]
] In an RFC prepared by Donald E. Eastlake 3rd and Declan
] McCullagh, an analysis is offered for proposals to
] mandate the use of a special top level name or an IP
] address bit to flag "adult" or "unsafe" material or the
] like. This document explains why these ideas are ill
] considered from legal, philosophical, and technical
] points of view.

Adult-Related TLDs Considered Dangerous

] European Union officials are proposing to spend more than
] £30m to try to make the internet safer for children.

Uh oh.

BBC NEWS | Technology | EU plans safer net for children

] The FCC is embarking on a new crusade - against phone
] spam.

The next frontier of spam: SMS.

Techworld.com - FCC starts to tackle mobile phone spam

] We, the undersigned, who have an interest in the Internet
] remaining free of unregulated profiteering, petition you
] to recall the .com and .net registry from VeriSign for
] the following reasons:

Heh...

RecallVeriSign.com - The Web Site Dedicated to Removing VeriSign as the .COM and .NET registry!

] Bob Parsons: That lawsuit has been dismissed. Since that
] time we've noted that ICANN is making a genuine effort to
] do its job. We do not consider ICANN an evil. We're not
] so sure we can say the same thing about VeriSign. All we
] ever wanted, and all we want now, is for ICANN to do the
] job it was created to do. That job is to make sure that
] the domain name system and the various registries operate
] fair and equitably. With the new administration at ICANN,
] they've been trying to do that job (which of course is
] exactly why VeriSign has filed suit against them).
]
] The internet is for everyone. The purpose of the internet
] is not to deliver huge profits to VeriSign. The internet
] needs to provide an even playing field to everyone. As
] ICANN stands up to VeriSign they can count on Go Daddy's
] zealous support.

Go Daddy's Bob Parsons on the whole V$ mess.

Questioning Innovation: An Interview with Bob Parsons

] It's AutoZone. They are asking for "injunctive relief
] against AutoZone's further use or copying of any part of
] SCO's copyrighted materials and also requests damages as
] a result of AutoZone's infringement in an amount to be
] proven at trial." SCO's unfailing instincts have caused
] them to pick yet another Red Hat customer, so maybe this
] case will get added to the evidence piling up on the
] Delaware judge's desk.

SCO is supposedly filing suit against another big Linux user later today.

Meanwhile, their first quarter loss grew to $2.25M. SCOX was up
about $1 yesterday but is right back down today (~$12.08 as of
10:20 EST)

U: The other Linux user is DaimlerChrysler. AutoZone is
both an IBM and RedHat customer. What the fuck are they thinking?!

SCO to sue AutoZone, 1Q loss widens

]
] VeriSign is seeking injunctive relief that would bar
] ICANN from interfering in its business plans. But the
] company could get more than it bargained for. ICANN has
] won few fans over the years, and critics are standing by
] waiting for their chance to overhaul or replace it.

If ICANN can't, who can? | CNET News.com

] It's easy to dismiss Verisign's antitrust suit as a ploy
] to push through Sitefinder. But whether one loves
] Sitefinder or hates Sitefinder, the complaint raises a
] much more significant issue that won't go away even if
] ICANN lets Verisign roll out Sitefinder. At the heart of
] Verisign's complaint is the lack of any definable process
] for decisionmaking, and its a complaint shared by others.
] A settlement between Verisign and ICANN that does not
] create a clear process for decisionmaking at ICANN that
] includes trustworthy independent review will merely delay
] the inevitable. Eventually, some other party will become
] just as frustrated and again challenge ICANN -- either in
] U.S. court or by enlisting the help of the U.S. Commerce
] Department, non-U.S. governements, or multinational
] treaty organizations. ICANN must recognize that the days
] of ad hoc decision making based on realpolitick must end
] and give way to stable processes that ICANN staff cannot
] control.

Verisign vs. ICANN: More at Stake than Sitefinder

]
] Will ICANN face it in court? Everything in its body will
] tell it no. VeriSign knows only too well that having the
] ownership and future of the Internet decided in a
] Californian court will aggravate the rest of the world to
] such a degree that during the long legal process,
] everything it has fought for would fall apart. Besides,
] ICANN probably can't afford it.

I think the end result of this in 5 or 10 more years is that
the ITU is going to get control of this stuff. I don't love them
but I think they may be the least evil compared against V$ and ICANN.

VeriSign calls ICANN bluff in world’s biggest game of poker

] WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — President Bush said today he supported a
] constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, declaring that such
] a measure was the only way to protect the status of marriage
] between man and woman, which he called "the most fundamental
] institution of civilization."

Sigh...

Bush Calls for Marriage Ammendment