Quoting Ian Johnston on Wednesday November 22, 2000:
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| Why couldn't generic and geographic names in the .com.au namespace be used
| as gateways / directories?
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| If businesses were prepared to invest in building them, why should they be
| prevented from doing so?
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| The current policy of prohibiting the licensing of these names imo serves no
| good purpose as I see it.  But I am open to persuasion.

I believe the problem is not so much that they would be used as gateway or
directories - indeed I think the main concern would be them being used
for the opposite. 

To make an example, travel.com.au could be used as a directory
of the travel services industry, or it could be a travel company.

Is there a viable way to identify if a generic is going to be used in the
public interest or not?

kim