Registrars Accused Of Stockpiling 74,000 .eu Domains
Talkback Ofcourse, starting a compliant will get you a charge of about EUR 1900 by EurID. EurID shut the door on that despite plenty of companies (and people) registering an IDN during SunRise. It's almost as if they wanted things to go wrong significantly.
[July 24, 2006, 23:53]
Registrars Accused Of Stockpiling 74,000 .eu Domains
News EURid, the organisation that administers the .eu top-level domain, has suspended 74,000 domain names after launching a lawsuit against 400 American registrars for "breach of contract". According to EURid, the three companies are a front for a...
[July 24, 2006, 17:20]
EC Signs Deal For '.eu' Domain
News EURid, which was created by the country-level registries of Belgium, Italy and Sweden, says it will now negotiate with ICANN to have .eu put in the root and, once that is done, intends to operate a 'sunrise' period for registrations.
[October 14, 2004, 15:05]
ICANN Signs In .eu
News At a meeting of its managing committee, the body authorised its president, Vint Cerf, to sign the agreement with Eurid, the consortium chosen by the European Commission as official caretaker of the new domain name.
[March 24, 2005, 16:20]
Doors Thrown Open To .eu
News So far registrar Eurid, has received more than 300,000 applications for addresses with the domain and Marc Van Wesemael, managing director of Eurid, said he expects to see "several hundred thousand proud holders of brand new .eu domain names from...
[April 7, 2006, 14:15]
UK Firms Lagging On.eu
Talkback We are now awaiting the result of emails sent to PWC the validation agent and Eurid as well as our registrars to see if there is a big con going on with .eu registrations - no wonder there is a lack of interest - especially when you find out the...
[March 8, 2006, 22:11]
Gold Rush Expected For .eu Sunrise Period
News Although EURid, the organisation that will run the .eu domain, is putting a process together to deal with disputes, there are still concerns over how well it will work on the day. Asked whether he thought EURid would be able to cope with the rush...
[October 20, 2004, 14:05]
Stockpiling Of .eu Domains Can't Be Stopped
News Registrars of .eu names are unable to register names for themselves and then sell them on — a practice known as warehousing — as this would be a breach of their contracts with EURid, the organisation set up to administer the TLD.
[August 9, 2006, 13:55]
EC Signs Deal For '.eu' Domain
Talkback You'll find that there is actually a DRP for the .eu TLD, but it's buried under lots of links at the EURID site. This blog also contains information about it: http://davehalltechhack.blogspot.com/2004/10/politically-correcteu.html
[October 14, 2004, 16:03]
EU Readies Itself For .eu Sunrise
News The proposed cost for a domain name registration will be €10 plus VAT, which .eu administrator Eurid hopes to lower to €5 plus VAT in the second year. Eurid has already warned would-be .eu domain name owners to beware of scammers who claim to be...
[October 10, 2005, 17:05]
Registrars Accused Of Stockpiling 74,000 .eu Domains
Talkback People could have found out the true identities behind the three registrars through their web site's Whois information, but they are all using GoDaddy's privacy service to hide their true identities :) http://domainnamewire.com/2006/07/24/eurid...
[July 24, 2006, 18:14]
No Sex.eu Please, We're British
News EURid, the consortium of three European registries that has won the deal to operate the domain, is planning a four-month sunrise period to help organisations win .eu domains that correspond to their registered trademarks.
[October 20, 2004, 17:50]
Dot-eu Domain Is Ready To Roll
News Registrations for the dot-eu domain, which will be handled by Eurid, will officially open to the public on 7 April 2006. With just under a week to go until companies can register for a dot-eu domain name, the European Commission is preparing for a...
[December 2, 2005, 16:00]
EC Warns On .eu Scammers
News One of the bodies in charge of setting up .eu, Eurid, also has to accredit registrars for the new domain name and agree registration policy before the final launch phase can begin. The countdown is on to the launch of the pan-European top level...
[April 25, 2005, 9:25]
