arpa.co.uk ??

[aquanuke]

I tried to register this for a client and failed with error

V138 Domain name contravenes

On emailing Nominet I recieved the reply

.arpa is a generic top level domain name. It is not possible to register
.uk domain names where the third level of the domain name corresponds to a
generic top level such as com.co.uk, org.co.uk, etc.

Which is fair enough I guess.

But then I noticed someone else was allowed to register it and place affiliate links on the domain selling books, chocolates, electronics via Maplins etc etc.

So whats that all about?

 

[bensd]

More on this here. Lots of people have been trying to register it...

 

[aquanuke]

Cheers Ben, was an error by Nominet they are now canceling it.

 

[bb99]

was an error by Nominet

Nominet do not make "errors". Expect a legal letter in the post very soon for suggesting otherwise :roll:

 

[Skinner]

That makes me think of Dogma, if god is proven to make errors then the universe will unmake itself