news.ycombinator.com• Aug 29, 2024• 1 min read
Ask HN: Is GoDaddy lying to me about .tv domains?I'm looking at buying a .tv domain. Let's say, for example, it's smell.tv. I did a search on whois.nic.tv, and the following comes up for smell.tv: Reserved Domain Name URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-08-29T17:48:44Z Me: I’m a little confused who the current owner is. The domain says it’s reserved by the registry. Does GoDaddy own it?> Broker: No, GoDaddy is the registrar the domain is registered with. The domain is owned by a third party apart from GoDaddy.So like. Either the WHOIS registry is lying or the broker is lying, right? It can't both be a "Reserved Domain Name" and "owned by a third party." That "ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form" emphasizes they don't have jurisdiction over ccTLDs, but I guess I hope there'd be some recourse for straight-up falsifying a WHOIS entry? Maybe not.Here's the part that complicates things. Just who is the .tv registrar, anyway? According to Wikipedia, it's...