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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 afandian »

SeaSeaRider wrote: post #59
afandian wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The UK's conduct has been appalling. I am deeply ashamed about how my government has conducted itself, and represented the people of the UK. I think the EU's response has been restrained if anything.

Threatening to delete domains for political reasons is “restrained”? I hate brexit probably as much as everyone here, but the institution of the EU has not come out of this any better than the Tory government.

I feel like they've been quite consistent in their rules-are-rules stance. And the UK has taken the "rules are meant to be broken" stance, which was a risky gamble and showed poor judgment.

This news was a surprise to me, but I wouldn't be further surprised if this procedure is explained in rules that the UK had a hand in drafting.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

SeaSeaRider wrote: post #59
afandian wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The UK's conduct has been appalling. I am deeply ashamed about how my government has conducted itself, and represented the people of the UK. I think the EU's response has been restrained if anything.

Threatening to delete domains for political reasons is “restrained”? I hate brexit probably as much as everyone here, but the institution of the EU has not come out of this any better than the Tory government.

The EU can claim the moral high ground here; they have remained politically professional and not petty, unlike the UK who did the referendum in the first place as a petty political play, and who is now massively voting against a deal, each for their own reasons; the deal is bad, we don't want to leave the EU so let's postpone or force the UK to stay, or we want to force re-elections.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by midasz »

benj111 wrote: post #30
midasz wrote: post #14

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> 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.

Not really. Trade agreements were also made when the UK was in the EU. It doesn't make sense to let them run their course either? Why so lenient? Choosing to leave a club that allows for certain things is ok, but it's inane to be outraged about not keeping those things when you leave.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

SeaSeaRider wrote: post #57

This would be an unhinged move; essentially deleting domains for political reasons. Any business doing due-diligence would be forced to move from their .eu domain.

Political reasons? Yes, the UK is leaving the EU, they do not WANT to be part of the EU anymore. Letting go of a domain extension is only a small price to pay in comparison. They can't have their cake and eat it too - leave means leave. That's 250.000 domains whose owners and (if applicable) personnel had the option to vote remain.

Of course, they can still move to remain in the EU after all.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

midasz wrote: post #13
tehlike wrote: post #5

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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 ???????????????????? 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...

> 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...

40 days is generous, the US's government hasn't functioned in years, if not decades.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

cabalamat wrote: post #38
cm2187 wrote: post #29

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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.

> eu-hostile populist parties are on the rise everywhere in Europe Populist parties are on the rise, and many of them have made anti-EU noises in the past. However, with Brexit, they've got very quiet about leaving the EU. If Brexit does go ahead, I expect it will be sufficiently unpleasant that no-one else will want to leave.

I wouldn't be too sure, some countries might get kicked out - Greece was at risk of that for a while. It's precarious. And there's a big power on the east who would love to see the EU (and the US) destabilize.

The UK would fall apart even further after the Brexit; there's likely to be another Scottish referendum and they're likely to leave the UK and rejoin the EU.

Re: Commission to revoke British .eu domains after Brexit

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Post by bkor »

alias_neo wrote: post #45
stunt wrote: post #36

This news is written in a really weird way, and I can't believe that it is not intentional. Of course, if the commission is going to do it, it will explain why it is required, what it is going to happen, and how is it going to happen and they will make sure nobody is harmed because of this transition. Don't be naive!

You may be right, but, the more Brexit news I hear, and the more I read, the more I get the feeling that parts of Europe and the EC are making efforts to make an example of Britain. It may be that the news is following a certain rhetoric, but, it seems clear that the likes of Merkel intend to do this, she's all but said as much. My point here is that when one person is telling you they want to do harm, people will ta…

> You may be right, but, the more Brexit news I hear, and the more I read, the more I get the feeling that parts of Europe and the EC are making efforts to make an example of Britain.

If a member leaves the EU they're not getting the benefits anymore of being part of the EU. It's mainly the UK who has no idea at all at what they want.

Various statements made by the EU 2 years ago still hold true. If you read UK press it seems everything is negotiable. The difference in attitude and the bad coverage by both UK press as well as UK government is pretty bad.

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