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.uk.co killed by Colombian judge
20/02/2003
The second-level domain .uk.co through which domain company Net Registrar sold alternative Web addresses to UK businesses has been told by the High Court of Colombia that it has no continued rights on the domain.
But Net Registrar managing director Robert Fox has told us he plans to appeal against the "bizarre" decision and win back his business.
In a decision made on Monday but not released until yesterday, the Colombian High Court refused to grant Net Registrar an injunction against the current owner of the top-level .co domain - the University of the Andes in Bogota - after the university unexpectedly shut it down on Monday.
In the decision, according to Mr Fox, the judge ruled that there was "no real damage done" by the university's actions and that "any damage done could easily be repaired". This is patently not true since none of the 8,000 businesses that have paid Net Registrar £15 for a two-year domain are able to view their site or receive any email from it.
"We can only say that we are not in possession of the full facts behind the matter," Net Registrar commented in an official statement to its customers.
More details at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29411.html
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