From memory Basketball Times Pty Ltd at the time of registration was a
reserved company name - eligible under the old Melb IT criteria

Brad


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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: [DNS] bt.com.au


> On 19 May 2004 at 10:46, Kim Davies wrote:
>
> > Quoting Craig Oehlers on Wednesday May 19, 2004:
> > |
> > | 1. The complaintant is planning to have bt.com.au deleted altogether
> > | and become unavailable by any applicant;
> > | 2. The complaintant is under the impression auDA will sacrifice the
> > | integrity of the auDA policy under the weight of probably a very large
> > | company; or
> > | 3. The complaintant is making the complaint without understanding auDA
> > | allocation and eligibility policy
> > |
> > | Any thoughts on this situation?
> >
> > I would have to say 1 or 3. You are correct that if they succeed, the
> > domain in question should effectively be locked up, as it is no longer
> > grandfathered. #1 could be possible if they want to stop people going to
> > it for confusions sake.
> >
> > I am not sure whoever the complainant is, but I doubt they can asset
> > they have sole rights to "BT". Both Bankers Trust and British Telecom
> > spring to mind when I hear BT.
> >
>
>
> Funnily enough this domain name was drawn to wider public attention in
early
> January 2003 by crikey.com.au
>
> It was then the home of what some would refer to as adult interest
material.
>
> At the time it was  registered through Melbourne IT in the name of what
was then a
> non-existent entity ie. "Basketball Times Pty Ltd"
>
> Coincidentally I had a client who wanted this domain name at the time and
I lodged a
> request to Melbourne IT for the deregistration of the domain. Subsequently
they
> advised me that the registration had been regularised within the terms of
auDA rules.
> As one can see by going to ASIC a company "Basketball Times Pty Ltd ACN
103 459
> 338" was formed in late January 2003 and the domain record was changed to
reflect
> this.
>
> It seems to me that although we are all entertained and/or irritated by Mr
Norrish's
> activities that it would be unfair to deprive Basketball Times Pty Ltd of
the benefits of
> the registration - the company was first in and therefore best dressed.
>
> In early February 2003, I queried both Melbourne IT and Mr Chris Disspain
CEO of
> auDA as to how the original registration was allowed to go through. I am
still waiting
> for the courtesy of a response. It would be good if both a rep. of
Melbourne IT and
> that well known list lurker Chris Disspain would share their views (even
at this late
> stage) on this with the list and perhaps why auDA rules are applied
selectively.
>
> cb
>
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