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Governments to decide future of net - Major shift in
power in ICANN
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/gac_icann_communique/
Highs, lows and sickos - The unspoken side of the
Morroccan meeting
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/icann_blog_marrakech_friday/
Arguments and gunfire - It's dangerous in here
(ICANN@Marrakesh)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/29/marakesh_day_two/
Bad music and full mouths - Muddling through in
Morocco
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/marrakech_blog_one/
New WHOIS Definition Survives Marrakech ICANN Meeting
by Milton Mueller
http://www.circleid.com/posts/whois_definition_survives_icann_meeting/
http://internetgovernance.org/news.html#newwhois_070106
.xxx probes US government interference
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/icm_registry_foia_three/
The Continued Transition of the Technical Coordination
and Management of the Internet Domain Name and
Addressing System - Notice of Inquiry, Notice of
Public Meeting
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2006/NOI_DNS_Transition_0506.htm
.eu status report - number of eu domains exceeds 2
million
http://status.eurid.eu/
Korea-led agency pushes local domain system
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/06/30/200606300025.asp
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GOVERNANCE
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Presentation: Cybersecurity & Spam after WSIS: How
MAAWG Can Help
A presentation entitled Cybersecurity & Spam after
WSIS: How MAAWG Can Help (PDF) was made by Robert
Shaw, Deputy Head, ITU Strategy and Policy Unit at the
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group meeting held 27-29
June 2006 in Brussels, Belgium.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Presentation+Cybersecurity++Spam+After+WSIS+How+MAAWG+Can+Help.aspx
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DOMAIN NAMES
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Governments to decide future of net - Major shift in
power in ICANN
ICANN Marrakech In an historic shift of power,
international governments will this week argue that
they should take the lead role in "public policy"
issues on the Net - effectively deciding the future
course of much of the internet.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/gac_icann_communique/
Highs, lows and sickos - The unspoken side of the
Morroccan meeting
ICANN Marrakech ICANN Marrakech is over, save the
board meeting. And this fact was - as it always is -
sufficient reason for everyone to head to the bar and
mull things over while consuming (un)healthy
quantities of booze.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/icann_blog_marrakech_friday/
Arguments and gunfire - It's dangerous in here
(ICANN@Marrakesh)
ICANN Marrakech It's difficult to know if there is
anything more frustrating than being unable to get on
the internet at an ICANN meeting, but then I'm certain
that the greengrocers of Georgia or undertakers of
Uxbridge have an anecdote or two to put that in
shadow.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/29/marakesh_day_two/
Bad music and full mouths - Muddling through in
Morocco
ICANN Marrakech: "Cause baby, I feel wonderful
tonight..." The man singing this is lying. He doesn't
feel wonderful at all. He feels like a musician who
has been reduced to playing old-favourites to a small
bunch of indifferent tourists, sat tapping away behind
two sythesisers, only one of which he ever plays, but
both of which are bathed in bright pink light. Welcome
to Marrakech.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/28/marrakech_blog_one/
New WHOIS Definition Survives Marrakech ICANN Meeting
by Milton Mueller
For now, it appears that the new, more technically
focused and privacy-friendly definition of the purpose
of Whois survived the Marrakech meeting. The U.S.
