G'day Jon,

so if i read correctly :
<<
55A Certain misleading conduct in relation to services
A corporation shall not, in trade or commerce, engage in conduct that is
liable to mislead the public as to the nature, the characteristics, the
suitability for their purpose or the quantity of any services."
>>

What about .au.com ?
is that misleading for australian businesses ?

On a broader note, what about all domain name extensions that have
.anything.au that are promoted for australian businesses ?

Ginge


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon&#167;jonlawrence.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:37 PM
To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
Subject: RE: [DNS] au.bz


Here is some pretty relevant legislation:

COMMONWEALTH TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974
Section 55A
From:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/tpa1974149/s55a.html

<snip>
55A Certain misleading conduct in relation to services
A corporation shall not, in trade or commerce, engage in conduct that is
liable to mislead the public as to the nature, the characteristics, the
suitability for their purpose or the quantity of any services."
</snip>

I never finished my law degree so I'm not sure but I wonder if the following
conditions imposed on ING in their current case with the ACCC could/would
have any wider relevance?

<snip>
(1) it will not in Australia or elsewhere, publish, distribute, or display
material, by any means whatsoever (including electronic transmission and/or
oral communications) in which it:
(a) represents that the letters "bz" in the domain name ".bz" means or
refers
to "business";
(b) represents that registration of a domain name in the ".bz" domain
indicates
the registration of a business;"
</snip>

rgds
jon

>-- Original Message --
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>From: "C.L Ginge" <cyrille.lefevre&#167;scifi-art.com>
>To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
>Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 21:12:33 +1000
>Subject: RE: [DNS] au.bz
>
>
>I have a question, and please forgive my ignorance.
>suppose I register something like www.au.tv
>
>If I claim that this is the website for Australian Television, what can
>possibly prevent me from making that claim ( even if it's a lie ) ?
>So suppose I have a au.bz website and claim that au.bz means "Australian
>business domain name", what can possibly prevent me from making that claim
>?
>sure, the Australian business name is .com.au , but on what grounds can
>anybody tell me that I would be wrong making that claim about au.bz ? (
now
>if auDA issues .biz.au , which one is the *real* Australian business domain
>name anyway ? )
>
>Now don't get me wrong, i am not attacking or defending anybody, but as
far
>as I know and if there is no Code or Law against it, anybody can design
and
>name products with whatever name they want, and if they design and name
>specific products with a "catchy" name, or "targeted" name, it's called
>marketing.
>
>So is there a code of conduct somewhere that prevents people from using
>.au.bz as "Australian business domain name" ..
>
>Note : on the same token, what is www.au.com exactly ? an Australian
>business domain name ?
>
>If some of you guys think action should be taken against au.bz, I think
that
>action should also be taken against au.com , or anything that has got .au
>in
>it , that is not administrated by the proper .au administration.Fair enough
>?
>
>This is all a bit confusing !
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>
>
>Ginge
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: C.L Ginge [mailto:cyrille.lefevre&#167;scifi-art.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:52 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] au.bz
>
>
>standard procedure, Phil :)
>
>Ginge
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Wright [mailto:newsstuff&#167;network.au.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:53 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] au.bz
>
>
>And if you read their terms and conditions - you register a domain through
>their system and you give them a licence to SPAM and potentially blindly
>on
>sell your email address to whomever they wish
>
>Phil
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Fleming [mailto:kevin&#167;w617.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2002 8:30 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] au.bz
>
>
>
>haven't seen this crowd before ..
>
>It's a nice scam - I wonder how many people have been sucked in ?? Even
>their "Partners" have to pay up before they can re-sell..
>
>telstra.au.bz is available for registration. I wonder ??
>
>
>K
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Josh Rowe [mailto:josh&#167;email.nu]
>> Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2002 8:17 PM
>> To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>> Subject: [DNS] au.bz
>>
>>
>> "au.bz Internet Names means 'Australian Business'.  The new domain
>> extension released in 2001 is the modern alternative to the traditional
>> .com.au extension."
>>
>> http://www.business.au.bz/Information/Information.htm
>>
>>
>> Josh
>> --
>> josh&#167;email.nu
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