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DotSco bid for Scots web ID



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Published Date: 13 May 2008
PLANS to create a Scottish web domain are being looked at by MSPs.
The politicians will consider a public petition to replace the familiar '.co.uk' internet address with '.sco'.

The idea is already being considered by finance minister John Swinney – and a campaign to establish the new address has attracted around 1300 signatories.

The petition was lodged by a company calling itself DotSco, which hopes the internet address would "enhance Scotland's distinct languages, culture and identity".





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  • Last Updated: 13 May 2008 10:11 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
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1

Ard Righ,

The Rock Of Edinburgh 13/05/2008 11:44:53
.scot or .sc.ot
2

Duncan in Edinburgh,

13/05/2008 11:56:50
Neither MSPs nor the Scottish Government have the power to do anything of the sort. Neither, incidentally, does the Westminster Government.

ICANN alone decides who gets a TLD, and ICANN is currently under the direct control of the US government.

This is a pointless flag-waving exercise for a government which frankly should have far better things to do.
3

Duncan in Edinburgh,

13/05/2008 12:00:02
Also, having read the DotSco website, I notice that their argument is that .sco should be a domain for promoting the Scots language and culture, in the same way that .cat promotes the Catalan language and culture. This is presumably because they no there is no possibility of .sco designating Scotland the country. The EEN should have made this clear in the story.
4

Chris.J,

Edinburgh 13/05/2008 12:15:34
Clueless badly researched reporting from the EEN here.. As Duncan correctly points out, the .sco suffix is being sought for Scots language use, not Scotland as a geographical area. And yes Duncan you presume correct - ICANN is reluctant to give out geographical suffixes to anything other than fully independent countries.
5

Lillig,

13/05/2008 12:30:03
Insufferable lack of imagination. .sco doesn't look or sound as good as .scot nor is it that relevant as a PR tool, because of this.

Though, is it possible to put .scot - is scot too long as a suffix? I am not really internet aware at this level.
6

Listening,

13/05/2008 14:04:06
The politicians will consider a public petition to replace the familiar '.co.uk' internet address with '.sco'.

I don't want my websites changed just to suit some political party. I have chosen the suffix's because they are recognised and not geographically specific.
7

Endangeredscot,

13/05/2008 14:12:50
Oh for heaven's sake, it isn't to replace anything. What nonsense. The only time we'd need to think about 'replacing' the dot uk is when Scotland is independent. A suffix for Scotland is long overdue, (I was involved in campaigning for it years ago) and ICANN could be persuaded if a government persuaded them.

The reason they are reluctant is because they don't want to step on any constitutional toes. Remove that barrier and none remain. Have a look at the suffixes you can get theses days, don't tell me ICANN would deliberately block a scotland suffix if a Scottish or UK government passed it as ok by them?
8

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13/05/2008 17:49:42
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Thisisross,

scotland 14/05/2008 09:22:15
13 AM2 - you forgot to mention that Labour MP Dave Hamilton signed it. You also never mentioned that the Cross-Party Group on Scots backed this campaign a couple of years ago when it first launched.

Your point about people from catalonia etc signing the motion seems to be pretty self-explanatory - do you really think that anyone who describes themselves as being "from the UK" would be doing anything to promote Scots language and culture? What is it that Catalonia, Galicia, Wales, Brittany etc have in common? Is it that they're all sub-state nations with their own distinct languages and culture? So I don't find it surprising at all that they signed this petition.

And to the people who say there should be .scot instead of .sco - cultural TLDs have to be 3 letters, that's ICANN's rules.
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Euan404,

Edinburgh 14/05/2008 15:28:39
What three letter rule is this?

Considering the other pointless fluff domains like .museum out there...

(Why do I say pointless? Try googling museum and seeing how many of the world's top museums use a .museum domain!)

As to .sco - meh, who cares?

 

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