domain name, WSIS & governance news - 21 July

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ICANN Concludes 23rd International Meeting with Action
on Domain Name Security and Global Addressing Policy
Over 900 delegates from 55 countries gathered in
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, to participate in ICANN's
23rd International Public Meeting. These meetings
constitute an essential part of ICANN's global
Internet Community consensus-development and outreach
efforts. ICANN conducted a series of important
workshops on Internationalised Domain Name (IDN)
implementation, the World Summit on Information
Society (WSIS), and New TLDs.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-18jul05.htm

ICANN Outreach for Africa Will Benefit All
ICANN should budget for outreach and training
activities in Africa in order to bridge the digital
and information divide, said Mouhammet Diop, Africa's
representative on the ICANN board.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200507190714.html

China taps US firm for DNS protection
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC),
the state network information center of China, has
tapped NFR Security to secure the supporting network
infrastructure for the country's its domain name
services offering.

http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=3D171=
208

$1 domains for the developing world
The developing world could soon see .org domain names
for just $1 under a new scheme by non-for-profit
registry PIR.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/18/one_dollar_domains

Non-English Domain Names Likely Delayed
Officially, the Internet's Domain Name System supports
only 37 characters -- the letters of the Latin
alphabet, 10 numerals and a hyphen. But in recent
years, engineers have been working on ways to trick
the system into understanding other languages, such as
Arabic, Chinese and Japanese.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Rr0pkgJ0MK39nT/Non-English-Domain-Name=
s-Likely-Delayed.xhtml

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/nonenglish-domain-names-to-be-delayed/200=
5/07/16/1121449683526.html

Guide helps firms avoid domain name problems
Internet domain name management body Icann has issued
advice to help firms avoid problems caused by lost or
maliciously registered domain names.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=3D12529
 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1837684,00.asp

The .travel Registry and WTO agree on priority right
The .travel Registry, in cooperation with the World
Tourism Organization, has affirmed a priority right to
the nations of the world to register their respective
country, cities, and place names in the .travel
Registry.

http://europetravelnews.com/2005_07/214_the-travel-registry-and-wto-agree=
-on-priority-right

Go Daddy "reload" its reseller program
GoDaddy logoGoDaddy.com has announced the launch of
new and improved reseller plans for Wild West Domains,
its reseller program.

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=3D306&mhnews_newsid=3D5852

Go-ahead for .mobi TLD
A designated top-level domain (TLD) for mobile
internet services came a step closer last week, after
ICANN signed an agreement to launch .mobi.

http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=3D9&PubID=3D198&SID=3D525530&I=
SS=3D17456&LS=3DEMS47649

Brasil pode perder registro de atra=E7=F5es tur=EDsticas na
net
Brasil ter=E1 de registrar cerca de 89 mil sites at=E9 o
fim do m=EAs. Isso porque a Icann, empresa nos Estados
Unidos que controla a internet, estabeleceu, na semana
passada, um novo nome gen=E9rico de dom=EDnio, o
".travel". A denomina=E7=E3o ser=E1 usada por sites
relacionados =E0 promo=E7=E3o do turismo e dever=E1 ser alvo
de interesse de ag=EAncias de viagem, hot=E9is,
escrit=F3rios de turismo e mesmo governos que queiram
promover regi=F5es, locais ou culturas de seus pa=EDses no
exterior.

http://noticias.correioweb.com.br/materias.php?id=3D2645630&sub=3DBrasil

http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/materias/brasil/2051501-2052000/2051974/20=
51974_1.xml

http://advillage.uol.com.br/adCmsDocumentoShow.aspx?documento=3D13410&Are=
a=3D727
 http://www.noolhar.com/tecnologia/495093.html

http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/materias/mundovirtual/2051001-2051500/2051=
148/2051148_1.xml

.NET (Internet) Verisigne garde le .NET
L'Icann a officiellement mis fin au processus de
s=E9lection du prochain registre du .NET. Sans surprise,
Verisign va continuer =E0 g=E9rer l'extension.
 http://domaines.info/vie_extensions.php?vde_id=3D679

Europa crea su propio dominio en Internet
Los dominio .com y .net, mayoritario en la Red son
gestionado por la firma Verisign y suponen un negocio
anual de m=E1s de $1.200 millones

http://www.zonai.com/noticia_mainm.asp?ZONAI:76795&pos=3Db&title=3DVIDA+D=
IGITAL&catid=3D74

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WSIS & GOVERNANCE
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European lawmakers mull Net policies
Seven members of the European Parliament traveled to
Washington, D.C., this week to mull over policies
related to the Internet and the international digital
economy. Topics of discussion ranged from intellectual
property rights, spyware and spam to Internet
governance and telecom industry regulations.

