It is also against auDA policy to register an .id.au domain without having
the registrant warrant that they are an Australian resident. This is clearly
not done before the domain is registered, nor on the confirmation page
should the person actually accept the offer.

As a competing registrar, I am clearly at a disadvantage by the fact Bottle
has apparently registered a whole bunch of domains, within minutes of the
10AM kick-off to the promotion. Until the domains are rejected and therefore
deleted, they are stopping me from accepting actual orders from my clients.

It will be interesting indeed to see what auDA does about this.


Bennett.



----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Davies <kim&#167;cynosure.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [DNS] FW: johnthomson.id.au has been registered for you.


> Quoting Deus Ex Machina on Monday September 15, 2003:
> | >
> | > John, when you rejected the domain name, it was automatically deleted
> | > from the registry, making it available for others to register, hence
> | > the blank WHOIS response.
> |
> | er hang on its clearly against the code of conduct to bulk pre-register
names!?!?!?
> | FOUL - referee where are you?
>
> The code of conduct (which requires mandatory adherence by registrars)
> reads:
>
>     4.3 Domain Name Suppliers must not register or renew domain names (in
>     advance of a request from an eligible registrant) that are for the
>     purpose of restricting a competitor from registering the domain name
>     on behalf of the registrant, or for the purpose of later offering this
>     domain name to potential licensees.
>
>     Examples of unacceptable conduct:
>
>     (1) Anticipating a consumer's preference for a domain name (via
>     examining consumer activity on a website, or by reference to other
>     databases such as company name databases), registering that domain
>     name using the consumer's details, and then offering the domain
>     name to the consumer for a fee or in conjunction with a bundled
>     offering. This practice restricts the consumer's choice of Domain
>     Name Supplier, and may lock the consumer into service conditions
>     (such as the need to host a website with the Domain Name Supplier).
>     This example is sometimes called front-running.
>
> Before I say something that is potentially wrong, I will give Nick the
> opportunity to inform us how this is not what Bottle is doing.
>
> kim
>
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