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Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order

23 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Police could be given powers to suspend the use of domain names and websites without getting a court order. Nominet – the domain name registry in charge of the operation of the “.uk” domain names...

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New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

5 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has proposed that Nominet (the UK domain name registry) should have the power to close down domain names if they are involved in criminal activity, such as...

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Nominet releases new domain names to huge demand

16 November 2010 | Mark Weston

Nominet, the Internet registry for .uk domain names intends to release nearly 3,000 such domain names that have single digits or two letters - such as ba.co.uk or 1.co.uk - between 1 December 2010 and...

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Nominet considers relaxing the rules to allow one character or two letter UK domain names

17 August 2010 | Mark Weston

There may soon be the option to register shorter UK domain names. Nominet, the body in charge of regulating ‘.uk’ domain names, has been considering for some time amending its rules that currently...

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Nominet wants to open up rights to register short uk domain names

16 March 2010 | Mark Weston

Nominet – the not-for-profit body in charge of regulating the registration of domain names ending in ‘.uk’ - has revealed plans to introduce some more popular and sought after names. Until now, it...

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Nominet gives registrars powers to suspend use of .uk domain names for illegal activity

25 January 2010 | Mark Weston

Nominet – the registry in charge of setting the rules for the ‘.uk’ domain names – has introduced new procedures that would enable registrars to suspend the use of domain names that are used for...

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Latest news and views tagged Nominet

Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order

New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

Nominet releases new domain names to huge demand

Nominet considers relaxing the rules to allow one character or two letter UK domain names

Nominet wants to open up rights to register short uk domain names

Nominet gives registrars powers to suspend use of .uk domain names for illegal activity

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