New registration rules for .com.au domains could cause chaos.
The board of auDA, the group that oversees the .au namespace, just voted to make a sweeping change to registration rules for .com.au domains. It could mean a million or more domains lose their eligibility in a namespace of 3.3 million.
On today’s show, Erhan Karabardak, a former auDA board member and IP attorney, joins me. He was one of the seven people on the panel that came up with the recommended rule change, and one of three who voted against it.
Erhan explains what happened and what it means for domain registrants.
Also: Verisign pricing lawsuit, Aruba and ShortDot new TLD plans, IONOS layoffs, drop time changes
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So is Australia such a technology powerhouse that it can implement domain name policy which creates friction across millions of it’s country code domain?