Re: [ga] Why is it impossible to change .com.cn nameservers?

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

No Marc, Scotland is NOT on the country names list, as it is a REGION of the
UK, not a separate country (at least, that's the political reality although
I would personally prefer Scotland to be independent under the right
circumstances).

You ask why should I have this domain?

Well, if it's available (and it was) then I just exercised the same right as
anyone else in the world to register it on a first come-first serve basis
(which is the basis for most domain names, as you know).

I have business interests in Scotland, and China is a huge market, and so I
decided I would develop the site. I can't see that her majesty can object to
the normal use of a domain available to the general public. I am also a
Scottish citizen from one of the historic families of the Highlands.

However, my original point is still this:

Surely registries exist to make the DNS work, not to lock it up?

I've worked hard on the site. It will attract business to Scotland. It will
build good relations and understanding between Scotland and China.

Surely, it is wholly unacceptable for a registry to say: "We will not update
your nameservers" ?

Is this a general policy at the moment? Has Neustar administered a product
which then locks out the customers who paid for it?

I'd be very pleased to hear from anyone involved in this, for an
explanation. (And of course, my registrar may be mistaken themselves - they
claim the registry won't update the nameservers. What's the truth?)

Richard Henderson

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Schneiders <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>
To: Richard Henderson <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Why is it impossible to change .com.cn nameservers?


> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, at 00:59 [=GMT-0000], Richard Henderson wrote:
>
> > I have been trying for over a month to change my nameservers for
> > www.scotland.com.cn
>
> Are you sure Scotland is not on some ISO list of country names you cannot
> register, as with .info? I think Jersey and Guernsey are, so Scotland
> might be too.
>
> > This is inconvenient and delays my business plan.
>
> But Scotland doesn't belong to you, does it? So why should you have it?
> It belongs to the Crown. Be careful, since the Queen already filed a WIPO
> complaint for one of her dominions. And that was the furthest away from
> her throne. She may fight harder this time since Scotland is so close, and
> brings in more tax.
>
> Who has northernireland.com.cn?
>
> > Surely registries exist to make the DNS work, not to lock it up?
>
> I will put the last line in my 'Quotes' file!
>

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