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Registry Policies
.TV and .CC Registry Terms & Conditions
Updated 01 April
2007
VeriSign Information Services, Inc. (“VeriSign”) manages
the authoritative registry (“Registry”) for all Domain Name registrations
that end in “.tv” and “.cc” (“Domain Name(s)”). The below .tv and .cc
Registry Terms & Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) govern the
registration and use of Domain Names. VeriSign reserves the right
to modify or amend the Terms & Conditions at any time. Registrars
should review the policies from time to time and any modifications made
thereto. Modifications to the Terms and Conditions are effective as
of the date and time they are posted on this site.
Availability. The registration of a Domain Name is available
to individuals and businesses. A Domain Name that is available
at the time a Registrar runs the CHECK command does not guarantee that
the Domain Name will be available at the time of registration.
Term. A Domain Name is registered in one year increments, with
the minimum registration term being one year and the maximum registration
term being ten years.
Naming Restrictions. The minimum character length for
a Domain Name is 1 character excluding the “.tv” or “.cc” extension.
The maximum character length for a Domain Name is 63 characters excluding
the “.tv” or “.cc” extension. A Domain Name must not start with
a dash "-" or dot “.” or must not start with the following
sequence “alphanumeric_alphanumeric_dash (“-“)_dash (“-”)”. Each
character in the Domain Name excluding the dots “.”s must be a letter
or digit or dash “-”. The last character must be a digit or a
letter. It cannot be a dash “-”.
.TV Premium Domain Names. Certain .tv Domain Names which
are generic or common words or phrases, and 1- to 3- character combinations
have been designated as "Premium Names." Premium Names
have the same rules as all .tv Domain Names with the following exceptions:
- Currently, one Registrar
has the exclusive right to register and manage Premium Names.
- Registrar Transfers
for Premium Names are prohibited.
Nameservers. A Domain Name cannot have more than 13 hosts
at the Registry level.
Registrar Transfer Rules. A created Domain Name must
be 61 days old or older to be available for transfer between Registrars.
A Domain Name can be transferred in one year increments from 1
to 10 years. A one year renewal is the default setting. If the
difference between the current date and the new registration date is
more than 10 years, but less than 11 years, then the transfer will be
clipped to 10 years. If the difference between the current date
and the new registration date is greater than 11 years, the transfer
will be rejected. The pending-transfer period is 5 days. If the
transfer request is neither approved nor rejected by the losing Registrar
within the 5 day pending-transfer period, VeriSign will automatically
approve the request. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Registrar
transfers of Premium Names are prohibited.
Bulk Transfers. Subject to VeriSign’s discretion and
approval, and any transfer fees or charges that may be assessed by VeriSign,
Registrars may request bulk transfers of .tv and .cc Domain Names by
submitting a bulk transfer request in writing accompanied with a complete
list of the Domain Names to be transferred, signed by both the gaining
and losing Registrars.
Grace Periods. A Grace Period refers to a specified number
of calendar days following a Registry operation in which the Domain
Name may be deleted and a credit may be issued to a Registrar.
Relevant Registry operations in this context are:
Registration of a new Domain Name (Add Grace Period)
Explicit renewal of an existing Domain Name (Explicit
Renew Grace Period)
Auto-Renew of an existing Domain Name (Auto-Renew
Grace Period) and;
Registrar Transfer of an existing Domain Name (Registrar
Transfer Grace Period)
Add Grace Period. The Add Grace Period is a specified number
of calendar days following the initial registration of a Domain Name.
The value of the Add Grace Period is 5-calendar days. If a Delete,
Explicit Renew, or Transfer operation occurs within the 5 calendar days,
the following rules apply:
Delete. If a Domain Name is deleted within the Add Grace Period,
the sponsoring Registrar is credited for the amount of the registration.
The Domain Name is deleted from the Registry database and is immediately
available for registration by any Registrar. If a Domain Name
is deleted after the 5-calendar day grace period expires, it will be
placed in Redemption Period status for 30-calendar days.
Explicit Renew. If a Domain Name is explicitly renewed within
the Add Grace Period, there is no credit for the Add. In addition to
the initial registration charge, the Registrar’s available credit will
be debited for the number of years the registration is explicitly renewed.
The expiration date of the Domain Name is extended by the number of
years as specified by the Registrar’s requested explicit renew operation
up to a maximum resulting registration period of not more than 10 years.
Registrar Transfer. A Domain Name may not be transferred within
the Add Grace Period.
