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Re: Register *any* domain name


At 09:21 PM 7/14/97 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
>At 08:26 PM 7/14/97 -0700, Lucky Green wrote:
>>Never fear. The Kingdom of Tonga allows you to register any domain name.
>>Trademarked or not. Their fully automated domain registration system,
>>operating out of their San Francisco consulate, can be reached at
>>http://www.tonic.to
>..
>>I just love free enterprise,
>
>"Kingdom .... free enterprise" -- hmmm  :-)
>With an automated system, you can probably _register_ any name,
>but you might have trouble keeping it registered.
>Don't know how they'd feel about obscene names, or
>"The-King-Is-A-Fink.to" or "Return-Minerva-Now.to"....

They might object and revoke the domain. But they make it clear in their
FAQ that they couldn't care less about trademarks.


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