new gtlds All 2-letter .Berlin domain names were registered against ICANN rules

[Arpit131]

According to a post on OnlineDomain, "all 676 combinations of 2-letter .berlin New gTLD domain names were registered yesterday against ICANN rules that prohibit the registration of all 2-letter domain names in New gTLDs.

Domain names like us.berlin, uk.berlin and aa.berlin have been registered by a single Berlin based company that seems to be a partner of the .berlin registry.

Registration of all 2-character New gTLD domains was initially not allowed by ICANN rules.
On the contrary 1-letter new gtld registrations were allowed from the beginning.
Several registries then submitted requests at ICANN for the release for 2-character (eg. 1a, b5 etc), domain names including .Berlin.

The reason as to why these registrations are against the rules laid down by ICANN may be found in this article on OnlineDomain

 

[Arpit131]

http://onlinedomain.com/2015/04/15/news/more-proof-that-icann-is-a-2-face-organization/

 

[freedom30]

...SO WHAT HAPPENS?

Do they reclaim the names or are the "lucky" stiffs exempt from the rules everyone else had to abide by?
Smells like good old-fashioned bullsh*t at its finest...

 

[FPForum]

I say the registrations are forfeited, along with all funds paid to complete such registrations. That looks pretty sneaky on the registries part.

 

[wot]

They gave all the others away. So it continues. Frank S etc they are all at it!