cctld Indian Government Seizes Lund.in from me...

[A D]

You should have been contacted via email by the registry about Lund.IN being suspended for a violation of their terms and and conditions due to obscene content.

The word Lund in Hindi means Penis, I find that hard to be obscene when half ther country owns one.

But oh well, It took them 6 years to decide it was obscene, Created On:16-Feb-2005 .

Domain ID : D579341-AFIN
Domain Name:LUND.IN
Created On:16-Feb-2005 19:13:34 UTC
Last Updated On:20-May-2011 12:01:24 UTC
Expiration Date:16-Feb-2012 19:13:34 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com Inc. (R101-AFIN)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Status : DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:HOLD
Status:RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:UPDATE PROHIBITED

 

[katherine]

Clearly, not all ccTLDs are equally good.

 

[Seraphim]

You're better off using a free domain like xyz.wordpress.com than using either .in or .cn.

 

[Theo]

The famous Indian sculptures of Khajuraho aren't shy about displaying it.

 

[DN BROKER]

they should issue a refund.

 

[draggar]

They do realize Lund is a last name, right?

 

[Vincent]

India is land of the sex lord. Land of KamaSutra. Currently, it's the country with the highest prostitution in the world.

Why on earth would Indian government confiscate your domain name? Lundi mean Monday in French, isn't it? Wonder what kind of stuff you had on your site. Any sample?

How does the law work? Do you have any right to fight for it? Or whatever the government says goes?

 

[silentg]

They are planning to sell penis enlargement pills. Lol

 

[Gerry]

How does the law work? Do you have any right to fight for it?

That's something different. That's called a cockfight.

 

[Embrand]

Lund is a pretty large city in Sweden, so that seems legit. On the other hand, the hack Lundin was also the last name of a famous Danish serial killer :lol:

 

[katherine]

I guess it was more about the site contents than the domain then.

 

[Theo]

The domain is still in your name, does this happen until its expiration?
Incidentally, some old news

 

[BidNo]

The domain is still in your name, does this happen until its expiration?
Incidentally, some old news

Hopefully Adam will be allow to keep his "lund"; I heard the separation process can be painful.

 

[BobDiGiTaL]

tell them it is a typo of a city domain hack - London

 

[lappanion]

a clear case of Lund Envy

But yeah there have been very questionable decisions in the .in namespace...

 

[Soofi]

any update on your Lund DCG?

 

[ecomindia]

India is land of the sex lord. Land of KamaSutra. Currently, it's the country with the highest prostitution in the world.
Why on earth would Indian government confiscate your domain name? Lundi mean Monday in French, isn't it? Wonder what kind of stuff you had on your site. Any sample?

How does the law work? Do you have any right to fight for it? Or whatever the government says goes?

Dear OboDeal,
Indian National Language is Hindi and is a multi-cultural country. T
his word is mostly used as an Abuse / Insult / Adult / Vulgar and to give an example
is not even permitted in Indian Hindi Movies unless the director is ready to put the certification "A" with additional terms / conditions.

The domain can be retained only if is a registered TM / IPR / Branding especially when the owner of the domain is not an Indian.

Irrespective of the content, ideally these domains should have been reserved / not allowed to be registered by Nixi but it allowed to ; overseeing the complications later.

 

[Alan Glennon]

Thanks for sharing. You'd think they would have told you to change the contents instead of vaporizing the domain.

 

[DNWizardX9]

Did you get the lund back Adam?

 

[Alan Glennon]

I too would be curious if there's been any other developments. Otherwise, the whois shows that the domain is in a "hold". It looks like the Indian registry placed the domain in eternal limbo -- all while retaining Adam's contact info.