iTLDs

shaw wrote:
 <snip>
> European position. DNS issues are impacting public interests
> especially within an intellectual property context. For
> one example of domain name hijacking, see the attached
> message.
> 
> IMHO, I think it might be in RIPE's interest to cooperate
> a little more with them since the issues are clearly
> impacting outside a normal "Net" technical context. <snip>

For your information, the same have happened in Sweden, by the 
company Control Alt Delete. There are perhaps more occurances of
this in other countries? There was a TV show last night on the 
Swedish TV Channel 4 covering this issue (!), showing that this has
(at least in Sweden) some public interest.

The domains registered below are companies, names, events and common 
expressions in Swedish (and English).

Cheers,
//Ola Johansson, Telia TeleCom
Telia Internet

Whois Search Result from server rs.internic.net:

Control Alt Delete (NOBELPRICE-DOM)                             NOBELPRICE.COM
Control Alt Delete (ORIENTALHOTEL-DOM)                       ORIENTALHOTEL.COM
Control Alt Delete (POLITIK2-DOM)                                  POLITIK.COM
Control Alt Delete (POSTBANKEN-DOM)                             POSTBANKEN.COM
Control Alt Delete (PRILOSEC-DOM)                                 PRILOSEC.COM
Control Alt Delete (PROCTERGAMBLE-DOM)                       PROCTERGAMBLE.COM
Control Alt Delete (PRODUCENTHUSET2-DOM)                    PRODUCENTHUSET.COM
Control Alt Delete (RAUSING-DOM)                                   RAUSING.COM
Control Alt Delete (RENTANAME-DOM)                               RENTANAME.COM
Control Alt Delete (REXONA-DOM)                                     REXONA.COM
Control Alt Delete (ROYALVIKING-DOM)                           ROYALVIKING.COM
Control Alt Delete (SALMING-DOM)                                   SALMING.COM
Control Alt Delete (SEBANK-DOM)                                     SEBANK.COM
Control Alt Delete (SEMBAWANG-DOM)                               SEMBAWANG.COM
Control Alt Delete (SKANDIABANKEN-DOM)                       SKANDIABANKEN.COM
Control Alt Delete (SPEJSAT-DOM)                                   SPEJSAT.COM
Control Alt Delete (SPENDRUP-DOM)                                 SPENDRUP.COM
Control Alt Delete (SPINTAB-DOM)                                   SPINTAB.COM
Control Alt Delete (SPRIT-DOM)                                       SPRIT.COM
Control Alt Delete (STENBECK-DOM)                                 STENBECK.COM
Control Alt Delete (SVENSKADAGBLADET-DOM)                 SVENSKADAGBLADET.COM
Control Alt Delete (SWEBUS-DOM)                                     SWEBUS.COM
Control Alt Delete (SWEDISHMATCH-DOM)                         SWEDISHMATCH.COM
Control Alt Delete (BANGOLUFSEN-DOM)                           BANGOLUFSEN.COM
Control Alt Delete (VAL3-DOM)                                        VAL98.COM
Control Alt Delete (VINGRESOR-DOM)                               VINGRESOR.COM
Control Alt Delete (VIRTUALBONDS-DOM)                         VIRTUALBONDS.COM
Control Alt Delete (WALLENBERG-DOM)                             WALLENBERG.COM
Control Alt Delete (WASABANKEN-DOM)                             WASABANKEN.COM
Control Alt Delete (X35-DOM)                                         X2000.COM
Control Alt Delete (BONNIERS-DOM)                                 BONNIERS.COM
Control Alt Delete (BOOZE3-DOM)                                      BOOZE.COM
Control Alt Delete (BRAATHENS-DOM)                               BRAATHENS.COM
Control Alt Delete (CHINALIGHT-DOM)                             CHINALIGHT.COM
Control Alt Delete (CITYMAIL-DOM)                                 CITYMAIL.COM
Control Alt Delete (CLOETTA-DOM)                                   CLOETTA.COM
Control Alt Delete (CONTROLALTDELETE-DOM)                 CONTROLALTDELETE.COM
Control Alt Delete (CYBERBONDS-DOM)                             CYBERBONDS.COM
Control Alt Delete (CYBERFRIEND-DOM)                           CYBERFRIEND.COM
Control Alt Delete (DAGAB-DOM)                                       DAGAB.COM
Control Alt Delete (DAGENSINDUSTRI-DOM)                     DAGENSINDUSTRI.COM
Control Alt Delete (DAGENSNYHETER-DOM)                       DAGENSNYHETER.COM
Control Alt Delete (DEO-DOM)                                           DEO.COM
Control Alt Delete (DIGIBONDS-DOM)                               DIGIBONDS.COM
Control Alt Delete (DOMAINTRADE-DOM)                           DOMAINTRADE.COM
Control Alt Delete (ELLOS-DOM)                                       ELLOS.COM
Control Alt Delete (EMATELSTAR-DOM)                             EMATELSTAR.COM
Control Alt Delete (ENATOR2-DOM)                                    ENATOR.COM
Control Alt Delete (EUROPOLITAN-DOM)                           EUROPOLITAN.COM
Control Alt Delete (FASTIGHETER-DOM)                           FASTIGHETER.COM
Control Alt Delete (FOLKSAM-DOM)                                   FOLKSAM.COM
Control Alt Delete (FRITIDSRESOR-DOM)                         FRITIDSRESOR.COM
Control Alt Delete (GLOBEN-DOM)                                     GLOBEN.COM
Control Alt Delete (GODJUL-DOM)                                     GODJUL.COM
Control Alt Delete (GODMAT-DOM)                                     GODMAT.COM
Control Alt Delete (GRATTIS-DOM)                                   GRATTIS.COM
Control Alt Delete (GUD-DOM)                                           GUD.COM
Control Alt Delete (HEJ-DOM)                                           HEJ.COM
Control Alt Delete (HONSHUPAPER-DOM)                           HONSHUPAPER.COM
Control Alt Delete (HURRA-DOM)                                       HURRA.COM
Control Alt Delete (ALLNIPPONAIRWAYS-DOM)                 ALLNIPPONAIRWAYS.COM
Control Alt Delete (ITOYOKADO-DOM)                               ITOYOKADO.COM
Control Alt Delete (ITPRO-DOM)                                       ITPRO.COM
Control Alt Delete (JULREA-DOM)                                     JULREA.COM
Control Alt Delete (KAMPRAD-DOM)                                   KAMPRAD.COM
Control Alt Delete (KANSKE-DOM)                                     KANSKE.COM
Control Alt Delete (KONSUM-DOM)                                     KONSUM.COM
Control Alt Delete (KURABO-DOM)                                     KURABO.COM
Control Alt Delete (NEJ-DOM)                                           NEJ.COM