Supervision over Internet Domain Name Gets SupportThe public are generally in support of the setting up of a new non-profit-making and non- statutory corporation to assume the overall responsibility for Internet domain name administration in Hong Kong.They also support proposed registration principles to liberalize Internet domain name registration and the proposed alternative dispute resolution arrangements which could help to address cybersquatting. These views were received during the public consultation on Administration and Assignment of Internet Domain Names and Internet Protocol Addresses in Hong Kong held between June 5 and July 16 this year. Announcing the results of the consultation exercise at a press conference Monday, Deputy Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting Alan Siu said a total of 37 submissions were received in the consultation exercise, of which eight were submissions from individuals and 29 were submitted by organizations and companies. He said all the comments received had been considered in detail by the Task Force set up under the Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee to review the administration and assignment of Internet domain names and Internet Protocol addresses. The Task Force had made its recommendations which were subsequently endorsed by the committee, he added. At present, the Hong Kong Network Information Center under the Joint Universities Computer Center is the organization which provides registration service for domain names under .hk, i.e. . com.hk, .org.hk, .net.hk, .edu.hk and .gov.hk. Chairman of the Task Force Charles Kao said that in view of the public support for the setting up of a new corporation to assume the overall responsibility for Internet domain name administration in Hong Kong, the joint center would be invited to take forward the proposal on the gradual transformation of the institutional arrangement for Internet domain names administration as a matter of priority. A dispute resolution mechanism based on similar practices abroad would also be set up to provide an efficient and effective means to handle disputes arising from the registration or use of domain names. |
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