yup. after Nominet realised how easy it is to raise dough after raising £3m on 1/2letter .co.uk auctions last October, and getting in the global trend of .names, they are now eagerly looking forward to earn much more millions from touting .uk to the swallowing public. And Nominet plans to sabotage everyone, who is happily trading under .co.uk at the moment, either by: a) selling .uk version to their competitors, if .co.uk owners do not have trademark or b) forcing them to 'sunrise' auctions, competing with every willing registered trademark or 'unregistered rights' holder and bidding against each other paying up thousands to Nominet. All that is just to secure .uk, so they can continue trading uninterrupted.
Q: Are you just forcing businesses to buy another name?
A: This proposal is about offering greater choice with a new secure service that is tailored to meet the needs of anyone doing business online. The proposed features are likely to mean that the service may not be suitable for everyone. Businesses would not be forced to change from their existing .co.uk domain name but would have the option of buying a .uk with additional features if they believe it would benefit them.
Now, their planned 'additional features' are DNSSEC, hitting website every X days to do viruses/malware detections, giving domain owners a graphic 'badge' to place in the footer (lame lame lame), verifying registrant`s 'contact data' (require address to be in the UK posting there a 'PIN code' from time to time).
And that's it!
This is pathetic to say the least, as those features are nothing of a real necessity or improvement. It is just a sham to do something to make it at least look like it is something of a value. But the real reason is of course too obvious.
Q: Why don't you just introduce these features to all .co.uk domains?
A: It would be unfair to retrospectively impose a new suite of features and requirements on co.uk. .co.uk is already very successful and not all of the existing registrants would want or need the features we are proposing to include in the new service.
Of course it is more fair to let those owners to pay up, not because they need these nice features, but because they have no other choice if they still want to be on top of the .uk namespace (as .co.uk still is).
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yup. after Nominet realised how easy it is to raise dough after raising £3m on 1/2letter .co.uk auctions last October, and getting in the global trend of .names, they are now eagerly looking forward to earn much more millions from touting .uk to the swallowing public. And Nominet plans to sabotage everyone, who is happily trading under .co.uk at the moment, either by: a) selling .uk version to their competitors, if .co.uk owners do not have trademark or b) forcing them to 'sunrise' auctions, competing with every willing registered trademark or 'unregistered rights' holder and bidding against each other paying up thousands to Nominet. All that is just to secure .uk, so they can continue trading uninterrupted.
From Nominet's 'consultation paper' FAQ:
Q: Are you just forcing businesses to buy another name? A: This proposal is about offering greater choice with a new secure service that is tailored to meet the needs of anyone doing business online. The proposed features are likely to mean that the service may not be suitable for everyone. Businesses would not be forced to change from their existing .co.uk domain name but would have the option of buying a .uk with additional features if they believe it would benefit them.
Now, their planned 'additional features' are DNSSEC, hitting website every X days to do viruses/malware detections, giving domain owners a graphic 'badge' to place in the footer (lame lame lame), verifying registrant`s 'contact data' (require address to be in the UK posting there a 'PIN code' from time to time). And that's it!
This is pathetic to say the least, as those features are nothing of a real necessity or improvement. It is just a sham to do something to make it at least look like it is something of a value. But the real reason is of course too obvious.
Q: Why don't you just introduce these features to all .co.uk domains? A: It would be unfair to retrospectively impose a new suite of features and requirements on co.uk. .co.uk is already very successful and not all of the existing registrants would want or need the features we are proposing to include in the new service.
Of course it is more fair to let those owners to pay up, not because they need these nice features, but because they have no other choice if they still want to be on top of the .uk namespace (as .co.uk still is).