http://news.com.com/European+lawmakers+mull+Net+policies/2110-1028_3-5795=
350.html

eu: Reding targets closer EU-US cooperation for
improved Internet governance
Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane
Reding has used a speech to the European Institute in
Washington to call for closer cooperation between the
EU and US to achieve an open and efficient approach to
Internet governance.

http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=3DNHP_DE_NEWS&ACTION=3DD&SE=
SSION=3D&RCN=3DEN_RCN_ID:24158&TBL=3DEN_NEWS

http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=3DNHP_DE_NEWS&ACTION=3DD&SE=
SSION=3D&RCN=3DEN_RCN_ID:24158&TBL=3DDE_NEWS
(German)

ICANN prez delivers internet vision
In his most revealing interview since taking charge of
internet overseeing organisation ICANN in March 2003,
president Paul Twomey has accused governments looking
to subsume ICANN into a UN body as "living in a
political fantasy land", while at the same time being
thankful that the internet community doesn't have
tanks.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/18/twomey_interview

Independent Group Submits Report on Internet
Governance (news release)
An independent working group has released a report on
Internet governance proposing to improve Internet
governance arrangements and setting priorities for
future action.

http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Jul/19-835851.html

Whose Internet?
They say you can't have it both ways, but what about
four ways? That's how many options a United Nations
group came up with for how the Internet should be run.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/19/AR2005071=
900605.html

Diplomat hails progress on internet governance
Markus Kummer, a Swiss diplomat chairing international
talks on who should oversee the internet, says he is
satisfied with progress in finding a solution.

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=3D511&sid=3D5952866&=
cKey=3D1121802100000

UN at odds over internet's future
A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be
run has failed to reach a decision.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
 http://out-law.com/page-5927

Icann Reloaded
Es geht um nichts geringeres als die alleinige Macht
im World Wide Web. Wer bei Icann, der Weltregierung
des Internets, die F=E4den in der Hand h=E4lt, hat das
Sagen im Web. Bisher wurde die Netzverwaltung
=FCberwiegend von den USA dominiert. Das will die Uno
jetzt =E4ndern.

http://www.manager-magazin.de/it/artikel/0,2828,365776,00.html

Ein Update f=FCr ICANN?
Wer hat in Zukunft das Sagen im Netz? Wer darf neue
Adressen vergeben, wacht =FCber Datenschutz und
Meinungsfreiheit? Eine hochkar=E4tige Arbeitsgruppe der
Uno schl=E4gt vor, daf=FCr ein internationales Forum f=FCr
Netzpolitik zu gr=FCnden. Woher das Geld daf=FCr kommen
soll, steht in den Sternen.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,365608,00.html

USA und UN streiten um die Internet-Macht
Zwischen den Vereinten Nationen und den USA gibt es
Streit dar=FCber, wie das Internet in Zukunft verwaltet
werden soll. Derzeit haben die Vereinigten Staaten die
Hoheit =FCber die Internet Corporation of Assigned Names
und Numbers (ICANN) sowie =FCber die 13 Root-Server, die
f=FCr die =DCbersetzung von Internet-Adressen in die so
genannten IP-Adressen verantwortlich sind.

http://www.n24.de/wirtschaft/multimedia/?n2005071915121500002

Az ENSZ az internet j=F6voj=E9rol vit=E1zik Kedvencekhez ad
A szakemberek t=F6bbek k=F6z=F6tt azokra a k=E9rd=E9sekre
keresik a v=E1laszt, hogy a j=F6voben ki ir=E1ny=EDtja majd az
internetet, vagy hogy ki fog d=F6nteni az =FAj
domaintartom=E1nyokr=F3l =E9s ki fog =FCgyelni az
adatv=E9delemre, valamint a v=E9lem=E9ny- =E9s
sz=F3l=E1sszabads=E1gra.
 http://www.fn.hu/index.php?id=3D8&cid=3D102329

ONU prop=F5e controle internacional da web
A divis=E3o das Na=E7=F5es Unidas direcionada
especificamente =E0 internet, WGIG, apresentou nesta
segunda-feira (18/07) um relat=F3rio propondo uma maior
internacionaliza=E7=E3o da gest=E3o da internet.

http://idgnow.uol.com.br/AdPortalv5/InternetInterna.aspx?GUID=3D18966A02-=
4750-41EA-AA44-B611EC3A633F

http://www.libertaddigital.com/noticias/noticia_1276256627.html

http://info.abril.com.br/aberto/infonews/072005/19072005-0.shl

http://www.hispamp3.com/noticias/noticia.php?noticia=3D20050719180245

http://www.menara.ma/Infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=3D10595&lmodule=
=3DTechnologie
 http://www.faq-mac.com/mt/archives/013239.php

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