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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- After releasing a report that the Swedish .SE registry should inspect domains prior to registration containing words on a "block list," the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (www.pts.se/en-gb/), which is responsible for the country's electronic communications, has since decided to drop their earlier demand.
The agency overturned its decision due to overwhelming public outcry, according to the largest Swedish vendor of .se domains, Binero (www.binero.se), which had started a petition against PTS that was endorsed by more than 8,000 signatories.
"We are very happy that the PTS were now willing to listen to input from the outside," Binero chief executive officer Anders Aleborg said in a statement. "Now we also hope that the Agency will listen to .SE and us registrars in the continued handling of this matter. Today’s regulations are good – obvious net frauds can and will be closed down immediately – then the international work on an faster UDRP process in evident cases should be supported and possibly copied locally."
PTS recommended that .SE domains should be inspected prior to registration if they contain words on a "block list." After lobbying from the Swedish Bankers' Association, PTS announced that the first word on the list is "bank," which would keep those who do not fulfill the legal requirements of a bank from registering. While the actual four letter string "bank" restricts, for instance blood banks or job banks, Binero chief executive officer Anders Aleborg explains that it could set a dangerous precedent.
Binero and other registrars have noted that by enforcing this rule, the PTS could be making a departure from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (www.icann.org) international standards. The ICANN's Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy specifies that issues are solved once they arise after registration - not before, making the the national .SE registry possibly the subject of fines.
"To diverge from the democratic country norm of problem resolution post rather than pre registration, and to do it for a common word and name like 'Bank' is dangerous," Aleborg said. "It makes it legally and logically plausible for many groups to lobby for scrutinizing an unforeseeable number of other words and names pre-registration as well."
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