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The appropriation of Balkanisation

Dušan Stojičević, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS), wrote a blog‑post for the Ukrainian Network Information Centre (UANIC) website. The entire blog‑post is available here. Every time I hear the term “Balkanisation of the Internet” I have to remind myself what they mean. As a Balkan man, and a Serb, old enough to have lived through the wars in the former Yugoslavia, I realise they are talking about the break‑up of the Internet. This (mis)appropriation of the word “Balkanisation, whereby the former Yugoslavia is identified with the Balkan region in its entirety, bundling the Greeks, Bulgarians, Romanians and other south‑eastern peoples into the same negative category and in doing so seeking to depict the Internet as being pulled apart by the launch of IDN domains, was one more reason for me to address these issues surrounding IDNs. And I am sure of one thing ‑ that this usage of the word is wrong, and what we are seeing is not the break‑up of the Internet but a natural step in its development. The more the merrier With its origins in the US, it is no surprise that the entire computer and IT industry is based on the English language...

10.07.2015.

Conference held on Intellectual Property and the Internet

The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law organised a conference on 11th June 2015 titled Intellectual Property and the Internet, where papers published in a themed journal of the same name were presented. The main topics of the event, organised with the backing of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), were “Internet domain names and protected trademarks” and “Copyright and the Internet”. The conference was opened by Prof Dr Sima Avramović, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Danko Jevtović, director of RNIDS, Nevenka Novaković, acting director of the Serbian Intellectual Property Office and Prof Dr Dušan Popović, chair of the Committee for the resolution of disputes relating to the registration of national internet domains. The introductory talk was given by Jonathan Cohen, founder and member of the Intellectual Property Constituency within ICANN. Cohen presented the structure of ICANN and the tasks of the Intellectual Property Constituency, as well as the mechanisms that exist for the protection of intellectual property rights in the context of the introduction of the new generic top‑level domain names. Cohen took the opportunity to call on the public in Serbia and the region to take more active part in the work of ICANN in the area of intellectual property and the Internet. After the introductory...

11.06.2015.

Conference: „Intellectual property and the Internet“

The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS) foundation and the Faculty of Law ‑ University of Belgrade, are organizing the conference: “Intellectual property and the Internet“ on June 11th, 2015 at the Faculty of Law, Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 67, Belgrade. In May 2015, the Publishing Center of the Faculty of Law ‑ University of Belgrade will publish the collection of papers “Intellectual Property and the Internet: Domain Names, Copyrighted Works, Trademarks”, edited by Dušan Popović, Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade. These papers are a result of the research undertaken by leading Serbian academics and practitioners in the area of IP and ICT Law and they will be officially presented at the conference. After the presentation of the papers, the discussion about the intellectual property and Internet amongst the members of the Internet community in Serbia and the region will follow, having that this is one of the goals of the conference. The participation is opened for all the interested public who can register via e‑mail: intsvojina@rnids.rs. To watch live streaming of the conference click here. CONFERENCE PROGRAM 11:00 Opening ceremony Prof. Dr. Sima Avramović, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade Danko Jevtović, Director of the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry foundation Nevenka Novaković, Acting Director of the Serbian Intellectual Property...

08.06.2015.

Pitajte.rs ‑ RNIDS educational program about everything important for online presence

Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS) organised a one day educational event called “Pitajte.rs” (Ask.rs) on May 2nd 2015, within the “Nova Energija” (New Energy) conference. The program was designed to directly connect the audience with 12 Serbian Internet experts by providing the opportunity for people to ask specific questions, and instantly receive answers and professional advices. Each of the experts gave a short lecture and answered questions within these 4 topics: • How to start your Internet business? • How to build your brand online? • How to create online content? • How to advertise on the Internet? A lot of people who have recently started working on their online presence, doesn’t have the opportunity to receive any kind of free professional support in acquiring knowledge and good practices within their scope of work. Our idea was to become a bridge that connects the Internet beginners with the professionals in a stimulating and creative environment, where they are comfortable to ask questions and receive support in overcoming a certain business challenge. Around 100 attendees directly participated in discussions together with the people who asked questions via pitajte.rs / питајте.срб website, Facebook and Twitter. Having that the conference room was too small to receive all of the interested audience, people brought additional seats, stood...

