This sounds extremely sensible, but, continuing the bank.au example, I would add that banks (ie those eligible for a bank.au 2ld) would no longer be eligible for com.au domains (except for grandfathering)
(Someone asked for more detail on the 4ld controversy on qld.edu.au - it was over 12 months ago that I read about it and I was unable to find any details, but in hunting around I did find this http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/domainname/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/consultation-package-with-background-2.doc (Word document download) which seems to indicate that the 4LDs are not only fine, but mandated. Bit of a turnaround) Lea On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:36:23 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I totally agree with Edwin. > > Further to this, I have always said that with industry specific > domains, you must be within that industry. Therefore only a bank > could register a domain using the .bank.au extension. > > This already applies for domain extensions such as .gov.au and > .edu.au, so this concept is nothing new. In effect, the .gov.au and > .edu.au domains are examples of industry specific domains. Do you see > any untoward activities in these namespaces? Any phising? Any > cyber-squatting or domain speculation? > > As for conflicts, there's would be far fewer as it is limited to each > industry. For example only plumbers of the name Joe would be > interested in joes.plumbing.au whereas every Joe from every industry > would be interested in joe.com.au. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
