.bv
Introduced | 21 August 1997 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Inactive, but still in root |
Registry | Norid |
Sponsor | Norwegian Communications Authority |
Intended use | Entities connected with Bouvet Island |
Actual use | Not in use; authorities decided that use of the .no domain is sufficient |
Registration restrictions | No registrations are being taken |
Structure | Not in use |
Documents | Policy notice |
Dispute policies | None |
Registry website | www.norid.no |
.bv is the
History
In March 2012, Norid began an initial collaboration with the Dutch domain registry SIDN, with the purpose of examining the possibility of utilizing the .bv domain on the Dutch market.[6] BV is the most common form of limited company in the Netherlands, which could have made .bv a popular domain. The collaboration ended in June 2016, when The Ministry of Transport and Communications advised that dispensation from certain parts of the Norwegian Domain Regulations, which would have opened for the sale of the .bv domain, should not be granted.[7]
In June 2015, Norwegian computer scientist Håkon Wium Lie and the Socialist Left Party proposed using the .bv domain, along with .sj, as online free havens. The proposal aims at protecting both the Norwegian authorities and foreign dissidents from surveillance.[8]
Policy
Management of .bv lies with
The policy for the use of .bv is regulated by the Regulation Concerning Domain Names Under Norwegian Country Code Top-level Domains, also known as the Domain Regulation. This regulation also regulates Norway's other two ccTLDs, .no and .sj. Should .bv eventually come into use, the same rules and procedures as those currently regarding .no would be used for .bv.[11] The domain remains reserved for potential future use.
References
- World Fact Book. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Delegation Record for .SJ". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Delegation Record for .BV". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Postel, J. (March 1994). "Domain Name System Structure and Delegation". Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Takle, Mona Takle; Vassenden, Kåre (March 1998). "Country classifications in migration statistics – present situation and proposals for a Eurostat standard" (PDF). United Nations Statistical Commission and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
- ^ "Timeline for the study of possible uses of .bv (in Norwegian)". Norid. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Plans to utilize .bv shelved". Norid. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Suvatne, Steinar Solås (23 June 2015). "- Norge sitter på en vanvittig naturressurs". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "About Norid". Norid. 3 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 26
- ^ Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 42
Bibliography
- ".no eller aldri..." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority. 21 March 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2010.