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Sent: Monday, 12 July 2004 5:34 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Review of auDA policy - restriction on geographic names

I believe the restriction should be maintained. The question that you should be asking is 
"Why *should* they be lifted?". I doubt that there is any reason other than commercial 
exploitation. The introduction of the community 2LDs is a good thing but the majority of 
users will not know about them and will likely wander unintentionally to the commercial 
sites.

At the very least, if the commercialisation of those names are allowed, regulations should 
be imposed upon the users of those names requiring the home pages of the site to clearly 
state the purpose of the site and provide a prominent link to the relevant community site 
if such a site exists. The sites must also be prevented from delivering any political or 
potentially offensive content. Violation of these rules should result in immediate 
cancellation of the registration and deletion of the DNS records.

My 2c,

Dave Hodgman.