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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by tscs37 on Friday March 30, 2018 @05:42AM (#16714852)
It's the registrar rules being enforced exactly like they always have been. The Rules say "EU only". If the UK is no longer in the EU then the simply conclusion is that the domain ownership will be revoked.
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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by jwilk on Friday March 30, 2018 @05:54AM (#16714904)
The rules say: EU, or Iceland, or Norway, or Liechtenstein.
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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by codepope2014 on Friday March 30, 2018 @07:03AM (#16715143)
The rules say European Economic Area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area). Which the UK is, ridiculously, also leaving, but does include Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein as EFTA members.
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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by jwilk on Saturday March 31, 2018 @03:43AM (#16722262)
FWIW, the Domain Name Registration Policy (https://eurid.eu/media/filer_public/76/48/7648e621-0c5d-4c09... , linked from https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/rules-for-eu-domain...) doesn't mention EEA; it spells out the 3 extra countries explicitly.
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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by zerostar07 on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:04AM (#16714939)
also, the rules are not set in stone
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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by tscs37 on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:11AM (#16714967)
Until the rules are changed, UK domain owners will be thrown out in March 2019.
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Re:Notice to stakeholders: withdrawal of the UK and EU rules... by icebraining on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:16AM (#16714978)
No; UK domain owners will be prevented from renewing their domains, but it doesn't say they'll automatically lose them. From what I can tell, if you renew just before March 2019, you can keep your domain until 2029. Although, the Registry will be able to revoke them, so it's not guaranteed.
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