Sean

That's a fair point.  

I would argue however that rather than having auDA spend it's time dealing
with complaints and making what can only be subjective judgements about
what constitutes "information" and "services" that we simply let the market
sort itself out.

I suspect that this business model is, in the long-term, pretty unsustainable
and that, in time, these sites will begin to disappear and/or those with
sufficient traffic will begin to be developed into "real" websites to maximise
the return to the registrant.

I think it's also worth considering that most "domainers" would rather sell
a domain name and realise an immediate return than to put up a PPC site
and watch the money trickle in.

Jon

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:48:48 +1000
>From: "Sean K. Finn" <Sean.Finn&#167;ozservers.com.au>
>To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
>Subject: Re: [DNS] Monetised
>Reply-To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
>
>
>4.1 It is acceptable to register domain names under the close and
>substantial connection rule for the explicit purpose of domain
>monetisation within the category "a service that the registrant
>provides". The "service" being provided by a domainer is the service of
>providing users with information and advertising links about the subject
>matter of the domain name.
>
>
>The 'service' being provided is the service of providing users with 
>A) INFORMATIOn
>*AND*
>B) Advertising links.
>
>On none of these domains can I see any information regarding the content
>matter, but *ONLY* Advertising links.
>
>This is what I am objecting to.
>
>Even blogs would contain information relating to the domain along side
>advertising links.
>
>It is not the presence of Advertising, but the lack of anything useful,
>(I,e, ACTUALLY PROVIDING A SERVICE) that I am objecting to.
>
>-Sean.
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