Bottle domains have not sent a corrective email at this stage. Why are they
being allowed to profit from a similar scheme to Mr Rafferty? Does the code
of practice mean you can run this type of deceptive marketing, profit
greatly from it then just have a link on your front page for a month? You
can bet the offer doesn't link to the front page.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo§auda.org.au]
Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2003 1:21 PM
To: DNS List
Subject: [DNS] media release


Bottle Domains id.au offer breached Code of Practice

Melbourne, 18 September 2003 - auDA has found that a "free gift" id.au
offer by accredited registrar Bottle Domains was in breach of the .au
Domain Name Suppliers' Code of Practice.
On 15 and 16 September 2003, Bottle Domains registered over 2,000 id.au
domain names and offered them as "free gifts" to their customers. This
action was timed to coincide with the launch of AusRegistry's special
id.au promotion.
auDA has found that Bottle Domains breached the Code of Practice,
because the domain names were not registered at the request of a
customer.
"The effect of Bottle Domains' actions was to remove a large number of
id.au domain names from the pool, thereby denying access to these names
by other prospective  registrants," said Chris Disspain, auDA CEO.
At auDA's request, Bottle Domains has deleted all the id.au domain names
that were not taken up by a customer, and has sent a corrective email to
all recipients of the id.au offer. Bottle Domains is also required to
place a corrective notice on its website for a period of 30 days.
-ENDS-

For media contact:

auDA:
Chris Disspain
Chief Executive Officer
tel: 03 9349 4711
email:  <mailto:ceo&#167;auda.org.au> ceo§auda.org.au