Below is a non-exhaustive list of links to Year 2002 news reports, in reverse chronological order, about the domain name industry. Some links may no longer be available, while others may require a password or fee to access their archives.   DECEMBER 31-Dec-02 Defensive Registrations: Why They're Still Needed, and How to Make Them Earn Their Keep, by Benjamin Edelman (VeriSign) By putting defensive registration to use, companies can take advantage of their registration investments. ccTLD Update (VeriSign) Changes in policies from the registries of country code top level domains 16-Dec-02 Feds invoked national security to speed key Internet change (SilicanValley.com) The Bush Administration sped approval for moving one of the Internet's 13 root servers after VeriSign argued that that n a location in northern Virginia would better rotect it from natural disasters or hacker attacks. 15-Dec-02 CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Registrations for the newly unrestricted .COM.CN domain are now available, and all applicants must agree to use the Chinese Dispute Resolution Process, which is similar to the UDRP. 12-Dec-02 Hijacked? Fight over Poker.com URL, by Drew Cullen (Register) Poker.com, a Canadian-based gambling site, said its domain name was hijacked December 6 and redirected to another business. Economics of Kid-Friendly Domain Questioned, by David McGuire (Biz Report) The .KIDS.US domain faces an uphill climb to acceptance 6-Dec-02 Transfer of .ORG control delayed, by Lisa M. Bowman (C/Net) The Internet Society and VeriSign have delayed the transfer of .ORG administration to Public Internet Registry will be delayed one month in order to give registrars more time to conform with new PIR requirements NOVEMBER 25-Nov-02 Attack targets .info domain system, by Robert Lemos (ZDNet) An Internet attack flooded domain name manager UltraDNS with a deluge of data, causing administrators to scramble to keep the servers that host .INFO and other domains running. 19-Nov-02 Asia Pac to host domain name root servers, by James Pearce (ZDNet Australia) An agreement, between the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre and the InternetSoftware Consortium will place a number of root servers throughout the Asia Pacific region to strengthen the domain name system against malicious assaults and handle increasing Internet traffic. 15-Nov-02 Congress Creates Kids' Internet Area, by AP (SiliconValley.com) Congress approved legislation to create .KIDS.US as a safe haven on the Internet for children, where websites will have content deemed suitable for youngsters. Congress Approves 'Dot-Kids' Measure, by David McGuire (Washington Post) New language in the legislation will grant Neustar two additional years on its four-year contract to administer .US if it upholds its obligation to monitor .KIDS.US and removes content which depicts sex or nudity, is clearly sexual in nature or "lacks serious, literary, artistic, political or scientific value for minors." 8-Nov-02 2nd Circuit Limits Jurisdiction of Anti-Cybersquatting Act, by Mark Hamblett (New York Law Journal) In Mattel, Inc. v. Barbie-Club.com, the court said the "basic jurisdictional grant" in the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act "contemplates exclusively a judicial district withinwhich the registrar or other domain-name authority is ocated." 1-Nov-02 SGNIC accreditates five .SG domain name registrars (CMPNet.Asia) The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) will relinquish its registrar function and implement a Registry-Registrar System to allow multiple registrars accredited by SGNIC to register .COM/ORG/NET/EDU/PER.SG sub-domain names. OCTOBER 31-Oct-02 Commissioner wades in over DomainNamesNZ, by Paul Brislen (IDGNet) New Zealand's Domain Name Commissioner has released a statement warning users about the misleading nature of Australian registrar DomainNamesNZ's fax campaign. 30-Oct-02 Latin American Internet address administrator formally established (Mercury News) Latin America and the Caribbean have established LACNIC as a regional Internet registry to manage their own Internet addresses Government Advisory Committee Communique The Government Advisory Committee (GAC) of ICANN has announced that the European Commission will manage the GAC beginning in November DomainNamesNZ doesn't understand fuss, by Paul Brislen (IDGNet) The general manager of DomainNamesNZ says the fax campaign to attract new .NET.NZ customers is a trial run. 29-Oct-02 European Commission sets timetable for .EU domain, by Paul Meller (IDC) The European Commission is picking a team of experts from academia and the private sector to help choose a non-profit organization to run the .EU registry among the ten applications received to date. 28-Oct-02 Net's Vulnerability Exposed - Attack on root servers resulted in moderate damage - this time by Jaikumar Vijayan and Patrick Thibodeau (ComputerWorld) The DDOS attack on the Internet's root servers shows that the basic plumbing of the Internet still has vulnerabilities that need to be addressed. Internet Registry of Canada faces fraud charges, by Reuters (Forbes) Canada's Competition Bureau has charged Internet Registry of Canada for misleading representations and deceptive telemarketing in connection withmailings about its domain name registry services that appeared to be sent on behalf of the government or an officially sanctioned agency. 