[LINK] auDA's takedown of stephenconroy.com.au

[Philip Argy]

According to the WhoIs record:

Domain Name:                     stephenconroy.com.au
Last Modified:                   17-Dec-2009 23:01:47 UTC
Registrar ID:                    Domain Central
Registrar Name:                  Domain Central
Status:                          pendingDelete (Client requested policy
delete)


Registrant:                      SAPIA PTY LTD
Registrant ID:                   ABN 94140321240
Eligibility Type:                Company

Registrant Contact ID:           C032321-DC
Registrant Contact Name:         Domain Manager
Registrant Contact Email:        Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web
based WhoIs

Tech Contact ID:                 C032321-DC
Tech Contact Name:               Domain Manager
Tech Contact Email:              Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web
based WhoIs

Name Server:                     dns1.hyperlink.net.au
Name Server IP:                  202.174.226.250
Name Server:                     dns0.hyperlink.net.au
Name Server IP:                  202.174.227.2

I assume the registrant had insufficient nexus with the domain name, and was
therefore non compliant with the .com.au eligibility criteria.  The
registrar arguably should not have permitted the registration.

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au
[mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Stilgherrian
Sent: Monday, 21 December 2009 14:26
To: Link list
Subject: [LINK] auDA's takedown of stephenconroy.com.au

I think it was Jan who posted about the sudden takedown of of the Fake
Stephen Conroy website at stephenconroy.com.au on Friday?

I have now written about that for Crikey.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/21/the-swift-takedown-of-stephenconroy-com-
au/
or
http://bit.ly/7A3ynz

There's some questions to be asked about of auDA about how a takedown in
less than 3 hours fits with auDA's normal dispute resolution procedure which
gives folks 20 days to file their response. Particularly when no life is
threatened and there's obviously no intend to deceive.

Senator Conroy's office say they had nothing to do with it.

Stil


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