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UK Parliament Domain Without Registrar

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heller-uses-easydns dept.

asobala writes "According to this story at The Register, the UK parliament is using the domain www.parliament.uk. It's a top-level domain because it was registered before August 1996, before Nominet handled .uk domains. But since there is no registrar, they can't prove that they own it."

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  1. .uk by oateater · · Score: 3, Funny

    I should hurry up and sue, and get my website back!!!

  2. Of course... by mikeophile · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is well known that parliament.uk is rightfully the property of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic.

    1. Re:Of course... by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 3, Funny
      Makes you wonder what a threatening letter from lawyers would look like


      From: Thompson, Worth, Haberdasher attorneys at law
      To: George Clinton

      Ow, we want the domain
      Give up the domain
      Ow, we need the domain
      Gotta have that domain

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      Ergonomica Auctorita Illico!
  3. frickin cybersquaters by CySurflex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you kidding me?!

    Everyone knows they are just a bunch of cybersquaters who registered parliament.uk so all the people who don't know how to spell it the right way (Parlament) will get to their site.

    oh wait... that is the right spelling? never mind.

  4. I own slashdot.org by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, I own slashdot.org, I registered it back in 1954 before Al Gore invented the internet. I DEMAND you hand the domain over to me!!

  5. Thanks to slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    soon they won't even be able to prove it exists.

  6. Let's not be hasty... by The+Bungi · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...and Slashdot the British parliament, mmmkay?

    We don't want the Royal Marines raiding the VA Software headquarters looking for alleged terrorists Abdul Hemos and the commander of the cell, Hashish Taco.

  7. OK, I accept the challenge. by caluml · · Score: 4, Funny

    In fact, no one runs parliament.uk and it doesn't officially exist. OK, go on, you twisted my arm. For a mere £78k per annum, and a lifetime seat in the House of Lords, I'll oversee the running of this tld.

    Obviously, I'll need a 155Mb pipe, and all the leggy blondes I can eat. (So to speak.) Oh, and a nice quiet office somewhere :)

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    Get your own free personal location tracker
  8. Re:no, somebody else owns it. duh. by zCyl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even more obvious, maybe the UK parliament owns the domain because they ARE the UK parliament?

    True. That's the same reason that the US Whitehouse owns www.whitehouse.com

  9. Re:Possession by damiam · · Score: 5, Funny
    possession is 9/10 of the law

    Yes, but Parliament is 10/10 of the law, and it's not helping them. Thawte is a private company, and it can set whatever qualifications it wants for a cert.

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    It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
  10. Re:no, somebody else owns it. duh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    whitehouse site is whitehouse.GOV .com is a porn site :)

  11. Re:.co.uk - GB not UK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "GB" would be a useful code, except that it excludes Northern Ireland, and if you've followed Northern Irish history at all you'll know that the the protestants / Unionists in Northern Ireland are very fond of being part of the UK, and would vehemently protest to the UK being known by a code, "GB", that explicitly did not include them.

    So if we changed from .uk to .gb, we'd seriously piss off the Ulster Unionists? Sounds like an excellent reason to me!