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The Australian domain name industry is trumpeting the success of yesterdays release to the public of .au generic domain names, but controversy has already arisen around the process.
Over half of the generic .au domain names offered in the latest general release were sold in 15 minutes this morning - with some buyers likely to have paid up to several times more than they would have at a recent domain name auction.
About half the domain names included in an auction of .com.au generic names weren't allocated, and will be available on a "first come first served basis" in an upcoming auction.
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