I would have thought "national.com.au" would have been reserved as a generic
domain !? I'd say it was and they bid for it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathanael Boehm" <cybsnoop&#167;tpg.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia


> I was just thinking - why did the NAB get national.com.au ? I mean - I've
> never heard of the issue you just mentioned - and it's possible that NAB
may
> have had to take the ppl who "stole" it to court or something to get it ..
> no idea.
>
> But - why, how can NAB register something generic like "national" as a
> business? The name of the company is .... *goes looking for it*
>
> ... damn, I can't even find it on the ASIC db...
>
> Ok, here it is - from the NAB site: National Australia Bank Limited
>
> Doesn't make sense. Anyway - getting off the topic...
>
>  - SnooP
>
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> From: Dax <shayemaree&#167;bigpond.com>
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia
>
>
> > One of the faxes refers to www.national.com.au being lost by the nationa
> > bank 'don't let what happened to the National Australia bank happen to
> you'
> > [paraphrasing]
> > Did this happen a while ago?? because the web site still belongs to the
> > National bank ?!?
> >
> >
>
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