26-Oct-02 Domainz advises against latest domain name company, by Paul Brislen (IDGNet) .NZ domain name administrator Domainz issued a warning against DomainNamesNZ, which is contacting .CO.NZ registrants and trying to get them to acquire .NET.NZ equivalents. 25-Oct-02 The root of all names, by Sam Varghese (The Age) A Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) attack, which is what hit the Internet's 13 root servers on October 21, is a remote attack on a target network that seeks to exhaust its ability to conduct legitimate business, by tying up machine and/or network resources. WIPO To Provide Dispute Resolution Services For .EDU (WIPO) The World Intellectual Property Organization and EDUCAUSE, the administrator of .EDU, have signed an agreement which makes WIPO the sole dispute-resolution service provider for the top level domain through the EduDRP, a modified version of the UDRP. In a limited way, retailer loses domain name fight, by Kevin Kemper (Columbus Business First) A purchase offer and even a UDRP complaint didn't get Limited Brands, Inc. the domain name LIMITED.BIZ, registered by Jenkins GMC, a company in the UK. 24-Oct-02 Net attack dismissed - Security experts: Assault on root servers easily defeated, by Hiawatha Bray (Boston Globe) While Internet security experts are concerned about the efforts of computer vandals, the experts say the attack on the 13 root servers was crude and easily beaten back. Waiting for the Net meltdown, by Bob Alberti (C/Net) The attack on the root servers should serve as a warning that something is seriously wrong with the organization that supposedly is responsible for the Internet's stability. Q&A: Internet pioneer Stephen Crocker on this week's DDOS attack, by Patrick Thibodeau (ComputerWorld) "What I think our biggest problem globally is are off-the-shelf computers. The minute you plug them in they are susceptible to being enlisted unwittingly to a DOS attack.." 23-Oct-02 More Than One Internet Attack Occurred Monday, by Brian Krebs and David McGuire (Washington Post) Two "distributed denial of service" attacks struck the 13 root servers on October 21, causing intermittent failures of some of the servers. Net attack flops, but threat persists, by Robert Lemos (C/Net) In the wake of the attack, some of the companies and organizations that maintain the 13 key servers have pledged to reassess the security of the computers for which they are responsible. Massive Hacker Attack Nearly Crippled The Internet, by Bob Keefe (Cox News) 22-Oct-02 Attack On Internet Called Largest Ever, by David McGuire and Brian Krebs (Washington Post) The heart of the Internet sustained its largest and most sophisticated attack ever,according to officials at key online backbone organizations. 21-Oct-02 Global Grp Wants Voice In Internet Addressing, by Kevin J. Delaney (Yahoo Finance) Members of the International Telecommunication Union, a Geneva-based treaty organization affiliated with the United Nations.voted that the organization should play an active role in discussions and initiatives related to the Internet names and numbers system. 19-Oct-02 Russia May Say 'See Ya' to Dot-Su, by Sergey Kuznetsov (Wired) An ICANN spokesman announced recently that .SU, established for the Soviet Union, may be revoked sometime next year, although the TLD has more than 20,000 domain name registrations. 18-Oct-02 They'll be registering .ORG names in Horsham, by Porus P. Cooper (Philadelphia Inquirer) On January 1, 2002, Afilias, an Irish company with U.S. offices in Horsham, will take over administration of the .ORG registry. ACCC warning to domain name resellers The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warned domain name resellers against misleading and deceptive conduct. 