Someone from the UK owning a ".US" domain???

Hi all,

I just purchased two domain names -- ".us"

Because they made a cool phrase

But i've just looked into it -- and people from the UK are not allowed to own .us domain names

Is this still true?

And has anyone in the UK owned a .us domain before?

What would happen if the US found out about the site?

Cheers for the help.

 

I've registered so many '.us' domains and I'm from the UK. If owning a '.us' domain from the UK is not allowed, then neither should owning a '.com' domain because that's American too.

As far as I know, you're allowed to own them.

 

From wikipedia:

Under .US Nexus Requirements .US domains may be registered only by the following qualified entities:

Any United States citizen or resident,
Any United States entity, such as organizations or corporations,
Any foreign entity or organization with a bona fide presence in the United States
To ensure that these requirements are met, NeuStar frequently conducts "spot checks" on registrant information.

To prevent anonymous registrations that do not meet these requirements, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has ruled that registrants of .us domains may not secure private domain name registration [1].

Registrants are required to provide complete contact information with no omissions. Additional information is also required. [2]

Domain names corresponding to 5- or 9-digit US postal codes or telephone numbers are reserved; a project is underway at zipcode.us to provide locality-specific information under a full set of 5-digit postal-code domains using a format like 90210.us.

 

You can buy one but if you get caught it will be taken from you - with no refund.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=9764623

 

Shouldn't Godaddy offer local presence in U.S. ? they offer for .DE, .EU;

 

But, the nexus info required for the .US seems to be a little different than in case of .EU or .DE