[20017] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean Anderson)
Thu Oct 1 16:26:18 1998
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 15:59:59 -0400
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
From: Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>
Cc: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, inet-access@earth.com, nanog@merit.edu,
domain-policy@lists.internic.net, com-priv@psi.com,
publicaffairs@panet.us-state.gov
At 02:15 PM 10/1/98 -0400, Barry Shein wrote:
>The answer appears to be: There exists absolutely no review process,
>no way to ascertain and air out the facts of the matter, the law of
>the jungle rules in these matters.
Welcome to the world of International trade. The Brits used to send their
navy out to plunder spanish galleons on the high seas.
What you didn't pick up, is that using your domains may not be a crime in
other parts of the world. (Actually, its not technically a crime in the US
either. But in the US, it may subject the unauthorized user to civil
penalties)
Althougth, there was a review process when the TLD's were created. It was
decided then that each country would have a TLD, and would be responsible
for its administration.
So your rights are limited to whatever they are with respect to
international law, and your rights in that foreign country.
--Dean
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