Government and the copyright and law enforcement
interests mounted a major onslaught against the
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) action,
using the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) as
their pressure point.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/whois_definition_survives_icann_meeting/
http://internetgovernance.org/news.html#newwhois_070106
.xxx probes US government interference
The company behind the unsuccessful .xxx bid has filed
a third freedom of information act (FOIA) request
against the US Department of Commerce in its ongoing
bid to discover what pressure was exerted by the US
government on internet organisation ICANN to turn the
top-level domain down.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/icm_registry_foia_three/
http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=25227
Tragic death sparks new internet foundation
A new foundation has been created to honour the memory
of internet pioneer Liz Dengate-Thrush who died last
week in a tragic traffic accident. The Liz Dengate
Thrush Internet Entrepreneurship Foundation was
announced in an emotional speech in Marrakech
yesterday at the tri-annual meeting of internet
overseeing organisation ICANN.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/dengate_thrush_foundation/
The Continued Transition of the Technical Coordination
and Management of the Internet Domain Name and
Addressing System - Notice of Inquiry, Notice of
Public Meeting
The United States Department of Commerce?s National
Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) seeks comment on the continuation of the
transition of the technical coordination and
management of the Internet domain name and addressing
system (Internet DNS) to the private sector. In June
1998, the Department issued a statement of policy on
the privatization of the Internet DNS, which among
other things articulated four primary functions for
global Internet DNS coordination and management, the
need to have these functions performed by the private
sector and four principles to guide the transition to
private sector management of the Internet DNS. On
June 30, 2005, NTIA released the U.S. Principles on
the Internet?s Domain Name and Addressing System
further elaborating on these issues. The Department
of Commerce seeks comment regarding the progress of
this transition and announces a public meeting to be
held on July 26, 2006, to discuss issues associated
with this transition.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2006/NOI_DNS_Transition_0506.htm
.eu status report
The total number of active domain names in .eu was
2,002,672 as of 2 July 2006. The highest number of
active domain names per country of registrant was in
Germany with 630,327, second was Great Britain with
373,591. For the latest figures see:
http://status.eurid.eu/
au: Budget boost to city spirit
COMMUNITY building will be a vital part of this year?s
Ipswich City Council budget, Mayor Paul Pisasale said
yesterday. The centrepieces of council?s strategy will
be the registration of the internet domain name
?australiafamilies.com.au? and the introduction of
subsidised neighbourhood barbecues. ?Families are the
building blocks of a successful city,? Cr Pisasale
said. ?The city doesn?t work unless its families work
together.? Councillors and the mayor will have
discretionary funds to subsidise get-togethers of
neighbours, interest groups or even whole suburbs to
promote interaction and community building.
http://qt.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3690420&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Korea-led agency pushes local domain system
A Korea-led nonprofit organization has set out to push
what is known as a native language domain service in a
bid to diversify the access standards for the Web,
which now predominately revolves around English.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/06/30/200606300025.asp
Lassie.com Domain Goes to TV Rights Owner
A U.N. agency has ruled that ownership of the
lassie.com domain name must be handed to New
York-based Classic Media Inc., the company that owns
rights to the popular TV series Lassie about an
adventurous collie.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Lassiecom-Domain-Goes-to-TV-Rights-Owner/2006/06/29/1151174297533.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2130698
http://www.startribune.com/789/story/521800.html
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=50948301-af66-44d1-ab16-f8defcf260f2&k=87367
http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_1959585,00.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LASSIE_DOMAIN
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/14923310.htm
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/14923310.htm
http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-lassie-domain,0,7274864.story
Fi-domain names become obsolete over coming months
Tens of thousands of fi-domain names become obsolete
during summer and autumn this year. According to
information released by the Finnish Communications
Regulatory Authority on Wednesday, the fi-domain names
have held temporary status for the past three years
since the Domain Name Act came into force in September
2003.
http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=12999
UK snapping up .eu domain names
The UK has the second highest uptake of the new .eu
domain name suffix in Europe, according to new
research.
http://www.bl4london.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewItem&intItemID=4837
10 millionth .DE domain name
Germany has registered its 10 millionth domain name,
making the .DE TLD the second largest in the world
following dotcom.
http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=10159&mhnews_page=1
ICANN letter to CIRA
The letter from Paul Twomey notes "It is acknowledged
that we can do better and we will continue to work on
the areas of concern identified by CIRA."
http://cira.ca/news-releases/twomey-to-cira-24jun2006.pdf
ICANN Set to Improve Africa's Participation
Africa's participation in ICANN meetings is set to
improve following a decision by the organizers to
provide scholarships.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010164.html
http://beckyit.blogspot.com/2006/06/icann-to-improve-africa-participation.html
ICANN Must Develop Policies to Include Africa in
Making Policies for Africas Users
Mohamed El Bashir Ahmed, Chairman of Sudan's Internet
Society (SIS), says "a lot of hard work still needs to
be done to democratize the internet". He was
addressing delegates who are attending ICANN 2006 for
the first time, ahead of the official opening of ICANN
2006 in Marrakech, Morocco.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010152.html
ICANN in Marrakesh [opinion]
ICANN 2006 conference kicked-off in Marrakesh, Morroco
on 26 Monday 2006. The conference was opened by the
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morcoco, Dr Driss
Jettou who commended ICANN for choosing Marrakesh as
the venue for this year's conference. Similar
conferences have taken place in Egypt, Ghana, South
Africa, and in December 2-8 2006
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010159.html
http://beckyit.blogspot.com/2006/06/icann-in-marakesh.html
The Spread of the Internet Does Not Pose Any Threat to
Civil Society [analysis]
As the Internet grows, its usage also grows
proportionately around the world. Its growth is due to
its capability to provide users with connections to
institutions and facilities that are based in overseas
destinations. As a result ICANN has plans to introduce
policies and structures to police the use of the
internet.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010160.html
Africa: Internet Community Still Going Strong
[analysis]
Afrinic is the regional registry for Africa whose aim
is to "provide professional and efficient distribution
of number resources to the African community, to
support internet technology usage across the continent
and strengthen self internet governance in Africa by
encouraging a participative policy development."
