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<div class="ApplePlainTextBody">Hi Barry.<br>
You might have a point in principle.<br>
However the reality is that each TLD can decide its own rules, and therefore whether to be strict in terms of requirements - like for instance .bank - or loose - like for instance .com.<br>
.eu has chosen the first approach, and has all right to do so. Whether EURID is willing to make an exception for Brexit - based also on the consideration that, as far as I know, they do not make continuous checking about whether the resistant still complies
with the requirements - or not, I don’t know. Apparently not.<br>
Cheers,<br>
Roberto<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 17.08.2018, at 19:31, bzs@theworld.com wrote:<br>
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Ok I'll say it...<br>
<br>
How many of these affected *.EU domains were actually entities with<br>
some sort of EU charter or relationship as the TLD was approved for in<br>
2005?<br>
<br>
I realize it's naive to point out that .NET was for networking<br>
organizations and .ORG for not-for-profits etc. in a world where we<br>
have .XYZ and .FAIL (must they really be FAILures?)<br>
<br>
Ok that ship has sailed because no one wanted to enforce it as it<br>
would interfere with maximazing domain sales in those TLDs.<br>
<br>
But are we really supposed to get lathered up about those who now got<br>
burned flouting all that?<br>
<br>
What promise do those affected actually expect to be upheld? Chapter<br>
and verse not "well, we assumed..."?<br>
<br>
And, no, marching out one or two bona-fide examples doesn't quite rise<br>
to a counter argument.<br>
<br>
If there were only one or two or ten I'll guess they could be handled<br>
since they would have always had a legitimae reason to represent<br>
themselves with a .EU domain which one would hope would allow them<br>
some explicit accommodation.<br>
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-- <br>
-Barry Shein<br>
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