Re: [talk-au] AU openstreetmapS.com domain squatter

2014-03-21 Thread Grant Slater
On 21 March 2014 00:48, Michael Gratton m...@vee.net wrote: Whois reports the registrar is KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH http://www.key-systems.net/, which appears to be a German registrar. Yes, I contacted them a few months ago. Received a response, unlikely to have much luck following that route. I'll

Re: [talk-au] AU openstreetmapS.com domain squatter

2014-03-21 Thread Grant Slater
On 20 March 2014 21:56, David Bannon dban...@internode.on.net wrote: Grant, are you suggesting the domain is being held in a cyber squatting mode ? That Michael is holding it with the intention of making a profit from it ? The domain is used to catch openstreetmap typos. Many newbies

[talk-au] AU openstreetmapS.com domain squatter

2014-03-20 Thread Grant Slater
Hi OSM Australia, Anyone up for this? The openstreetmapS.com domain is being held by Michael Gilmour of parklogic.com for sale. He is based in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia. The domain was originally registered on behalf of OpenStreetMap in 2007 but was accidentally not renewed. Would any

Re: [talk-au] AU openstreetmapS.com domain squatter

2014-03-20 Thread David Bannon
Grant, are you suggesting the domain is being held in a cyber squatting mode ? That Michael is holding it with the intention of making a profit from it ? David On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 15:21 +, Grant Slater wrote: Hi OSM Australia, Anyone up for this? The openstreetmapS.com domain is

Re: [talk-au] AU openstreetmapS.com domain squatter

2014-03-20 Thread Warin
Hi, 1) Warning - Bitdefender reports openstreetmapS.com as an attack page. 2) Why obtain a domain name that is so close to another name (that is well known)? 3) Why would you (or a firm) obtain a domain name and then offer it *for **sal**e* if not for making a profit? If the above is