Intellectual Property
May 2012
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ezine – Say Goodbye to the .coms – New Top Level Domains Are On Their Way
16 Apr 2012
The word "dotcom" has always been synonymous with the internet and domain names...
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The word "dotcom" has always been synonymous with the internet and domain names. But, despite being the most popular, the .com domain has for a long time been only one of many top level domains, and a new programme from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will see the number of available top level domains explode well into the hundreds...
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ezine – Domain Names: Illumination from 2011
23 Feb 2012
2011 was an eventful year for the New Zealand Domain Name Commission. Forty one complaints resulted in twelve decisions issued by the Experts...
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ezine – "Washing the Web's Mouth Out With SOPA": How Proposed US Anti-Piracy Measures Could Affect New Zealand
23 Feb 2012
The freely-editable online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, is not often associated with certainty. What is certain, though, is that shutting down Wikipedia for 24 hours (thereby eliminating the world's ability to quickly settle trivial debates) will draw widespread global attention to issues previously confined to tech blogs and legal publications...
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ezine – Storm Brewing over Cloud TV
19 Dec 2011
Technology is influencing people's lives. Advances such as the advent of cloud services, faster broadband, and increased data caps are changing the way people consume content and other media. This extends to some of the more simple pleasures (or necessities) in life, like watching TV...
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