From:	URL Media & Marketing on behalf of URL Media 
& Marketing 
Sent:	Tuesday, 20 July 2010 9:30 PM
To:	jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject:	comment on the Panel's Draft Recommendations on 2LD

Jo Lim
Chief Operations and Policy Officer, auDA

Dear Mr Lim,

I would like to make comment on the Panel's Draft Recommendations on the creation of any 
new 2LD.

I believe that any future release of a 2LD (such as e.g. plumber.au), that the registrant of 
the 3LD (plumber.com.au - for example) be given first right of refusal to purchase the 
proposed 2LD. Many of us who were lucky enough to secure "premium" 3LD generic domain 
names have supported Internet infrastructure & built up business models with successful 
websites attached to that 3LD domain name. I feel that the release of a similar 2LD domain 
name would undermine & severely disadvantage the revenue model of these businesses, 
who in some cases, have paid & invested substantial amounts of money in their 3LD 
businesses. 

I further believe that this would be the fairest way to introduce any new 2LD, if that were to 
occur, which may affect any 3LD business model?

Regards

Mike Doroshenko
URL Media & Marketing


PLEASE NOTE: I am in no way affiliated or associated with the Registrant of the above 
example plumber.com.au, this 3LD was used as an example only.