domain names, WSIS & governance news - May 19

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Cancer announcement takes kylie.com down
The effects of the announcement that Kylie Minogue has
breast cancer has knocked her personal site off the
Web

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/ecommerce/0,39020372,39198920,00.htm

nz: Domain name dispute process to be implemented
At its meeting on 16 May, the .nz Oversight Committee
of InternetNZ unanimously decided to implement a
dispute resolution process for .nz domain names.
 http://dnc.org.nz/story/30205.html

nz: Departing boss sees net future in convergence
The internet exists in its present form because
thousands of people round the world fight to keep it -
in the words of InternetNZ chief executive Peter
Macaulay - "open and uncapturable".

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3D5&ObjectID=3D10125835

au: Domain name release sure to cause runcture: Suburb
and location names up for grabs in Australia   By
David Hague (May 16,2005)
In a move guaranteed to cause huge interest and
debate, domain names like bondibeach.com.au,
portdouglas.com.au, margaretriver.com.au, or
broome.com.au are just some of the tens of thousands
of geographic domain names that may be available soon,
allocated by auDA, the industry regulator of .au
domain names. Applicants will be awarded by using a
system of individual ballots.

http://oceania.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=3D32477

http://www.builderau.com.au/program/work/0,39024650,39188084,00.htm

http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/zdnet/20050514/09/tech/0,2000061791=
,39191671,00.inp

ICANN Posts Proposed FY 2005-06 Budget
In accordance with Article XVI, Section 4 of the ICANN
Bylaws, ICANN today posted its Proposed Budget for
fiscal year 2005-06. The budget will be submitted to
the ICANN Board for approval in Luxembourg on 15 July
2005 after additional review by the Budget Advisory
Group and Finance Committee, constituency reviews,
public comment, and possible amendment. Comment can be
made to budget-comments-lcZ7/[email protected] The archive of
comments is available at
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/budget-comments/>.

http://icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-17may05.html

uk: Glastonbury Fest Wins Domain-Name Dispute
Organizers of Britain's annual Glastonbury Festival
have won a Web site domain name infringement case at
the World Intellectual Property Organization.

http://www.vnuemedia.com/bb/login/login_subscribe.jsp?id=3Dzf1eaW8N0UQ6%2=
FI7ScH8pMBa0vvBdIda7gqEajH%2FGycvYurLHGiElVKfMCKLSDvhMQYS4oTv5FdqTncwRkLr=
oHaFftYJBpPT7jwY6KH8vjzYvjVSV2x%2BgdwQocEV7Os0Ftlb0BSuGO%2Byfq8kQLrwtBu%2=
FKf3Jc0DXyLnO8pSy3dfKtUiVSMndEzbBbrRbRYFz4%2BR1b42oOuBx61yHsj%2FUxcwqT8D7=
EwyVe2MMUevgC0rmsy44QbAXRgXP8AqYKESZYSse7qjjG7cNDqzbxkOWiq9OZjnVKQ%2B7ZUk=
InRxFc%2BgA%3D

ICANN Call for Submissions of Interest for Leadership
ICANN's Nomination Committee has begun their process
to nominate more members to various boards, councils
and committees of ICANN. This is the process by which
I was elected to the board last year. Contrary to what
some people may think, these positions should not be
taken to try to gain some privilege or power.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/1084_0_1_0_C

What's in a domain name? Losing control of Web address
can be disaster
Pssst. Hey buddy. Want to save your business for just
$6 a year? Then, in the immortal words of Jerry
Seinfeld, become "master of your domain." For the
uninitiated, a domain name is the name of a Web site,
or the part of an e-mail address that comes after the
almighty @ sign. It's the part of the Web address (or
URL) that comes after the http://www. part.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20050517/BIZ02/5051=
70344/1076

us: Major Domain Names In Bankruptcy Sale
The Bankruptcy Estate of Rockin Times Holding, Inc.
currently in Chapter 7, is disposing of over 160
Domain Names in several Categories.
http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=3D12130

au: Instra Corporation Becomes An Accredited Enum
Registrar
Last week, Instra Corporation, the leading
international Domain Registrar, was accredited by
AusRegistry to provide ENUM registration services.
ENUM, or Electronic Number Mapping, will be key to the
operation of the Internet Telephone service.
 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050517/16/3skfy.html

Ny toppdom=E4n g=F6r det l=E4ttare s=F6ka jobb
En ny jobb-dom=E4n har sett dagens ljus. Detta efter att
internetorganisationen Icann har godk=E4nt den nya
jobbdom=E4nen .jobs. Tanken =E4r att den ska g=F6ra det
enklare f=F6r arbetsgivare att hitta personal.

http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages/200505/18/20050518111142_CS/20050518111142=
_CS.dbp.asp

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tn: Little room for taking Tunisian government to task
The plight of Tunisian attorney Mohamed Abbou has been
in the spotlight for several weeks now, with United
States State Department spokesperson Richard Boucher
being quoted earlier this month as saying Washington
is =93very concerned=94 about Abbou=92s imprisonment.

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=3D238629&area=3D/insight/i=
nsight__africa
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the latest domain news. By close of business 23 May
Australian time, a more recent edition of the news
will normally be posted to the auDA web site. The
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