Greetings All,

See comments below.

Cheers,

Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
ceo§auda.org.au
www.auda.org.au
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chesley Rafferty [mailto:chesleyau§yahoo.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:07
> To: dns§dotau.org
> Subject: RE: [DNS] Guilty Verdict For Au Domain Name Scammers
> 
> Hey I'm glad that you all received a copy of the Court
> Orders, so you have read them and know the exact
> details.
> 
> Maybe before you all rush to the pub to celebrate you
> should read it carefully but let me break it down for
> you.
> 
> 1. We are appealing the decision.

Indeed you are.

> 
> 2. In a recent unrelated Federal Court case, in front
> of a Full Bench, Justices Jacobson and Bennett
> indicated that they disagreed with Justice
> Finkelstein's view that it was not necessary to
> establish that significant numbers of people were
> misled.  For all you non-lawyers this is good news for
> our appeal.

A succinct, fascinating but completely incorrect interpretation of the findings in the Tweed case. As a non-lawyer
yourself it may be sensible to refrain from providing gratuitous opinions to other non-lawyers.

> 
> 3. By making the changes required by Justice
> Finkelstein and by not sending the same notices, I am
> able to continue selling domains by direct mail.

You could have saved yourself a significant amount of money if you had made the changes suggested by auDA some
considerable time ago (admittedly you were using a different company then so maybe you thought those changes only
applied to that entity).

> 
> 4. No the Court did not fine me or Domain Names
> Australia.

You are correct but then, no such order was sought by ACCC.

> 
> 5. So far costs have been reserved in the case.

Yes, they usually are when an appeal is on foot.

> 
> 6. Please feel free to read my Media Release which I
> will post on this afternoon or tommorrow morning.

I look forward to it. Works of fiction have always been my favourite relaxation reading material.

> 
> PS I drive a Mercedes Benz not a Ferrari and I don't
> plan to have a fire sale.

Good for you. Hope it's got a first aid kit in the back somewhere......

> 
> 
> 
>  --- Jason Trickey <jason&#167;mydomain.com.au> wrote: >
> > Have you forgotten you once sent out unsolicited
> > renewal notices yourself Rod?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -j
> >
> >
> > At 04:48 PM 28/04/2004 +1000, Rod Keys wrote:
> >
> > >People who get into these types of scams always
> > invest in depreciating
> > >assets.
> >
> >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > List policy, unsubscribing and archives =>
> > http://dotau.org/
> > Please do not retransmit articles on this list
> > without permission of the
> > author, further information at the above URL.
> >
> 
> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.
> http://au.movies.yahoo.com
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
> Please do not retransmit articles on this list without permission of the
> author, further information at the above URL.
>