[kictanet] KeNIC Opens up 2nd Level Domains

Mon Jul 3 07:09:59 EAT 2017

Hi Ali and Waudo,

I agree, in the best interest of supporting the protection of Intellectual
Property (IP) incentives should be given.

Kind regards,

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Waudo
>
> Good point. Most companies will need to do this anyway as they do with
> other ccTLDs and gTLDs. It's called protecting ones brand..
>
> Maybe KeNIC can look at substantial discounts for personalized/vanity
> domains?
>
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> On 30 Jun 2017, at 9:54 AM, waudo siganga via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> This sounds good. The challenge will be protecting the rights of those
> already registered in the 3rd level, to avoid them having another expense
> and effort making new, defensive registrations.
>
> W.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017, at 11:23 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
> KeNIC has just announced the opening up of the .ke 2nd level domains.
>
> What does this really mean?
>
> Simply put for example is that your domain can now be www.wanjiku.ke
> instead of www.wanjiku.co.ke.
>
> This is huge and the Registrar and user community have been agitating for
> this for many years.
>
> Kudos to the KeNIC team led by Abdalla Omari and the Board. This was way
> overdue.
>
> So from a commercial perspective these are interesting times:-
>
> fa.ke anyone? :-)
>
> Or how about ca.ke; Ni.ke, Co.ke? ma.ke?
>
> #LetTheGamesBegin!
>
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>
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Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
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