Thread: Restrictions on Country specific domains

Ok, but how would you propose that restrictions be governed? I am not sure that you could really do this without causing issues that you would not want to become involved with.

I don't think there should be any restrictions. To put a restriction saying "you're from this country, so you can only buy this domain" is like dividing the internet between countries. Its the world wide web for a reason, therefore you should not be trying to put up any restrictions bases on geographical location.

FWIW, .uk is open to everyone. It has become a very well used extension domestically and a very well respected extension internationally.

I think that opening up .in has had a very positive effect too.

Ummm.. yea, Opening up a domain does affects it in a positive way, the TLD gains a lot of exposure and some domains are handled by perfect domineers, but some people misuse it and that has to be stopped.

The whole idea of Internet is to remove global boundaries. For an Indian residing in US or any citizen of a country interested in exploring more about another country, these restrictions would seem repugnant.