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Private .US Registrations Disallowed by NTIA

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-.us-for-you dept.

jnetsurfer writes "Apparently, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") has decided that domains under the TLD .US have no right to privacy. New domain names ending in .US will not be able to be registered as "private" and current owners of .US names will be forced to reveal their contact information starting "no later than January 26, 2006". This means that you can't run an annonymous website with a .US TLD. If you don't like this, feel free to sign the petition."

4 of 370 comments (clear)

  1. I'd sign the petition... by drafalski · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but I don't want to give out my name, adress, email, et cetera.

  2. Abolition of non-country post-fixed TLD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe that all .com and .net etc... should be a subset of a country suffix. Too many companys and organisations hide their origin as .com is too generic.
    and this to me blurrs what specific law applies to what information.

  3. Fuc.kthe.us by Indy+Media+Watch · · Score: 3, Funny

    The owner of the domain fuc.kthe.us - reported here probably isn't going to like this...

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    Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet

  4. NTIA Follow up statement by nixfixer · · Score: 5, Funny

    All your domains are belong to .US