John mentions that the IEDR have finally done something about porn.ie and added it to the blocklist:
blacknight@siracusa:~$ whois porn.ie
% Rights restricted by copyright; http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html
% Do not remove this notice
domain: porn.ie
descr: Forbidden
descr: Discretionary Applicant
descr: Discretionary Name
admin-c: IH4-IEDR
tech-c: IH4-IEDR
renewal: 12-April-2107
status: Active
nserver: ns0.domainregistry.ie
nserver: banba.domainregistry.ie
source: IEDR
person: IEDR Hostmaster
nic-hdl: IH4-IEDR
source: IEDR
I’d applied for the domain on several occasions over the past couple of years in protest against one of the IEDR’s naming policies – see my previous posts:
Is the Irish Internet Prudish?
Irish Adult Content?
Hot Sexual Romps on the Irish Internet
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Is there any hope that they might do something about those two squatters who soaked up loads of domains like nike.ie? The reason I ask is because they have a domain that I want…
James
I’m not sure. I’ve posted on one of my other blogs about some of the WIPO decisions on EUBrowser squats:
http://www.isquattedyour.eu
the problem with EUBrowser being that they exploited the rules 🙁
Michele
Isn’t hosting or producing porn illegal here, anyway, though?
Robert
It’s a grey area
Michele
Has anybody tried to register the company or business name ‘Porn’… or are the CRO blocking that?