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I think it's pretty sad how the rights for this get sold around, but the territory to which it belongs gets little to no revenue from domain sales. There's an
by WhyNotHugo 5y ago
I think it's pretty sad how the rights for this get sold around, but the territory to which it belongs gets little to no revenue from domain sales.
There's an ongoing complaint seeking repatriation of the domain, and I really hope I'm wrong in speculating that nothing will be done about it.
- ethbr0 5y agoMan, that is early-Web levels of sordid. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#History FYI, apparently this is the current state of UN affairs: https://www.lexpress.mu/node/388292 https://www.lexpress.mu/node/388292 (previous and recent decisions referenced)
- wwalexander 5y agoI’m always mind-boggled at the level of acceptance in the industry of clear misuse of ccTLDs. Is having “input/output” in your domain really so cute that it’s worth tying your entire business to an incorrect ccTLD? Especially when we have so many new cute, built-for-purpose geek-cred gTLDs like .dev.
- andylynch 5y agoIt’s much worse than that. The Chagosian islanders who lived in this territory were all exiled by the British to make room for a military base on their land. They have been fighting in the legal system for decades just for the right to go home.