Larry Bloch, CEO & co-founder of Netregistry, says the Supreme Court's decision to grant a temporary injunction against the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) on behalf of Bottle Domains has thrown the domain industry into a week of instability and chaos.
There is now the possibility that - if Bottle Domains wins its case - auDA may be subject to severe damages for loss of business, potentially bankrupting the tightly budgeted administrator. "Chris Disspain of auDA has acted as judge, jury and executioner by cancelling Bottle Domains' accreditation so suddenly, and this action is now proving to be grossly negligent."20/04/2009 09:39:00
The Supreme Court's decision to grant a temporary injunction against the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) on behalf of Bottle Domains has thrown the domain industry into a week of instability and chaos. There is now the possibility that - if Bottle Domains wins its case - auDA may be subject to severe damages for loss of business, potentially bankrupting the tightly budgeted administrator. "Chris Disspain of auDA has acted as judge, jury and executioner by cancelling Bottle Domains' accreditation so suddenly, and this action is now proving to be grossly negligent," says Larry Bloch, CEO and co-founder of Netregistry.
"This was always going to end up in the courts and Disspain was naïve to think Bottle Domains would allow its accreditation to be taken away without a fight. auDA should have ensured that its actions were proportionate and minimised negative impacts to domain name holders. auDA should have maintained Bottle Domains’ accreditation whilst the matter was resolved between them,” Bloch says.
Bottle Domains is a Melbourne-based domain registrar owned by Australian Style, an investment company of Nicholas Bolton. Bolton came in for a lot of criticism last week after selling his voting shares in the BrisConnections project for $4.5 million, scuppering his own resolution and leading to claims of greenmailing in the press.
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