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Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by pgc »

tehlike wrote: post #5
t0astbread wrote: post #3

So 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.

I don't know what Europe would look like without the EU. I'd say in the coming years the stability of it will be tested thoroughly. The countries that are calling the shots (namely France and Germany and their lapdogs) will be tested, too.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by rndgermandude »

tehlike wrote: post #5
t0astbread wrote: post #3

So 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.

The EU is the successor to the EEC (1957) and ECSC (1951).

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by duiker101 »

tehlike wrote: post #5
t0astbread wrote: post #3

So 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.

I mean, looking at the state of things I'd say it's more likely the US will be annexed by Russia before the EU goes away.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by scaryclam »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #10

Honestly my bigger concern is what AWS is going to call eu-west-2 now… It should generally have been expected that this would happen in line with the rules. Bit silly, but there we go. Proxy registrants are available.

The eu part of the aws naming means Europe, not the European union.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by ahje »

pgc wrote: post #19
gioele wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

> The CBS is not European. In fact if you visit http://play.it from Europe, you're in for a surprise.

Registrant Organization: MarkMonitor International Limited

Address: The Johnson Building 77 Hatton Garden London EC1N 8JS GB

Created: 2012-10-24 21:48:52 Last Update: 2016-08-25 19:46:3

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by smcl »

pgc wrote: post #21
tehlike wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I don't know what Europe would look like without the EU. I'd say in the coming years the stability of it will be tested thoroughly. The countries that are calling the shots (namely France and Germany and their lapdogs) will be tested, too.

OK I'll bite - who are their "lapdogs"

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by cm2187 »

tehlike wrote: post #5
t0astbread wrote: post #3

So 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.

Don’t know why you are getting downvoted, eu-hostile populist parties are on the rise everywhere in Europe. If your business depends critically on a domain, I think not relying on a .eu domain is a common sense precaution to take. And it doesn’t matter what the next election polls are. You are still going to depend on your domain in 10 or 15 years.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by benj111 »

midasz wrote: post #14
writepub wrote: post #4

There 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 craw…

At the time of registering, all those eligibility criteria were met.

It isn't unreasonable to let current registrations run their course.

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