17-Oct-02 Preparing for the introduction of the new .EU domain, by Jonathan Robinson (Net Imperative) The director of business development at the NetNames registrar believes the launch of .EU will set off the largest scramble for domain names since .COM. "Dot-usa" Internet name seller to refund fees, by Andy Sullivan (Yahoo News) Months after the U.S.Federal Trade Commission filed a deceptive-advertising suit against a British entrepreneur, he agreed to refund $350,000 to customers to whom he sold .USA domain name registrations that did not work in the authoritative root 15-Oct-02 Aust administrator recommends state-based domain name, by James Pearce (ZDNet Australia) Administration of the .AU top level domain had recommended the creation of eight new second level domains (2LDs) for Australian states and territories - ACT.AU, NSW.AU, NT.AU, QLD.AU, SA.AU, TAS.AU, VIC.AU and WA.AU. 8-Oct-02 Court cracks down on URL copycat, by Declan McCullagh (C/Net) Bill Purdy, an anti-abortion activist has been ordered to face possible criminal sanctions for registering domain names similar to those owned by the Washington Post Co. 7-Oct-02 OFT eyes domain name bullies, by Dinah Greek (VNUNet.com) The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the bullying selling tactics of domain name reseller Anet 4-Oct-02 Domain Registry Bundles Blogging, by Colin C. Haley (InternetNews) .NUis offering customers free software to create and maintain their own blogs. Lawmaker Suggests ,KO for Domain Names, by Park Nae-sun (Digital Chosun) North and South Korea'ø TLDs are currently .KR and .KP, but lawmaker Lee Jong-geo has proposed a combined .KO TLD. 3-Oct-02 Land rush for generic domains, by Caitlin Fitzsimmons (Australian IT) The .AU Domain Authority (auDA) released approximately1300 unsold generic domains--from abortion.com.au to zinc.com.au - more than half of which were snapped up within half an hour. SEPTEMBER 27-Sep-02 Washington Post battles domain claim, by Declan McCullagh (C/Net) The Washington Post threatened an anti-abortion activist with legal action for registering WPNI.ORG and snatching e-mail messages intended for reporters. 24-Sep-02 State House Passes Resolution Supporting New Domain Name For Internet Porn, by Kamal Wallace (WRAL.com) In response to a crusade begun by a North Carolina grandmother, the state legiislature unanimously approved a resolution requesting the state's Congressiona delegation support the establishment of a .XXX TLD. 19-Sep-02 Commerce Department, ICANN Amend Internet Domain Name System Management Agreement (E Commerce News) A one-year extension to the Memorandum of Understanding includes heightened scrutiny and mandates new quarterly reports 13-Sep-02 U.S. Will Renew ICANN's Authority, by David McGuire (Washington Post) Nancy Victory, Commerce Department Undersecretary, told reporters that the anticipates that the Department will extend the Memorandum of Understanding which rants authority to ICANN to manage the global addressing system. 12-Sep-02 Congress, domain firm spar over dot-kids, by Reuters (C/Net) NeuStar, the administrator of .US, asked Congress not to interfere with its efforts to set up .KIDS.US, a child-friendly zone free of violence, pornography and other adult material. 11-Sep-02 Dirty Online Campaigning? by Jim Goldman (ABC News) Incumbent Assemblyman John Dutra is displeased that his opponent in the upcoming election for California's 20th District has JOHNDUTRA.COM, JOHNDUTRA.NET and JOHNDUTRA.ORG to use against him in the campaign. 10-Sep-02 China hijacks Google's domain name, by Sumner Lemon (IDG) Internet users looking to reach Google from inside China are being rerouted to Tianwang Search,a search engine operated by China's prestigious Peking University. See also: Replacement of Google with Alternative Search Systems in China Documentation and Screen Shots, by Ben Edelman (Berkman Center) 9-Sep-02 Blocked Web surfers in China get detour, by Reuters (C/Net) Chinese Internet users trying to access Google are being routed to an array of similar sites in China, the latest sign of an escalating media clampdown ahead of November's Communist Party congress. 7-Sep-02 'Cyber-squatter' gets jump on Maori names, by Adam Gifford (New Zealand Herald) Craig Beecroft, a former executive of Tainui Corporation, snapped up 58 potentially valuable names in the new internet2LD, MAORI.NZ but.denies he is exacting revenge for being sacked. 5-Sep-02 Internet Body Delays Selection Of New Dot-Org Operator, by Ross Snel (Dow Jones Newswire) ICANN is postponing choosing a new administrator for .ORG after receiving a huge influx of comments from applicants and the public. 