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Saturday February 28th, 2004

John Zuccarini gets 2.5 years in prison

John Zuccarini was finally sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on Thursday after being arrested in late 2003 for registering thousands of domain names such as harrypottor.com, bobthebiulder.com, and dinseyland.com and redirecting them to pornography sites.

He is the first person to be prisioned under the new
"Truth in Domains Names Act" in the United States.

Reuter's orginal story or AP news wire

Attorney General John Ashcroft:
Individuals who use trickery and deceit to lure children to X-rated websites must know that they will pay a price for their criminal conduct...As today's sentence demonstrates, those who violate that law and expose innocent children to pornography for their own financial gain will be prosecuted, and they will serve time in jail.
 

Domain Name Wire

Details Emerge on Sofa.com Heist Will Google Chrome Hurt the Domain Industry? Domain Companies Need to Increase “Switching Costs” Sometimes a Scare Reminds You to Renew Domain Names Google Chrome Domain Names New York Times Correctly Defines Cybersquatting LaborDay.com

Nom de domaine !

Do "brandsucks.com" names really have a "destructive potential"? Two new blogs on domain names Google's indexation of the physical world Une décision "Bayard" qui n'est pas sans reproche Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie : quel impact pour l'industrie des noms de domaine ? ... Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie : quel impact pour l'industrie des noms de domaine ? ... Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie : quel impact pour l'industrie des noms de domaine ? ... "The important thing is not to win, but to take part", er, no, the important ... Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie : quel impact pour l'industrie des noms de domaine ? ... Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie : quel impact pour l'industrie des noms de domaine ? ...
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CaveBear Blog

Second Annual National Institute: CyberLaw: Expanding the Horizons Serendipitous Data Collection Bea Yormark Comcast - Euphemism City My comments to NTIA's "mid-term review" of its ICANN "JPA" agreement. What would the internet be like had there been no ICANN? Bad Day ICANN - New TLD Policy - The Anti-Innovation Act of 2007 On my way to the ICANN Meeting in LA. DeBushification of the judiciary - The early retirement bonus plan
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icann.Blog

Greedy Domainer Slime Revisiting the Registry-Registrar Split? TWiL does Domain Name Law Fantastic Presentation on YouTube/Pakistan Debacle Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act

Whois-Search News

Jolie secures web domains for daughter NFL, Fox pull Godaddy Superbowl ad Google becomes domain registrar FMA wins kiwi.com case ICANN Follow-up on PANIX.COM Hijacking .Net Bids to Close at Midnight SnapNames Sues ICANN Over WLS Delay Apple in cybersquatting fight over iTunes.co.uk NameWinner auctions off Dotster names Pool launches 'OLS'
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ICANNWatch

ICANN As Seen By an ISP ICANN Struggles With Transparency LACTLD New General Manager ICANN Lets A Tiny Ray of Sunlight Into Selection of NomCom Chair Russian Fed wants multilingual ccTLD The Registry double standard The Rise of a malicious resolution authority .br Relaxes Registration Rules Domain Sub-Letting Raises Hackles ICANN Preliminary Vote Against Domain Tasting

icann.org: Recent

Board Rejects .XXX Domain Application How To Interact With The ICANN Public Forum in Lisbon, Portugal ICANN Formalizes Relationships with ccTLD Managers for Côte d'Ivoire and Russia ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun I. Touré Will Address ICANN Friday in Lisbon, Portugal International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Secretary General to Attend ICANN Lisbon Meeting ICANN Formalizes Relationships with ccTLD Manager for Libya Updated Contractual Compliance Program Draft ICANN Operating Plan For Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Now Available For Review Registrar Accreditation Policy and Process Must be Reviewed Final Task Force Report On Whois Services ICANN Public Participation Site Launched

ICANN: Submissions

Old TLD space, New TLDs Some interesting considerations about Trademark Rights Open Evaluation Process needed to develop objective criteria ALAC Response to the Proposed sTLD RFP and Suggested Principles forNew TLD Processes New sTLD Application Acceptance Request More comments regarding the sTLD and Future TLD Application Calls !!!! Sponsored TLD Application Name.Space's application for the Top Level Domains it publishes and operates Support to accept new applications for sTLDs Name.Space TLD application for .NYC
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GNSO registrars

[registrars] PDR Suspending domains with correct WHOIS RE: [registrars] FW: Notice of Fee Change RE: [registrars] FW: Notice of Fee Change [registrars] INFO Fee increase RE: [registrars] FW: Notice of Fee Change RE: [registrars] FW: Notice of Fee Change RE: [registrars] FW: Notice of Fee Change [registrars] .Asia Presentation [registrars] ALAC is planning to request an issues report on domain name tasting Re: [registrars] TechCrunch covers fee change
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Recent GNSO Council

RE: [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules Re: [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules RE: [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules RE: [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules RE: [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules [council] GNSO Council Chair proposed election schedules [council] Result of election for Board seat #13 [council] Election results Board seat #13

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