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Dave Morton <Dave.Morton@ecrc.de> writes:

Daniel - under that argument you wouldn't object either to someone registering RIPE.DE or NL or whatever ?

I would not object to that given that they have been warned strongly about all the requests for address space and what-have-you they will receive and will have to forward. Or shall we register ripe.<all toplevel domains in the world>?

No - of course not and as long as they have been warned - no problem - if someone is silly enough to register such...

Some TLD registrars would ask us for proof that we are a legal entity in the country concerned.

Sure - and the local registry might also face legal problems if they give away an "obvious" name to joe.smoke. The assumption is that the lcoal IR can spot the "obvious" ones - probably not always true unfortunately. Use common sense I'd guess is the only formula - assuming there is any... In this case, anyway, the problem is now solved I see.

Daniel

Dave