The open net.au policy was becoming subject to abuse by some less principled
members of the Internet community.  We did not wish to restrict legitimate
access to domain names but the abuse was causing severe operational difficulties
and after discussion with the delegate for net.au (Hugh Irvine), a new and
more restrictive policy was implemented (effective for new registrations from
1-Dec-1997).

At 14:50 16/12/97, Michael Malone wrote:
>When the net.au become a clone of com.au?  The following provisions
>are now part of the net.au registration process.
>
>To be acceptable, the domain name must:
>
> 7. be directly derived from the complete registered company or business
>    name of the applicant organisation;
>
> 8. not be a generic word describing products, industries, industry sectors,
>    or organisations;
>
> 9. not be an unqualified Australian place name; and
>
>10. not contravene any third party's rights to use the name.
>
>MM

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