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Soviet Union TLD Owners Snub ICANN

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nelson-muntz-should-be-quoted-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist has up a post about ICANN's latest decisions about country-code TLDs. The body is making an effort to tackle the problem of Yugoslavia's .yu outliving the country by over a decade but is far from getting its way with the Soviet Union's domain .su. Around 2,500 new .su sites are created every year despite ICANN ordering its retirement — the disgruntled .su registrars have announced an 80 per cent price cut in the price of .su domains in response. 'It makes the much-publicized wrangles over the ".xxx" domain seem tiny by comparison. And it convinces me of the need to reevaluate the existence of the US Dept of Commerce-backed non-profit organisation that is ICANN. The current squabbles are petty compared to the diplomatic arguments that TLDs could cause. An international body like the UN would be a more appropriate overseer, surely?'"

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  1. What about .tv? by trolltalk.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    And what are they going to do when Tuvalu goes under water? Will they discontinue .tv? All its going to take is a foot or so rise in sea level and tuvalu goes glug glug glug ...

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    1. Re:What about .tv? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      If sea levels rise, broadcasting giants will protect Tuvalu with dikes to save their domains.

    2. Re:What about .tv? by TeknoHog · · Score: 4, Funny

      And what are they going to do when Tuvalu goes under water? Will they discontinue .tv? All its going to take is a foot or so rise in sea level and tuvalu goes glug glug glug ...

      Apparently, .su is not discontinued even if the country has gone gulag gulag gulag ...

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  2. Re:Cue the ISR queue by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In Soviet Russia TLD discontinues .yu"

    Fixed!

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  3. So .su me. by rbanffy · · Score: 3, Funny

    So .su me.

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  4. Looking for "Soviet Russia" jokes? by PoopDaddy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Find them all at the brand new http://www.slashdot.su/ !!!

    Finally, the best of /.'s "In Soviet Russia..." comments all in one place.

  5. In Soviet Russia... by geekmansworld · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, domain resolves you!

  6. Re:UN? Don't make me laugh! by rrkap · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's another, more complete, list of the useful things the UN has achieved

    I'll go back to my armchair in my cave now...

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