Aristedes Maniatis wrote:

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But competition at the registrar and reseller level seems analogous to the
Department of Fair Trading reselling business name registrations through
private companies, or the ATO selling ABN registrations to accountants who
then resell them to their customers.
<snip>

In this you have identified a core reason why an enforceable code of conduct
is so relevant - and so crucial.

In my opinion a domain name IS indeed a business name registration (albeit
confined to the Internet), that's supposed to afford protection to its owner
at the same high level as any other "normal" business registration.

Consumers therefore have the right to expect (no - demand) the same level of
security, protection, recourse and privacy as if it were their "normal"
business registration.  They also have the right to receive the same
integrity of conduct as if they had bought their domain name from an
official, statutory registrar.


Ron Stark
Business Park Pty Ltd
mail: ronstark&#167;businesspark.com.au
tel: +61 (0)3 9592 6895   fax: +61 (0)3 9591 0729
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