Explicit Renew Grace Period. The Explicit Renew Grace Period
is a specified number of calendar days following the explicit renewal
of a Domain Name registration period. The value of the Explicit
Renew Grace Period is 5 calendar days. If a Delete, Explicit Renew,
or Transfer operation occurs within that 5 calendar days, the following
rules apply:
Delete: If a Domain Name is deleted within the Explicit Renew
Grace Period, the sponsoring Registrar receives a credit of the Explicit
Renew fee and the Domain Name is placed on Redemption Period status.
Explicit Renew: A Domain Name can be extended within the Explicit
Renew Grace Period for up to a maximum of 10 years. The Domain
Name renewal request will be rejected if the total years requested are
greater than 10 years. The Registrar’s available credit will be
debited for each of the additional number of years the registration
is explicitly renewed.
Registrar Transfer: If a Domain Name is transferred within
the Explicit Renew Grace Period, there is no explicit renew credit.
The expiration date of the Domain Name is extended by one year for the
transfer and the years added as a result of the explicit renew remain
on the Domain Name up to a maximum of 10 years. The gaining Registrar
is charged for that additional year for the Transfer, even in cases
where a full year is not added because of the 10-year maximum limitation.
Auto-Renew Grace Period. The Auto-Renew Grace Period is a specified
number of calendar days following an auto-renewal. An auto-renewal occurs
if a Domain Name registration is not explicitly renewed or deleted by
the expiration date; in this circumstance the registration will be automatically
renewed by the system the first day after the expiration date and the
Registrar’s available credit will be debited. The value of the Auto-Renew
Grace Period is 45 calendar days. If a Delete, Explicit Renew,
or Transfer operation occurs within the Auto-Renew Grace Period, the
following rules apply:
Delete. If a Domain Name is deleted within the Auto-Renew Grace
Period, the Registrar receives a credit of the Auto-Renew fee at the
time of the deletion. The Domain Name is then placed on Redemption
Period status.
Explicit Renew. A Domain Name can be explicitly renewed within
the Auto-Renew Grace Period for up to a total of ten years. The
account of the sponsoring Registrar at the time of the additional extension
will be charged for the additional number of years the registration
is explicitly renewed.
Registrar Transfer. If a Domain Name is transferred within
the Auto-Renew Grace Period, the losing Registrar receives a credit
of the Auto-Renew fee and the year added by the Auto-Renew operation
is cancelled. The expiration date of the Domain Name is extended
by one year up to a total maximum of ten by virtue of the transfer and
the gaining Registrar is charged for that additional year, even in cases
where a full year is not added because of the 10-year maximum limitation.
Registrar Transfer Grace Period. The Registrar Transfer Grace
Period is a specified number of calendar days following the completion
of a Domain Name transfer. The value of the Registrar Transfer
Grace Period is 5 calendar days. If a Delete, Explicit Renew,
or Transfer operation occurs within the 5 calendar days, the following
rules apply:
Delete. If a Domain Name is deleted within the Registrar Transfer
Grace Period, the sponsoring Registrar receives a credit for the transfer
fee and the Domain Name is placed in Redemption Period status.
Explicit Renew. If a Domain Name is explicitly renewed within
the Transfer Grace Period, there is no credit for the Transfer. In addition
to the Transfer fee, the Registrar’s available credit will be debited
for the number of years the registration is explicitly renewed. The
expiration date of the Domain Name is renewed by the number of years
as specified by the Registrar’s requested explicit renew operation up
to a maximum resulting registration period of not more than 10 years.
Registrar Transfer. If a Domain Name is transferred within
the Registrar Transfer Grace Period, there is no credit. The expiration
date of the Domain Name is extended by one year up to a maximum term
of ten years.
Redemption Period
Status. When a Domain Name is deleted outside of the Add Grace
Period or within the Registrar Transfer, AutoRenew, or Explicit Renew
grace periods, it is placed on Redemption Period status for 30 days.
The Redemption Period works as follows:
- Domain Name deleted.
- Domain Name placed
on Redemption Period for 30 days.
- Domain Name is removed
from the Zone.
- No modifications
can be made to the Domain Name while in Redemption Period status.
- The Redemption Period
status can only be removed by using the Restore command.
- If the Domain Name
is NOT Restored during the 30 day window, the name is then placed on
Pending Delete status for 5 days.
- While in Pending
Delete Status the Domain Name cannot be Restored.
- After the 5 day
Pending Delete period expires, the Domain Name will be deleted.
