[news release] Domain Directors, an associated company of Instra Corporation, an auDA (Australian Domain Name Administrator) and ICANN accredited registrar, yesterday commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland against auDA, the Australian domain name policy and regulatory body.
Last week, auDA unilaterally cancelled Domain Directorâs domain name registration for âauregistry.com.auâ. Domain Directors have owned and used the domain name âauregistry.com.auâ for the past eight years.
Tony Lentino, the CEO of Domain Directors, said this afternoon:
âI am shocked at auDAâs actions. auDA brought down one of my long standing websites. auDA wrote the policy, made the complaint to itself, and acted as judge and jury, and then deleted my DNS entry without informing me. With auDA governing the system, no Australian domain name is safe.â
Originally, auDA informed Domain Directors that a third party had made a complaint about the âauregistry.com.auâ domain name, but after the lawsuit was commences, the lawyers for auDAâs informed Domain Directors that in fact, no complaint had been made.
John Swinson, partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques which is representing Domain Directors, says that the dispute will be heard in the Supreme Court of Queensland on Friday, 21 November.
Domain Directors is an international registrar and provides an extensive range of over 200 country code Top Level Domain name extensions across Europe, America, and the Asia Pacific regions.
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This news release was sourced from Domain Directors/Instra Corporation.