The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), scheduled to begin in Geneva on December 10, is shaping up to be the backdrop for an escalating dispute focused on Internet governance. Think Web’s virtually government free? Think again Governments and Country-Code Top Level Domains: A Global Survey Continue Reading
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Two New Reports Survey Registrar Services and Market Share
From Ben Edelman, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School: Survey of Domain Registration Services – “Numerous competitive registrars offer diverse domain registration services to individuals, companies, and organizations. This site attempts to index and analyze their service offerings, facilitating analysis by other researchers and in preparation for additional analysis by the author.”… Continue Reading
Who Controls Gov’t and Educational Data on the Web
Who Runs the .GOV and .EDU Domains? Continue Reading
Growing Number of Organizations Press for WHOIS Database Privacy
CircleID reports that a letter to ICANN, seeking increased privacy for the wealth of personal data available in the WHOIS database, has been signed by a coalition of 50 organizations, including the American Library Association (ALA). The ICANN Meeting is currently underway in Carthage, Tunisia through October 31, and a link to the agenda is… Continue Reading
VeriSign Announces Sale of Network Solutions and Possible Re-Launch of Site Finder
From VeriSign’s press release: “VeriSign, Inc, the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the Network Solutions business unit to Pivotal Private Equity. Under the terms of the agreement, VeriSign will receive approximately $100 million…” The company will retain its… Continue Reading
VeriSign Challenges ICANN Over Site Finder Closure
From dc.internet.com: “VeriSign says it will hold the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) “fully accountable” for its actions in forcing the .com and .net registrar to close its controversial Site Finder service. Editorial statement by VeriSign Senior VP Mark McLaughlin on the benefits of innovative e-commerce services. See also VeriSign Complies with… Continue Reading
Research on Blocking of Site Finder Service
Technical Responses to Unilateral Internet Authority: The Deployment of VeriSign “Site Finder” and ISP Response. Continue Reading
VeriSign Complies with ICANN Demand to Close Site Finder
VeriSign’s introduction of its Site Finder service on September 15 ignited a firestorm of controversy. Today ICANN President and CEO Paul Twomey sent a letter to VeriSign’s Executive VP Russell Lewis stating: “VeriSign must suspend the changes to the .com and .net top-level domains introduced on 15 September 2003 by 6:00 PM PDT on 4… Continue Reading
Network Solutions Settles With FTC On Deceptive Marketing Charges
False Solicitations Allegedly Duped Consumers to Transfer Domain Name: FTC v. Network Solutions, Inc., doing business as VeriSign Registrar (Civil Action No.: 03 1907), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction. Continue Reading
VeriSign’s Controversial Site Finder Service
The Controversy Over New Web Typo Site continues as ICANN issued an Advisory Concerning VeriSign’s Deployment of DNS Wildcard Service, requesting that pending the organization’s review and publication of a report, VeriSign suspend this service. In addition to ICANN’s action, last Friday Popular Enterprises, parent of search engine Nester.com, filed an unfair trade practices lawsuit… Continue Reading
New Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Guide Online
From the The Berkman Center for Internet & Society: “UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) Opinion Guide summarizes opinions of the UDRP panelists on various issues. In addition to questions about procedures, the Guide looks at elements necessary to establish trademark rights, what activities constitute “bad faith” and the nature of legltimate interests. The… Continue Reading
CDT Wants Privacy Protections for WhoIs Database
The Center for Democracy and Technology sent a letter on September 4 to Reps. Adam Smith and Howard Berman, House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, urging the implementation of privacy protections for personal information entered in the WhoIs domain name database. See also my posting from September 4 on the Hearing on… Continue Reading
