(...) Bit.ly’s John Borthwick responded by explaining that Libya shutting off traffic would not affect “any .ly domain” stating that all (five) root servers would have to be knocked offline to take bit.ly out.
He was quick(ly) taken to task by people who reminded us that all Libya needs to do is anything to affect the registration operations of .ly – which would eventually mean that if Libya stayed off the internet for up to four weeks, that would be that.
Same goes for when – not if – the Libyan government decides to take a closer look at what all those cute .ly domains are being used for. As I learned the hard way, they will delete them without notice or recourse, taking all of your work and records with it.
My domain was seized based on Libyan law. There is a regime change underway. Libyan law is therefore a moving goalpost. (...)