09.05.2015.

RNIDS INFO No 24 ‑ April edition

Issue 24 of the RNIDS INFO corporate newsletter brings an overview of events at RNIDS and in the local and global Internet community in the first quarter of 2015. The April issue was for the first time produced within the RNIDS Organizational framework, so all of the articles are marked accordingly. This edition brings more information about the election of Danko Jevtović to the Board of Directors of CENTR, “Cyrillic 3.0” panel discussion, the program of cofinancing advertising with accredited registrars and the domain name dispute resolution regarding the vogue.rs domain. Statistics about the registration of .RS and .СРБ domains from January to March 2015 are also available, as well as the news about the Cooperation agreement with the Croatian national Internet registry (CARNet). Besides the trial online session of the Conference of Co‑founders and the activities of the RSNOG community, the first quarter was marked with two trainings about cybersecurity that were organized for students. Also, RNIDS participated at the first regional Forum for communications professionals called “Challenge 2015”. International activities during this quarter covered numerous global and European gatherings and they included participation of the RNIDS representatives. DOWNLOAD: RNIDS INFO No 24 (PDF, 1,34 MB)

06.05.2015.

Special edition of redesigned RNIDS News covering DIDS 2015

Issue 23 of the RNIDS News corporate newsletter has a brand new design and a new title called “RNIDS INFO”. This special edition is covering the sixth annual Serbian Internet Domains Day (DIDS 2015) conference held at the Metropol hotel in Belgrade on March 10th and 11th 2015. RNIDS INFO brings media coverage analysis, the overview of the DIDS 2015 program through panels along with the visitors impressions, photos and many other useful links that provide additional information and video materials. DOWNLOAD: RNIDS INFO No 23 (PDF, 1,58 MB)

02.04.2015.

Cyber‑threats call for cyber‑knowledge

On 31st March, the Serbian National Internet Domain Name Registry (RNIDS), together with the FONIS Association of Students of Information Science, organised a talk titled Cyber Security ‑ Everywhere for Everyone at the Belgrade Faculty of Organisational Sciences. Around 150 students and other interested members of the public had a chance to hear about the different ways of staying safe on the Internet and what the greatest present‑day online threats are. “The biggest problem we face today is that the resources needed to do serious damage to a website or company are very small, while the resources required for their defence are huge,” said Boško Radivojević, director of the company Mainstream. He reminded the audience that there were currently some 10 billion devices connected to the Internet and that by 2020 there would be 50 billion, representing an increased risk of cyber attack. In Serbia there are currently 2.85 million Internet users, of whom 1.16 million sell or make purchases via this global network, while only a third of Internet users from Serbia keep their online content on servers in this country. Luka Gerzić from Gerzić & Associates talked about the security of the national .rs and .срб Internet domains, about encryption and about the...

02.04.2015.

DIDS 2015 Internet conference held in Belgrade

More than 300 visitors took part in this year’s Serbian Internet Domains Day (DIDS 2015), held at the Metropol hotel in Belgrade and organised by the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS). DIDS 2015 was the sixth annual conference on the development of the Internet globally and in the Serbian .rs and .срб domain spaces, held this year under the slogan “Which Internet Film are you in?”. The all‑day programme, divided as always into three blocks, saw IT professionals from all sectors of the economy, Internet providers and accredited registrars come together with other local Internet users to hear the experiences of some thirty conference speakers from home and abroad. In the first block titled “Masters of the Internet” the topic of discussion was the forthcoming changes to the global governance of the Internet. Without proper and impartial translation of domains into IP addresses and their fair allocation to billions of connected devices, the Internet would become fragmented. As of September, oversight of these tasks is due to be transferred from the US government to “all of us”, that is to the global Internet community, and a multistakeholder model of Internet governance established. “According to this model, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned...

