FC: Are "naughty" words in domain names allowed?

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

It seems as though some registrars allow "indecent" .com domain names and 
some don't. Not a new problem. From an article I wrote in February 1997, 
when Network Solutions was the only registrar:

>        Admirably, Chris Clough, spokesman for the
>        NIC, says that his company attempts to err on
>        the side of free speech. A simple solution --
>        allow everything. But the NIC doesn't allow
>        everything. Some things are rejected for
>        reasons that have never been made clear, and
>        Clough was unable to articulate guidelines or
>        policy that spelled out why some controversial
>        names are OK and others aren't.

-Declan

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Subject: "Naughty" words in domain names
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 21:51:36 -0600
From: Andy Ringsmuth <andyring () inebraska com>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com>

Declan, there is a thread today on Slashdot about one person's experience
with an attempt at using the word "fuck" as part of a domain name. It may
be of interest to Politech readers.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/11/23/1512232

-Andy Ringsmuth
andyring () inetnebr com




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