uk: Nominet flip-flops on industry code of conduct
Nominet UK, the outfit that administers the .uk domain, says it’s committed to “raising standards in the UK internet industry” four years after insisting a code of conduct was “not feasible”.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/09/nominet_code/

uk: Nominet takes lead on raising standards in UK Internet industry (news release)
A survey of registrars by Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has revealed that two-thirds agreed with the need for improved self-regulation in the domain name industry and over 80 per cent supported a code of conduct for registrars.
http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/4583_Industry_standards.pdf

EURid opened its systems to receive applications for .eu domain names from anyone within the EU claiming prior rights to a certain domain name. During the first 15 minutes after 11:00 today EURid received 27 949 applications. After an hour, at 12:00, the number was 71 235.

au: Pest gives himself a sporting chance
NOTORIOUS cybersquatter Brad Norrish, certainly has a never-say-die attitude. After having his deceptive antics reined in by several Australian courts, Perth-based Norrish has taken on US sporting channel network ESPN.http://theage.com.au/news/business/pest-gives-himself-a-sporting-chance/2006/02/08/1139379572320.html