Internet Governance
New Domain Name Owner
By CHRIS GAITHER
( November 27 )
When the governing panel of the Internet's naming system decided this month to add new suffixes, it ended discussion and argument over how to relieve the pressure on the crowded .com domain.
7 Domains to Compete With .Com
By CHRIS GAITHER
( November 17 )
The board that oversees the Internet's address system decided on seven domains to compete with the popular .com.
Agency to Vote on Web Domain Names
By CHRIS GAITHER
( November 16 )
With the number of desirable Web addresses growing scarce, the board that administers Internet names prepared to issue the first viable competitor to the .com suffix in more than a decade.
ICANN Holds Public Election
By SUSAN STELLIN
( October 12 )
The first public election to select five members to the international board that administers the Internet domain-name system demonstrated distinct similarities to the issues that plague many national political elections.
Celebrities Take Back Web Site Addresses From Squatters
By REUTERS
( October 12 )
French actress Isabelle Adjani and Grammy Award winner Sade have won the right to their domain names after independent arbitrators ruled in their favour in cybersquatting cases, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday.
Enlisting Congress on Technology
By AMY HARMON
( October 2 )
The continued contretemps over entertainment copyrights in the digital era raise a question: Rather than trying to ajudicate disputes case by case in court, why not simply update the law?
NEW ECONOMY
Trademarks Winning Domain Fights
By LAURIE J. FLYNN
( September 4 )
In the continuing battles between the owners of trademarks and individuals with Internet domain addresses identical to them or nearly so, the trademark owners appear to be way ahead.
Domain Name Industry Rises
By SABRA CHARTRAND
( August 22 )
The best addresses for Web sites have all been claimed, leading to a rising secondary market in domain names.
Fund Managers Name Dispute
By DANNY HAKIM
( August 7 )
Thomas F. Marsico was a star money manager at Janus Capital before he left to form his own company. But his name, it seems, has found its way back to his old employer. Or at least his domain name.
ICANN Accepting Domain Proposals
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
( August 5 )
The Internet's oversight body will begin accepting proposals next month to expand the pool of addresses used to find Web sites.
Icann Votes to Add More Domain Names
By BLOOMBERG NEWS
( July 17 )
Regulators who manage addresses on the Internet voted Sunday to increase the number of suffixes at the end of every e-mail address and Web page. In August, they will begin accepting applications for the establishment of new domains.
Web Regulators Mull New Addresses
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
( July 13 )
In an effort to lessen the crowding in the .com Internet domain, conferees in Japan this week are about to vote on a plan to give the Internet its first new set of addresses since the 1980s.
Groups Begin Campaign for Internet Board Election
By JERI CLAUSING
( June 29 )
Hoping to raise public awareness and participation in an international election to help administer the Internet, public interest groups launched a voter registration and education campaign to recruit what it called "Cyber Citizens."
Internet's Domain Administrator Is Sued
By JERI CLAUSING
( June 26 )
The Internet's administrative body, already low on cash and facing heavy criticism from international groups, has been served with what is believed to be its first lawsuit challenging its work. The suit was filed by Afternic, a New York company denied
entrance to the lucrative business of registering Internet addresses, or domain names.
International Net Governance Dispute
By JERI CLAUSING
( June 7 )
In the latest setback for the Internet's new private management authority, the operators of 30 so-called country-code domains in Europe voted to ignore the nearly $1 million in bills they have been sent.
CYBER LAW JOURNAL
Trademark Holders Dominate Process
By JERI CLAUSING
( May 19 )
Several cases are raising questions about whether a dispute resolution system established by the Internet's oversight board is working properly.
Palestinians Given Own Domain
By JERI CLAUSING
( March 22 )
After years of lobbying for its own piece of cyber real estate, Palestine was granted official status on the Internet with the designation of its own two-letter addressing suffix, or top-level domain.
Internet Board Agrees to Overhaul Election Plan
By JERI CLAUSING
( March 11 )
One day after a sometimes heated and tense public forum, the international organization that administers the Internet on Friday bowed to demands that it overhaul an unpopular plan for electing new board members who will represent the world's individual
computer users.
NEWS ANALYSIS
More Growing Pains for Icann
By JERI CLAUSING
( March 13 )
Months of frustration exploded into a tense showdown between the appointees who have been trying to invent a democratic charter for the Internet's first administrative body and the people they were supposed to represent.
Opposition Over Icann Voting Plan
By JERI CLAUSING
( March 10 )
An election that would select half of the international board that administers the Internet faced a serious challenge when a united front of groups representing businesses, public interests and ordinary users called for an overhaul and possible delay
of the voting plan.
Report Sees Major Hurdles for Internet Election
By JERI CLAUSING
( March 3 )
An international plan to create the Internet's first democracy is plagued by skepticism, conflicting goals and a lack of accountability, which will make it nearly impossible for the Internet's new oversight organization to hold a fair election
in September, according to a report to be released on Friday.
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