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Will A No-Deal Brexit Void 340,000 British-Owned .EU Domains? (theguardian.com)
The Guardian reports on what may happen next to British businesses and individuals who own .EU domains:
There are about 340,000 registered British holders of these web addresses, and the government has urged them to make contingency plans as their web addresses will disappear if the UK does not agree on a deal with Brussels. The domains were introduced in 2006 as a rival to the likes of .com and .org but are available only to individuals or businesses based in the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA)...
Updated government guidance confirms that if the UK leaves without a deal at the end of March then domain owners based in the UK will have two months leeway to move their principal location to somewhere within the EU or EEA. "These .EU domain names will then be withdrawn and will become inoperable," states the guidance issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which confirms warnings issued this year by the EU's domain registrar. "This means you may not be able to access your .EU websites or email from 30 May 2019."
After a year, all the British-registered .EU domains will be made available for purchase by individuals and companies who continue to reside in the EU. This raises the possibility that on the anniversary of a no-deal Brexit, one lucky German or Spaniard could be able to mark the occasion by taking over the Leave.EU domain and using it for their own purposes.
Updated government guidance confirms that if the UK leaves without a deal at the end of March then domain owners based in the UK will have two months leeway to move their principal location to somewhere within the EU or EEA. "These .EU domain names will then be withdrawn and will become inoperable," states the guidance issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which confirms warnings issued this year by the EU's domain registrar. "This means you may not be able to access your .EU websites or email from 30 May 2019."
After a year, all the British-registered .EU domains will be made available for purchase by individuals and companies who continue to reside in the EU. This raises the possibility that on the anniversary of a no-deal Brexit, one lucky German or Spaniard could be able to mark the occasion by taking over the Leave.EU domain and using it for their own purposes.
We voted for the law that makes EU domains only for use by EU members, you raging fuckwit.
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You are a deceptive lying scumbag. I never said that was the only consequence. I was in context of the article. Mod me down because truth hurts and better to hide it with bad moderation and lie about what I said than honestly debate.
Typical fascist book burning bullshit. Although the EU is clearly disfunctional, as all powerful-state government styles are, I do wish the EU takes a long time to slowly die and doesnt collapse over night like Venezuela so multiple generations of Euroweenie puppets and sheep can suffer and learn the lesson of their stupidity and never repeat it.
I am pro-freedom of the people. Real people. Average every day citizens who just want to be left alone by your oppressive control freakery to love their lives. The EU Brussels bureaucracy is the exact opposite. I am not European but I do feel badly for my fellows there who are trapped in the frog boiling pot of hell created by your masters. All people should be free.
Who honestly would care if a .EU domain was lost?
In fact you could then derive some benefit by being able to write off the expense of the domain as a loss.
That's performing a lot better than the value of having a domain that ends with .eu, which not one person in the history of the internet has typed on purpose.
Find a single company who has a .EU domain not backed by other more common domains like .com. Just one.
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