Swedish Regulators Ban Word "Bank" In Domain Names For Non-Banks 175
It seems that Swedish regulators have decided to extend the requirement of not calling yourself a bank to the registration of domain names. Now anyone that tries to register a .SE domain name with the word "bank" in it will need to prove they are a legitimate bank. Hopefully there are no blood banks or anyone with the last name of "Banks" that might want a .SE domain. Here is a Google translation of the demand issued by the authorities to the .SE registry.
That Explains It (Score:5, Funny)
Made me think of Ghostbusters (Score:2, Funny)
Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Sperm banks? West Banks? Bankruptcy Help Club for Men? Anne Bankroft? (Yeah, I know...)
Bummer (Score:5, Funny)
A Sperm Bank is probably okay (Score:4, Funny)
As long as they meet the reserve requirements.
Sigh... (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like their registration system is borked.
Re:Bummer (Score:3, Funny)
Thought one used babymakersrus.biz
Bankrupt blood-bank in Burbank... (Score:2, Funny)
Please proof read your sig file... (Score:2, Funny)
It's a good thing you don't attach that to everything... oh, wait...
Edge cases (Score:4, Funny)
The ban on the characters "B A N K S" in that order is obviously a thinly-veiled attack on Wolfram Alpha, particularly on Stephen Wolfram.
.SE domain have a vendetta against Stephen Wolfram, the soul behind NKS... the Ba-NKS.
As well all know, Stephen Wolfram is the man behind Wolfram Alpha, and also the man behind the "New Kind of Science" -- NKS.
Also, as we all know, the ancient Egyptian word for soul is "Ba".
Therefore, we can conclude that the controllers of the
So who cares about the edge cases of blood banks or food banks or river banks or the purveyors of fine piggy banks. The real concern here is that there is a government conspiracy against a potential rival of Google... how deeply does Google have its claws sunk into European governments? When can be expect them to ban "Bing" from the url of any site that is not owned by either a registered wholesaler of a certain kind of cherry or a seller of outdated Christmas music?
So I guess Softbank (Score:3, Funny)
Looks like... (Score:3, Funny)
Svenske? Nei (Score:3, Funny)
Who cares about the Swedes anyway. Norway is much better.
There goes my idea (Score:1, Funny)
And I was just about to register my domain for a Swedish fansite about the world's greatest dancer [wikipedia.org].
Re:There goes my idea (Score:2, Funny)
So much for... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Easier solution - *.bank.se (Score:3, Funny)
regulating the word "bank" in a domain name
Yeah... somebody should make a website...
www.BanKookyIdeas.se
Re:So much for... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bummer (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A Sperm Bank is probably okay (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sperm banks & food banks out of luck (Score:5, Funny)
They will simply become Swedish Sperm Savings and Loans.
Re:Easier solution - *.bank.se (Score:1, Funny)
There is a limit to genius. We have hit the cap a couple times with famous people.
There is also a limit to stupid, but no ones ever found it.