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	Wednesday, 21 December 2005

More on DNMSL vs DNC For those that are new or have forgotten DNMSL was in the news in June.  In the recent NZOC meeting an agenda item was "Policy Compliance - in committee from approx 5pm". At the time I wondered who this was. Since reading about the bullet to the head deauthorisation of DNMSL as a .nz registrar this morning I have made some calls and sent some emails. The first is from Dennis Smith who alleges bias and predetermination of the DNC and requested NZOC appoint a mediator. He states NZOC rejected his request and endorsed the DNC's recommendation. He said me might do a release about this in the new year, or he might not. The next is I followed up on the "The company has also twice been suspended by the registry for technical breaches." comment as this looked like an unusual event, especially as it had not been reported before (that I am aware of). NZRS will suspend a registrar under two broad areas: Whois access abuse Actions that could impact the integrity or performance of the registry It appears whatever they did, or threatened to do, fell under the second area. This is more than just disagreement on policy and how the DNC enforces policy. For NZRS to suspend a registrar means that they must have had pretty clear evidence of actions that would impact all registrars and/or registrants. What the hell was DNMSL thinking? If I find any more relevant information I will post about as I am able. 3:05:03 PM      Like to comment? []

Registrar smoted. DNMSL deauthorised. Just read that the DNC has deauthorised DNMSL. First time in .nz history. 12:09:09 PM      Like to comment? []

	Monday, 19 December 2005

Vegan vs Manufacturer I spent about 5-10 minutes on each of the websites this afternoon. www.premierbacon.co.nz is clearly different from www.premierebacon.co.nz but has copied, in an amateurish fashion, the look and feel of www.premierebacon.co.nz. It also looks like it has copied entire sections of copy from the target site (www.premierbacon.co.nz/premier.php compared to www.premierebacon.co.nz/about.html). Looking at the meta tags of www.premierbacon.co.nz however does provide a glimpse into the thinking and possible trade mark infringement of www.premierbacon.co.nz. It appears to be using trade/service marks it does not ‘own’. <meta name="keywords" content="Factory Farming Premier Premiere Bacon Ham Pork cruelty murder Country-style Wairarapa New Zealand pigs pig nz animal rights christmas lockdown campaign torture cage sow crate slaughter"> I could not see any reasonable person confusing the two sites or thinking that www.premierbacon.co.nz is anything other than a protest site of www.premierebacon.co.nz. I do think however that www.premierbacon.co.nz should not have copied verbatim entire pages from the www.premierebacon.co.nz site and should stop using any trade/service marks it does not own. These aspects just makes them open to challenge over copyright and trade mark infringement on the site. 3:03:28 PM      Like to comment? []

Bringing home the bacon Stuff has a story about a .nz domain name dispute regarding premierbaconco.nz. Is it typo squating or fair use? I will post my comments on the two sites once I have had a good chance to review them. 9:44:33 AM      Like to comment? []

Call for .nz Experts The DNC has issued an announcement seeking mediators and experts for the .nz disputes process. Applications closes February 17th.   9:39:39 AM      Like to comment? []

	Thursday, 8 December 2005

Behold the future! I have been mulling the future of this site from some time. The reason is simple, .nz, in general, has its shit together. Things are not falling apart or lawsuits being threatened (or in some cases filed) and multi million dollar projects run by inept management are not occurring any more. I created this blog back in July 2002 in the days of the formation of the SRS to highlight what was going to those people that did not ‘live the SRS’. While I do not think .nz is perfect it is one of the best ccTLD’s. I think that for instance NZOC should be more transparent and broader process for appointments and full registrar stats being made public. The last part of the jigsaw is the .nz disputes process. Once that is implemented I will cover any initial cases and then I think I will turn out the lights. I plan to keep the site online for all those amusing Google searches I get. Other options were to turn it into a ‘personal blog’ but then again I would rather give myself a lobotomy with a spork than do that. For a brief moment I had thought about running the Unofficial DPF Fan Site (UDPFFS) but I think some 8 year old girl called Sarah is already planning on doing that so I wont steal her thunder :-) I plan to refocus my attention on the registrar survey that I was half way through doing before a hard drive crash and being a reference site for the .nz ccTLD. Of course if I’m lucky .nz could all fall apart and I could have a ‘target rich environment’ again and things will be back to the ‘good old days’. Here’s hoping! 10:02:28 AM      Like to comment? []