Ellen,
You wrote:
> The answer is simple. NSI, the registrar, has a different policy as
> regards "offensive" words (although I'm not certain this word fits that
> description) than does register.com. NSI officials confirmed to me late
> in
> April that this might occur in the Shared Registry System.
>
> I presume that words protected by federal statute (e.g., NASA, Olympic,
> Citius, Red Cross, etc.) will remain unavailable through any testbed or
> accredited registrars.
>
I wouldn't bet on it.
Why should a Registrar that is not subject to US laws enforce a US policy?
How could you even make sure that he knows about *all* US laws?
A different thing would be if the Registry itself, operating in the US,
would reject the registration. But this is apparently not the case.
Regards
Roberto
