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Renew or lose
4 November, 2003
Up until now, anyone with a website address ending in dot uk has been able to hang onto it indefinitely.
If for any reason the business stopped trading, or an individual no longer used the site, their web address would just hang around in the internet ether, clogging up the system.
But as of November 1st, owners of these website addresses will need to be much more proactive.
If they don't actively re-register their address ownership every two years, they'll lose it - and someone else can snap it up.
This is because of a new policy being enforced by Nominet UK, which is the national registry for all domain names ending in dot uk.
It does not regulate the domain name industry, nor does it offer registration services for any domain names other than dot uk.
It says the new rule is necessary to tidy up the current system, and customers have been asking for something to be done for some time.
More details at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/3239639.stm
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