Swedish Regulators Ban Word "Bank" In Domain Names For Non-Banks

It seems that Swedish regulators have decided to extend the requirement of not calling yourself a bank to the registration of domain names. Now anyone that tries to register a .SE domain name with the word "bank" in it will need to prove they are a legitimate bank. Hopefully there are no blood banks or anyone with the last name of "Banks" that might want a .SE domain. Here is a Google translation of the demand issued by the authorities to the .SE registry.

Comments

Easier solution - *.bank.se

[kyz]

Let sweden register "bank.se" and offer subdomains only to valid banks.

It works here in the UK - schools get .sch.uk, the police get .police.uk, etc., while we normal people get .plc.uk, .me.uk, .co.uk and so on.

Re:Easier solution - *.bank.se

[1 a bee]

www.bankofsweden.me.se And nobody will notice. I bet that even a www.bankofsweden.yahoo.com will fool most of stupid users

Agreed. There are few cures for stupidity, and regulating the word "bank" in a domain name is not one of them.