On 08/03/2007, at 11:37 AM, david wrote:
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 07:37 +1100, Sam Lawrance wrote:
On 08/03/2007, at 7:21 AM, Richard Hayes wrote:
It used to be that to get a .com.au domain name you had to have a
company or business name.
Is this still the case as I've heard different responses.
Yes, almost you need to 'prove' that you are entitled to register
the name.
My experience is that once you have a name, it's unlikely to be taken
from you. I have some legacy names that haven't been registered
business
names for years. OTOH, I wouldn't rely on that! If I registered a
business name and then found that someone was illegally sitting on
that
domain name without authority, I would definitely take action and I'm
sure any business person would.
You have to quote some form of authority (ABN, business name
registration etc) but I'm pretty sure it isn't checked. I may be
wrong.
Personally, I think it's silly to register a name you aren't entitled
to. It's a recipe for trouble.
I think we can agree that like so many things, it's all around
managing risk :-)
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