Hi everyone, I'm surprised the original post ( https://gun.io/blog/secure-your-domain-where-is-safe-to-register-a-domain-name/) ruled out Iceland. They gave its economic troubles as the reason. Any thoughts on .is specifically?
Douglas On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > > On May 10, 2012, at 9:04 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > A more thorough answer would involve the cross-section of MLATs, > > Military assistance treaties, and global copyright agreements. > > Yes, exactly… Basically, diplomacy involves a lot of trading unrelated > interests off against each other… Domain takedowns exchanged for food aid, > or loan guarantees, or a partial relaxation of trade tariffs, or whatever. > So the more active the diplomacy between two countries, and the greater > the imbalance of power between them, the less you want to hang your hat on > the stability of domain names in the weaker one. > > > For example, if you wanted to start a cool new file sharing site, base > > it in Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, Syria, Belarus, Zimbabwe, or Burma. > > Actually, I'd strongly disagree with that, for two reasons. First, rule > of law corresponds strongly with stability of the DNS… In a country with > weak rule of law, high corruption, high volatility, you're likely to have > an arbitrary takedown based on completely other issues: > > > http://www.neowin.net/news/nicly-down-as-libyas-response-to-vbly-takedown-spreads > > Moreover, registering domains in such countries is often a matter of > walking into the communications ministry, cash in hand, and showing your > citizenship papers or domestic incorporation papers. > > The second reason is in countries with volatile politics, like all of > those you cited, things can change very quickly. I just spent the last > four days in Tripoli, and things are very different there now than they > were a year ago, and they'll be still more different a year from now. > They're both becoming more religious, more political, and more aligned > with and dependent upon their relationship with the U.S. government. Make > no mistake, it's an infinitely better place to live now than it was a year > ago, and in general terms of "Internet freedoms" it's much better now and > on a very good trajectory. I just wouldn't count on it being friendly to > interests to which the USG is hostile; that time is past. > > And the same thing could happen in any of the other countries you cite, > very quickly, if the political winds swing another direction. > > In Switzerland, that's unlikely to happen. On the contrary, they've been > strengthening their laws protecting domains against _private sector_ > takedowns. > > -Bill > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJPq+1CAAoJEG+kcEsoi3+HXhIP/RFKWW8Gpu+4B6riMXIHDxbI > B/t2341zkDv65iyIsWjfap5Xq1wjeMCG62YW4qIpdOFou28fY69kfWhhWrQOoJTo > y3WBJZawuL8rerBrkCeTZpEoFXSN68mYNTBApvQ6suNCyL9NZbXc62+vKsr/gJ73 > aQWVcc+Y/pLmDDWCLGeW7wPf473hFyQ3zsvHnFhN7Je8ebYLTcTcntoVrrnqYg66 > VQkIkc/LvqVUEwXjKQ2Cb9hiVL5uo6ITmEXy+bLsF55qOglrrC0iHn7IVG16XUQ1 > oIEGseM3l5FnmN6vlqdlHvOpIfEuzYbu6cUm+SPEl2pb4MT4Wx2Z1i15epnFNfcU > peT2r9naZ+zQgMOlRMIEigzwr7hZ6M85ndPxn5uewd74CXIMpZKSHIpB87lc5rEp > wCWLD5pf2OfKrn72ktzVfBOLCgjD7lY/3MsWrhWJNMh7314mv38zNRd/gpL1WXyi > 8NSRY9hymShseIl0Q3W/HsZOrmL2kSvPxcQMOS+7V/phSxa7mS9/mtaWbs6JMRbA > lnntpV/zMpti7y7dRRBhNt7KmD70KYXrXI+aK6DAfzYDwJHC0JYrlzWxhfRGlx/h > ZvX6M3Vhri1N4CkmrigaIqurGZQaVkQNa77H4PYwWuvu6EqnEFKB5iLT5S07HuSc > dwGRDxlM6m73hk/+Ue5c > =CGOY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > liberationtech mailing list > [email protected] > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > > Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech >
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