china bans individuals from registering domains

[fatter]

You must now show a business license first I wonder how hard they are to get and will it affect renewals
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc9684f6-e...44feab49a.html

[Anthony Ng]

I thought I posted this in the News section:

.CN now requires PAPER application!

[axeman]

Maybe they want to stop domains in China becoming like the "stock market casino".

[snicksnack]

no, this was done due the fact that there where so many adult websites on the .CN domains and they are trying to get rid of them.

If you report an adult website on the .CN domain you can get a reward of up to 10,000 RMB (about 1000 Euros - $1500)

[south]

no, this was done due the fact that there where so many adult websites on the .CN domains and they are trying to get rid of them.

If you report an adult website on the .CN domain you can get a reward of up to 10,000 RMB (about 1000 Euros - $1500)

Wow. That's a pretty substantial reward against freedom of expression. Never bought a .cn, but have adult names always been prohibited for the extension?

[snicksnack]

it is not about domain names, it is about the content. Adult and gambling content is strictly prohibited.

[south]

it is not about domain names, it is about the content. Adult and gambling content is strictly prohibited.

Thanks! Interesting.

[fatter]

it is not about domain names, it is about the content. Adult and gambling content is strictly prohibited.

It is about domain names this says without a business license you cant reg names, this means without a business license you reg a domain name

The review process is about content on existing sites

[Gerry]

Adult and gambling content is strictly prohibited.

can they also block Macau?

And, as a curiosity, does this apply just to mainland china or HongKong as well?

[snicksnack]

The porn sites triggered it. Most of the whois information for .CN is simply fake or not complete. With the move to have only companies register .CN domains and providing business license you have a better chance to get to the guys registering .CN domains and using them for adult content.

only mainland china.

They can even block selectively. They have a system which checks for keywords and when these keywords appear, the page might get blocked, but pages on the domain without these keywords will still be available.

[fatter]

The porn sites triggered it. Most of the whois information for .CN is simply fake or not complete. With the move to have only companies register .CN domains and providing business license you have a better chance to get to the guys registering .CN domains and using them for adult content.

only mainland china.

They can even block selectively. They have a system which checks for keywords and when these keywords appear, the page might get blocked, but pages on the domain without these keywords will still be available.

we are talking about registering domain names not blocking content on websites which I no they do, citizens of china cannot register a domain without a business licence
On a side note you are leaving out another point
sites that have opposing views of the state are also banned

[snicksnack]

I understand that this is about registering .CN domains. I only explained why they introduced this new regualtion and btw it does not say Chinese citizen need business license it says new registrations, no limitation to nationality.

[whitebark]

it is not about domain names, it is about the content. Adult and gambling content is strictly prohibited.

Now if they only employed that against the dozens of .cn spam domains hitting my inbox weekly.

[snicksnack]

I don't see that coming anytime soon

[fatter]

I understand that this is about registering .CN domains. I only explained why they introduced this new regualtion and btw it does not say Chinese citizen need business license it says new registrations, no limitation to nationality.

MY apoligies I thought they were restricing chinese people from registering .coms etc
sorry

[Credit]

Pretty radical

[snicksnack]

Even Baidu had to take down their baidu search engine for kids,, as they found plenty of adult websites when typing in the right keywords

[victornumber]

wow. This would get interesting. Love the joke about the domainer casino slot.

[Anthony Ng]

I thought I posted this in the News section:

.CN now requires PAPER application!

Could the mods simply merge the threads?

[patroiz]

MY apoligies I thought they were restricing chinese people from registering .coms etc
sorry

The title is a bit misleading