The auction is not _totally_ open - there's still policies to be mindful of
 http://www.stuff.com.au/auda_intro.asp?uid=guest&sch=stuff1
 http://www.stuff.com.au/auda_comaurules.asp?sch=stuff1&uid=guest
and these in turn have their own restrictions, eg. banking.com.au as bank 
is a restricted business term.

Further, you had to be eligible before the arbitrary 31 August 2001 date.

So... let's not go crazy here ;o)

Galen

> oh so you want to make internet.com.au a sex shop, now that's original :)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katie Halson [mailto:katie§bluedoor.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:24 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] INTERNET.COM.AU
> 
> 
> As I understood it generics were rejected as they represented industries 
or
> bodies as a whole in a similar way to geographical names and not because 
of
> any commercial focus. Auctions may be fair in a commercial sense however 
do
> they conflict with the existing policy.
> 
> As a hypothetical.
> 
> I run a large adult retail chain whose primary sales was through the
> internet and whose registered name is Australian Sex Shop on the 
Internet.
> My business has been runnibg for 10 years and I am very rich. I am 
eligible
> to apply for internet.com.au which I do and successfully bid for. I 
believe
> the price is worth it as the generic domain will drive traffic to my 
site.
> 
> Does this represent internet.com.au for 'what it is'?
> I can also apply and bid for australian.com.au
> 
> 
> on 24/1/02 3:04 PM, Kim Davies at kim§cynosure.com.au wrote:
> 
> >
> > I don't see how anyone can judge whether a company is going to "use the
> > domain for what it is", whatever that means. As it stands you need to
> > be eligible for the domain (i.e. by connection) as you have for other
> > .com.au domains. This has been the test for years, so why should the
> > generics be different?
> >
> > kim