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One should definitely be careful when registering domains that belong to countries which not really democracies. Remember that they can switch off your domain
by frb 16y ago
One should definitely be careful when registering domains that belong to countries which not really democracies.
Remember that they can switch off your domain at any moment. And by no means build your business on it.
vb.ly is a good example: http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-be-considered-unsafe/ http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-b...
- doorty 16y agoI think this has been blown a little out of proportion. I haven't actually heard of any other .ly domains that this has happened to.
- frb 16y agoNo, I haven't neither. I'm not saying don't register any .ly or .by or whatever domain, I'm just saying be cautious. (See my other post with "legal actions".)
- jodrellblank 16y agoAs if democracy is the property which reveals whether the government employees are good or corrupt.
- frb 16y agoRight, but even if there are corrupt government employees and you are discriminated by the government (employees), you have always the option to take legal actions. In some countries you can't take legal actions that easy, especially against the government. Here's another example (coincidentally it's Belarus again): http://snarkerati.com/tv-news/belarus-big-bang-theory-rip-off-upsets-chuck-lorre/ http://snarkerati.com/tv-news/belarus-big-bang-theory-rip-of...