>There are a couple of ways to get around this moronic rule, such as leasing
>the domain name to another party, or just register another business name
>and transfer it when you sell the business for the value of the domain
>name.

Exactly.  The policy doesn't even achieve its (IMO completely flawed)
objective.  It simply introduces a completely unnecessary degree of
inefficiency into what is a basic and completely legitimate process - the
acquisition and disposal of business assets.

The logic of Comrade Lynch and his fellow travelers is that the buying and
selling of domain names is bad because there are bad people in the world who
might profit from speculation.  

There's the odd bit of speculation going on in the property market too.
Following this "logic", we should therefore immediately ban the resale of
all property, and have that managed centrally by an officially-appointed
agency.  I doubt that anyone would see that as being a good public policy
outcome...

Jon
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dns-bounces+jon=jonlawrence.com§dotau.org
[mailto:dns-bounces+jon=jonlawrence.com§dotau.org] On Behalf Of Charlie
McCormack
Sent: 15 July 2006 09:58
To: '.au DNS Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [DNS] Secondary Market

> You can read this as to say, No, there are other domain spaces which don't
> have secondary markets allowed in their policies and that some people
> disregard the .au policies as they see a secondary market as a means of
> developing their personal finances.

Oh yeah god forbid anyone in this industry making a profit.

There are a couple of ways to get around this moronic rule, such as leasing
the domain name to another party, or just register another business name and
transfer it when you sell the business for the value of the domain name.

I have done this in the past and still do it today, and there is nothing
going to stop me, period. Simply because there are 'real world' laws that
prevent one entity from restricting another entity in this fashion.

One thing I'd like to know, why has no registrar ever challenged auDA only
appointing 1 registry operator?

I have only ever really seen one registrar in this industry with any sort of
balls making waves.

> The policy helps to keep the name space available as intended.

The internet is a commercial medium now and as such should be treated as
one; the days of Robert Elz, Bob Kummerfeld and Piers Lauder are gone, past
intensions no longer apply.

In the next 4-6 years we will see a new breed of lawyer come to play in the
industry as they come out of study, a breed that is not only knowledgeable
in the various laws, but also knowledgeable in I.T


 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+charlie=mccormack.net.au§dotau.org [mailto:dns-
> bounces+charlie=mccormack.net.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of Darryl (Dassa)
> Lynch
> Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2006 10:44 AM
> To: '.au DNS Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Secondary Market
> 
> 
> |> -----Original Message-----
> |> From: dns-bounces+dassa=dhs.org§dotau.org
> |> [mailto:dns-bounces+dassa=dhs.org§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> |> Jon Lawrence
> |> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 2:01 AM
> |> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> |> Subject: Re: [DNS] Secondary Market
> |>
> |> >Is Australia the only country that doesn't have a secondary
> |> market in
> |> >domain names?
> |>
> |> No.  There is and always has been a secondary market for .au
> |> domain names, it's just not officially sanctioned and is
> |> therefore very cumbersome and inefficient.
> 
> You can read this as to say, No, there are other domain spaces which don't
> have secondary markets allowed in their policies and that some people
> disregard the .au policies as they see a secondary market as a means of
> developing their personal finances.
> 
> |> >Does a lack of secondary market affect the development of
> |> the com.au
> |> >namespace?
> |>
> |> As above, the lack of an officially-sanctioned process for
> |> the trading of domain names creates inefficiencies and
> |> denies businesses their legitimate right to acquire and
> |> dispose of assets as they see fit.
> 
> As it is against .au policy some people find it difficult to fully exploit
> the
> name space and feel restricted by the policy which is a good thing.  The
> policy helps to keep the name space available as intended.
> 
> Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
> 
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