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I'd say .is is probably the safest (just a shame they're not cheap but on the other hand there are still lots of good names available as a consequence).

• sireat 15y ago
  I wonder why you say .is is safest? They are not very expensive ($35 seems about right for a domain name) I considered a domain there, but was not sure if I needed to be a resident of Iceland. I like how Iceland has been spunky enough and stood up to a lot of international pressure at times (fish wars with UK, granting citizenship to Bobby Fischer who US really did not like, but otherwise was quite harmless, the way Iceland has handled banking crisis). What I am wondering is what gives Iceland this power to say NO to big powers? It would seem like majors could just ostracize it just like most countries that ran afoul of bigger countries. Is it because going against Iceland would anger Scandinavian countries?
  • corford 15y ago
    I say it because of things like http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iceland_passes_proposal_to_become_new_media_haven.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iceland_passes_proposal... There are other reasons as well such as the way Iceland decided to ignore the IMF and default rather than go the Irish or Portuguese route when their economy blew up during the credit crunch. Check out www.1984.is - I have a couple of .is domains registered through them and would consider their VPS service if I had something controversial to host. Edit: forget to mention you don't need to be an Icelandic resident - registration is open to all.