All the latest domain name news from January 1997 through to June 1997.

JUNE 1997

Jun 30 Public urged to help domain mess [News.com]
Jun 30 Commerce Department Taking Domain Comment [Wired News]
Jun 30 ValueWeb selected by Network Solutions as Premier Domain Registration Service Partner [Infoseek]
Jun 29 The Tonga connection [San Francisco Examiner]
Jun 27 Farewell to .hk? Not So Fast [Wired News]
Jun 26 Domain Names May Change without Your Knowing [Wired News]
Jun 26 Internet Trademarks Threatened [CatalogAge]
Jun 25 HK Domain Names? Stick to Real Estate [Wired News]
Jun 24 hate.com [Village Voice]
Jun 24 BizTraders Asset Brokers, Inc. Announces Exclusive Listings of Intellectual Property Assets [PRNewsWire]
Jun 23 Cyberspace proving to be fertile ground for computer lawyers [New Domain Name Group To Meet [WebWeek]
Jun 23 Letter regarding attempted takeover of Internet by the International Ad Hoc Committee [Yahoo!]
Jun 20 Businesses with Web sites offer some advice [The Domain Name Game [PC Magazine]
Jun 16 Tonga gets in on domain game [News.com]
Jun 16 Prices For Domain Names Surge [Inter@ctive Week]
Jun 16 Administration Seeks Address Input [Inter@ctive Week]
Jun 16 Taking the Mystery Out of Getting Your Business Online [LA Times]
Jun 16 Lessons My Web Site Taught Me [LA Times]
Jun 13 Administration Seeks Comment On Net Domain Names [Inter@ctive Week]
Jun 11 White House plays domain referee [News.com]
Jun 9 Schism Hits Domain Name System [Inter@ctive Week]
Jun 5 Playing The International Domain Name Game [TechWire]
Jun 5 URL sold for $150,000 Texas company pays premium for Internet domain name "business.com" [CNNfn]
Jun 5 Domain planners dismiss critics [News.com]
Jun 4 Challenge to domain name dispute arbitrator's impartiality [IT Informer]
Jun 4 Internet domain name sold for $150,000; Texas firm pays world-record price for domain name that cost nothing only four years ago [Business Wire]
Jun 4 Internet Industry Objects to IAHC Proceedings [Business Wire]
Jun 4 Domain Names Cut into Bank Accounts [Wired News]
Jun 4 Domain plan called power grab [News.com]
Jun 4 Domain name fetches record price [News.com]
Jun 3 Microsoft to Demand Student Give Back Web Domains [Media Daily]
Jun 3 The Domain Name Rights Coalition opposes WIPO's planned jurisdiction over non trademark holders' domain names [Business Wire]
Jun 2 Pioneering Internet Company Sells Prime Online Real Estate Valuable Online Storefronts Up for Grabs [PRNewsWire]
Jun 2 Mecklermedia launches Internet.com site with expanded daily news [Business Wire]
Jun 2 Dirty domain spree no joke [News.com]

MAY 1997

May 30 Dirtybirds.com defies Microsoft [News.com]
May 29 Name game with Microsoft [News.com]
May 19 NSI Moves To Protect Its Domain [Inter@ctive Week]
May 13 Domain-Plan Chief Sees US, EU Backing [Wired News]
May 12 Group proposes unlimited domain name registries [ComputerWorld]
May 9 THE WEB'S DOMAIN-NAME GAME IS GETTING TRICKIER [Business Week]
May 8 Domain Name Expansion to Be Revised [Media Daily]
May 8 IAHC lacks authority, EC official says [Computerworld]
May 7 Image Online Design drops domain name suit [News.com]
May 7 Cybersquatters Sell Domain Names Like Real Estate [SF Chronicle]
May 7 More domain names could cause confusion [Computerworld]
May 7 IAHC Backers Losing Faith on Domain Name Issue [Media Daily]
May 7 New Domain-Name Plan Will Likely Drop Lottery [Inter@ctive Week]
May 7 Internet Group Proposes Lifting Limit on Registrars To Service New 'Generic' Top Level Domain Names [PRNewswire]
May 7 Cerf: Names in public domain [News.com]
May 6 Domain plan to be revised [News.com]
May 6 Domain Name Lottery Provision Likely To Be Dropped [Communications Week]
May 5 PSINet: Stop domain name rush [News.com]
May 5 Agreement To Create New Domains Is Signed Despite Many Objections [Web Week]
May 4 `Land grab' for domain names reshaping trademark laws [Crain Communications]
May 2 Accord makes room for more names on the Net []USA Today]

