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I thought this was pretty standard for some country specific TLDs. I looked up Ireland's rules once and it seemed as though I couldn't get a domain name since
by joshfinnie 17y ago
I thought this was pretty standard for some country specific TLDs. I looked up Ireland's rules once and it seemed as though I couldn't get a domain name since I wasn't a business in Ireland.
(I guess this has resently changed per wikipedia:
"Registration policies have been liberalised somewhat in recent years and rules such as the one against registering generic domain names have been dropped. Applicants for .ie domain names still have to provide proof of entitlement to the domain that they want to register."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ie)
- drtse4 17y agoAs far as i remember, the .it domain was also limited to businesses until 1999, what we see in China is something going in the opposite direction, sadly.
- joshfinnie 17y agoI am not sure if it is backwards, but maybe resetting. I think China is one of those unfortunate countries that is trying to find themselves after the world norms have been already developed. It seems that a lot of their issues are getting noticed now, but many developed countries did the same thing, just under less notice.