domain name, WSIS & governance news - 25 July

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UN-backed Internet tourism domain preserves countries?
right to their names (news release)
Countries around the world will have a priority right
to register their nation, cities, and place names on
an Internet Top Level Domain (TLD) travel registry
under a new United Nations-backed tourism initiative
aimed at resolving problems arising when these names
have already been taken by other entities on other
TLDs.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15085&Cr=&Cr1=

.TW to Launch English Second Level Domain Name
NeuLevel and Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
announced today that the .TW country code will provide
English second level domain name registration services
starting November 1. Currently, third-level .TW
domains are only offered.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=12607
 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050722/dcf010.html

Go Daddy Internet domain name registrations pass 9
million
The Go Daddy Group Inc., with its three subsidiary
Internet domain name registrars, has surpassed the 9
million domain name mark, the company said Thursday.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2005/07/18/daily38.html

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=5860&mhnews_page=1

China?s Leading Domain Name Registry Service Provider
Deploys NFR Security?s Sentivist Solution
China Internet Network Information Center Relies on
Sentivist for Network Protection against Real-Time
Threats
 http://www.net-security.org/press.php?id=3313

us: Council hopeful makes Web his domain
Houston City Council candidate Brian Cweren is trying
for a landslide in political cyberspace. The District
C hopeful has purchased Web sites containing various
combinations of his name ? and five of his opponents'
names.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/3275479

ICANN Concludes Luxembourg Meet
ICANN, recently announced that over 900 delegates from
55 countries gathered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg,
to participate in ICANN's 23rd International Public
Meeting which was held from 11-15th July.

http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/icann-concludes-luxembourg-meet_0719058700.htm

GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda 
Draft Agenda for GNSO Council meeting Thursday, July
28, 2005

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-28jul05.shtml

Constituency statements and WHOIS Task force
presentation at the GNSO Public Forum held on July 12,
2005 in Luxembourg
    * Update from the gTLD Registries constituency

http://www.icann.org/presentations/gtld-constituency-lux-11jul05.pdf
    * Registrar Constituency Statement

http://www.icann.org/presentations/registrar-constituency-lux-11jul05.pdf
    * White paper on internet domain name expansion

http://www.icann.org/presentations/white-paper-lux-11jul05.pdf
    * Noncommercial Users Constituency Statement

http://www.icann.org/presentations/nonCommercial-constituency-lux-11jul05.pdf
    * Whois Task Force Public Forum

http://www.icann.org/presentations/whois-lux-12jul05.pdf

First Public Release of the Ipwalk.com Service
The ipwalk.com service contains statistics for every
single gTLD in the world. The statistics shows growth
of domain name providers as well as a history for each
domain name. Ipwalk.com is the next big thing for any
domain name and web hosting provider seeking an
advantage of their competitors.
 http://www.tophosts.com/articles/?001999.html

New .tel domain will manage contacts
ICANN has approved an application for a new .tel
domain, that will hold contact details for companies
and individuals. The final contract has yet to be
produced, but Telnic, the company that put in the
application, is expecting to offer .tel domains by the
end of 2006.

http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=4086

APTLD Singapore Meeting - Agenda, Minutes etc

http://www.aptld.org/newsite/meeting/2005/07_Singapore/sg-meeting.htm

"Reselling" of .eu domain name services
A consultation with the European Commission services
has led towards a clear position concerning the
offering of so called "reseller" services for .eu
domain names.
 http://www.eurid.eu/news/archive/reselingdomains

Eurid E-NEWS (status report)
On July 19th, 245 companies and organisations have
completed the procedure and are recognised as
registrars for .eu domain names. 134 more are in the
process of becoming a registrar.
 http://www.eurid.eu/news/archive/statusreport

Directi decomes registrar for new .TRAVEL sTLD
ICANN accredited registrar DirectI.com was today
granted permission to register domains with the
recently introduced .TRAVEL extension. DirectI will
make the .TRAVEL sTLD available to its network of
resellers enabling them to service the rapidly
expanding global travel and tourism industry.

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=5853&mhnews_page=1

WIPO Arbitration Workshop - October 2005
The purpose of this Workshop is to provide intensive
basic training of a practical nature for party
representatives in arbitration and for arbitrators.
The training, which will be conducted by experienced
international arbitrators, will focus on the main
principles of international commercial arbitration law
and practice, with particular reference to the
practical application of the WIPO Arbitration and
Expedited Arbitration Rules in intellectual property
and technology disputes. The arbitration rules of
other arbitration institutions will also be referred
to for purposes of comparison.

http://arbiter.wipo.int/events/workshops/2005/arbitration/index.html

Great New Site For Domain Names
Domain name portal fully dedicated to assisting buyers
and sellers do business together directly, without
paying any fees or commissions whatsoever.

http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/ManageArticle.asp?C=861&A=14802

Sedo Market Facilitates Website.com Sale
Sedo announced that the domain name website.com was
sold for $750,000, the highest valued domain sale this
year.
 http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/sed072105.cfm

