Nothing like replying to yourself. Anyhow, what's the financial side of having a domain rejected? Does opensrs provide a complete refund? I hope that's the case.
If not, then who pays the piper on a rejected domain? Swerve > From: Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:03:01 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: .CN or Chinese Gov. censored domains. > > What's our wholesale cost as opensr resellers? > > Here's what i pulled from the link that Tom provided. info below. > > here's a tid bit. > > ------- > " The Internet Keyword registered and used by anyone shall not include such > information as follows: > > 5. that disperses rumor, disturbs the social order, or undermines the social > stability; " > ------- > > Oh, that's lovely. So if i register a domain that makes references to the > torture that's going on right Now in Tibet by the Chinese Army and secret > police, my domain could be taken back because they construe that information > as disturbing their Fascist policies in Tibet (disturb the social order.) > > http://www.drapchi14.org > http://www.Tibetinfo.Net > > *Is the Chinese gov. gonna also have a say whether the actual content of the > site is in violation of their rules and be allowed to kill a domain if they > don't like the content? > > Did Tucows consider the political/personal ramifications of offering up these > domains? By asking that question, i am not suggesting that it's a good or bad > thing to offer these for sale... i gotta think about that one. > > Swerve > > > > http://www.cnnic.net.cn/cnaddr/e-4.shtml > > 5. The Internet Keyword registered and used by anyone shall not include such > information as follows: > > 1) that is against the basic principles prescribed in the constitution; > 2) that will jeopardize national security, divulge a state secrete, subvert > the national regime or demolish the unification of the country; > 3) that will blemish the honor and interests of the country; > 4) that instigates hatred or discrimination between various nationalities > or disrupts the unity of nationalities; > 5) that violates the religious policy of the nation, and blazons forth > heresy and superstition; > 6) that disperses rumor, disturbs the social order, or undermines the > social stability; > 7) that spreads messages concerning obscenity, eroticism, gambling, > violence, murder and horror, or that abets crime; > 8) that insult or slander others, or that infringes upon the legal rights > of others; > 9) that contains contents banned by the law or administrative regulations. > > >> From: "Tom Katsiroubas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:35:52 -0500 >> To: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: RE: [Fwd: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 11/11/02] >> >> As far as we know, the Chinese government will censor a number of domain >> names that are considered offensive. Explanation of this can be found at: >> http://www.cnnic.net.cn/cnaddr/e-4.shtml >> >> Also, there are a number of reserved names that include names of local >> Chinese colleges, well-known trademarks, Chinese government departments. >> Again, more info can be found at http://www.cnnic.net.cn/cnaddr/e-7.shtml. >> >> Besides that, registrations are considered open to anyone in the world, with >> no local presence required. >> >> Tom Katsiroubas >> TLDs Product Manager >> Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@;opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Swerve >> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:31 AM >> To: Derek J. Balling; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [Fwd: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 11/11/02] >> >> >> Anyone know if the Chinese gov't. will be censoring or restricting >> registrations? >> >> >>> From: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:18:43 -0500 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: [Fwd: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 11/11/02] >>> >>>>> 1. Tucows to offer .cn registrations >>>>> ----------------- >>>>> .cn domain names will be available for registrations worldwide at >>>>> the third level (com.cn, net.cn, org.cn). It is expected that a >>>> >>>> Oh my.... >>> >>> Of course, the real motivations here are obvious.... *.cn is blocked in >>> a number of places, either for "ethical" reasons for its political >>> practices, or as an attempt to stem the flow of spam from East Asia. By >>> making it available worldwide, China is hoping to increase the >>> collateral-damage aspects of such, while at the same time generate >>> revenue. >>> >>> D >>> >>
