Perhaps AUDA should apply to create a '.ads.au' extension, that way all the 
site with ads could live there!

Cheers Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darryl (Dassa) Lynch" <dassa&#167;dhs.org>
To: "'.au DNS Discussion List'" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [DNS] Monetised


>
> Jon Lawrence wrote:
>>> If the terms of the license they buy to have a domain name say they
>>> can
>>
>>> only do this and that with it, then that is all they may do.
>>> The only question is if the terms are clearly defined, and able to be
>>> verified in a sensible fashion.
>>
>> Yes, but those terms exist within the wider legislative framework.
>> If you try to restrict a perfectly legal use of a domain name then
>> you're just asking for someone to challenge those terms in court, as
>> a restrictive trade practice under the Trade Practices Act or
>> whatever.
>>
>> It is not within auDA's remit to set policies relating to the content
>> of websites.
>
> Actually, the content of websites is already restricted under legislation
> and if AuDA went to the government and suggested it may be a good idea to
> restrict the content of websites referred to by .au to Australian content
> I'd be fairly confident they would be able to get the backing required to
> make it work.
>
> I'm not sure it is something I'd like to see however.
>
> Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/