7 District names are all registered as network domain names

"Shinan District 20,000, Shibei District 20,000 、...... Qingdao 7 District's district name all was registered the network domain name, on the net to each 20000 Yuan price sale openly! Recently, many members of the public have reported this to this newspaper.

This morning, the residents of Mr. Lee called to reporters, recently in their browsing site, unexpectedly found that the name of the Qingdao 7 areas have been registered as a network domain names, in the online hawking, as long as take 20000 yuan, you can buy to South District, Shibei District, Sifang District, Lichang District, Huangdao District, Chengyang District and Laoshan District any one domain name. "Is this legal?" Mr Li was puzzled.

The reporter then logged in Mr. Lee to provide the site of the sale of the domain name, saw a list by the seller of the detailed domain name price list, the city's 7 districts of the district name all in the column, the price is 20000 yuan. In addition, such as the Fushan, high-tech park, such as local names are also registered as a domain name online sale, the price is relatively low.

According to the seller on the internet left contact, the seller to contact Mr. Guo. Mr Guo said that the network domain name that sells online all is oneself through China million net registers, now all want to resell out. They are optimistic that others did not register these district city names into domain names, so the first to be registered down. "If you bought the name of the South district, as long as you build a good site, others in the Web site input South District can be directly logged into your site." Mr Guo explained to reporters. When the reporter questioned whether the domain name can be effective, Mr. Guo said, if the purchase of the domain name can not be used, it is fraudulent customers, they certainly do not dare to do so. In that case, the customer can be legally held accountable. Mr Guo says the way to apply for registration is entirely legal.

Reporters on this issue interviewed Shandong China Youth law firm Feng Enjie lawyer. According to Mr Fung, there is no clear prohibition on the registration of regional city names into the Internet domain name, but legally speaking, this kind of behavior is illegal. Because the district city name belongs to the social public resources, cannot belong to the individual all. The seller of the administrative division as a public resource to register the name of the network domain names and sell outside, this behavior is clearly illegal, the authorities can be held accountable. (Zebian Admin01)