reply below: > From: Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:47:03 -0500 > To: Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FW: .CN or Chinese Gov. censored domains. > > > > ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:28:58 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: .CN or Chinese Gov. censored domains. > > > I would like to know if they will be restricting content as well. > say i register Boring.CN > and include information on the site that they deem controversial: > Would they kill that domain? > > > I think, there will be no problem at all, if you tell your clients, to > register > only domains for business purpuses and if you will discourage all > registrations > for politics, by speculators and 'sex + gambling'.
That's a pretty narrow mandate. Business only. Opensrs and Neustar should find out before the launch if the content that exists on .cn domains is subject to Censorship. To be very clear, the Chinese government does not only block domains within China as part of their oppressive behavior. They also forbid the importation of all kinds of books/movies, etc. In fact, they've managed to pressure the Nepalese government to force T-shirt makers in Nepal to NOT print T-Shirts with the slogan Free Tibet on them. Don't underestimate the ruthlessness of the Chinese government. There are many businesses that have been screwed over by the Chinese government. Never mind the huge number of people jailed in China and in occupied Tibet for the gentlest of criticisms of that regime. > > Discussion seems to ignore that the 'only' problem in the past was the > blocking of > IPs within China (for chinese users). It was not a domain problem but was a > 'how to access content of a site' problem, a internet access problem within > China. As i just wrote, that's not the only problem. The problem is their extreme censorship policies in general that mainly affect those within China but have afffected people and businesses outside of China. I have some serious doubts about whether that Dictatorship will allow controversial ideas tied in with domains that are branded with .CN Say i register Poetry.CN and there's a poem on Poetry.CN written in Chinese that's critical of the Chinese government. Is that domain in jeopardy? It's best to know where the mines are before you walk thru uncharted territory. Swerve > > Matthias >
