Dear David

Maybe the ACCC might like to look at the cybersquatting practices of the AU
government, auDA and MelbourneIT.  I am having my company name effectively
cybersquatted by these guys for whatever reason they have.

I read all the stuff about domain name sagas and the simple reality is that
it all goes away if you can have your approved registered company or
business name as a domain name, instead of the onomatophobia of MelbourneIT,
auDA, et al.

Regards
Adrian
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>From: David Goldstein <DGoldstein&#167;comslaw.org.au>
>To: DNS mailing list <dns&#167;auda.org.au>
>Subject: [DNS] international news
>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:03 AM
>

>ACCC seeks halt to domain name piracy
>Australia's competition watchdog has called for a global crackdown on
>cybersquatting.
>
>According to Dr David Cousins from the Australian Competition and
>Consumer Commission, the practice of people buying domain names in the
>hope someone with a more legitimate claim will pay large sums of money
>for it is hurting consumer confidence.
> http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/06/18/FFXB4WO43OC.html
>
>Lining Up for the Dot-Biz Bazaar
>After failing to get the dot-com website she really wanted, Laurel
>Sutton is plotting early to ensure the same thing doesn't happen in the
>dot-biz domain.
>
>Sutton's company, Catchword, which is, of all things, a corporate
>branding consultant, learned its lesson a few years ago when it went to
>register the domain "catchword.com." The California company found the
>name had already been taken by a British electronic publisher and it had
>to settle for the hyphenated second choice "catch-word.com."
> http://www.wirednews.com/news/business/0,1367,44584,00.html
>
>What Domain Holders Really Want
> Thinking of registering a snazzy website like sex.info or show.biz?
>
>Well, there may be more competition than you anticipated.
>
>As the pre-registration process continues for the soon to be launched
>dot-biz and dot-info domains, domain registrars are still seeing a
>healthy response from those hoping to snag a catchy Web address.
> http://www.wirednews.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,44534,00.html
>
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