Domain Registration Related News
Get set for the great domain sale of '05
March 2005
Want to be master of your domain? Well, Web
master, anyway. In six weeks you can, thanks to a
landmark decision to release 20,000 geographic
domain names for public sale.
The .au domain regulator, has decided to remove
restrictions on the previously unavailable
geographic domain names, which will go up for
grabs on an online list to be published in six
weeks.
Domain names such as southmelbourne.com.au and
stkilda.net.au will be available for public sale,
according to .au Domain Administration (auDA).
The .au domain names of Australian capital cities
remain registered, however.
Chris Disspain, CEO of auDA, said the decision to
release more geographic domains was made following
a policy review last year.
Many geographic domain names have been restricted
from business ownership in Australia for fear of
negative impact on community geographic names.
The review found few restrictions on geographic
names in other domain name spaces, and that auDA's
restrictions had been applied inconsistently over
time.
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