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

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

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

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

  3. 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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