<nettime> roving_reporter update

[t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>]

the roving_reporter is running up to 50K--too big to forward in toto
to nettime, so here are the headlines + links. for back issues, see:
 
      http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter/jdrp.html
      http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter/icann1.html
      http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter/icann2.html
 
the current issue includes:

http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#14
Memes and rumors 
Thu Oct 26 12:06:49 EDT 2000

     new names for ICANNauts who hang around too long, and rumored
     departures from the board


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#13
.CAOS? Well, no, not really. 
Thu Oct 26 12:06:37 EDT 2000 

     a transition in the .ca ccTLD requires every domain to be 
     re-registered


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#12
Wed Oct 25 21:46:33 EDT 2000 
ICANN's best critic takes her first baby steps 

     andy mueller-maguhn's chat with esther dyson, who's changing 
     her tune as she prepares to leave ICANN; kraaijenbrink at 
     EC-POP: 'no more elections, period'


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#11
Wed Oct 25 00:40:57 EDT 2000 
"the familiar stink..." 

     MSNBC's brock meeks rips the new TLD process a new asshole


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#10
Mon Oct 23 21:50:48 EDT 2000 
Preliminary pabulum 

     the agenda of ICANN's 17 october meeting was a bit more 
     substantive than the 'preliminary report' they released


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#9
Mon Oct 23 10:56:03 EDT 2000 
What's in a domain name? 

     verisign/NSI sells domains to itself, and domains shift 
     their status from produktion to rezeption


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#8
Sun Oct 22 22:06:52 EDT 2000 
Whoisacybersquatter 

     ICANN's 19 october Names Council teleconf reveals hitherto-
     unknown whois committee dominated by intellectual property 
     crowd; ICANN VP explains, 'it's not dead--it's sleeping'


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#7
Sat Oct 21 10:12:45 EDT 2000 
our-precious-bodily-fluids.harley-davidson.com 

     harley-davidson trademark manager discovers hostnames, 
     prophesies judicial apocalypse


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#6
Thu Oct 19 02:58:51 EDT 2000 
Voice over IP, ICANN-style 

     ICANN invites dotcom to declare 1.2 billion phone numbers 
     to be trademarks, dotcom accepts


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#5
Wed Oct 18 01:28:41 EDT 2000 
Give 'em an inch: Nokia, hostnames, and "intellectual property" 

     nokia TLD proposal would subject hostnames to international 
     trademark search, where 'hostnames' = your mobile phone


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#4
Tue Oct 17 00:28:01 EDT 2000 
Get offa my cloud 

     madonna snatches madonna.com in good faith


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#3
Tue Oct 17 00:20:58 EDT 2000 
Press notes 

     damien cave continues to cave in; ZDNET writer possessed 
     by satan


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#2
Tue Oct 17 00:20:49 EDT 2000 
Toutonic thunder 

     ICANN VP louis touton gets his hands dirty


http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter#1
Sun Oct 15 18:13:06 EDT 2000 
Louis Touton, artless dodger 

     garrin questions $50,000 TLD application fee, ICANN VP 
     louis touton doesn't buy it

cheers,
t
     
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