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010156.html
http://beckyit.blogspot.com/2006/06/afrinic-still-going-strong.html
mobi: Internet Made Mobile
The growing increase in the number of mobile devices
is encouraging more and more content providers to look
to mobile phones as distribution platforms for
Internet content. According to Alexa Raad, Vice
President for Marketing and Business Development at
dot.mobi or simply .mobi, mobile phones are the
appropriate means by which Internet content can be
distributed efficiently and at low costs to both
providers and consumers.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010157.html
ICANN Opening Ceremony
Internet stakeholders are meeting at the tourist city
of Marrakech, under ICANN to discuss the evolvement of
the internet.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010158.html
ICANN Opening Ceremony
Internet stakeholders are meeting at the tourist city
of Marrakech, under the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) to discuss the
evolvement of the internet. Moroccan Prime Minister
Driss Jettou graced the ceremony and gave his
government's testimony of how Information
Communication Technology ICTs can leverage
modernization and territorial administration.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200607010158.html
ICANN Announces Formalisation of Relationship with UK
ccTLD Manager
ICANN has today announced that it has signed an
exchange of letters with United Kingdom country code
Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) manager, Nominet. This
demonstrates a willingness to develop cooperation
between ICANN and Nominet, the registry responsible
for the United Kingdom ccTLD .uk. Nominet has become
the seventh registry to formalize their relationship
with ICANN in the past two months.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-30jun06.htm
http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_relationship_uk_cctld_manager/
us: Blogger shuts down Web site that mocked legislator
An irreverent local blogger has chosen to give up a
Web site making fun of state Rep. Bev Harbin after
Harbin threatened to take him to court under the
state's law against cybersquatting.
http://honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060630/NEWS02/606300376/
Presentation: What Rules for IP-enabled NGNs?
A presentation entitled What Rules for IP-enabled
NGNs? (PDF) was made by Robert Shaw, Deputy Head, ITU
Strategy and Policy Unit at a London Business School
Global Communications Consortium event entitled "Next
Generation Networks - Investment & Regulation" on 29
June 2006 in London, England.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Presentation+What+Rules+For+IPenabled+NGNs.aspx
Internet-Verwaltung kann Geld aus .com-Deal noch nicht
verplanen
Die verzögerte Zustimmung des US-Handelsministeriums
(DoC) zum umstrittenen Vertrag mit VeriSign über den
weiteren .com-Betrieb, der VeriSign Preiserhöhungen
und die automatische Verlängerung des
.com-Registrybetriebs zugesteht, könnte sich als
finanzielles Problem für die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN
erweisen. Das DoC hat immer noch die Oberaufsicht über
die Internet-Verwaltung und muss letztlich alle
Maßnahmen sowie Verträge, die ICANN abschließt,
genehmigen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74961
ICANN kündigt Konsultation zur Zukunft der privaten
Netzverwaltung an
Nach der Ankündigung einer Konsultation zur Zukunft
der privaten Netzverwaltung durch das
US-Handelsministerium (Department of Commerce, DoC)
hat nun auch die ICANN nachgezogen. ICANNs Präsident
Paul Twomey kündigte heute beim Treffen in Marrakesch
eine eigene Konsultation an, mit der das ICANN-Modell
weiter gestärkt werden soll.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74783
Debatte über Sperre der Who-is-Daten
Die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN sorgt derzeit mit dem
Vorhaben, den öffentlichen Zugriff auf die Einträge in
der Who-is-Datenbank zu beschränken, für Diskussionen.
Dagegen laufen weltweit Behörden Sturm, die auf die
Datensätze zurückgreifen, um kriminelle Handlungen
aufzudecken.
