• If you can't do the time, don't register the domain
  In a little noticed outcome with potentially far-reaching implications for the domain name system, the US House of Representatives has voted to provide criminal sanctions for the use of misleading domain names on the Internet
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• MelbIT admits domain breach
  AUSTRALIA'S biggest and oldest domain name registrar, Melbourne IT, has been rapped over the knuckles for breaching industry agreements which it helped to draft
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• GSA Might Charge for .gov Domain
  The General Services Administration (GSA), which administers the .gov domain, issued a rule Friday that it reserves the right to "charge for domain names in order to recover costs of operations." The government currently does not charge a fee for a .gov domain, which is used by federal, state and native sovereign nations to promote government services
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03/28/2003

• EURid Set to Manage .eu Internet Domain
  Non-profit consortium EURid of Italy, Belgium and Sweden is set to administer the planned .eu domain, a new Internet address aimed at giving companies a pan-European Union presence, EU officials said on Friday
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• GSA releases rules for .gov domain
  The General Services Administration released a final rule March 28 that lays out a new policy for registering .gov domain names
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03/27/2003

• Wipo ruling could wipe out domain names
  World Intellectual Property Organisation under fire over proposed changes to Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
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• Foreign language domain names near
  Internet domain names in languages other than English should be available within the next few weeks or months, the chairman of the Internet's key oversight body said Wednesday
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• Al-Jazeera Domain Name Hijacked
  The bad news continued on Thursday for Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera. A hacker hijacked the network's domain, www.aljazeera.net, pointing visitors to another site that displayed a pro-war message
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03/26/2003

• "Finders keepers" claim wins domain dispute
  In a case similar to that of the recent Nominet decision Zara Holdings Limited -v- Commerce Internet Limited (see: Re-registered domains not "abusive registrations") UK-based Vernons Pools have lost a dispute after a domain they failed to renew was consequently re-registered and used to offer free email services
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• Nominet holds off on domain reservation plans
  UK register Nominet is to hold off implementing a wait listing service - a system that would allow people to reserve domains put back up for sale - for six months
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• Use misleading domain name, go to jail?
  The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposal that would criminalize using misleading domain names to lure unsuspecting people to sex sites
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03/24/2003

• Is this the end of the domain transfer nightmare?
  An end to the frustrating, illogical and frequently abused system of transferring domain names between registrars may finally arrive this week at the ICANN meeting in Rio de Janeiro
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03/21/2003

• The Finnish Act on Domain Names enters into force on September 1
  Ficora, the Finnish telecoms regulator, reports that the Finnish Act on Domain Names will enter into force on September 1, 2003. The Act offers improvement in the availability of Finnish domain names under the .fi root and the applicants will have greater freedom of choice
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03/20/2003

• Brussels awards .eu domain to Brussels-based consortium
  The European Commission has awarded management of the new .eu top-level Internet domain to Brussels-based consortium EURid, bringing the seemingly endless quest for a dedicated European domain one step closer to reality
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• Domain scam: Melbourne IT says fake site shut down
  The site used to try and con Melbourne IT customers into revealing their domain details was taken down last night, Australian time, the media consultant to the domain name seller said today
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03/19/2003

• Airports encouraged to 'land' a .aero domain
  The .aero domain name, quietly introduced for the aviation community in 2001 along with the much better known names .biz and .info is beginning to gain momentum within its community of interest
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• Domain name transfer to get easier
  Transferring your domain name between registrars should become a whole lot easier following next week's Icann conference in Rio De Janeiro
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03/18/2003

• Federated Farmers in battle for domain name
  A legal battle for control of the www.federatedfarmers.com web address is heating up and will likely see the holder of the domain accused of "passing off" - trading on the name and goodwill of another organisation for commercial benefit
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• Afghanistan: Kabul Takes Full Control Of Internet Domain Name
  War-battered Afghanistan took a step towards rejoining the modern world last week when the country formally took control of its own internet domain, .af, the United Nations said
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• Domain renewal scam targets Melbourne IT
  Melbourne IT is in the news again. Customers who have registered domains with the company are receiving fake emails asking them to renew domains which still have a long time to go before renewal
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• City of Madrid loses domain name challenge
  Spain's capital Madrid has lost a challenge under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Policy (UDRP) over the domain name madrid.com
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• ICANN proposal would halve country code domain fees
  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may temporarily halve the fees paid by country code top-level domain registries to encourage them to enter agreements with it
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03/17/2003

• Singapore Halts Internet Domain Trademark Application
  Singapore's internet registry, the Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) has withdrawn its request to trademark the .sg suffix, according to reports in the international media
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• Chinese domain names - the best thing EVER to happen to business?
  This Sunday the UK e-tail sector was presented with one of the best ever opportunities to grow their businesses. They were given the chance to start registering dot-cn domain names - the country specific suffix for China
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• Lawscot domain dispute gets to court
  The ongoing legal battle over domain lawscot.co.uk between the Law Society of Scotland and Glasgow resident Tommy Butler finally ended up in court at the start of the month - and promptly came back out again
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• China's Web domain opens to outside sites
  You can now register a Web site that belongs to .cn, the top-level domain of China
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03/11/2003

• Would-be Internet domain chief demands Privacy™
  The man named on Friday as the leading candidate for the vacant ICANN hotseat, has an interesting personal perspective on domain names that is likely to raise serious questions about his suitability for the job
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03/10/2003

• Afganistan Gets Domain Name
  Afghanistan has entered the Internet era with the launch of its own .af domain, and two Websites. The Internet was banned in the region under Taliban rule, except for Government use. Unauthorised access resulted in the death penalty
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03/07/2003

• Japan to operate new international domain standard
  Japan Registry Service (JPRS), the company responsible for the management and administration of the .jp top-level domain and operation of the Japanese domain name system, has announced that its domain name registration and management services will support the new standard for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) from March 20
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03/03/2003

• False domain registrations cause alarm
  UK registry Nominet has warned firms not to pay unexpected invoices for Web registrations
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