Monday, October 11, 2010

NIC.ly Elaborates on Revoking vb.ly Domain

The domain name registry NIC.ly started a ruckus earlier this week, when it revoked the vb.ly domain shared by Violet Blue and Ben Metcalfe. On Friday, NIC.ly decided to chime in and give its side of the story. To be honest, the actual reason for the revoking of the domain name is what we expected: it violated local law. vb.ly advertised itself as a sex-friendly URL shortener, and that just doesn't go over well under Libyan law. Here's an excerpt from NIC.ly's statement: In reference to the vb.ly incident: the

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