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Action Required: Huge change for New Zealand domain name space
23 September 2014 | By
Rick Shera
From 1pm, 30 September 2014, you will be able register directly in the top level .nz domain space. So, you'll be able to get [anyname].nz rather than [anyname].co.nz or [anyname].org.nz, for example. This is a huge change - the biggest since .nz began around 25 years ago.
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But is user generated content really advertising?
01 August 2013 | By
Rick Shera
I've written before about what seems to be a difference of opinion between the New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and its Australian cousin, the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB), as to whether user generated comments (UGC) are subject to their respective codes ...
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