The most highly attended ICANN conference to date may also be the meeting we will look back on as the precise moment when the Internet business ceased to be synonymous with the Wild West. As ICANN and the satellite businesses and organizations which support the function of the Internet gain notoriety and publicity and institutionalized “big business” steps into the space as players in the New gTLD realm, the existing community must also step up its game.

Creators of the children’s show Zodiac Island say a fired employee at their host deleted show data (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report appearing Thursday on PC World , the creators of a children’s TV show, “Zodiac Island” have sued ISP and hosting provider CyberLynk, claiming a recently-fired employee of the company deleted an entire season of their show. The company that created the show, WeR1 World Network, reportedly sued CyberLink, as well as the former employee, Michael Jewson, for damages, claiming that CyberLynk didn’t do enough to protect the customer’s data. In an email to PCWorld, WeR1 CEO Ingrid Wang said the company is seeking restitution for damages and destruction of its proprietary materials.

Creators of the children’s show Zodiac Island say a fired employee at their host deleted show data (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report appearing Thursday on PC World , the creators of a children’s TV show, “Zodiac Island” have sued ISP and hosting provider CyberLynk, claiming a recently-fired employee of the company deleted an entire season of their show. The company that created the show, WeR1 World Network, reportedly sued CyberLink, as well as the former employee, Michael Jewson, for damages, claiming that CyberLynk didn’t do enough to protect the customer’s data. In an email to PCWorld, WeR1 CEO Ingrid Wang said the company is seeking restitution for damages and destruction of its proprietary materials.

An international policeman involved in online child protection has slammed the domain name industry for not doing enough to protect children online while attending the ICANN Silicon Valley San Francisco meeting this week The Register reports.

Visitors to the seized domains were met with an image saying the domain had been taken by Homeland Security (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( www.ice.gov ) announced this week it has made a significant error in the act of seizing several domains in connection with counterfeit products and child pornography. But according to a report by TorrentFreak.com , one of the seized domains belongs to a free DNS provider, and that 84,000 websites were inaccurately accused of containing links to child pornography material.

Visitors to the seized domains were met with an image saying the domain had been taken by Homeland Security (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( www.ice.gov ) announced this week it has made a significant error in the act of seizing several domains in connection with counterfeit products and child pornography. But according to a report by TorrentFreak.com , one of the seized domains belongs to a free DNS provider, and that 84,000 websites were inaccurately accused of containing links to child pornography material.

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