Bennet, are you therefore suggesting that we in Australia should blindly follow what other countries have done, when demonstrably it has been fraught with problems, to whit cynersquatting, euphemistically called "speculation"? Or are you implying that, because it's done in America, it's of necessity right? Ron Stark : -----Original Message----- : From: dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au§dotau.org : [mailto:dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au§dotau.org] On : Behalf Of Bennett Oprysa : Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 8:06 AM : To: .au DNS Discussion List : Subject: Re: [DNS]Time forthe : rulestochangeregardingtransferringdomainnamelicences : : K Heitman & Co wrote: : : > Bruce. Domain name speculation is cybersquatting, it's : only the Yanks : > who have defined it in terms of trademark violation. As I've said : : So you acknowledge that the US courts, ie the people who : essentially run the internet, have specifically classified : domain speculation to not be cyberqsquatting, but because it : does not match your narrowminded view of life, it is : completely ignored and instead we have to go along with your : definition. : : Is domain speculation banned in .uk, .de, .jp, .it, .fr, : .kr, .ca ...... I am not 100% sure, but I suspect you will : find none of these have banned the practise, yet you imply : it is so evil it cannot possibly be even considered. : : You insist on evidence and proof. Well, please show me what : evidence you have and which the above domain spaces did not : have that proves your point? : You are clearly in the extreme minority of people that think : speculation should be banned. You got away with it the first : time because the .au market was not yet commercialised and : therefore the policy panels were overly stacked with : academics, dns old timers and IP lawyers, while having very : few representatives with a commercial interest. : : : Bennett. : : : ------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- : List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ :Received on Tue Sep 27 2005 - 22:15:27 UTC
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