Jon Lawrence [jon§jonlawrence.com] wrote:
> That's a fair question Kim, but it misses the point that there already is
> (and to some extent always has been) a secondary market for .au domain names.
> 
> Now that auDA has (finally) caught up with reality and released the remaining
> generic and geographic names that weren't registered when Mr Elz was away
> on holiday back in the mid 90's, it would seem a good time to remove another
> artificial (and ineffective) restriction on the development of the .au domain
> name industry.
> 
> Perhaps while we're doing that we could also finally dispense with the farcical
> allocation rules (exact match, derived or "otherwise closely and substantially
> connected to the registrant") that serve only to artifically inflate the
> revenue of ASIC and the state business registration authorities.

it would be a positive step forward if the allocation rules where
retired. allowing names to be sold overseas would be in keeping with all
other major registries. these are all artificial barriers that no longer
serve any purpose.

Vic