> .org.au is actually one of the few spaces that has been
> restricted to non-profit organisations

Not according to its previous long-time Registrar, Robert Elz.  org.au,
according to Robert:

"it has never been a domain for non-profit organisations"

"it was, and remains, a domain for organisations that fit no-where else, or
don't do so reasonably, and has gov types, for-profit types, educational
types, and non-profit types of registrations"


Regards, Mark

Mark Hughes
Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
www.pplications.com.au
+61 4 1374 3959



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon§jonlawrence.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 20:34
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] international domain news
>
>
> 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&Story
> ID=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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