Ok I'll say it... How many of these affected *.EU domains were actually entities with some sort of EU charter or relationship as the TLD was approved for in 2005? I realize it's naive to point out that .NET was for networking organizations and .ORG for not-for-profits etc. in a world where we have .XYZ and .FAIL (must they really be FAILures?) Ok that ship has sailed because no one wanted to enforce it as it would interfere with maximazing domain sales in those TLDs. But are we really supposed to get lathered up about those who now got burned flouting all that? What promise do those affected actually expect to be upheld? Chapter and verse not "well, we assumed..."? And, no, marching out one or two bona-fide examples doesn't quite rise to a counter argument. If there were only one or two or ten I'll guess they could be handled since they would have always had a legitimae reason to represent themselves with a .EU domain which one would hope would allow them some explicit accommodation. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*