John,

Please sit tight.  No need to jump to conclusions yet.  There have been  
no claims that the campaign was deceptive.

Nick




On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 01:45 PM, John Thomson wrote:

> Bottle domains have not sent a corrective email at this stage. Why are  
> they
> being allowed to profit from a similar scheme to Mr Rafferty? Does the  
> code
> of practice mean you can run this type of deceptive marketing, profit
> greatly from it then just have a link on your front page for a month?  
> You
> can bet the offer doesn't link to the front page.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo§auda.org.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2003 1:21 PM
> To: DNS List
> Subject: [DNS] media release
>
>
> Bottle Domains id.au offer breached Code of Practice
>
> Melbourne, 18 September 2003 - auDA has found that a "free gift" id.au
> offer by accredited registrar Bottle Domains was in breach of the .au
> Domain Name Suppliers' Code of Practice.
> On 15 and 16 September 2003, Bottle Domains registered over 2,000 id.au
> domain names and offered them as "free gifts" to their customers. This
> action was timed to coincide with the launch of AusRegistry's special
> id.au promotion.
> auDA has found that Bottle Domains breached the Code of Practice,
> because the domain names were not registered at the request of a
> customer.
> "The effect of Bottle Domains' actions was to remove a large number of
> id.au domain names from the pool, thereby denying access to these names
> by other prospective  registrants," said Chris Disspain, auDA CEO.
> At auDA's request, Bottle Domains has deleted all the id.au domain  
> names
> that were not taken up by a customer, and has sent a corrective email  
> to
> all recipients of the id.au offer. Bottle Domains is also required to
> place a corrective notice on its website for a period of 30 days.
> -ENDS-
>
> For media contact:
>
> auDA:
> Chris Disspain
> Chief Executive Officer
> tel: 03 9349 4711
> email:  <mailto:ceo&#167;auda.org.au> ceo§auda.org.au
>
>
>
>
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Bests,


Nicholas Bolton
Bottle Domains
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