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Philip Littlewood
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What do they say? There's no such thing as bad publicity...
Simon Johnson
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From the article:
Murdoch University computer security expert Nik Thompson said it could be a case of "domain squatting".
*sigh* here we go again.
Murdoch University computer security expert Nik Thompson said it could be a case of "domain squatting".
*sigh* here we go again.
Bacon Farmer
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"Dr Thompson said there weren't really any laws in Australia to stop domain squatting..."
Ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha.
snoopy
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Well, he is pretty close, it is a case of domain speculation where the domainer puts up the content they thought about for 10 seconds. Who does that...err...all of us?
In the minds of most people domain squatting and domain speculation are the same thing. It is collecting a whole lot of domains and doing near nothing with them. That is what squatting is seen as. No judge or legal textbook will ever change that.
Bacon Farmer
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What were you hoping to achieve from the complaint?
Data Glasses
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That's what i was wondering , you would have to guess, the name?
To draw attention to the possible squatting of course. In my opinion it's not uncommon to find a questionable registrant on many domain names that I search for. I think those that wish to play outside the rules should be penalised for it. Maybe the websites that you are seeing from this registrant are a response to complaints to the AUDA. And of course the name is an attractive proposition to see deleted if I was possibly eligible which I'm probably not.
findtim
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maybe a refund on the taxi fare from the launceston hotel he booked to his perth cdb meeting was to expensive
tim
findtim
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maybe they are just " in development " ? , such a great name takes time to develop, unfortunate it showed up online but everyone gets hiccups.
tim
snoopy
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Maybe hit got hit with a complaint himself, so it is only fair to lodge one against someone else. Gotta share the love.
DamianLondon
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""Murdoch University computer security expert Nik Thompson said it could be a case of "domain squatting".
"He said the perth.com.au site was linked to an internet consulting site called Hamish.com.au in Tasmania."
"As far as copyright goes, there's not much you do," he said.
"It looks like someone has bought the business names –and they are quite desirable domain names."
Dr Thompson said there weren't really any laws in Australia to stop domain squatting and that the owner of the sites would more than likely make a profit down the track by selling the domain names.
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Takes about 1 Minute to do a search on the Company who owns the domain name; 10 seconds to do a whois lookup and about another minute to see what their line of business is.
Please refer to http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/da200599/ for any further advice regarding defamation.
"He said the perth.com.au site was linked to an internet consulting site called Hamish.com.au in Tasmania."
"As far as copyright goes, there's not much you do," he said.
"It looks like someone has bought the business names –and they are quite desirable domain names."
Dr Thompson said there weren't really any laws in Australia to stop domain squatting and that the owner of the sites would more than likely make a profit down the track by selling the domain names.
""
Takes about 1 Minute to do a search on the Company who owns the domain name; 10 seconds to do a whois lookup and about another minute to see what their line of business is.
Please refer to http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/da200599/ for any further advice regarding defamation.
snoopy
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I can imagine that you'd find a lot too. Who remembers, Sites-Positioned-Above-Mine?
