How to PlayNice.ly with Libyans

http://playnice.ly/blog/2010/10/07/keeping-the-ly-in-playnice-ly/

by adamcharnock • 16 years ago

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atari• 16 years ago

I'm kinda over the whole .ly domain thing. Find a new cool-sounding TLD where there isn't the risk of having your domain seized because of possible violations of Sharia law.

dfranke3• 16 years ago

From the rules for .IO domains that he links to (emphasis mine):

"No .IO domain may be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that is sexual or pornographic or that is against the statutory laws of any Nation"

It's obvious that they don't enforce this as written, but wow... talk about a lawyer's nightmare.

pak• 16 years ago

IIRC, wildlife codes in the US have a similar provision. It's against the law in the US to violate wildlife laws of any other country.

dfranke3• 16 years ago

Here's the law: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode16/usc_sec_16_0...

"It is unlawful for any person... to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce... any fish or wildlife taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law or regulation of any State or in violation of any foreign law"

So you're correct, and it's a badly-written law, but I think any reasonable judge would interpret it as being restricted to violations of foreign laws committed on that country's soil or waters. If Elbonia passes a law against stepping on ants, and you squash one on the sidewalk outside your house in the US, I don't think you're in jeopardy from this.

In the case of the .IO domain regulations, a similar interpretation doesn't make any sense. Packets don't go through customs.

praptak• 16 years ago

"They came first for the vb.ly and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a sex-positive url shortener..."

Kilimanjaro• 16 years ago

Should we decide to bomb Ghadafi again, all of you would be sorry to pick such a retarded option for a domain.

Cyber war is just one flick of a switch.

Btw, weplaynicely.com is available.

viggity• 16 years ago

Or you could just make sure that the Libyan's plutonium transaction with Doc Brown goes smoothly, then they won't take away your domain.

In all seriousness though, I'm surprised it has taken this long for the Libyans to revoke someone's domain. And I'm shocked bit.ly wasn't the first to go.

Money trumps though, perhaps bit.ly is paying extra "fees" to NIC.ly? Did some rich libyan really want vb.ly?

How to PlayNice.ly with Libyans

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