information .IO isn’t a country and is changing?

[offthehandle]

“Could it soon become a ccTLD without a territory, leaving it open to retirement and removal from the DNS root?

It’s not impossible, but I’ll freely admit that I’m getting into heavy, early speculation here.

There are a lot of moving parts to consider, and at time of writing the UK government has not even stated how it will respond to the non-binding ICJ ruling.

Should the UK abide by the ruling and wind down BIOT, its IO reservation on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 list could then be removed by the International Standards Organisation.

That would mean .io no longer fits the ICANN criteria for being a ccTLD, leaving it subject to forced retirement.”

http://domainincite.com/23957-un-ruling-may-put-io-domains-at-risk

 

[alcy]

Yes. It worked as a clickbait, as intended. That is what domainincite does for living.

wow.. thats some living isn't it...

 

[Lord Antares]

That's a relief. I quite like .io.