Nominet has unilaterally decided to suspend all its Russian registrars. As far as I can tell there's no legal obligation on Nominet to take action against registrars based in Russia, but they've decided to suspend them. However they're also claiming that they don't want to impact existing registrations. With the Russian registrars suspended there's no way for them … [Read more...] about Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars
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EU Sanctions Russia Today and Sputnik
The European Union has announced sanctions against both Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik. The official announcement makes it very clear that the sanctions apply to online as well as more traditional broadcast media: The sanctions cover all means for transmission and distribution, such as via cable, satellite, IPTV, platforms, websites and apps The sanctions are directly … [Read more...] about EU Sanctions Russia Today and Sputnik
FM Registry Releases Top 40
BRS Media, the people behing both .am and .fm domain registries, have released the rather aptly named "Top 40" of .fm domain names. The list includes some familiar names (to me), while others are not so well known, at least to a Westerner like me. The top 10 are: douban.fm - A Chinese music site. Seemingly targetted at a youthful demographic wbr.fm - Warner Brothers … [Read more...] about FM Registry Releases Top 40