Domain Registration Related News
auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains
June 2005
Australia's domain name regulator has seized
more than 1,000 domains from Ansearch, saying the
search engine company's intended use did not
comply with its policies.
However, in a twist, more than 100 of those names
-- which only came back onto the market last week
-- have already been scooped up by a Perth-based
Web hosting and online search company, Empius
Interactive.
The chief executive of .au Domain Administration,
Chris Disspain, confirmed this morning Ansearch
had been forced to relinquish the names, which
included several trademarked names and
misspellings of popular Web destinations.
Some of the names believed to have been
confiscated include celebrity-based names such as
tomcruise.com.au, pamelaanderson.com.au, brands
such as bandaid.com.au or australiaairlines.com.au
and misspellings such as yahho.com.au.
While several companies had previously flagged
their intention to complain about Ansearch's
actions, Disspain was not prepared to comment on
who had actually done so. However, he said the
regulator would be looking in to the move by
Empius, a spokesperson for whom was unavailable
for comment.
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