RESTORE Command. The Restore command allows
a Registrar to remove the Redemption Period status from a Domain Name.
The Restore command is a billable transaction and debits the Registrar’s
account each time it is issued. The Restore command requires the Registrar
to complete two actions:
- Pass the Restore
Command to VeriSign
- Complete the
Restore Report
Details regarding the Restore Command:
- The RESTORE command
will remove the Redemption Period status
- The RESTORE command
cannot be submitted for Premium Names.
- The RESTORE operation
will not change the Registration Expiration Date even if the Domain
Name has already expired. When an expired Domain Name is restored and
the Restore Report is successfully received for the Domain Name, the
Auto-Renew batch process will extend the expiration date to be one year
from the current expiration date.
NOTE: If a RESTORE has been requested but the Restore
Report has not been processed for that Domain Name, then it will not
be included in the Auto-Renew Batch process.
A successful RESTORE command will place the name on
PendingRestore status for 7 days.
Domain Names on PendingRestore status will be included
in the zone files.
Details regarding the RESTORE Report:
The Restore Report is the second step in the Restore
Command process. Once a Registrar has successfully removed the Redemption
Period status from a Domain Name using the Restore Command, they must
submit an explanation to VeriSign. This is accomplished by completing
the Restore Report.
Once the Registrar has successfully executed the RESTORE
command, the Domain Name will now be on PendingRestore status.
The PendingRestore period is 7 calendar days.
During this 7 calendar day window, the Registrar must
submit a Restore Report to VeriSign.
If VeriSign receives the Restore Report, the Domain
Name will be placed in Active status.
If VeriSign does NOT receive the Restore Report within
the 7 calendar day window, then the Domain Name is returned to Redemption
Period status.
As part of their Restore Report, a Registrar will
be required to submit the following details as part of their Restore
Report:
A. A copy of Registrar's WHOIS data for the deleted
name as it appeared prior to the deletion.
The WHOIS data must contain the following:
- correct name
of the Registered Domain Name
- nonblank nameserver
name(s), or "none"
- correctly formatted
date in original creation date field
- correctly formatted
date in expiration date field
- nonblank field
for the name and address of the Registrant
- nonblank field
for the name and address of the administrative contact
- nonblank field
for the e-mail address of the administrative contact
- nonblank field
for the voice telephone number of the administrative contact
- fax number of
the administrative contact, if provided
- nonblank field
for the name and address of the technical contact
- nonblank field
for the e-mail address of the technical contact
- nonblank field
for the voice telephone number of the technical contact, and
- fax number
of the technical contact if provided.
B. The date and time the registered Domain Name was
deleted. (VeriSign requires properly formatted date and time).
C. The date and time the RESTORE operation was performed
on this Domain Name. (VeriSign requires properly formatted date and
time).
D. A brief explanation of the reason why the Domain
Name was restored.
VeriSign will process all Restore Report submissions
in a one-time batch process. Once the Restore Report Batch is processed
VeriSign will convert the Domain Names to Active status.
ConsoliDate Service. The ConsoliDate service allows Registrars
to submit a SYNC command for a Domain Name to change the current expiration
date. The SYNC operation will allow Registrars to request a specific
anniversary date for Domain Name registrations (i.e., the day within
the year a name is due to expire).
The 10-year rule for expiration dates will apply with
the SYNC command. In other
words, if the SYNC command were to extend a Domain
Name beyond the 10 year
maximum for expiration dates, then the command would
fail.
There is no expiration-date limitation as to when
the synchronization can be performed.
(e.g. it can be performed immediately after the Domain
Name is added, renewed or transferred, it can be performed the day before
it expires, etc.)
A SYNC operation can be performed on a Domain Name
only once in a period of one year. The start of this period will be
reset if an explicit RENEW, AUTORENEW, or a TRANSFER (internal or from
one REGISTRAR to another REGISTRAR) operation is performed on the Domain
Name.
1. SYNC Calculations. The SYNC operation can
be used to move the expiration date of the Domain Name forward to a
specific date (month and day) that is provided in the command.
The year will not be provided in the command. This
will reduce the amount of invalid
data and the attempts to SYNC and RENEW in one transaction.
If the Registrant wishes to
SYNC the dates and RENEW for 1-10 years, this will
be handled as 2 separate
transactions.
If the month and date is later than the current expiration
month and date, then the
expiration date will be extended within the same calendar
year as the current expiration
date.
