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.xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Re: .xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Post by Finnucane »

jbob2000 wrote: post #10

I think that's included as an example, the actual line reads: > Abusive use of a domain is described as an illegal, disruptive, malicious, or fraudulent action and includes, without limitation, the following So the real rule is not to defame anyone of sufficient public standing (ie. someone like Justin Beiber or Oprah Winfrey. Daniel Negari is the CEO of the company, so of course him too)

Perhaps that's the intent, but the actual wording suggests specifically those individuals.

Also, since he has claims on .security and .theatre, why doesn't he go for the obvious and add .securitytheatre?

Re: .xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Post by phreenet »

jbob2000 wrote: post #10

I think that's included as an example, the actual line reads: > Abusive use of a domain is described as an illegal, disruptive, malicious, or fraudulent action and includes, without limitation, the following So the real rule is not to defame anyone of sufficient public standing (ie. someone like Justin Beiber or Oprah Winfrey. Daniel Negari is the CEO of the company, so of course him too)

I disagree, this states 'the following' then list bullets so it should be

> Abusive use of a domain is described as an illegal, disruptive, malicious, or fraudulent action and includes, without limitation, illegal, malicious and fraudulent defamation of Oprah Winfrey, Daniel Negari, or Justin Bieber.

Re: .xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Post by Finnucane »

cmdrfred wrote: post #5

>illegal, malicious and fraudulent defamation of Oprah Winfrey, Daniel Negari, or Justin Bieber; Why not just "illegal, malicious and fraudulent defamation". Publicity stunt?

What is 'fraudulent defamation'? If the defamation is fraudulent, does that mean it is true?

Re: .xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Post by nathcd »

deanstag wrote: post #14

OP, how/why did you stumble across this?

I'm about to buy a .xyz domain, and - out of curiosity - looked up the TLD on Wikipedia, and found the defamation line from the original submitted title on Wikipedia, with the linked PDF as a source. (For those who missed the original title, it was something like "On .xyz domains, it's forbidden to defame: Justin Bieber, Oprah Winfrey, and Daniel Negari".) Mostly I found it a curiosity, but I was hoping it might spur some conversation about issues with centralized control in DNS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.xyz

Re: .xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Post by geofft »

The HN practice of renaming submissions made this super confusing. What's the best practice here - write a blog post with a one-line comment and link to the source? (Although I guess that could fall victim to updating the link to point to the original source.)

Re: .xyz Launch Policies (2014) [pdf]

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Post by takeda »

devoply wrote: post #13
dsp1234 wrote: post #11

Note that Daniel Negari is the CEO of XYZ LLC which is the owner of the registry. As for the other two... https://ceo.xyz/

He probably just loves both of them to death. Either that or perhaps they are investors.

Or "illegal, malicious and fraudulent defamation of Daniel Negari" would just sound that he's too self absorbed, and this way doesn't look as bad.
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