4-Sep-02 EU seeks bidders for European domain, by ComputerWire (The Register) The European Commission is looking for a non-profit organization to run .EU, the TLD it hopes to create for businesses and individuals in European Union member states. ICANN Threatens to Take Away VeriSign's .COM Privileges, by David McGuire (Washington Post) VeriSign Inc. was threatened with the loss of its right to register .COM domain names unless it clean up its public database that records registrant information. New Names Advisory Panel (AuDA) The New Names Advisory Panel was appointed by the auDA Board in June 2002 to evaluate proposals for new second level .AU domains including: new open, closed, and geographic 2LDs, .INFO.AU and .CONF.AU. I'll see your domain name in (US) Court! by Andrew Lothian (Register) Two decisions from the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, decided on 23 August 2002, affirmed a principle that a domain name is a piece of property with ageographical existence, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 3-Sep-02 VeriSign may lose dibs on domain sales , by Wylie Wong (C/Net) ICANN has threatened to pull VeriSign's registrar accreditation unless the domain name company corrects inaccurate customer WHOIS information in a timely fashion. InternetNZ declares moratorium on new 2LDs, by Paul Brislen (IDGNet.NZ) InternetNZ will be reviewing the process of adding new 2LDs at the end of the year once the new shared registry system is in place. Unplugged: VeriSign's Hallam-Baker, by David Berlind (ZDNet) Phillip Hallam-Baker, VeriSign's principal scientist, provides a future view where accessing a website, placing a phone call, watching TV and developing a web service will all converge around Internet protocols. 2-Sep-02 Spurned bidders slam ICANN .ORG redelegation, by ComputerWire (Register) Ten organizations that were overlooked in an evaluation to decide the next administrator of the $15M .ORG TLD on criticized the selection process, calling it inconsistent, opaque and unfair 1-Sep-02 Cheat Sheet: Eminent Domains by Anne Stuart (Inc.) Should you stake out a claim on on one of the new virtual territories beyond .COM? AUGUST 31-Aug-02 Spain steps up pressure on Basque militants at home and abroad (AFP/YanooNews) Spain mounted pressure on Basque militants and asked the Australian government and ICANN to ban Batasuna web sites including BATASUNA.ORG registered by an Australian company with server in California and administration in France, EUSKAL-HERRITARROK.ORG and BATASUNA-BARAKALDO.ORG. 29-Aug-02 My Fellow .Organisms, by Internet Multicasting Service (Carl Malamud) The IMS/ISC applicant to administer .ORG, who received low rating in the technical evaluation, explain why it has a fundamental difference of opinion with ICANN about how to do technical due diligence. Misleading Domain Name Ads Stopped (Office of Fair Trading) The OFT, working alongside the US Federal Trade Commission, stopped Quantum Management Ltd and TLD Network Ltd. from advertising and selling domain names with suffixes such as .BRIT, .USA, .SCOT, and .SEX .to UK and US consumers. Privacy and Electronic Mail (Official Journal of the European Communities) The European Commission will closely follow privacy issuesin the .NAME TLD which is administered by a company based in the United Kingdom and subject to the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998. 28-Aug-02 Opposition to .BANK.NZ, by Paul Brislen (IDGNet.NZ) Opposition has been almost universal to the Bankers Association's attempt to add .BANK.NZ as a new 2LD following the success of.MAORI.NZ. 27-Aug-02 Nominet shrinks its expanded WHOIS (Demys) The .UK registration authority has reconsidered its proposed WHOIS database expansion after concerns over privacy were raised and will now allow individuals to opt-out from having their full address details displayed on-line. .UK "wait list" launched (Domain Name News) Designed to capture domains that have been allowed to lapse, Focus Digital's "NameTrack" service allows prospective domain name owners to back-order and monitor inactive and likely to expire domain names in the .UK TLD 26-Aug-02 Masters Of Their Domains? by Brian Morrissey (Internet.com) The fervor for tony domain names has diminished, and registrations for .COM/NET/ORG fell by 3.5 million from October to June, according to industry researcher SnapNames. Chairman discusses Internet's progression, by Mary Anne Ostron (Mercury News) An interview with Fred Baker, new chairman of the Internet Society Privacy deal over net names (BBCNews) Nominet, administrator of .UK, has delayed changes to its WHOIS database to head off worries over privacy. 23-Aug-02 ISOC Defends .ORG Nod, by Jim Wagner (Internet.com) The Internet Society fired back at charges that the organization is creatinga puppet empire under an ISOC ailias, Public Interest Registry. 22-Aug-02 Domain company owes $900,000, by Kate Mackenzie (Australian IT) Internet Name Group has gone into administration, leaving more than 2000 customers without the domain name registrations they purchased. Starbucks domain excuse takes the biscuit (Domain News Service) The 1997 registrant of STARBUCKS.CO.UK claimed that the domain was a "joint nickname representing the marriage of theStarker and Bucknall families. 