CircleID: “EU NameSpace is Dead?”

While reading Steve Gillmor’s column on the Gesturesphere and domain names (dprviically the bit about how he coined a term during a speech, and someone in the audience registered that term as a domain name on the spot), I was reminded of Chief White Halfoat.

AllAfrica.com: South Africa Domain Name Rules ‘Are Working.’

Domain Name Wire: “GoDaddy to Take Over RegisterFly’s Domains” (As a result of ICANN’s de-accreditation of registrar RegisterFly, 850k names have been transferred to GoDaddy, which already has 20 million names).

From a UDRP decision in which the L.A. Angels failed to obtain ANGELS.COM:
“Complainant denies that Respondent has any rights or legitimate interest in the disputed domain name. In its Complaint, it denies that Respondent owns any legitimate trademark rights in any ANGELS mark.
Respondent relies on the generic nature of the word “Angels,”…

Lipton, Jacqueline D., “Who Owns ‘Hillary.Com’? Political Speech and the First Amendment in Cyberspace” . Boston College Law Review, Spring 2008 Available at SSRN
Abstract:
In the lead-up to the next presidential election, it will be important for candidates both to maintain an online presence and to exercise control over bad faith uses of domain…