Well, actually:

.org was originally designed to be restricted to non-profit organisations
but that policy has never been enforced by your company.

Other similar spaces such as .org.uk and .org.nz are also unrestricted though
they also have unenforced policies that theoretically restrict the space
to non-profit organisations.

On the other hand, .org.au is actually one of the few spaces that has been
restricted to non-profit organisations with some curious exceptions.  

rgds
jon


>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>From: "Wittenburg, Bonnie" <bwittenburg&#167;verisign.com>
>To: "'dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au'" <dns§lists.auda.org.au>
>Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 06:20:21 -0400
>Subject: RE: [DNS] international domain news
>
>
>James, have you recently attempted to have a book of hate speech published?
>
>
>I think the analogy is lacking anyway because in the case of looking for
>a
>publisher for your less-than-socially-acceptable content, you are dependent
>on the publishers willingness to publish.  Whereas, in the case of the
>Internet, you could "publish" any content you want, even if it was
>restricted to a certain TLD.  
>
>Remember, other types of industries are restricted to particular extensions
>- for instance, .orgs are restricted for use by not-for-profits; the new
>.aero is restricted for use by aeronautic concerns.  This allows the public
>to identify the sector they are dealing with.  It doesn't limit the content,
>just which extensions they could apply for.
>
>-Bonnie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Fiander [mailto:jfiander&#167;nimblehost.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 6:41 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] international domain news
>
>
>*SARCASM* GREAT idea!
>
>Give a rating to the internet... */SARCASM*
>
>Maybe we should just make it more like publishing itself... you'd be
>surprised how hard it is to get a book of hate speech published... why
do
>you think they do it on the internet? and (I'm sure) that it is damned
near
>impossible to get a magazine of underaged porn published... I'm sure that
>we
>could just eliminate the XXX rated content entirely.. and just keep the
R18+
>which doesn't harm anyone... although extremely demining....
>
>-James
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Goldstein [mailto:goldstein_david&#167;yahoo.com.au]
>Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:41 AM
>To: auDA DNS Mailing List
>Subject: [DNS] international domain news
>
>
>Hidden Bedroom Cameras Inspire Video Privacy Bill (Reuters)
>Hidden video cameras in bedrooms, bathrooms and other private places
>would be outlawed under a bill introduced in Congress that would also
>limit pornographic Web sites to an online red-light district.
>...
>The bill would also require Web sites containing pornography, hate
>speech or other material deemed harmful to minors to give up their
>".com" Web addresses and register under an adults-only Internet
>domain such as ".prn."
>
>http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=832527
>
>Israel under hack attack (BBC)
>Israel has been suffering a barrage of hack attacks since the start
>of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000. According to security
>firm mi2g, the Israeli domain .il has been the biggest victim of web
>defacements over the past three years, suffering 548 of the 1,295
>attacks in the Middle East.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1932000/1932750.stm
>
>
>
>See http://www.alfa-redi.com/noticia/ for the web version of the
>news, along with an archive.
>
>
>http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Messenger
>- A great way to communicate long-distance for FREE!
>
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