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British-owned .EU domains may be turned off on Brexit

by eicnix on 6/18/18, 11:43 AM with 58 comments

  • by detaro on 6/18/18, 4:23 PM

  • by jackweirdy on 6/18/18, 3:41 PM

    Newspaper editors, thank me later:

    EU: "leave.eu to leave .eu", leaving .eu to EU

  • by jjp on 6/18/18, 4:24 PM

    The document [1] that it all hinges off doesn't say that it will all be turned off on exit day but says that post-exit if you have an .eu domain and you no longer meet the eligibility criteria then you won't be able to renew it (section 1 of document 1).

    For individual registrants, it hinges off residency, not nationality. So if you are British but resident in the EU you are fine as long as you are using your non-UK address to register. If you are a citizen of an EU country but registered with your UK address then you'll also be caught up.

    [1] https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/notice_to_stakeho...

  • by pmlnr on 6/18/18, 3:39 PM

    This is one of those cases where German rigidity shows so well. Yes, strictly speaking, .eu is for EU only. On the other hand, the scenario of a country leaving EU was never before tested. Instead of sticking rigorously to the letter in the .eu regulations, how about revisiting the regulation? Nope, that's not the procedure.

    (Disclaimer: I'm an EU citizen living in the UK, and I obviously don't like the whole Brexit happening. Due to this I moved my UK hosted .eu domain back to Hungary. On the other hand, if the new EU copyright proposal passes, I'll join the Brexit camp.)

  • by hugh4life on 6/18/18, 4:30 PM

    Maybe there needs to be a tld for Europe that is not mean the European Union. ".euro" or ".europe".

  • by ultim8k on 6/18/18, 4:18 PM

    Does this make any sense? Years now companies like bit.ly used to get tlds from other countries just to make a nice sounding word. How is .eu any different? BTW I personally find .eu tld tasteless.

  • by Exuma on 6/18/18, 3:35 PM

    Wow that would be terrible news to wake up to.

  • by MistahKoala on 6/18/18, 3:35 PM

    I struggle to think of any business or important organisation that relies on .EU for its identity and operations - the only ones I've seen use it are political campaigns.

    Presumably the answer is to just use a proxy register based in the EU, if this even becomes an issue?