792">http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3147792</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3149079">
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3149079</a><br><br>19. <a href="http://Job.at">Job.at</a> wechselt um 408.000 Euro den Besitzer<br>408.000 Euro brachte der Verkauf der österreichischen Domäne <a href="http://Job.at">Job.at
</a> Anfang<br>dieser Woche, teilte der Ex-Besitzer der begehrten Internet-Adresse, Markus<br>Ertler, mit. Der bisher höchste Verkaufspreis für eine Domain war 70.000<br>Euro - und zwar für die Domain <a href="http://mozart.at">
mozart.at</a>.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.horizont.at/topnews/pages/show.prl?params=recent%3D1%26type%3D0&i">http://www.horizont.at/topnews/pages/show.prl?params=recent%3D1%26type%3D0&i</a>
<br>d=28280&currPage=&type=0<br><br>20. Dot-o-mator – neues Tool hilft bei Domain-Suche<br>Dass bei inzwischen etwa 150 Millionen Domain-Namen die Suche nach guten<br>freien Adressen immer schwieriger wird, wissen nicht nur Domain-Spezialisten
<br>zu beklagen. Mit dem "Dot-o-mator" ist jetzt ein neues Tool angetreten, das<br>für Abhilfe sorgen will.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/dot-o-mator-neues-tool-h">
http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2007/dot-o-mator-neues-tool-h</a><br>ilft-bei-domain-suche-id667113.html<br><br>21. Neue exotische Top-Level-Domains bei 1blu<br>Für alle Kunden, denen der gängige Adressraum für Domain-Endungen zu eng
<br>geworden ist, bietet jetzt der Berliner Webhoster 1blu eine Lösung: Anstelle<br>der Registrierung einer .de- oder .com-Domain können über das Unternehmen<br>jetzt auch exotischere Top-Level-Domains registriert werden.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dslteam.de/news/artikel/27924/0/Neue_exotische_Top-Level-Domains_">http://www.dslteam.de/news/artikel/27924/0/Neue_exotische_Top-Level-Domains_</a><br>bei_1blu<br><br>
22. Près de 8 millions de noms de domaine pour la Chine<br>Le nombre de noms de domaine enregistrés s'élève en décembre à 146 millions<br>selon Domaines Info, soit une progression de 12 % en 5 mois. 13 extensions<br>géographiques dépassent désormais le million de noms.
<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.journaldunet.com/breve/international/20124/pres-de-8-millions-de">http://www.journaldunet.com/breve/international/20124/pres-de-8-millions-de</a>-<br>noms-de-domaine-pour-la-chine.shtml
<br><br>23. Une employée de Microsoft poursuivie au pénal<br>Une employée de Microsoft responsable d'un portefeuille de noms de domaine<br>poursuivie pour escroquerie, détournement de fonds, faux et usage de faux.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/chronique/174/une-employee-de-microsoft-poursuivi">
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/chronique/174/une-employee-de-microsoft-poursuivi</a><br>e-au-penal.php<br><br>24. Le .TK, une extension à part<br>En sous-traitant la gestion de son extension à une société européenne, l'île
<br>de Tokelau a fait parler d'elle. Notamment parce que cette extension<br>fonctionne d'une manière totalement inédite. Voici les chiffres officiels du<br>.TK.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1380/tokelau-le-tk-une-extension-a-part">
http://www.domainesinfo.fr/extension/1380/tokelau-le-tk-une-extension-a-part</a><br>.php<br><br>25. Free passe à la nouvelle génération d'internet<br>Free propose à ses abonnés de passer à l'IPv6, une nouvelle norme de
<br>connexion censée éviter l'engorgement de l'internet. Coup de pub ou<br>innovation ? Détail des avantages.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/actualite-high-tech/free-passe-a-la-nouve">
http://www.lexpansion.com/economie/actualite-high-tech/free-passe-a-la-nouve</a><br>lle-generation-d-internet_136385.html<br><br>26. Disponibili sei milioni di domini con l'estensione '.travel'<br>Tralliance, il registry del dominio '.travel' annuncia che oltre sei milioni
<br>di nomi saranno presto disponibili per la registrazione nel dominio<br>esclusivo del turismo '.travel'.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pubblicitaitalia.it/news.asp?id_news=45878">http://www.pubblicitaitalia.it/news.asp?id_news=45878
</a><br><br>27. Registro de Nombres de Dominio en America Latina - Estadisticas al 30 de<br>Noviembre del 2007<br>LatinoamerICANN presenta el reporte de estadisticas de nombres de dominio en<br>LAC al 30 de Noviembre del 2007. Dicha recopilación es parte del estudio
<br>iniciado por LatinoamerICANN para medir la incidencia de políticas de<br>Sociedad de la Información en el desarrollo de los ccTLD's de la región, así<br>como analizar el impacto de las políticas de los ccTLDs en las politicas de
<br>Sociedad de la Informacion nacionales.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article">http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article
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