> Additionally, shoddy treatment of 10% of current registrees will do nothing to increase the perceived value of an .eu domain.
It does for me. Creates the image of an exclusive TLD with only genuine, trustable EU registrees.
It does for me. Creates the image of an exclusive TLD with only genuine, trustable EU registrees.
I'm aware of several TLDs that require evidence of residency/trade within the geographic region for the purpose of registration, but I don't think any of them require it in perpetuity for renewals; it's this that seems problematic to me. In principle, URLs are based on a degree of immutability: saying that a domain name must change when circumstances change seems at odds with the architectural fundamentals of the web, in which case I question the value of establishing a .eu domain at all.