Hey Douglas,
In light of the US re-emphasizing its control over com/net/org
domains, I recently made the switch from .com in favor of Belgium's .be
TLD. Belgium redefines bureaucracy for people who live there, but their
ideas on internet freedom made them an ideal choice. And I got a domain that
amuses me (cryptic.be)
.is domains are on the pricey side, at around $130 per year,
which is a bit steep. Cost aside, Iceland is a great country and the IMMI
makes registering domains there an attractive option.
Best,
Griffin Boyce
-----Original Message-----
Re: [liberationtech] Secure Your Domain - Where Is Safe
to Register a Domain Name? - Gun.io
From: Douglas Lucas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 4:11PM
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:
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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
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