[At-Large] A brexit problem that I heard about

[Evan Leibovitch]

As is so often the case, being inside the ICANN bubble it's easy to lose
track of how insignificant domains increasingly are in big picture.

Should a hard Brexit be reality, the loss of .eu domains will be barely a
blip on anyone's radar next to the disruptions to healthcare, agriculture,
air travel and the financial sector. UK-based companies using a ,eu domain,
by definition, depend on European identification; a no-deal crash-out in
Mark would lead to the disruption of far worse than Internet domains. One's
web presence can be recovered through search engines and social media, and
the situation will be understood and forgiven by consumers. OTOH, actually
being able to trade with Europeans once they find you again would likely be
far more difficult.

In any case, for UK companies doing serious trade with the EU there will no
doubt be workarounds. For most it will be worthwhile to maintain some kind
of business presence on the Continent as the cost of doing business
post-Brexit; workarounds are even being proposed for people
<https://medium.com/e-residency-blog/how-to-register-a-eu-domain-from-anywhere-or-keep-it-after-brexit-b630d893f13>
.

Should a deal be struck or Brexit reversed -- both possible but far from
assured -- it will be for far loftier reasons than to protect British .eu
registrants.

Cheers,
- Evan


On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 at 21:54, Vanda Scartezini <vanda at scartezini.org> wrote:

> Thanks for your thoughts Christopher I do believe the final cost of Brexit
> will make UK to postpone the decision forever ... Kisses
>
> Vanda Scartezini
> Sent from my iPhone
> Sorry for typos
>
> On Aug 15, 2018, at 11:38 AM, mail at christopherwilkinson.eu CW <
> mail at christopherwilkinson.eu> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon:
>
> Naturally, I am following this question closely.
>
> At present, the Brexit debate is so finely balanced that it is difficult
> to foresee the outcome.
>
> It is still quite possible that either the outcome will be sufficiently
> close to the EEA precedent that UK .eu registrants will be protected, or
> that the growing realisation of the economic costs of Brexit will lead to
> no Brexit at all.
>
> Should the worst befall, the loss of 300k. registrations would be a modest
> part of the overall costs to the British public and economy.
>
>
> Meanwhile EURid and the EU Commission will need to address some very
> difficult issues, particularly for those UK registrants who have developed
> a significant business on the basis of their .eu domain. Not least the
> protection of their intellectual property and good will.
>
> Regards
>
> CW
>
> El 15 de agosto de 2018 a las 11:24 Javier Rua <javrua at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
> Thx!
>
> Javier Rúa-Jovet
>
> +1-787-396-6511
> twitter: @javrua
> skype: javier.rua1
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua
>
>
> On Aug 15, 2018, at 4:58 AM, gtheo <gtheo at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> The alternatives are very limited as privacy or proxy registrations are a
> violation of the registry agreement if I am correct.
>
> The latest news and info can be located here;
> https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/brexit-notice/
> We are talking around 300k .EU registrations for possible deletion.
>
> Best,
>
> Theo Geurts
>
>
>
>
>
> sivasubramanian muthusamy schreef op 2018-08-15 02:31 AM:
>
> Hello,
>
> Someone who is a UK citizen some years ago registered a .EU internet
>
> domain name. This happens to be linked to a legacy Google account
>
> which his family uses. The domain Registry has now advised that it
>
> will be terminating .EU domains for UK individuals and organisations
>
> as early as next year. The legacy Google account will not permit him
>
> to change the domain name, and doing so would create a whole range of
>
> complications in any case.
>
> One solution is to maintain business or residential presence in EU in
>
> some manner ifor the sake of the domain. Is there  lany alternative
>
> solutions please?
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
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Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch or @el56
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