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Texas Company's Legal Troubles Hold .iq In Limbo

Posted by timothy on from the snafu-global-infrastructure-style dept.

aducore writes "According to The Inquirer, the (American) company running the Iraqi .iq domain name .iq is under criminal indictment and cannot transfer control. So no Iraqi organization can get a .iq domain name, including the government. Iraq's National Communications and Media Commission and the U.S. administrator in Iraq are trying to get ICANN to free up the domain."

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  1. What does this mean? by Yonkeltron · · Score: 4, Funny

    So does this mean that the Iraqi BitTorrent trackers won't be up? Now how am I supposed to download the latest episodes of "This Old Palace"???

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  2. Suggested domains by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about puppet.gov.iq

    1. Re:Suggested domains by StuckInSyrup · · Score: 3, Funny

      that would suggerst that there is an inteligence behind that government...

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    2. Re:Suggested domains by skraps · · Score: 3, Funny

      Already registered. Redirects to whitehouse.gov.

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  3. Re:huh by Disevidence · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't you get the memo? Iraq is sovereign. Nothing of theirs is under American control.

    Pish Posh. Must of been a typo.

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  4. Re:Bizarre by Polkyb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is an iRaq the cabinet where you keep your beowulfed iMac's?

    :-)

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  5. Re:Michael Moore called . . . by ralmeida · · Score: 4, Funny

    And Bush just registered low.iq for his website.

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  6. Re:huh tsarkon reports communism alert by Disevidence · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was as pissed as you were when goatse.cx was taken down. Especially since it was a fellow australian who complained. God some of my countrymen/women are such absolute assholes.

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  7. I wish they'd hurry up.. by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am waiting to register high.iq.
    ......Stephen Hawking

  8. Re:The question has to be asked... by dpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    In America, TEXAS messes with YOU!

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  9. This is surprising. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is surprising, considering how smooth and flawless the rest of the Iraq operation has been.

  10. What's the fuss? by WanChan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why doesn't the Iraqi government just use .gov? I mean, let's be realistic here...

    1. Re:What's the fuss? by a24061 · · Score: 4, Funny

      You mean *.iq.colony.gov?