I applied for the domain 'diccionario.es' (dictionary) directly at nic.es (so I knew the exact status of my application/order), and it was following the regular registration course (approved [en trámite]). Today I got an email notifying me registration was denied by red.es because practically, NO GENERIC WORD OR TWO WORDS CAN BE REGISTERED. I find this to be a joke. I will request a refund for all of my .es domains if possible, on the grounds that I don't have any more interest in them and my trust in the governing entity for .es domains (red.es) is null at this time, and there's no warranty at all for domains registered. I feel there's no sense of registering a domain when it can be taken away from you at any moment they decide it's a worthy (Valuable) domain. Not even third world countries have such narrow-minded, retrograd policies on domains as this laughable red.es.
The grounds for them denying my application:
"El apartado décimo, letra c) de la Orden CTE/662/2003, de 18 de marzo, establece que no pueden asignarse nombres de dominio que se compongan exclusivamente de un término genérico o de su abreviatura o de una combinación de términos genéricos que designen productos, servicios, establecimientos, sectores, profesiones, actividades, religiones, áreas del saber humano, tecnologías, clases o grupos sociales, enfermedades y cualesquiera otros similares que, atendiendo a su especial relevancia económica, social, científica o cultural, la autoridad de asignación considere asimilables a los anteriores."
The important bits translated:
Domains (cannot be registered that are) composed exclusively of a generic term, or its abbreviation, or a combination of generic terms designating products, services, establishments, sectors, professions, activities, religions, areas of human knowledge, technologies, social clases or groups, diseases and any other similar (terms) that, because of their economic, social, cientific or cultural relevance, are considered as asimilable to the previously mentioned terms by the designation authority (red.es). :sold:
In short, you cannot register any keyword term that has any potential, present or future, commercial or not, because once it proves to have it, it can be legally taken away from you. I guess those guys don't have a clue, and don't understand the internet paradigm at all....
The grounds for them denying my application:
"El apartado décimo, letra c) de la Orden CTE/662/2003, de 18 de marzo, establece que no pueden asignarse nombres de dominio que se compongan exclusivamente de un término genérico o de su abreviatura o de una combinación de términos genéricos que designen productos, servicios, establecimientos, sectores, profesiones, actividades, religiones, áreas del saber humano, tecnologías, clases o grupos sociales, enfermedades y cualesquiera otros similares que, atendiendo a su especial relevancia económica, social, científica o cultural, la autoridad de asignación considere asimilables a los anteriores."
The important bits translated:
Domains (cannot be registered that are) composed exclusively of a generic term, or its abbreviation, or a combination of generic terms designating products, services, establishments, sectors, professions, activities, religions, areas of human knowledge, technologies, social clases or groups, diseases and any other similar (terms) that, because of their economic, social, cientific or cultural relevance, are considered as asimilable to the previously mentioned terms by the designation authority (red.es). :sold:
In short, you cannot register any keyword term that has any potential, present or future, commercial or not, because once it proves to have it, it can be legally taken away from you. I guess those guys don't have a clue, and don't understand the internet paradigm at all....
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