No Porn For .ie ccTLD

The long running dispute over the domain “porn.ie” ended today when IEDR put the domain in the “Forbidden” category. This means that the domain cannot be registered. The move solves a lot of problems because there have been many attempts to register the domain. The renewal date is interesting though:

% Rights restricted by copyright; http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html
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domain: porn.ie
descr: Forbidden
renewal: 12-April-2107

The “Forbidden” category of domain names in .ie ccTLD is generally used to stop the registration of other top level domains and similarly problematic domains. This particular domain has had quite a few applicants and is considered a valuable domain by domainers, speculators and those involved in the adult entertainment industry.

Tags: Irishblogs , IEDR , Domains , .ie , Internet Statistics , Comreg , domainnames

Written by John McCormac on April 12th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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