At 11:54 PM 3/17/00 +1100, Aussie wrote:
>Friends,
> A couple of friends and I have been discussing registering the
>business name "money.com.au" and then requesting that domain name
>(money.com.au) from MelbourneIT. Quite obviously, MelbourneIT will
>refuse the application due to the name desired being "generic".
> Once MelbourneIT has refused us the domain name, we are planning on
>taking the matter further and demanding that we are provided with the
>domain name. If it's good for Murdoch (news.com.au), it should be good
>enough for us.
You will have a problem here, as MONEY is the name of a magazine published
by AP (I think) and they're damn sure to object.
> At the moment, we are seeking others who are computer litterate (in
>any OS) and willing to stand with us and help support our action
>against MelbourneIT.
You've got my vote, for what it's worth - I have had problems with them in
the past.
> Once we win against MelbourneIT, we plan to develop money.com.au into
>a financial site for Australians. The site and business will be jointly
>owned by everyone who financially assists us.
Problem is you won't win - even though mIT's own "rules" say it will
exercise no control over what is registered...:-(
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