APRIL 1997

Apr 30 Web Registrar Going After Deadbeats [Media Central]
Apr 30 Vote to decide group's domain name stance [Computerworld]
Apr 29 Iperdome Calls for U.S. Government to Mediate the Domain Name System Crisis [PRNewsWire]
Apr 29 Dot and carry on [Sydney Morning Herald]
Apr 29 U.S. concerned by ITU meeting [News.com]
Apr 28 Naming Authority Claims Ownership of .com, .net, .org [Web Week]
Apr 26 Back rent may be due on domains [News.com]
Apr 26 HEARD ON THE BEAT [LA Times]
Apr 25 ISPs ding domain name plan [News.com]
Apr 25 Organizations to Sign New Accord on Cyberspace Names [Fox News]
Apr 25 Government Agency Says It Won't Renew Net Registry Pact [Media Daily]
Apr 24 Cyber Promotions hosts hate site [News.com]
Apr 23 A browse by any other name [Guardian Online]
Apr 23 NSF bows out of domain names [News.com]
Apr 21 Net Naming Agency Fires Off Its Own Domain Registration Plan [Web Week]
Apr 21 Patent Office Aims to Stop Misuse of Domain Names [JapanBizTech]
Apr 19 Conflicting proposals may muddy top-level domain names [Netscape World]
Apr 17 Domain Names Proposal Challenged [Inter@ctive Week]
Apr 17 Net namer adds its plan [News.Com]
Apr 17 Change Your Web Site Address to Your Phone Number [PC World]
Apr 17 Easing Domain Name Pain [Catalog Age]
Apr 14 NSI Challenges Domain Name Plan [Web Week]
Apr 10 DNS: The Problematic Phone Book of Cyberspace [Wired News]
Apr 9 New endings approved for Net addresses [AP]
Apr 8 Net naming plan plows ahead [News.com]
Apr 2 eDNS Root Servers Go Live Expanding the Internet's Top-Level Domain Capabilities [BusinessWire]
Apr 2 Domain charges crackdown looms [News.com]
Apr 2 BizTraders Asset Brokers, Inc. Announces New Internet Based Service for Brokering Intellectual Property [PRNewsWire]
Apr 1 Iperdome Announces IperSpace, Simplified WWW and eMail Addressing for the '.per' Top Level Domain [PRNewsWire]

MARCH 1997

Mar 31 Net Address Registration Upstart Sues Network Solutions [Media Daily]
Mar 31 Initiative by Upstart Group Reveals Discontent Over Domain Name Plan [Web Week]
Mar 31 InterNIC Cracks Down on Domain-Name Altruist [Wired News]
Mar 29 Don't let the Feds take over Net names [MSNBC]
Mar 26 InterNIC Drops Domain Names, Angers ISPs [Inter@ctive Week
Mar 25 INTERNET GOLD-RUSH ATTRACTS SPONSORS, LAUNCHES NEW FEATURES [gina]
Mar 25 Domain-Name Hunter Practices Corporate Charity [Wired News]
Mar 24 A Copycat Game? Problems Foreseen With New Internet Domain Names [Web Week]
Mar 24 Hiway Technologies Joins with Network Solutions for Volume Domain Registration [PRNewswire]
Mar 21 New Firm Offers the Acme of DNS Consulting [PRNewswire]
Mar 20 Domain Keepers Crack Down on Delinquents [Wired News]
Mar 17 Internet `name scalpers' staging battle for corporate domain names [Houston Business Journal]
Mar 17 Follow 10 simple guidelines to get a five-star Web site [Austin Business Journal]
Mar 14 ".WEB" For Sale : Top-Level Domain Triggers Litigation [iWorld]
Mar 13 Millions Sought from Deadbeat .coms [Wired News]
Mar 13 Danes Stampede for Domain Names [Wired News]
Mar 12 Court challenge over Internet addresses [AFR]
Mar 11 Million Domains, Half Unpaid [News.com]
Mar 11 The Ares-Serono Group Protects its Internet Domain Names Against Internet Hijacking [Yahoo!]
Mar 11 Network Solutions and Leading ISPs Launch Premier Domain Registration Program [Yahoo!]
Mar 11 Iperdome seeks Strategic Marketing Partner for ".per" Top Level Domain[Yahoo!]
Mar 11 LanMinds Introduces New Internet Top Level Domain Choice -- .fam for Families [Yahoo!]
Mar 11 Voice browser, domain-name service to debut at Internet World [InfoWorld Electric]
Mar 11 Domain Name Registration Speeds Up [Netday News]
Mar 10 VeriSign, Network Solutions to offer organizations 'one-stop registration' for the Net [PC Week]
Mar 10 Name scalpers, new domains gunk up Internet [Washington Business Journal]
Mar 10 Network Solutions braces for site-registration battle [Washington Business Journal]
Mar 7 Net Communities Battle Over Top-Level Domains [CommunicationsWeek]
Mar 4 Rogue Domains Revolt [News.com]
Mar 4  Angry Internet users set up competing root domain name servers [PC Week Online]
Mar 3 Web Registrar Sues Net Committee [Inter@ctive Week]

FEBRUARY 1997

Feb 26 Report on global domains out [News.com]
Feb 24 Opponents Strike Back at Domain-Name Change [Wired News]

JANUARY 1997

No news archived in January 1997.

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