"David Kempe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Im sorry but i think you will find that news.com.au was registered
> before the rules came into play.. ie before 1996 i think... You need to
> check the dates here cos the rules did change with MelbourneIT becoming
> more powerful or at least taking over it.
Actually, MelbourneIT was asked about the registration of news.com.au
a few weeks ago (during the f*ck.com.au debate) and the response was
somethng to the effect of "the normal guy was away on holidays and the
two guys sitting in for him registered the domain without checking."
A rather strange response to make when generic names were already
banned, and why didn't the regular guy kill the registration when he
got back? After all, f*ck.com.au had their registration killed after a
week or two, why not news.com.au?
> Besides, I don't mind that non-generic domain names are allowed any
> more. It does prevent some squabbles and ridiculous squatting etc. I can
> see why they have made that rule.
I assume you mean that you don't mind that generic names are not
allowed :-)
Anyway, because someone MUST have the rights to the name, either as
their business name, a direct derivitive of that name or the person's
name, how many people would be able to cybersquat on generic domain
names as opposed to normal ones?
Aussie
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