21-Aug-02 Reston Nonprofit Leads Pack in Quest for Control of .ORG, by David McGuire (Washington Post) Virginia-based Internet Society, founded in 1991, has become the prohibitive favorite to win the contract to operate .ORG, the online home to many nonprofit groups. 20-Aug-02 New .ORG Nominee an Old ICANN Face, by Jim Wagner (Internet.com) Vint Cerf, ICANN chairman of the board, was once the head of the Internet Society, which has submitted a proposal to administer .ORG to bail the worldwide membership organization out of its financial woes. Top candidate named for .ORG, by Lisa M. Bowman (C/Net) ICANN CEO Stuart Lynn said the proposal form the Internet Society was the only one that received top ranking from all three evaluators. Aviation firms fly to new web domain, by Robert Evans (Yahoo News) Snce .AERO began accepting registrations in March,1,711 domain names names for international airlines, airports and major aerospace firms. including sites for sector giants like German airline Lufthansa, snf New York's Kennedy Airport have been approved. 19-Aug-02 Domain seller sinks out of sight, by Kate Mackenzie (Australian IT) Melbourne-based Internet Name Protection Pty Ltd, trading as Internet Name Group, has shut down its website and disconnected its phones three months after its provisional accreditation as a wholesaler of .AU domain names was suspended by the AustralianCompetition and Consumer Commission. Study: Some Big Brands Get Domain Name Marketing, by Christopher Saunders (Internet.com) 25 major brands are proving to be adept at protecting their domain names from cybersquatters and making sure that consumers can locate them easily on the Web. 17-Aug-02 More .CN to be seen in domain name, by Fu Jing (China Daily) The number of Chinese-based .CN domain names is expected to soar after the Ministry of Information Technology eases registration rules and access at the end of next month to spur on China's Internet development and ensure its information security. 16-Aug-02 auDA withdraws SPORT.COM.AU domain from auction winner, by Jenny Sinclair (Sydney Morning Herald) The Australian Domain Authority said it would revoke the registration of SPORT.COM.AU after the registrant listed the name for sale on the eBay auction site, gainst auDA policy. 13-Aug-02 Glitch blacks out FBI's web sites, by Declan McCullagh (C/Net) A misconfiguration in the FBI's domain name setup at FBI.GOV prevented visitors from getting through to the bureau's website. 9-Aug-02 VeriSign playing by the rules, by Lisa M. Bowman (C/Net) Ernst and Yount auditors found that VeriSign generally has provided competitors with equal access to tdomain names, although the company needs to improve its daily recordkeeping of its database system. 8-Aug-02 Family upset over misuse of name Mabo on Web site (Sydney Morning Herald) Indigenous groups are outraged over plans by a Gold Coast company to sell MABO.COM.AU, the name of late land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo. Net Naming Agency Accused of Mishandling in .KR Domains, by Kim Deok-hyun (Korea Times) Korea Network Information Center (KRNIC), the state management agency of Korean Internet domain names, has been accused of mishandling .KR by allowing registrations used for websites containing illegal pornographic content. .NET name ties Microsoft in knots, by Mike Ricciuti (C/Net) Repeated use of the brand for different products and services confounded business customers, consumers, industry analysts, the media and the public at large. 7-Aug-02 Domain names bounce back, by Lisa M. Bowman (C/Net) According to the Zooknic Internet Geography Project, a research venture that examines Internet use, .COM/NET/ORG registrations grew by 128,874 in July, reversing an almost year-long decline. 6-Aug-02 FTC Probing Marketing Campaign, by Reuters (Washington Post) The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information about VeriSign's practices with regard to transferring and deleting domain names and direct mailsolicitations to customers of competitors in a marketing campaign that ended in May, Dot-Com Sees First Growth Of 2002, by David McGuire (Washington Post) New registrations of .COM/NET/ORG registrations outpaced expirations and cancellations by nearly 130,000 names in July, and totalled 27,242,790, according to SnapNames, a company that tracks domain registrations. VeriSign Marketing is Subject of FTC Investigation, by John Markoff (NYTimes) VeriSign has been hit by a spate of lawsuits recently accusing the registrar of deceptive marketing practices and the FTC is probing whether it obtained information on outside customers illicitly. 5-Aug-02 I come to bury IAmCarbonatedMilk.com, not to praise it, by Heather Cochran (Salon) A stroll through the graveyard of expired domain names provides a humorous account of monumentally stupid hopes. American Data Technology Warns Customers About Domain Slamming (dBusinessNews) A web hosting company warned its customers about the threat of domain slamming, which uses deceptive practices to move domain name owners from one domain name registrar to another. 