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Kévin lists at gph.dk
Sun Feb 14 16:20:15 GMT 2021
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févr. 2021, 16:20 de stephane at sources.org:
With this, we have currently:
* com: 65 domains
...
I'm all on my own with .mg then :D
I suspect that many people choose a TLD for their capsule just because
it "looks cool" or because it is the cheapest at this time. But pay
attention, not all TLD have the same rules and when a dispute occurs,
the choice of TLD can be very important. The EFF (Electronic Frontier
Foundation) made a very good report about that "Which Internet
Registries Offer the Best Protection for Domain Owners?"
<https://www.eff.org/wp/which-internet-registries-offer-best-protection-domain-owners>. Read
it before choosing a name for your capsule!
There is a huge exception for EU nationals, pretty much all the registries are GDPR compliant right now (with the exception of .us obviously) when it comes to WHOIS suppression, but of course, that doesn't protect from some of the other shady practices.
With trademark disputes, you can be at the mercy of the local laws which could be quite lax or heavily in favour of the trademark holder no matter how ridiculous their claim may be.
You may think "OK, what's the problem if .me depends on montenegrin
law and .com on US law, I do not host political content, p0rn or file
sharing, so I risk nothing" but this is not true, any name can get you
the unwelcome attention of lawyers, for instance because they find
your name too close from their trademarks.
There is, of course, geopolitical issues that can get your name cancelled, some ccTLD registries are run by foreign entities which could get you stuck in the middle of a ccTLD dispute, or the country can invoke local requirements at any time to favour their citizens.
I have a .sg domain and I'm hesitant to put much of anything on there because I've heard some stories of what happens when they just decide they don't like what you have to say.
-Kévin