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The .com is essentially US domain. So as, for example, .be is controlled by some Belgian organization, .com is controlled by US one. And it's not ICANN, so it d
by rplnt 13y ago
The .com is essentially US domain. So as, for example, .be is controlled by some Belgian organization, .com is controlled by US one. And it's not ICANN, so it doesn't aim to be international either.
- walshemj 13y agoNO all the gtld's like .com .org .net are not specific to coutrys - where the registry is located has no bearing on Back in the day I used to be one of the owners of .coop which was run out of the UK that didn't mean that it wasn't for all co-ops world wide. What domain does the Manchester Guardian a UK based newspaper use - it uses a .com.
- rplnt 13y agoIt doesn't matter how it should be. It is controled by US company, that falls under US jurisdiction, thus US does control the .com namespace. example: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/01/bodog_shut_via_verisign/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/01/bodog_shut_via_veris...