Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne time on 6 March, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Internet Governance: Asia-Pacific Perspectives http://apdip.net/news/igovperspectives China adds top-level domain names http://english.people.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_246712.html VeriSign/ICANN Deal Worth Over $3 Billion? http://internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3588316 2006 Domain Name Survey http://domainnamewire.com/survey ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* Internet Governance: Asia-Pacific Perspectives This publication, with a foreword by Nitin Desai, provides an overview of the key debates on Internet governance. It presents the work of the Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance, an APDIP initiative that has collected perspectives from regional experts and end users. http://apdip.net/news/igovperspectives **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** China adds top-level domain names China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has made adjustment to China's Internet domain name system in accordance with Article 6 of China Internet Domain Names Regulations. After the adjustment, ".MIL" will be added under the top-level domain (TLD) name of "CN". http://english.people.com.cn/200602/28/eng20060228_246712.html http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060228.gtchina0228/BNStory/Technology/home http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/28/1610242 http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=7709&mhnews_page=1 China's New Domain Names: Lost in Translation This morning Rebecca MacKinnon got a bunch of alarmist messages from friends asking about this English-language People?s Daily article titled: China adds top-level domain names. http://www.circleid.com/posts/chinas_new_domain_names_lost_in_translation/ .cn domain name change threatens trade mark owners (reg req'd) China has issued a new domain name dispute resolution policy for .cn domains that it says will better balance the interests of trade mark owners and domain name registrants http://www.managingip.com/Default.asp?Page=9&PUBID=198&ISS=21345&SID=615727 http://computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=AD658057%2D8A2C%2D45AB%2D871B%2DA1CEC94EDA09 http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=37902&lastestnews=1 The Credible Threat by Michael Geist Michael Geist writes "If you have been following the debate over Internet governance over the past few years, you know that while ICANN supporters (U.S., Canadian, Australian governments; business lobby) and critics (developing world and occasionally Europe) argue over the optimal approach, particularly with respect to government involvement in the domain name system, the reality has been that possession is all. The U.S. government retains ultimate control over the system and thus the debate is somewhat academic. In assessing the outcome at WSIS last fall, I argued that: "the U.S. simply had a very strong hand and played it well. Changes to the governance structure ultimately requires U.S. agreement since possession is even more than the proverbial 9/10th of the law. The U.S. had loudly indicated that it was not prepared to make concessions. During the negotiations at the PrepCom it adopted a very hard line - even raising the prospect of pulling back on ccTLD sovereignty or turning over the Internet Governance Forum to a private sector group like ISOC. Without a credible threat (the threat being the creation of alternate root), the U.S. was able to maintain its position and ultimately force everyone else to deal."" http://mirrordot.org/stories/de83199b341886d0753140c37093a98e/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_credible_threat/ China's Ministry of Information Industry revamps Internet domain names system (news release) China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced Monday it will reform the country's Internet domain name system, which will be enforced from March 1, 2006. The revamp was launched in accordance with China's administrative measures on Internet domain name system. http://interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=10411&slug=INTERNET-POLICY-MII-DOMAIN%20NAME-DNS VeriSign/ICANN Deal Worth Over $3 Billion? Opponents of the proposed revised deal between ICANN and VeriSign for control of the dot com domain space have now put a price tag on the deal. And it isn't pretty. http://internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3588316 ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement Agreements ICANN is pleased to announce the appointment the London School of Economics Public Policy Group as the independent evaluator to conduct the GNSO Review. The LSE's worldwide reputation, strong research team and detailed knowledge of public policy and international governance will ensure that the GNSO Review is conducted comprehensively and efficiently. More information about the evaluator's work program including an online survey, face to face meetings and attendance at the upcoming Wellington meeting will be released shortly. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-28feb06.htm IDN Guidelines Update and Posting of Version 2.1 The ICANN Board resolution of 8 November 2005 endorsing the v.2.0 Guidelines "tasks the IDN working group to continue its important work and return to the board with specific IDN improvement recommendations before the ICANN Meeting in Morocco, currently scheduled for June 2006." Click here for an update on this work as well as for information about the version 2.1 of the IDN Guidelines. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-27feb06.htm A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement ICANN's Board voted to accept the latest settlement proposal by a vote of 9 to 5: "Today, ICANN's Board of Directors approved, by a majority vote, a set of agreements settling a long time dispute between ICANN and VeriSign, the registry operator for the .COM registry. These settlement documents include a new registry agreement relating to the operation of the .COM registry. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_board_approves_verisign_settlement/ Chinese Alternate Root as a New Beginning and Real Internet Governance I suppose not many have been listening to Paul Vixie or surfing from China, I have done both. The Chinese "alternate root" has been going on for a while. China is creating an alternate root, which it can control while using the Chinese language. I doubt I need to tell any of you about ICANN, VeriSign, Internet Governance, alternate roots or the history of these issues. Everyone else will. Unlike most of my colleagues, I hold a different opinion on the subject and have for some time. China launches an alternate root? It's about time they do, too! http://www.circleid.com/posts/chinese_alternate_root_as_a_new_beginning_and_real_internet_governance/ Halfway Between Marina del Rey and Brussels by Bret Fausett The Names Council of ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization gathered over the weekend, halfway between ICANN's offices in Marina del Rey and Brussels, for a rare face-to-face meeting in Washington, D.C. The subject was new gTLDs. Should we have any new gTLDs? Everyone says yes. Should ICANN continue to introduce new gTLDs as part of its regular operations? Everyone says yes. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/28/1783106.html Domain Name Industry Outlook is Positive; Survey Results DomainNameWire.com has released results from its 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The survey covers a number of topics important to the domain name industry and includes responses from 582 people in over 80 countries. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb352145.htm 2006 Domain Name Survey If you are involved in the domain name industry as a domain owner or service provider, you will be interested in the results from our 2006 Domain Survey. The survey received 582 responses from domain name owners, investors, and service providers. http://domainnamewire.com/survey us: ?Drop catchers? snatching up expired Web names Last month, Chicago real-estate agent Judy Orr discovered that a Web site she used to showcase area homes had gone offline. It turned out she had failed to pay the $ 9 annual renewal fee for her Web address, oak-lawnreal-estate. com. But getting her site back online wasn?t as easy as she had hoped: Another company had snapped up the domain name and wanted nearly $ 2, 500 to return it to her. http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/147164/ What are these new domain names? Q. I've been seeing Web addresses ending in ".aero," ".museum" and other unfamiliar monikers. What are they all about and how do I get such a name? http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/financial_markets/13982813.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2006 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Messenger - Make free PC-to-PC calls to your friends overseas. http://au.messenger.yahoo.comReceived on Sun Mar 05 2006 - 11:04:27 UTC
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