The Pirate Bay has been "hopping" from one domain extension to another over the last few months. At the moment the site is using a .gy domain name, which is Guyana The site had announced that it was switching to a .pe domain name (Peru), but the domain has already been suspended. The site had been using a .sx domain up until quite recently, but that too was pulled. It … [Read more...] about Pirate Bay’s Domain Hopping Fails
Iceland
Icelandic Registry To Introduce “Very Important Domains”
The Icelandic registry (.is) plans on introducing extra levels of protection to some domains and their registrants. The new program is called "Very Important Domains" or VID for short (yes another acronym and you'll have to excuse my childish snigger when I misread it as VDS) It's not clear from the registry's announcement how exactly this service will work, though it's … [Read more...] about Icelandic Registry To Introduce “Very Important Domains”