information Are there any illegal domain names?

One can always try.

Well, you have 64 characters to play with, so go ahead and register a domain name which is a statement of intent to do any of the following, and let us know how it works out for you:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/879

18 U.S. Code § 879. Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon—

(1) a former President or a member of the immediate family of a former President;

(2) a member of the immediate family of the President, the President-elect, the Vice President, or the Vice President-elect;

(3) a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of such candidate; or

(4) a person protected by the Secret Service under section 3056(a)(6);

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
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Make it a good one.

MTB said:

Just wondering if there are any domain names (.com) that are illegal to register in the USA or elsewhere?

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I own Theillegal.com, if that counts as illegal.

Interestingly enough, the following names are all registered:

killtrump.com (NameSilo)

killtrump.net (GoDaddy)

killdonaldtrump.com (GoDaddy)

killtrump.org (Dreamhost)

Although one could argue that these are not threats to do that, but merely statements encouraging others to do so.

The statute is specific to "Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens..." to do any of the various acts.

So saying something like "I wish someone would" do any of the acts or instructing someone else to do one of the acts, as in the names above, is distinct from threatening to do it themselves.

One interesting one I found in this exercise would be a good example of what is called "found significance" in the event certain things were to happen.

Often in the aftermath of some event, people will try to weave some conspiracy theory around a domain name registered in advance. For example, when a terror attack in some city happens, some dullard in the press will observe that a domain name like AttackOn(city).com was registered in advance, and propose that this domain name registration is evidence of planning or some such nonsense. I would assume that domainers are aware of why and how this sort of thing happens, but if it's not obvious to you, then consider the domain name:

WhoKilledTrump.com - Registered December 2015.

Someone will have a field day with that one, in the event it becomes relevant.... "How could anyone have known back in December 2015 this would happen!!!!!!!!!" and cue the creepy music.

If you can find a 64 character domain- let me know. I'll take that burden off your hands.

ps.. 63 characters the limit, to get nit-picky.

HotKey said:

63 characters the limit, to get nit-picky

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Well, I count backspaces too.

jberryhill said:

Well, I count backspaces too.

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Technically standard labels are 64 bytes, with the first byte containing the label type and length, so you're arguably right anyway. And technically backspaces are characters, so those are going to increment, not decrement. Unfortunately, all backspaces contribute to your 64-byte limit.

Any reason why you couldn't:
a) register IHateBing.com
b) set up a site listing reasons to hate Bing
?