On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 09:27, gtheo <gtheo@xs4all.nl> wrote:
Danko is correct, in my opinion, Eurid is now part of a political game between the UK and the EU.
Now? When was it ever not? I don't recall EURID suddenly changing the requirements to mess with the Brits. Access to an .eu domain has *always* been literally, a "member benefit" of residents of countries inside the EU. In fact, IIRC the whole publicity behind getting .eu domains was to publicize one's integration. Next to the significant potential Brexit damage to entire industries, companies, supply chains and business models, complaints about having to redo corporate letterhead due to a TLD switch are really rather minor in the big picture. So long as we still have search engines, telephones and the post office, switching domains is at most a significant nuisance. Perhaps there is a business opportunity here for registrars who offer to soften the blows for UK-based .eu registrants, through assistance with establishing sufficient EU presence, contingency planning, or a reduced-fee eased move to a more-appropriate TLD. Isn't this kind of service the very reason one would want to deal through a registrar rather than directly with a registry? - Evan