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A comment on Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the... by zarzavat on Thursday October 03, 2024 @09:10AM (#41730451)
British Indian Ocean Territory isn’t a state, it’s just a territory with a military base on it, so there is no successor state.

It’s like if Guantanamo Bay had its own ccTLD.

The land will go to Mauritius, the legal entity of British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist (presumably).

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Re:Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the... by toyg on Thursday October 03, 2024 @10:32AM (#41731156)
> The land will go to Mauritius

Mauritius could decide to incorporate it as "Mauritius Indian Ocean Territory", hence maintaining the CC. I expect .io owners will likely suggest something like that, while showing them how much money they could get from a 10-15% deal similar to what Tuvalu has for .tv. Nobody likes to burn money.

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Re:Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the... by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday October 03, 2024 @09:38AM (#41730696)
I recognize this, but that’s the closest equivalent.
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