I wrote to SGNIC to seek their comments regarding my post on the possible abuse of .sg domain names on 15th July and they finally replied today. Well, I’m truly appalled by the content of the email …I mean you’d expect more after two weeks. But what came back was basically registration guidelines (probably from their FAQs) and an instruction to remove SGNIC’s logo from my blog - totally irrelevant to what I asked. Well, it either proves that they are so disconnected from reality or are simply disinterested in addressing problems. You can read the email after the jump… Dear Mr Lim, 1. Thank you for your feedback to us. We would like to clarify that for any registrant to qualify for a “.com.sg” domain name, the registrant will need to be an ACRA-registered company. The registrant of the domains you mentioned (cars.sg, lawyer.com.sg, property.com.sg) has met the requirements. 2. Once the registrant has met those requirements, they can proceed to register for any “.sg” domain name, on a first-come-first-served basis. 3. If a member of public takes issue with a website’s content for eg, due to its offensive material for instance, he can bring that to the attention of the Media Development Authority. Or in cases should trademark holders wish to lodge complaints against owners of domain names which they feel they have the right to, there is also the Singapore Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (SDRP) which provides a framework for the resolution of such “.sg” 4. On a separate issue, we note that the SGNIC logo is displayed on your webpage accessible via this link http://www.larrylim.net/seo-online-marketing/wasteful-use-of-sg-domain-names/129/. You may contact us at 6774-0479 should you require any further clarifications. Regards
Given the volume of such applications, most generic domain name registrations are accepted as long as they are not offensive or infringe on trademarks. Such a practice is consistent with other registries around the world.
domain name disputes. The SDRP is modelled after the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) which settles domain name disputes in the generic and country-code top level domains. More information on the SDRP can be found at the following URL: http://www.sgnic.sg/pdf/SDRP.pdf or at http://www.disputemanager.com.sg/SDRP/what.htm
As the SGNIC logo should not be used unless authorised by us, would like to seek your cooperation and remove the SGNIC logo from your website by 15 August 2008.
SGNIC
Don’t you have to be Singaporean to register?
Comment by Singapore Rules — July 31, 2008 @ 10:28 am