uk.co Domains Knocked Offline By Registrar Dispute

An anonymous reader writes "The .uk.co domain was wiped off the face of the Internet this morning with no notice, leaving more than 8,000 livid individuals and businesses - including Amazon and Priceline - with no Web presence or email. I saw this on nvnews.net, which originally came from the register, but since the domain is wiped out, you can no longer reach the article." Actually, you can read the story fine on theregister.co.uk. ;)

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Not true - or an exaggeration anyway

[KNicolson]

leaving more than 8,000 livid individuals and businesses - including Amazon and Priceline - with no Web presence or email.

As The Reg article says, it was used by these two companies, for example, to catch people who typed http://www.amazon.uk.co by accident. Both these two still have their co.uk versions working successfully.

Re:Not true - or an exaggeration anyway

[cyb97]

The statement is true and is perhaps a slight exaggeration, but nevertheless it's true...
In this capitalistic world with such tight margins as amazon & priceline operate within every sale counts. Especially on the web where the next store which has virtually the same prices and conditions is only a few clicks away, being online is essential to staying alive!

We've all worked for customers that believe it's the end of the world and reach for their lawyer-hotline as soon as a little snag is discovered in their o-so-great web-applic, but in the end many of these are also the ones to succede...

Sub Judice...

[$$$$$exyGal]

What went wrong we may find out tomorrow as a Colombian judge decides whether Net Registrar has the continued right to the domain. Until then, Robert Fox tells us, he considers the matter sub judice and so does not want to comment further.

For those that don't know, "sub judice" means that Mr. Fox doesn't want the media to do something that would influence the judge.

--sex

Re:Sub Judice...

[kfg]

More specifically it means "under" (sub) "judicial review" (judice).

In other words rules of behaviour in public that could effect the case apply. This includes making statements to the public that could influence a judge or jury. Or for that matter doing *anything* that could blow your case, like, ohhhhh, confessing to a buddy or harassing a witness.

Under some jurisdictions violating sub judice can actually bring charges of contempt of court. I don't know if Columbia is one of these.

Sequestering jurors is based on the principles of sub judice.

Or, as it is more commonly explained by lawyers to their clients:

"Look, just stay home and keep your damned mouth shut. Ok?"

KFG

Re:What country is .co?

[YOU LIKEWISE FAIL IT]

Yup, it's Columbia. The domain in question is owned by the Univ. of Columbia, and they want to sell it off, like Tuvalu did. The government is not too happy, and this has sparked something of a pissing match.

Read the article on el Reg, it's got the goods.

Personally, I believe people that do this ( like the .au.com people ) deserve what they get.

Re:Uh-oh

[farfisa69]

Not to be a nit picker, but .uk.co is not a TLD anyway. .co is the TLD and I don't think it is in a hurry to disappear.

Re:The Thought Process

[damiam]

Winkey-M minimizes all windows - the perfect solution for a time such as this. (Actually, the perfect solution is Mozilla, but let's not go there).

Re:this isn't true at all

[damiam]

31 December 2003 ... while they were supposed to have done it on the 31st of December

Check your year.