[DNS] Licence Period

[DNS] Licence Period

From: Tony Owen <tony§seol.net.au>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:04:26 +0930
>Is the expiring domains stuff available for everyone to harvest, or do you 
>need to be a registrar ?

Should I switch the topic back to 'reds under the bed' to get a question 
answered?

Cheers Tony



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Jones" <dj_david_jones&#167;yahoo.co.uk>
> To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Licence Period
>
>
>>
>> --- Bennett Oprysa <bennett&#167;enetica.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>  If someone
>>> were to register your
>>> expired domain in the hope of making money from your
>>> brand/company name,
>>> they would be in breach of the domain rules. Unless
>>> your domain is a
>>> generic product or service, it would also not likey
>>> make money for a
>>> monetiser.
>>
>> I can't see how any of the following for example would
>> be protected by the policy.
>>
>> eg. seek.com.au or abc.com.au or wishlist.com.au or
>> ipaustralia.com.au etc etc
>>
>> We all have a right to register them we just have to
>> make sure we don't infringe on their trademarks. For
>> example I could register seek.com.au and launch a
>> search engine as long as I don't offer employment then
>> I don't infringe on their mark.
>>
>>>
>>> > Enetica is now monitoring dropped names
>>>
>>> We've been doing it for 3 and a half years actually.
>>> We're just ramping
>>> up the level and range of monitoring.
>>>
>>>
>>> > I presume these are only those registered through
>>> enetica
>>>
>>> No, it's all domains.
>>>
>>
>> Now that is an interesting fact. What other
>> information are registrars able to get their hands on.
>> I thought the whois info was not available to
>> registrars in full and that you could only monitor
>> domains by availability.
>>
>> DJ
>>
>>
>>
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