❓ Mr. Simpson questions the Tourism portfolio regarding the ownership and history of the domain name westernaustralia.tv. The answer reveals Tourism WA now owns the domain, having purchased it from a US entity.
AnsweredQoN 2743Legislative Assembly
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(a) who registered the domain name westernaustralia.tv;
(b) when was this domain name registered;
(c) who currently owns this domain name; and
(i) if this is not the person who originally registered this domain name, how much was paid for it;
(ii) if the Department does not own the domain name, are they paying the owner for its use;
(iii) if the answer to (ii) is yes, how much is the Department paying the owner each year and are there any conditions on the use of the domain name?
(b) when was this domain name registered;
(c) who currently owns this domain name; and
(i) if this is not the person who originally registered this domain name, how much was paid for it;
(ii) if the Department does not own the domain name, are they paying the owner for its use;
(iii) if the answer to (ii) is yes, how much is the Department paying the owner each year and are there any conditions on the use of the domain name?
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Answered
25 October 2007
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
28 days
Answer
(a) The person who first registered the domain name westernaustralia.tv is unknown to Tourism Western Australia. The person who owned the domain name prior to the purchase of it by Tourism Western Australia was Mr Ben Van Dyk, Movie Media, California, United States of America.
(b) The date when the domain name westernaustralia.tv was first registered is unknown to Tourism Western Australia. On 11 July 2007 the domain name was transferred from Mr Ben Van Dyk to Tourism Western Australia.
(c) Tourism Western Australia currently owns this domain name but does not know how much was originally paid to register it. To transfer the ownership of the domain name outright from Mr Ben Van Dyk to Tourism Western Australia the sum of USD$3,094.50 (including fees) was paid.
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(a) The person who first registered the domain name westernaustralia.tv is unknown to Tourism Western Australia. The person who owned the domain name prior to the purchase of it by Tourism Western Australia was Mr Ben Van Dyk, Movie Media, California, United States of America.
(b) The date when the domain name westernaustralia.tv was first registered is unknown to Tourism Western Australia. On 11 July 2007 the domain name was transferred from Mr Ben Van Dyk to Tourism Western Australia.
(c) Tourism Western Australia currently owns this domain name but does not know how much was originally paid to register it. To transfer the ownership of the domain name outright from Mr Ben Van Dyk to Tourism Western Australia the sum of USD$3,094.50 (including fees) was paid.
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