.us domain request denied ????

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello Kevin & Marc ,

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Kevin Darcy wrote:
> marc_rossi at my-deja.com wrote:
> > My request for a individual .us domain under naperville.il.us was denied
> > for the following reason:
> >   As a matter of policy, the City of Naperville only allows other
> >   governmental, or quasi-governmental bodies associated with the City to
> >   use
> >   the naperville.il.us domain name.  The City does not allow any private
> >   person, or business to use the domain name.
> > This seems to go against what is stated on the www.nic.us home page that
> > says individuals can register domain names.
> > Can somebody comment on how this works?  Should the city of Naperville
> > be allowed to enforce different restrictions than those stated at
> > nic.us?
> As a purely practical matter, you can't directly *make* them register your
> domain. However, you always have the option of appealing to a higher level
> (the maintainers of il.us or .us itself). They can be threatened with loss
> of delegated authority.
	Not now that NSI has the .us ball .  How can you threaten anyone
	whom will probably have to pay for their domains now .  But ,
	having said that IF NSI does what they have done to the .com,.net,
	.org arena .  All you'll have to do is buy the darned thing & the
	other guys won't have a say in the matter.  My .000001's worth.
		Twyl ,  JimL
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