Check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news
for the latest domain news. Within 24 hours of this
news being posted, a more recent edition of the news
will normally be posted to the auDA web site. The
domain name news is supported by auDA.

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uk: Nominet recognized for ADR (reg req'd)
Dot-uk domain names registry Nominet has won an award
for excellence in mediation.

http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=14334&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=United%20Kingdom&Type=News&LS=EMS24023

za: Porn Purveyor Hijacks Newspaper Domain
South Africa's newest daily newspaper, ThisDay, is in
the midst of a domain name battle with a UK resident
who is using it to offer escort services.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200406110160.html

nl: Verdonk battles against protest website
Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk is fighting a group
of Amsterdam law students who have set up a website
protesting against her asylum seeker deportation
policy. The website is called ritaverdonk.nl. The
Liberal VVD minister has demanded the owner of the
domain relinquish rights to the web address, claiming
that it can cause confusion and mislead the public.
The minister also said the use of her name violated
her personal privacy.

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=8442

ICANN's Crisis of Legitimacy
VeriSign and ICANN recently began a court battle that
could have a significant effect on the future of the
Internet. VeriSign is suing ICANN (news - web sites),
the quasi-private group that oversees the Internet,
for breach of contract and antitrust violations that
stem from several incidents, including ICANN's
decision to shut down VeriSign's SiteFinder service
last fall.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20040614/tc_zd/129087

IANA Report on Redelegation of the .ng Top-Level
Domain
IANA, as part of the administrative functions
associated with management of the domain-name system
root, is responsible for receiving requests for
delegation and redelegation of top-level domains,
investigating the circumstances pertinent to those
requests, and reporting on the requests. This report
gives the findings and conclusions of the IANA on its
investigation of various requests for redelegation of
the .ng (Nigeria) ccTLD.
 http://www.iana.org/reports/ng-report-10jun04.htm

Updated Procedure for Becoming a New RIPE NCC LIR
Effective Tuesday 8 June 2004, the procedure for
becoming a new RIPE NCC LIR will be updated.

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/new-mem/new-form-20040608.html

RIPE: Membership Growth Survey
During the first part of 2004, the RIPE NCC carried
out a survey of members asking those taking part to
predict how many Local Internet Registries (LIRs) they
expect there to be in their home country over the next
two years.

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/mem-services/growth-survey/index.html

RIPE NCC Regional Meeting
The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the RIPE NCC
Regional Meeting, Nairobi, 2004. The meeting will take
place from 28 - 30 July 2004.

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/nairobi-2004/index.html

au: Domain names - look at your options: NetRegistry
Australian businesses have been urged to 'shop around'
when re-registering their domain names this year.

http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=12&Art_ID=20046

us: Loving Laser says rival's mimicking Web site
confuses clients
A local hair removal company, Loving Laser Center, is
disturbed by a competitor's use of an Internet domain
that mimics its name.

http://www.courierjournal.com/business/news2004/06/15/F1-laser15-5729.html

Domain-name game heats up
When David Reich and his partners started a
human-resources consulting firm six months ago, there
was no doubt they'd get their name registered and a
Web site up on the Internet. And so Scottsdale-based
ClarityHR snagged www. clarityHR.com, and just to fend
off competitors and make sure traffic gets to its
site, the company registered www.clarityHR.org and
www.clarityHR.net for good measure.

http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0615domains15.html

us: Web Site Pushes .xxx Top-level Domain
Child protection advocate Mary Conyers' Web site
Protecteverychild.org (protecteverychild.org) is
pushing the movement to create a separate .xxx domain
for Web sites that feature adult content.
Protecteverychild.org, with members in 39 US states as
well as in Puerto Rico, Zambia, Israel, China, Canada,
and Australia, has received grassroots support from a
number of child advocacy groups as well as the US
Internet Crime Task Force. Adult entertainment giant
Vivid Video has also endorsed the idea.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/web061104.cfm

us: Domain-name game heats up
When David Reich and his partners started a
human-resources consulting firm six months ago, there
was no doubt they'd get their name registered and a
Web site up on the Internet. And so Scottsdale-based
ClarityHR snagged www. clarityHR.com, and just to fend
off competitors and make sure traffic gets to its
site, the company registered www.clarityHR.org and
www.clarityHR.net for good measure.

http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0615domains15.html

Improve Your Ranking at Google by Aero-Domains (news
release)
ICANN accredited Registrar Secura announces today,
that the company will support registrants of
aero-domains at getting better rankings in search
engines by aero-domains.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prwebxml133620.php

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040611/234/76d0c.html

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Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA
Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)".

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(c) David Goldstein 2004


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