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
No More Porn in .ie
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?