Libyan Domain Registry Shares Its Views On The .ly Hoopla, But Questions Remain
October 08, 2010 at 12:42 PM EDT
As you may have read here earlier this week, the Libyan domain registry NIC.ly raised quite a ruckus by suddenly assuming control over the domain name vb.ly, abruptly taking down a URL shortening service cooked up by Ben Metcalfe and Violet Blue . NIC.ly now states that they tried to contact the previous owners of vb.ly repeatedly, to no avail, and that the domain was singled out because of its purpose ("to serve as a ‘sex friendly URL shortener’, mainly for adult uses").