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=5854&mhnews_page=1

Microsoft Expected to Change Longhorn to 'Vista'
Microsoft hasn't publicly filed to register the name
with the federal Patent and Trademark Office,
according to an online search last night. But online
reports noted that the company is the owner of the
online domain name, windowsvista.us. The ownership of
the more common windowsvista.com and windowsvista.net
wasn't clear.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/NT6jQkr7ISfirV/Microsoft-Expected-to-Change-Longhorn-to-Vista.xhtml
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62011 (German)

in: Menelusuri akar konflik pengelolaan domain .id
Siapa yang paling berhak atas domain Indonesia
(berakhiran .id) di Internet ? Pertanyaan ini muncul
seiring perselisihan antara Asosiasi Penyelenggara
Jasa Internet Indonesia (APJII) dan administrator de
facto ID-TLD (Indonesia Top Level Domain).

http://www.bisnis.com/servlet/page?_pageid=268&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&p_ared_id=377843&p_ared_atop_id=O12

".all" ist noch zu haben
Der A-Root steht in Amsterdam. Das sagt zumindestens
UNIDT, ein niederländisches Unternehmen, das eine fast
perfekte Kopie der klassischen, von der ICANN
verwalteten Rootzone aufgesetzt hat. Auch hier gibt es
13 Rootserver, und davon stehen nur vier in den USA.
Auch hier gibt es eine byzantinische Aufsichtsstruktur
unter dem Namen Internet Names Authorization &
Information Center (INAIC) samt einem INAIC World
Council, der dafür sorgt, dass alle vergebenen Top
Level Domains auflösbar sind im Netz.
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61994

ICANN, WICANN
Wer kontrolliert in Zukunft das Internet? Bisher
verwalten die USA allein die Namen im Internet. Eine
von UN-Sekretär Kofi Annan eingerichtete Arbeitsgruppe
will die Interessen anderer Staaten zur Geltung kommen
lassen. Doch sie macht es den USA leicht mit ihrem
Nein
 http://www.zeit.de/2005/29/internet_verwaltung

Neuland unterm Pflug
Die wundersame Vermehrung des virtuellen Raumes: Nach
.cat (für Katalonien) auch TDLs für .nrw, .kurdistan
oder .tschetschenien?
 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/20/20574/1.html

Countdown für .eu hat begonnen
Der Countdown für die Einführung von ?.eu?, Europas
eigener Internet-Identität, bis Ende 2005 ist
angelaufen. Wie die EU-Kommission mitteilt, werden ab
2006 Unternehmen und Bürger, die
?.eu?-Internetadressen eintragen lassen, im
EU-Binnenmarkt besser wahrnehmbar.

http://www.german-news.de/news/news+article.storyid+1146.htm

Dieter Grönling berichtet über den neuen Streit um die
Internet-Vormacht der ICAAN
Dieter Grönling berichtet über den neuen Streit um die
Internet-Vormacht der ICAAN, der für die
Domain-Vergabe zuständigen Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers. Und er stellt klar: "Die
Icann war zu keinem Zeitpunkt so etwas wie eine
autonome Internetregierung mit demokratischen
Strukturen. Sie war und ist bis heute einfach eine
Firma nach kalifornischem Recht und darauf
ausgerichtet, mit den Gebühren für Domain-Namen und
Internetadressen Geld zu verdienen bzw. Lizenzgebühren
von Firmen zu erheben, die ihrerseits Adressen
vergeben."

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,366278,00.html

SaferSurf.com: Spyware-Anbieter tarnen sich durch
Domain-Registratoren
Das Spyware-Labor von SaferSurf.com
http://www.safersurf.com hat die Verbreitung
schadhafter Spyware von der durch Adware bekannt
gewordenen Firma Ezula.com (AdWare.Ezula)
nachgewiesen. Im Falle von Ezula waren Nachforschungen
jedoch schwierig, da dessen Domain-Registrator Network
Solutions - der weltweit größte Anbieter - einen
"Private Registration"-Dienst zur Verfügung stellt,
der die Identität von Domain-Inhabern schützt.
Recherchen haben ergeben, dass die laut Ezula.com in
Kalifornien ansässige Firma auch nicht unter Ezula
Inc. und Kabanga Corp. im kalifornischen
Firmenregister eingetragen ist.
 http://www.pressetext.com/pte.mc?pte=050721008

Mais pressão pelo fim do monopólio dos EUA
A ONU recebeu ontem um relatório elaborado por 40
peritos de todo o mundo que condena o controle
administrativo da internet pela Icann, instituição
privada ligada ao Departamento do Comércio dos EUA - e
responsável pela distribuição dos domínios.

http://advillage.uol.com.br/adCmsDocumentoShow.aspx?documento=13424&Area=0

Ecco le notizie di oggi...
L?ICANN detta le regole per l?Internet del prossimo
futuro - Sicurezza: la risposta di Oracle - Mitnick
sul social engineering - Primo numero di Zinemania -
Kiax: telefonate gratuite verso i numeri di rete fissa
- Siamo in una botnet di ferro?

