Irish Domain Registry Banning Adult Domains 222
Karate Sid writes "An Irish adult website has blogged about the Irish domain registry banning adult domain names, including porn.ie and pornography.ie. The IEDR's reasoning is that the words 'porn' and 'pornography' are offensive and immoral. Of interest is how Sex.ie took legal action against the IEDR — and proved that neither word is offensive — yet still lost the case, as the IEDR are the highest authority in Ireland when it comes to deciding what is and isn't an offensive domain."
Re:Cool (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Darn! (Score:3, Informative)
Answered my own question, so I'll share: iedr.ie
All applicants applying for a .ie domain name who are not situated in the 32 counties of Ireland, must demonstrate a Real and Substantive Connection with Ireland (with the exception of those applying with a registered Community Trademark)
Examples of acceptable documentation demonstrating substantial trade or commercial activity within Ireland are as follows:
Re:just move out of Ireland? (Score:1, Informative)
Phrase you're looking for is 'tiocfaidh ar la'. It's Irish for 'I'm a fuckwit living in the past who thinks it would be a great idea if we all started shooting each other and letting off bombs the whole time just like in the good old days'.
Re:Not so big an issue (Score:5, Informative)
Like lu.scio.us?
.IE Always Been Crap (Score:5, Informative)
I had dealings with the .IE crowd back in the early-mid-90s trying to set up some domains. At the time it was being run by a small cabal of jumped-up sysadmins-turned-pointy-haired-bosses hidden away in University College Dublin (one of the larger public universities in Ireland). They blocked basically every application for any domain name that was any way lucrative, exciting, or with a potential to make a profit, and took an amazing amount of time to actually get anything done. I am unsurprised but a little dismayed to see that the descendant of that dismal sinkhole apparently still possesses much of the same bureaucratic DNA.
Re:Reminds me of Goatse (Score:3, Informative)
yeah but that was banned for content NOT just the name.
sex.ie (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not so big an issue (Score:4, Informative)
The IE Domain Registry is not a governing or regulatory body, but provides a public service for the .ie namespace on behalf of the Internet community.
I am Irish and I'm more than a little bit outraged. For a start, neither of the words in question are taboo or offensive; they are english words of greek origin and are in daily usage. My main problem with this is that it claims to be on moral grounds but this body is in no position to determine what is or is not moral, nor are they under their own mandate a governing or regulatory body.