iTunes.com.au
I know rumours of an Australian iTunes store have been around for ages, but it looks like in the past week, Apple has registered itunes.com.au
Domain Name: itunes.com.au
Last Modified: 23-Mar-2005 22
Registrar ID: R00010-AR
Registrar Name: Melbourne IT
Status: OK
Registrant: APPLE COMPUTER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Registrant ID: ACN 002 510 054
No web site responding as yet.
March 31st, 2005 at 15:00
Maybe related to this story? I’m surprised they haven’t just grabbed the lot.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/BleedingEdge?m=884
Paul
March 31st, 2005 at 21:41
Yeah, perhaps they’re planning ahead. For instance, amazon grabbed amazon.com.au in anticipation of a later local expansion.
Though keep in mind that in AU you can’t buy a .com.au domain unless you own the matching registered business name or company name. So it’s not like anybody could have come along and grabbed itunes.com.au and squatted on it.
Intriguingly, I notice someone bought google.net.au. Now there’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.