13.03.2015.

DIDS 2015 ‑ Which Internet film are you in?

This year’s DIDS conference, organised by the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation (RNIDS) and to be held on 10th and 11th March, at the Metropol hotel in Belgrade, will bear the slogan “Which Internet film are you in?” This sixth annual conference on the development of the Internet worldwide and on the .RS and .СРБ domains in Serbia will this time be a two day event, the first day being a regular programme for registered participants and the second day a regional professional Internet event for invitees. What sets this year’s DIDS apart is the support it will receive from ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the lead organisation for the administration of the Internet and its global structure. In line with tradition, the programme of the Serbian Internet Domain Day event on 10th of March will be divided into three themed sessions, with some 30 relevant speakers and moderators from Serbia and abroad. In the first session titled "Masters of the Internet" the topic of discussion will be the forthcoming changes to the global administration of the Internet. Without proper and impartial translation of domains into IP addresses and their fair allocation to billions of connected devices, the...

24.02.2015.

January edition of RNIDS News

Issue 22 of the RNIDS News corporate newsletter brings an overview of events at RNIDS and in the local and global Internet community in the last quarter of 2014. The latest issue has reports from the regular session of the Conference of Co‑founders, the “Internet Security 3 in 1” panel debate and an event organised specially for accredited registrars. In addition to our regular domain name registration statistics there is also news of a study from the Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering looking into usage of IDN email. We have a presentation of the “Come up with a domain, win a gadget!” promotional and educational campaign, and a study into the attitudes of professionals towards different Internet domains. As for RNIDS’ international activities, besides our participation in the Domain Forum there is a report on the CENTR marketing workshop held in Belgrade.

02.02.2015.

RNIDS ‑ Annual Report for 2013

RNIDS is continuing with good practice of European national registers who publish their regular annual publications for the purpose of informing the public about their activities. "RNIDS ‑ Annual Report for 2013" is a 32‑page publication which includes a review of everything that is related to the work of the Serbian Internet domains registry. The contents of the publication include texts about national Internet domains, accredited registrars, different RNIDS bodies and activities of all the sectors of the RNIDS Office. Particular attention was paid to statistics on registration of .RS and .СРБ national domains, new registration procedures, internal changes, as well as information about the media coverage that accompanied the RNIDS activities. The Annual Report also contains information and illustrations related to all the significant events organized by RNIDS in 2013, such as the Serbian Internet Domain Names Day, marking the first birthday of the .СРБ domain, Cyber‑Security in Cyber‑Serbia panel and others. DOWNLOAD: RNIDS ‑ Annual Report for 2013 (PDF, 2.20 MB)

24.12.2014.

RNIDS hosts representatives of national registries from Europe and the rest of the world

The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry (RNIDS) and CENTR organized the 15th CENTR Marketing workshop on 27th and 28th November in the BAH hotel in Belgrade. 34 participants have represented 21 national registries (in addition to the European registries, the Japanese national registry was also represented), the Catalan registry and the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR). After a long absence from this type of events, a representative of the Greek registry has also attended, and the representative from MARnet (.mk registry), attended the CENTR marketing workshop for the first time. Danko Jevtović, RNIDS CEO, opened the workshop with a brief presentation introducing the guests to the history of Serbia and the Serbian Internet domains, as well as to the organisation and activities of RNIDS. The event was jam‑packed with interesting topics and discussions. The main topics included: Reasons for the general slow growth in the number of registered domains, Experiences with new generic domains associated with specific areas or cities (.paris, .brussels and .vlaanderen), Marketing campaigns with educational and promotional elements which registries have used to promote the benefits of national domains, increase their market visibility and strengthen domain brands, Competitions supported by national registries with a view to promoting their own values and...

08.12.2014.