On 30 May 2012 13:25, Nicholas Lee
In the case of a dispute, it would be better to allow the domain holder with the longest third level registration to have priority for the second level.
Why? That doesn't seem fair.
Second this will prevent domain high-jackers rushing out and taking - for example - telecom.{geek,org,net,etc}.nz, just so they can shake down an existing domain holder.
This is already covered in the proposal: "Limiting the Sunrise Period to registrations at the time this proposed policy is announced, mitigates the risk of people registering new names in an effort to impact on another person’s ability to register their domain name at the second level. There is no restriction on new registrations, just that any registered after 9am on Wednesday 30 May 2012 will not be eligible for inclusion in any Sunrise Period registrations." An earlier date applies to Internet NZ staff due to insider knowledge. To me this whole things seems like a way for Internet NZ to double their income. Most entities that have a non conflicting .co.nz domain will also want to register their .nz domain (even if they don't use it), just to prevent domain hijacking at a future date. And that means two payment of domain fees. (ala ICANN allowing arbitrary top level domains) I can't see any benefit to domain owners or the general public in opening up to 2LD registration. I will be replying to the proposal at some stage. -- simon