Domain Name News Weird escort/temp service 'cybersquats' UK estate agents (Register) Here's a blast from the past: a cybersquatter is leveraging off the names of other companies to generate online traffic for its own service. At least that's what we think temptations§work is trying to do. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24070.html Domain Decline (Mercury News) The market value has slipped for many simple-to-remember Web site names once worth millions of dollars. Here are some: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/2669394.htm From BNA Internet Law News U.S. Government Agency Says Dot-US Procurement Unlawful The Small Business Administration's independent Office of Advocacy has written a letter to NTIA chief Nancy Victory challenging the legality of the recent dot-us procurement. The SBA argues that both the sunrise and UDRP provisions amount to legislative rulemaking that will affect the legal rights of millions of small businesses and individuals. It claims that since the NTIA did not submit these rules for notice and comment as required by the Administrative Procedure Act nor conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the contract for managing the dot-us domain is unlawful. Letter at http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/comments/doc02_0205.html Coverage at http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=546 From BNA Internet Law News ICANN Clarifies Ghana Meeting Webcasting Plans Yesterday ILN reported that ICANN would not be using the Berkman Center to webcast the upcoming meeting in Ghana. ICANN has responded by noting that it will broadcast the event, though it may only broadcast audio, rather than both audio and video as has been the custom at past events. The organization attributes the change to cost and technology issues. See http://www.alfa-redi.com/noticia/ for the web version of the news, along with an archive. http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings - Send your Valentines love online.Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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