Weird considering domains in .su (soviet union) are still around.
Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
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Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#12Pretty petty if you ask me. ICANN generally lets things be grandfathered in. However, it is a country code domain so they can administer it how they want.
Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#13So this effectively means don't register a .eu domain if there's any discussion in your country about an *EXIT?
don't register an eu domain at all - who knows if eu will exist in near future? edit: eu was founded in 1993. it's just around 26 years old, but already has a lot of problems.
> who knows if eu will exist in near future
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Absolute nonsense. That'd be like saying don't do business with US companies because they haven't had a functioning government in more than 40 days...
Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#14There are many many proxy registration methods that allow one to buy a domain in any country, regardless of residency. For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents, but play.it , a CBS owned radio company operates with full complaince. This is not a loss for Brits, but a breach of trust by the .eu registrar. Lesson learnt: never register with .eu domain, for their non-business friendly heavy handedn…
> the .it domain is intended for Italian residents
Do they have a TOS? Because there is a difference between 'intended' and actual rules. And by using those 'proxy companies' you're still breaking the rules but just being sneaky about it.
> a breach of trust by the .eu registrar
Really? So because they actually enforce their rules they are 'breaching trust'? You can't get away with breaking the rules so you just crawl into the victim role? Absolute nonsense.
https://eurid.eu/media/filer_public/76/48/7648e621-0c5d-4c09...
In this first step the Registrant must verify whether it meets the General Eligibility Criteria, whereby it must be:
(i) an undertaking having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Union, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, or
(ii) an organisation established within the European Union, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein without prejudice to the application of national law, or
(iii) a natural person resident within the European Union, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#15It will be painful for some but let's be honest, who here has seen many high profile .EU domains floating around?
Couldn't think of one...
Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#16There are many many proxy registration methods that allow one to buy a domain in any country, regardless of residency. For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents, but play.it , a CBS owned radio company operates with full complaince. This is not a loss for Brits, but a breach of trust by the .eu registrar. Lesson learnt: never register with .eu domain, for their non-business friendly heavy handedn…
> For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents
This used to be the case decades ago. Now every resident or business of the EU can register a .IT domain: https://www.nic.it/en/faq#t127n81932
Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#17The top eu domain is torrentz2.eu
(From this undated random website)
https://domaintyper.com/top-websites/most-popular-websites-w...
Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#18There are many many proxy registration methods that allow one to buy a domain in any country, regardless of residency. For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents, but play.it , a CBS owned radio company operates with full complaince. This is not a loss for Brits, but a breach of trust by the .eu registrar. Lesson learnt: never register with .eu domain, for their non-business friendly heavy handedn…
> For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents This used to be the case decades ago. Now every resident or business of the EU can register a .IT domain: https://www.nic.it/en/faq#t127n81932
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Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit
#19There are many many proxy registration methods that allow one to buy a domain in any country, regardless of residency. For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents, but play.it , a CBS owned radio company operates with full complaince. This is not a loss for Brits, but a breach of trust by the .eu registrar. Lesson learnt: never register with .eu domain, for their non-business friendly heavy handedn…
> For instance, the .it domain is intended for Italian residents This used to be the case decades ago. Now every resident or business of the EU can register a .IT domain: https://www.nic.it/en/faq#t127n81932
The CBS is not European. In fact if you visit http://play.it from Europe, you're in for a surprise.