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List of all DNC authorised registrars is available with .nz domain name pricing and other details. Please be advised that the list is out of date but it will be updated in future.   Friday, 26 September 2003 NZRS and Wild West? Just after reading the .geek.nz "story" this morning I read the .nz monthly newsletter. Pretty run of the mill until the NZRS section which has the following (my emphasis added) "The SRS responded well to its first experience of a landgrab." Wow, what a poor choice of words. Terms like Wild West, cowboys, and Verisign come to mind when I read landgrab. Could have stated "first 2LD launch" or similar, but Nick had to state "landgrab". I am still amazed that this survived any review from the DNC office. 3:15:43 PM      Like to comment? [] Moronic lawyers pretending to be netural XtraMSN has a "story" about geek.nz today. I use story in quotes as it is really a one eyed biased piece of crap. I took the 30 nanoseconds required to trash the story on the InternetNZ members list with the following: 1, few examined the proposal in any depth If 1000's of people is few then yeah, few people examined this proposal. 2, would allow for the registration of a large number of new domain names. I do not recall the application ever stating anything like this. 3, such as trade-mark registrations or use as a company name, will likely assert their rights over them. As per the 11 other 2LD's in NZ. Shock Horror, has geek.nz lead to trade mark owners waking up to domain names?!?!? 4, The creation of .geek.nz may lead to a new round of cybersquatting Right... 5, Offering the domain names on a "first come, first served" basis, as is the case with .geek.nz, As it is with ALL other unmoderated 2LD's in .nz. 6, Elsewhere this problem has been addressed through the use of a "sunrise" period, Elsewhere it has been proved how flawed these sunrise periods have been. 7, For whatever reason, this has not happened here. Perhaps because InternetNZ has clue? 8, The creation of .geek.nz may also reawaken disputes between organisations with competing rights to the same or similar name. If this is the case why have single digit submissions been received on the dispute process/issue questionnaire? 9, Who, for instance, should be entitled to register sun.geek.nz? The biggest SunOS/Solaris geek? If that is a tie the one with the scruffiest facial hair :-) 10, There is no purpose-specific dispute-resolution mechanism available through which to contest the registration of .nz domain names, as there is with .com and other top-level domain names. *boggle*. This would require an essay to outline the stupidity of that comment. 11, Existing name-holders should consider registering the .geek.nz variants of their trade marks and any other names they use. Please do, and do the other unmoderated names as well, more names will lead to cheaper prices for the rest of us. 2:57:56 PM      Like to comment? [] © Copyright 2007 Foxbane Ltd and Steven Heath. Last update: 9/07/2007; 10:17:14 p.m.. September 2003 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30         Aug   Oct Archived Months March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002