CB...Shut up!!!!
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From: "Chris Berkeley" <magic2147&#167;optushome.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:05 AM
Subject: RE: [DNS] kafkaesque


> On 22 Sep 2002 at 21:42, Saliya Wimalaratne wrote:
>
>
> > Should they be contacted ? Probably. By AusRegistry/auDA ? no. IMO
requiring
> > this function at such a base level would add significant cost to the
> > already-overpriced DNS registration system in .au.
> >
> > I would certainly support a suggestion to AusRegistry/auDA that *any*
> > deregistered .au domain be subject to a 'cooling-off' period where it
was
> > impossible to be registered by anyone else, though. I can't see how this
> > automated cooling-off would add significant cost to the process.
>
> According to whatsinaname.com.au AusRegistry is copping $39 net a pop for
most of
> the domains that are registered in this godforsaken system. I would say
that a courtesy
> call or fax to the registrants of "live" sites before taking them down
would cost them all
> of about $5. So that this doesn't become a burden for anyone other than
recalcitrant
> registrants a "late" renewal might incur a loading of say $7.50. Then the
revenues of
> Ausregistry would not be harmed. (In any event Saliya if you have a beef
with the costs
> of .au registrations the complaint should be with the amount of money
going to
> Ausregistry which seems to me to be in a very good position with this -
especially for a
> company with a very small shareholder equity.)
>
> My point is that sites should not be taken down without a modicum of care
being taken
> by registrars and the registry to prevent unnecessary inconvenience. The
suggestion
> that the domain name are analagous to drivers licences is puerile in the
extreme. They
> are part of the overall service that our industry is supposed to be
rendering to Australian
> businesses and the community in general. Furthermore Ausregistry/auDa
contrary to
> their own belief are not the law. To put it another way Ausregistry/auDA
take great pains
> to extoll the virtues of private enterprise and competion but here they
are at first blush
> acting like a bunch of Indian Railway booking clerks or a Jobs Worth from
Essex.
> Domain name registrants should not be subject to some half assed outfit
taking
> peremptory action in relation to their web site just because they have had
the temerity
> to fail to renew promptly especially when they have not had any
notification regarding
> renewal from the channels that are supposed to be providing them with
assistance. A
> real service industry would be bending over backwards to ensure that the
service
> provided was better than good.
>
> May I remind you that 99.85% of domain name registrants are totally
confused by all
> the crap that has been going on with .au domains of late. A little
compassion for the
> poor bastards would not go astray.
>
> I understand that MIT has had some legal strife over the taking down of
websites in
> similar circumstances. I am not sure of the facts in those cases and IANAL
but it seems
> to me that Ausregistry/auDA might have some kind of exposure in this
regard - one can
> only hope that if they take someone down who has deep pockets they will be
sued.
>
> Any suggestions as regards how Connect West came to be the registrar when
the
> registrant has not authorised a transfer?
>
> cb
>
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