A different Business model for release of .EU
.EU is coming - Let the money-making begin: I was just checking the list of accredited registrars on the EURid website, when I noticed several applications from one Austrian city. All of those also have the same address details:
Interesting changed in the ccTLD space: AU does not like PPC
Domain registration rules face change amid protests: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications
substantial connection rule”, which allowed companies to register
domain names that, although not derived from their own company or
business name, are connected to their business in some way. For
example, it would be acceptable for a real estate directory service to
register names such as houses.com.au, apartments.com.au, land.com.au,
estateagent.com.au.
However, on Friday, auDA issued a
statement saying it is considering changing the rule after some
companies were found to be “using this interpretation of the close and
substantial connection rule to register large numbers of domain names
apparently for the primary purpose of capturing Web traffic and/or
selling click-through advertising”.
Interesting - they are going in the opposite direction, compared to the gTLDs and wanna-be gTLDs.