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/119222/
Alte und neue Begehrlichkeiten bei IANA
Einzelne Regierungen verfügen offenbar bereits heute
über "Sonderrechte" beim Update von DNS-Zonendaten
ihrer Länderdomains (country code Top Level Domain,
ccTLDs). Nach Informationen aus gut unterrichteten
Kreisen, die heise online am Rande des Treffens der
ICANN in Marrakesch erhalten hat, gibt es etwa für die
französische Regierung die Möglichkeit, Veränderungen
in der .fr- und weiteren ccTLD-Zonen abhängiger Länder
wie Reunion, Martinique oder Guadeloupe abzuzeichnen,
bevor das US-Handelsministerium seine Unterschrift
gibt.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74897
Ein datenschutzfreundliches Whois rückt in weite Ferne
Wer wissen will, wer sich hinter einer bestimmten
Domain verbirgt, muss auch in Zukunft nicht damit
rechnen, dass der Datenschutz seiner Neugier im Wege
steht. Auch weiter werden persönliche Daten von
Domaininhabern für die Whois-Datenbank gesammelt und
für bis zu drei Jahre nach Auslaufen des Vertrages mit
den Kunden aufbewahrt.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74881
NIC Chile firma acuerdo con ICANN
Con fecha 24 de junio de 2006 en la ciudad de
Marrakech, Marruecos, se firmó un "Accountability
Framework" (Acuerdo Marco de Responsabilidad) entre
NIC Chile e ICANN
http://www.diarioti.com/gate/n.php?id=11774
l'accès au Whois mène à un bras de fer entre l'Icann
et la FTC
Le Whois, fonctionnalité qui permet de connaître les
contacts techniques et administratifs d'un nom de
domaine, est l'objet de vives discussions en termes
d'accès entre l'Icann et la Federal Trade Commission
américaine (FTC).
http://benefice-net.branchez-vous.com/nouvelles/06-06/10-237304.html
Se publican propuestas de renovacion de acuerdos de
gTLDs
Primero los piden y luego los publican, de esta manera
los acuerdos de renovacion de los Registros del .org,
.info y .biz, han sido publicados en la pagina web del
ICANN.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1303
O Brasil e a neutralidade de rede
Marcada para a próxima semana, a votação da nova lei
de telecomunicações dos EUA continua sendo assunto de
grande importância. O projeto de lei, já aprovado pelo
equivalente à Câmara dos Deputados (House of
Representatives) sem uma emenda que garantia a
permanência do princípio de neutralidade de rede, tem
movimentado diversos ativistas e empresas. Porém, como
afirmou o professor da Universidade de Syracuse Milton
Mueller ao Oppi, o fato de os Estados Unidos
transformarem sua legislação não significa que o resto
do mundo seguirá o mesmo caminho. Para ele, é claro
que os EUA têm influência em outros países, mas a
forma como cada um regula sua legislação varia em cada
local.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1302
Goûter sans payer
Le domain tasting, enregistrer des noms pour les
relâcher très vite sans les payer, fait enfin l'objet
d'une discussion officielle au sein de l'ICANN.
Plusieurs solutions sont proposées, mais aucune
décision hâtive ne sera prise.
http://domaines.info/article.php?art_id=960
Il "capo" di Internet firma per altri tre anni
Paul Twomey, amministratore delegato di Icann, l'ente
alla base di Internet, ha annunciato che continuerà il
suo incarico per altri tre anni. L'uomo guida l'ente
che potremmo definire l'authority di fatto della rete.
http://www.macitynet.it/macprof/aA25000/index.shtml
M. Mrabet: ?L?IPv6 Task Force Maroc is born !?
Le groupe de recherche «L?IPv6 Task Force Maroc is
born !? » vient d?être créé par des professionnels
marocains. Son coordinateur, M. Radouane Mrabet,
professeur universitaire (Ensias) et membre d?Isoc
Maroc, nous explique les enjeux de l?IPv6 et la
mission de cette Task Force.
http://www.menara.ma/Infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=11547
Internet: l'accès au Whois mène à un bras de fer entre
l'Icann et la FTC
Le Whois, fonctionnalité qui permet de connaître les
contacts techniques et administratifs d'un nom de
domaine, est l'objet de vives discussions en termes
d'accès entre l'Icann et la Federal Trade Commission
américaine.
http://benefice-net.branchez-vous.com/nouvelles/06-06/10-237304.html
Débat autour de l'accès au WhoIs des sites Internet
Faut-il rendre plus difficile l'accès au Whois des
noms de domaine ? La question est âprement débattue à
Marrakech au Maroc, entre l'Icann et la Federal Trade
Commission américaine et les autres acteurs de ce
secteur. Le Whois est cette fonctionnalité qui permet
de connaître les contacts techniques, administratifs
et derrière le véritable propriétaire d'un nom de
domaine.
http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/29761-Debat-autour-de-lacces-au-WhoIs-des-sites-In.htm
Story in Russian on 10 million domains in .de
http://lenta.ru/news/2006/06/28/de/
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