2-Aug-02 .RU Addresses Jump More Than Doubles in a Year, by Larisa Naumenko (Moscow Times) According to the Russian Institute for Public Networks, he number of registered .RU (Russian Federation) domain names more than doubled to 135,000 over the last year, with roughly 60 percent owned by companies or organizations, 39 percent personal, and 1 percent nonlegal entities such as entrepreneurs. 1-Aug-02 Ghost sites, by Steve Baldwin (Disobey.com) An independent effort to catalog the websites that came and went, alphabetically by domain name. JULY 31-Jul-02 Survey on Intellectual Property Rights in the new .EU domain The European Commission is conducting an online survey to determine the concerns and issues regarding intellectual property rights and cybersquatting in the proposed .EU TLD. 30-Jul-02 Domain name disputes taken into national courts, by John Leyden (Register) Disquiet over the domain registration dispute process involving .BIZ domains has resulted in litigation on both sides of the Atlantic. 29-Jul-02 Dot-Org Decision Looms Large For Noncommercial Speakers, by David McGuire (Washington Post) Consumer advocates, public interest groups and non-commercial entities are watching to see who ICANN will choose to be the new administrator of .ORG when VeriSign relinquishes its role at the end of the year. .ORG Bidders: Dot Org Foundation Global Name Registry Internet Multicasting Service and Internet Software Consortium Internet Society NeuStar, Inc. .ORG Foundation Organic Names, Ltd. Register Organization, Inc. Swiss Academic and Research Network Union of International Associations Unity Registry Register.com sees profits shrink, by Reuters (C/Net) The second largest registrar of domain names postedposted a net profit of $846,000, compared with a net profit of $2 million a year earlier. 28-Jul-02 Master of Your Web Domain, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Washington Post) Tips for registering a domain. 25-Jul-02 Domain name policy absurd when it comes to trademarks, by Michael Geist (Globe) The lower court's decision to transfer CANADIAN.BIZ to trademark owner Molson Breweries (overturned on appeal by an Ontario court) shows how the UDRP grants trademark holders far more rights online than they enjoy offline. 24-Jul-02 Afilias Announces Over 200,000 Live .INFO Web Sites (Afilias) As of the end of May 2002, 24% of registered .INFO names are associated with live websites, 35% are inactive, 12% are parked and 9% are redirected. Watch out for web-nappers, warning (The Western Mail) According to a recent survey conducted by Nominet, the registry which administers .UK, about half of all businesses do not realise that their .uk domain name registrations need to be renewed. 23-Jul-02 ICANN Forefather Wants More Democratic Internet Governance, by David McGuire (Washington Post) "Expediency doesn't justify a lack of democratization," says Ira Magaziner, who set in motion the creation of ICANN. Who Rules the Root? ICANN, Domain Names, and the Battle over Internet Governance: Real Video of Book Forum (Cato Institute) 22-Jul-02 Registrations in Open ccTLDs, by Ben Edelman (Berkman Center for Internet & Society) An analysis of CC, .TV, and .WS in order to quantify the domains' size, usage, and registration patterns. 19-Jul-02 Nominet Issues First Appellate Decision (Nominet UK) Affirms registrations of SEIKO-SHOP.CO.UK and SPOONWATCHSHOP.CO.UK were abusive and confirms transfer of the two domains to Seiko UK, Ltd. 17-Jul-02 .INFO Doing Better Than Expected, by Jim Wagner (InternetNews) Despite a rough start, Afilias, the .INFO registry, has managed to garner 900,000 registrations since its pre-registration process began late last year. 15-Jul-02 Jump in .AU names, by Kate Mackenzie (Australian IT) Australia's total domain name registrations rose by almost 3 per cent in just two weeks after AusRegistry was selected to run the .AU registry and rules were loosened to allow more than one domain name per business entity. 11-Jul-02 Deceptive names promote anti-abortion site, by Kate Grossman (Chicago Sun-Times) An anti-abortion activist acquireddomain names with slight variations on names of major news outlets he perceived as pro-choice and linked them to a website profiling pictures of bloody, aborted fetuses. See list of these websites at http://www.politechbot.com/p-03764.html 4-Jul-02 Stockholm fights for domain (Australian IT) Stockholm is looking for ways to stop an adult entertainment company in Spain from launching a pornographic website on a domain associated with the city's name,according to a spokesman. 1-Jul-02