Foxbane Ltd and Steven Heath: ArticlesStories, articles, and other press about .nzInterview with Debbie Monahan (DNC)- October 20, 2005 This is the first of a number of interviews I am doing with people involved with .nz. The lucky person I picked first is Debbie (Deborah to her friends) Monahan, the .nz Domain Name Commissioner. After reading it you have any feedback, questions or suggestions drop me a line.Email interview with Debbie Monahan Domain Name Commissioner (DNC) of the .nz ccTLD.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/20.html#a610 Twomey quoted in The Guardian- October 12, 2005 The Guardian has a story on titled EU says internet could fall apart. Thanks to Bret Faustt I was alerted to a quote from Paul Twomey, ICANN CEO. It is:"We expect to evolve, we expect to keep changing. We are concerned about stability of the internet and we think it's best to evolve existing institutions. Our present corporate structure is a matter of history, not of any particular design."Bret outlines some of the recent changes to ICANN in his post but I would like to point out that...http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/13.html#a607 The Economist and Karl Auerbach- October 11, 2005 Bret Fausett has links to a story in The Economist regarding ICANN and the UN. As it is subscriber only he posted the story for all to read. I guess lawyers in the US don't have to worry about copyright! :-)Bret also links to Karl Auerbach's followup which he titled "Clueless Editorial". I actually read Karls followup before reading The Economist article. Karl is one of the three former At Large directors elected onto the ICANN board and is by far the most well known. He also has sued ICANN,...http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/11.html#a605 (Untitled)- October 9, 2005 IDG has a story about the bankdlrect.co.nz phish. It has a screen shot of the phishing 'error' and some quotes from the DNC, DiscountDomains and ASB but other than not much new.It does however have a curious error. The story claims that the name is still registered. This is clearly incorrect and it was deleted by the registrar the day the phish was discovered. It is in the PendingDelete status which ALL names are in after they are cancelled or lapse due to non payment.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/10.html#a603 (Untitled)- October 9, 2005 Kieren McCarthy has an article called Breaking America's grip on the net on The Guardian. The best summary of this story is:After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments.Things are happening faster than I expected.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/09.html#a602 ICANN, UN and who is the most democratic- October 5, 2005 A great deal of discussion is occurring around the future of ICANN and the possible involvement of the UN.The &145;USA give it up!&146; faction has two main issues from what I have read: 1, Control of the Root2, Cyberspace governanceRead the entire posting.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/06.html#a600 (Untitled)- October 5, 2005 Declan McCullagh has an opinion story called Power grab could split the Net. Interesting read. I think the Balkanization would never happen. I also think that as he is American he is overly harsh on his thinking of the UN. I mean most of the issue in Somalia were due to the Americans!http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/05.html#a599 Guess machine names other than www dont work on the intraweb- October 3, 2005 Because jobs.domainname.com is such a hard concept we have .jobs. The funny thing is even their own press release they use a .com name and also the wrong domain name. The have listed employeemedia.com and not employmedia.com.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/03.html#a597 EU saying one thing and doing another- October 3, 2005 Internetnews.com has an interesting angle on the USA vs the World issue. They have a quote from Bret Fausett:But it wasn't a particularly risky move for the EU to make, he said, because they are secure in the knowledge the U.S. is adamant about not giving control to the U.N. Many of the member nations within the EU, he said, still support the U.S. role for Internet governance. That is an interesting approach. Is EU playing both sides of the fieldhttp://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/03.html#a596 Milton Mueller on The Failure of Internet Unilateralism- October 3, 2005 Milton Mueller has written an article on ICANNWatch called The Failure of Internet Unilateralism. Milton is well versed in ICANN and domain name issues. The story is timely and makes some comments on the inconsistent approach of the USA governments position.I think the current policy approach is naive and will only lead to a path of greater confrontation. It is time for the USA to state what is minimum requirements for it to allow greater involvement of other national states. You.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/articles/2005/10/03.html#a595 |