See below: On 29/04/2018 19:15, Jim Reid wrote: > On 29 Apr 2018, at 17:47, Gordon Lennox <[email protected]> wrote: >> My attention was drawn to this new policy from Brussels: >> >> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/29/eu_dumps_300000_ukowned_domains_into_brexit_bin/ >> >> Of interest to people involved with domain names, people who have names >> registered under EU or who are still thinking about it and who are resident >> in the UK or thinking about moving there? Nationality does not count: >> residence does. > First off Gordon, it’s The Register - not exactly a reliable source of > information. > > Second, there’s a more recent article on the same site saying what was > proposed in the above article has been withdrawn: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/27/dot_eu_domains_brexit_uk/ > > That later article is headlined: "Euro idiocrats backtrack on plan to kill > off Brits' 300,000 .eu domains” > > In short, nothing to see here - move along.
In his haste to get a punchy headline, Kieren got it wrong. Rather than reading his sensationalist article, have a look at the European Commission supplied info-graphic which says: "EU/EEA citizens living outside the Union will be able to register their domain names regardless of their place of residence." https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/infographic-eu-top-level-domain Thus with a Brexit that's completely out of EU & EEA, Brits are still likely to lose their .EU registration, unless they register a subsidiary of their company in an EU/EEA country, which doesn't cost much per year and thus allows for .EU to be registered to that address. > > Now there might be a higher-level issue about eligibility criteria for .eu > domain names and oversight of the .eu registry’s policy-making. Which might > not matter to people living on a big island in the North Sea because it’ll be > outside the EU in a year or so. Allegedly. > The same info-graphic says: "A .eu Multistakeholder Council will be established to improve and streamline the governance and functioning of the .eu top level domain informing and advising the European Commission." Kindest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
