accord to GoDaddy , you should maybestop buying .tv domainsbecause Tuvalu , who have all such domain of a function names , is currently slump underwater . Once Tuvalu no longer survive as a commonwealth , the domain will also disappear .
certain , the island Carry Nation is tardily lessen underwater , but all Leslie Townes Hope may not be misplace yet . Valleywagpoints us to aUSA Today articlefrom 2004 , which say there are exceptons—.su domains from the one-time Soviet Union are still active . But DomainNameWirerefutes this , mention that factoid came from a VeriSign , a troupe that handles all domain minutes for Tuvalu , and their reasoning might be skew . They instead cite an ICANN prescript which states that domain names from any defunct country must be phased out .
http://gawker.com/5234715/godaddy-advises-buying-a-domain-name-from-a-disappearing-island
So who knows what will in reality happen when Tuvalu decides to swim with the fishes . But seeing that .tv domains have big time merchandising appeal , I ’d have trouble believing they ’d just nix the domains . Still , I ’m no internet domain lawyer — domain nester , you might want to listen this word of advice : BEWARE OF SINKING ISLAND . [ Wreck and SalvageviaEddie CodelviaBoing BoingandDomainNameWire ]
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