[NCUC-DISCUSS] An interesting development

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

Hi All,
There is an interesting domain name discussion or dispute going on in
Nigeria and I just like to get views of members of this list on this issue.

The Nigerian government announced a new national carrier - NigeriaAir a few
days ago and immediately an individual registered the domains NigeriaAir.ng
and NigeriaAir.com.ng; which he is not offering for sale.

Few things are at play here,
Is this cybersquatting?
Is this a case of protection geographic names, although this is with the
ccTLD?
If the WHOIS was not open or if there was tiered access,  how will he be
identified?
Will the government by violating his rights if they go after him?

The development of the DNS industry as a profitable

Full story on this link
https://techpoint.ng/2018/07/20/nigeria-air-domain-taken/

See attached an excerpt from the provision of the Nigeria Cybercrime law.

I just like to get some views as this may change the DNS business landscape
in Nigeria,

This is an interesting conversation going on in Nigeria amongst IG and DNS
stakeholders since yesterday - I like to know your thoughts.

Regards,
Benjamin
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