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Judge slams Bolton as auDA takes control of 9,000 Australian domain names

In a judgment that questioned his grasp on reality, the Court of Appeals of the Supreme Court of Victoria has dismissed Nick Bolton’s long-running legal battle against Internet domain name regulator – Australian Domain Administration Ltd (auDA).
The decision allowed auDA, on Monday of this week, to take control of the nearly 9,000 Australian com.au domain names

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Official Dead and Expired AU domain name list to start 18 April

An official list of  Australian dot com domain names that haven’t been renewed will be published as from the 18th April.
And multiple domain name owners will also, as from then, be able to revamp their licenses so that they all expire on the same date.
Australia’s domain name regulator, Australian Domain Name Administration Ltd (auDA) , had

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auDA kills Townsville.com.au, plans to publish official, ‘dropped’ domains list

A deepening row over the domain name Townsville.com.au highlights why industry regulator – au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) – will soon publish an official list of expiring Australian domains (i.e. domains where the license has not been renewed).
As this issue went to press, the official whois service lists the status of Townsville.com.au as ‘inactive’.
But only last

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Dark Blue Sea in $1.5million deal to buy Domain8 ahead of Photon takeover

Greg Platz hasn’t yet ‘fessed up. But the CEO of ASX listed domain name company – Dark Blue Sea  – will surely soon be announcing that the company now owns a valuable Australian domain name registrar license.
After all, there can be no doubt that Dark Blue Sea (DBS) has bought “a company in the emerging Australian

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Supreme Court dismisses claim, confirms Bolton loss of Bottle Domains license

Victoria’s Supreme Court has rejected Nick Bolton’s attempt to retain the license for one of his domain name businesses –  Australian Style trading as Bottle Domains.

Justice Hargrave today handed down his decision in the case, and appears to have comprehensively rejected Bolton’s arguments.

Indeed, the judge found that Bolton had himself, “failed to act in good faith

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