DOMAIN NAME NEWS
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GoDaddy now RegisterFly's daddy, says ICANN
The RegisterFly clusterf**ck took a major step towards resolution today with the official announcement by ICANN that GoDaddy will take control of the approximately 850,000 domain names still in the clutches of RegisterFly CEO Kevin Medina. The internet rumors of a GoDaddy takeover turned out to be true, and Medina now can devote himself completely to fending off the angry public with whatever resources he has left.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/29/icann_registerfly_godaddy/

Who Controls the Internet? A Book Review by Deborah J. Salons
Ms. Salons reviews Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World, Oxford University Press, 2006. Authored by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu, the book provides a history of the Internet and analyzes the nexus between globalization and government coercion. The book focuses on how these agents have shaped and developed the Internet as we are familiar with it today.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v59/no3/13-BookReview.pdf


INTERNET-LAW
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YouTube site 'blocked' in Morocco
Internet users in Morocco who have been unable to access YouTube have voiced concern that it is being deliberately blocked by the authorities.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6702973.stm
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MOROCCO_YOUTUBE
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/05/30/1180205280990.html

us: Teen Finds Internet Privacy Impossible
College pole vaulter Allison Stokke, whose picture is on thousands of Web sites, finds it difficult to control the content and context of her own online representation. "I just want to find some way to get this all under control," Stokke told her coach.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052801370.html


CYBER CRIME
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In Estonia, what may be the first war in cyberspace
A three-week battle forced the Estonian authorities to defend their small country from a data flood they say was set off by orders from Russia or ethnic Russian sources in retaliation for the removal of a statue.
http://iht.com/articles/2007/05/28/business/cyberwar.php

Phishing URLs skyrocket: Cybercrooks try to overwhelm browser blacklists by multiplying malicious addresses
The number of phishing Web URLs nearly tripled from March to April, a security group said, as cybercriminals returned to a late-2006 tactic designed to do an end run around browser-based antiphishing filters. In one month, the number of unique sites soared 166%, from 20,871 in March to 55,643 in April, said the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an association of more than 1,600 companies and government agencies.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9021641
http://www.circleid.com/members/501/

au: Cyber bullying on the increase
Police have revealed they receive complaints about cyber bullying almost every day as the State Government yesterday admitted the problem was increasing.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21803244-910,00.html

An Explosion in Cyber crime Sets off Alarms in Europe
A video circulates on the Internet linking several individuals accused of the largest terrorist attack in Europe, the 2004 Madrid train bombings, to the incident. It is attributed to Iraqi-based, terrorist organization Ansar el Islam. The video shows pictures of an alleged planner and several of the suspected executers of the attack. It also shows graphic images of the attack and its aftermath as well as maps of the Madrid train system and of Al-Andalus, the area of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims centuries ago. This video and similar websites are said to be used by terrorists to recruit supporters for their cause. The European Union wants Member States, third countries and the private sector to join forces to put an end to the use of cyberspace for criminal purposes, including the incitement to terrorism.
http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1768


VARIOUS
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au: Internet access concerns after alleged threats
New concerns have emerged about teenagers' use of the internet following alleged online threats and plots against students and staff at two NSW schools. Three 15-year-old boys have been charged with making online threats to staff and fellow students of a high school at Ambarvale in Sydney's southwest earlier this month, police say.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21780121-1242,00.html