I agree that the registration of generic names in the .com.au space is a
concern, when the policy says that can't happen and many people are rejected on
the basis that the proposed name is generic.

The concern is that the policy does not explain how it is possible to register a
name such as buy.com.au which appears to be entirely generic. Having a business
name is not mentioned as an exception to the prohibition on registering generic
names in the .com.au space - so how did anyone get buy.com.au registered in
1999?

No answer immediately suggests itself - perhaps a more open system would help -
but that is difficult to achieve until auDA is empowered and funded - and this
seems to be happening very slowly - coincidentally that situation seems to
assist the commercial interests of existing registrars, who were/are responsible
for granting rights to these domain names.

If this situation annoys you, write to auDA, NOIE or Senator Alston - you may
not get any result, but at least you'll get it off your chest. And, if enough
people write, who knows what may happen?



Lee Sanders wrote:

> Regarding the dispute over the domain buy.com.au they mention in the article
>
>     "White said his client had registered the business name
>      in 1998 and the domain name buy.com.au in February 1999
>      with the intention of setting up an online auction site."
>
> Could someone tell me how a generic word such as "buy" got through INA's
> generic name policy. Actually while your at it the same applies for
> sold.com.au, auction.com.au and travel.com.au.
>
> Previously I thought that these domains must have been registered before
> the name policy was in place, but if what the article states is true
> somehow INA is letting registrations through that are against their generic
> name policy.
>
> Does anyone know how this is happening ?
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