http://www.raulken.it/article46358_++Daily+DisInfo+220705++.html

EURid met en garde contre des pratiques douteuses
Le registre du .EU pointe l'aspect frauduleux du
"pooling", soit le fait pour les registrars de cumuler
les demandes de pré-enregistrements pour ensuite les
céder au plus offrant.

http://www.domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?vde_id=691

.MOBI (Appareils mobiles) Les .MOBI feront leur
apparition en 2006
L'Icann a désigné le consortium qui sera chargé de
mettre en place l'extension .MOBI réservée au secteur
de la téléphonie mobile.
 http://domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?vde_id=689

Internet la voglio mobile
L'ICANN approva il dominio .mobi. È sponsorizzato dai
big del settore che sperano di far finalmente
decollare la fruizione della rete da cellulari e
palmari.
 http://webnews.html.it/focus/510.htm

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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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WSIS Gender Caucus
The WSIS Gender Caucus is organizing an email-based
discussion forum on identifying and integrating gender
perspectives into the WSIS deliberations at PrepCom3
in September and the Tunis Summit in November. This
discussion, organized and moderated under the
Electronic Networking Project component of the WSIS
Gender Caucus, will be for a period of three weeks,
from July 25th to August 13th 2005. This online
discussion is aimed at furthering the efforts of the
Gender Caucus to integrate gender perspectives and
concerns into the WSIS deliberations, and to further
explore the concrete measures that will enable us to
achieve this integration.
 http://genderwsis.org

REGIME CHANGE ON THE INTERNET? INTERNET GOVERNANCE
AFTER WGIG - Washington Symposium July 28; Online
Participation Possible
The Internet Governance Project and three other
university programs sponsor a symposium in Washington,
DC to assess the final report of the UN Working Group
on Internet Governance (WGIG). The event, titled
"Regime Change on the Internet? Internet Governance
After WGIG" will be the first public event in the
United States to review the UN Working Group?s report.
The symposium will also look towards the future of
Internet governance, leading up to the World Summit on
the Information Society in Tunisia and beyond.
 http://internetgovernance.org

A Balkanized Internet Future?
Joi Ito has an important post [also featured on
CircleID] on how the internet is in danger of becoming
balkanized into separate "internets". He's not the
only person who's concerned. Greg Walton worries about
Regime Change on the Internet. My friend Tim Wu, a law
professor specializing in international trade and
intellectual property, has written an article for
Slate: The Filtered Future: China's bid to divide the
Internet.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/1144_0_1_0_C

Internet Governance to be the main focus of the Third
WSIS Preparatory Committee Meeting (news release)
Internet governance is expected to be the main focus
of attention for the third Preparatory Committee
meeting (PrepCom-3) to be held in Geneva, Switzerland,
from 19 to 30 September 2005. PrepCom-3 is also
expected to complete the output document on financing,
continue negotiations on the political part of the
Tunis document as well as look at implementation and
follow-up mechanisms on the road ahead.

http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/press_releases/wsis/2005/20jun.html

WSIS and the Working Group on Internet Governance What
it means for the World Bank - 7/2005
This program will describe the highlights of the
Working Group?s Report on Internet Governance,
launched in Geneva on July 18, 2005.  Mr. Kummer will
provide a brief overview of the Working Group and its
methodology, including its mandate under the World
Summit on Information Society; a summary of the Report
including highlights of particular relevance to the
Bank?s operational work; and next steps to be taken by
the Secretariat before Phase II of the Summit in Tunis
in November 2005.

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATIONANDTECHNOLOGIES/EXTEDEVELOPMENT/0,,contentMDK:20591877~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:559460,00.html

UN At Odds Over Internet's Future
There seems to be a stormy WSIS meeting ahead in Nov
2005 as reports have indicated that the body set up to
decide how the Internet should be run has failed to
reach a consensus.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200507210189.html

The internet is doing nicely without its own UN
Who runs the internet? Who cares? As long as your
internet browser sends you to the right location in
cyberspace, the technical workings of the World Wide
Web aren't really of much concern. Right?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10336935

Why Not Divide the Internet?
The desired goal of the other countries is to end up
with their own local language suffixes, own local
language domain names, basically their own Internet,
with its own domain registration policies -- in a
nutshell, a very big and a very complex global mess,
indeed.
 http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/44736.html

The WGIG Report, part deux
This is part two of a post started yesterday. It's a
response to a report recently released by the Working
Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), a UN-inspired
task force with a typical UN propensity for acronym
generation.
 http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/index.php?p=1473

ng: Politics of Internet Governance
FOLLOWING the June 30, 2005 announcement by the United
States Department of Commerce (DOC) with intent to
retain authority on Internet root servers, the global
Internet community has been thrown into confusion once
again.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200507210151.html

India backs inter-country Net governance
New models for Internet governance would give less
responsibility to the US and involve greater
inter-country participation, says UN delegate

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=27048

Independent Group Submits Report on Internet
Governance
An independent working group has released a report on
Internet governance proposing to improve Internet
governance arrangements and setting priorities for
future action.
 http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2005/07-18.htm

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