If the month and date is earlier than the current
expiration month and date, then the
expiration date will be extended to that month and
date in the calendar year following the
current expiration date.
If the month and date in the command is equal to the
current expiration month and date,
then an error will be returned. (This eliminates the
possibility of executing a repeated
SYNC command.)
Registrars are charged for the SYNC operation for
each domain, based on the number of
calendar months the expiration date is extended. The
minimum charge is for 1 month.
The maximum charge is for 11 months. If a Registrar
issues a SYNC command on a
Domain Name setting the expiration date less than
1 month, VeriSign will charge the registrar for 1 month.
If a Registrar issues a SYNC command on a Domain Name
setting the expiration date to N
months and X days, we charge the Registrar for N months.
If the expiration is extended within the same month
(whether it's 1 day or 30 days), the
SYNC period will be defined as 1 month. (e.g. Jan.
1 - Jan. 15 is counted as 1 month)
NOTE: If the current expiration is Jan. 15 and the
SYNC operation is changing it to Jan.
1, then this will be counted as 11 months because
the registration is being extended to
January 1 of the following year. If the expiration
is extended to a different month, then the SYNC period will be defined
based on the number of calendar months. (e.g. March 5 - Oct. 27 is counted
as 7 months, Oct 27 - March 5 is counted as 5 months, June 1 - July
31 is counted as 1 month).
2. SYNC Grace Period. There is no SYNC Grace
Period. If the SYNC is successfully executed during an Add, Renew, Auto-Renew,
or Transfer grace period, the following rules apply:
Add: A Domain Name can be synchronized within the
Add Grace Period. The SYNC command will not extend the Domain Name registration
beyond the 10 year registration limit. If the Domain Name is deleted
during the Add Grace Period, the sponsoring registrar is credited for
the amount of the registration only and not the SYNC.
Renew and Auto-Renew: A Domain Name can be synchronized
within the Renew and Auto-Renew Grace Period. The SYNC command will
not extend the Domain Name registration beyond the 10 year registration
limit. If the Domain Name is deleted during the Renew or Auto-Renew
Grace Period, then the sponsoring registrar is credited for only the
renewal or auto-renewal and not the SYNC.
Transfer: A Domain Name can be synchronized within
the Transfer Grace Period. The SYNC command will not extend the Domain
Name registration beyond the 10 year registration limit. If the Domain
Name is deleted during the Transfer Grace Period, the sponsoring registrar
is credited for the amount of the transfer only and not the SYNC.
Dispute Policy. VeriSign does not, and cannot, screen,
review, evaluate or investigate a Domain Name registrant's legal right
to register or use a Domain Name in any top-level. To that end, VeriSign
has adopted the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for all .tv
and .cc Domain Name registrations. The current version of the
UDRP may be found at: http://www.icann.org/udrp.
The registration of any Domain Name(s) shall be subject to suspension,
cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any decision under the UDRP.
Use of the Domain Name. For each Domain Name
registered by Registrar (on behalf of itself or a Registrant), Registrar
shall:
A. ensure that the Domain Name is not registered,
used, displayed, or exploited in contravention or violation of these
Terms and Conditions, in contravention of the laws of any jurisdiction
where the Domain Name is accessible, or for any unlawful purpose, including,
but not limited to, child pornography, child entrapment or abuse, advocacy
of hatred, bigotry, or violence towards persons or groups on the basis
of their religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other immutable
characteristics, theft of E-mail service, or as a source of unsolicited
bulk E-mail or as an address to use for replying to unsolicited bulk
E-mail;
B. ensure that the registration, use, display,
and exploit of any Domain Name is done in good faith, and in accordance
with international, federal, and state laws and regulations;
C. not publicly offer, advertise, or otherwise
make available the delegation of subdomains from the Domain Name;
D. recognize that the use of the Domain Name
may be subject to applicable laws in all jurisdictions in which the
Domain Name is used or accessible, including those concerning trademarks
and other types of intellectual property.
Reservation of Rights. VeriSign expressly reserves the right
to deny, cancel, or transfer any Domain Name registration that it deems
necessary in its discretion: (i) to protect the integrity and stability
of the registry; (ii) to comply with any applicable laws, government
rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement; (iii) in the event
a Domain Name is used in violation of the Terms and Conditions and;
(iv) in compliance with any dispute resolution process, or to avoid
any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of VeriSign and its affiliates,
subsidiaries, officers, directors, and employees. VeriSign also reserves
the right to lock a Domain Name during resolution of a dispute.
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