[DNS] Secondary Market

From: Darryl <dassa§dhs.org> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:41:27 +1000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:08 UTC

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: dns-bounces+dassa=dhs.org&#167;dotau.org 
|> [mailto:dns-bounces+dassa=dhs.org&#167;dotau.org] On Behalf Of J 
|> and J Miller
|> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:26 AM
|> To: .au DNS Discussion List
|> Subject: Re: [DNS] Secondary Market
|> 
|> LOL &#167; "a domain name is not an asset and cannot be claimed 
|> as one" - if a domain name is not an asset why are some 
|> selling every month for tens of thousands of dollars? (see 
|> http://dnjournal.com )
|> 
|> Several US courts have ruled that domain names are indeed 
|> "intangible property" - http://www.domainhandbook.com/property.html

The reference is in repect of the Australian domain name space and is not
related to what may be happening in the US.  Do you really want to see the Au
name space going down the same path as the gTLDs.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch 