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Nominet UK is the .uk domain name registry in the United Kingdom, which was founded by Dr Willie Black and five others on 14 May 1996 when its predecessor, the "Naming Committee" was unable to deal with the volume of registrations then being sought under the .uk domain. Nominet is a non-profit company limited by guarantee. It has members who act as shareholders, but without the right to participate in the profits of the company. Anyone can become a member, but most members are internet service providers who are also registrars. As one of the first professional ccTLD operators, Nominet became the model for many other operators worldwide. Unlike the model for gTLDs and ccTLDs in some other countries, by and large, customers wishing to register a domain do not approach Nominet directly, but register the domain via a registrar. This is an organisation that is authorised by Nominet to register and update domains on behalf of customers, and that has provided a PGP public key to enable Nominet to authenticate communications from them. Registrars were formerly known as "tagholders". As of March 2012, the .uk register held 10,000,000 .uk domain names〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=.uk -fit for the future at 10 million )〕 making it the second largest 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Country Data )〕 ccTLD in the world. Nominet also deals with disputes about registrations of .uk domain names, via its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.seqlegal.com/blog/introduction-uk-domain-disputes )〕which is similar to the UDRP system used for generic Top Level Domain Names, but with certain innovations such as a free mediation service. Nominet, which operates the .uk domain and is soon to start operating the UK ENUM registry, has launched a charitable foundation,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=We are pleased to announce the creation of the Nominet Foundation )〕 the Nominet Trust. Nominet has been running up a surplus (profit) on its ordinary operations since 2003; since its constitution forbids it from distributing surplus funds to members in the manner of a commercial company paying dividends, it is now looking at charitable activities as a means of running down the money mountain. In September 2008, Nominet's board made an initial donation of £5m to its charitable offshoot,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nominet Foundation Trustees appointed )〕 which will support "education, research and the funding of suitable projects for the benefit of UK Internet stakeholders". Further donations have been made since this date. == Products == In (November 2010 ), Nominet launched an independent educational website to help people stay safe, do more and drive business online - (www.knowthenet.org.uk ). The site enables both users of the internet and website publishers to understand how to remain safe, operate within legal requirements and to remain informed of current issues and risks. It provides reliable information and advice on web-related issues.These range from the most prevalent and common internet scams and fraud to the latest computer viruses, security issues and matters of online child safety. It also features definitions of web-related terms in a jargon buster and practical self-tests to assess an individual’s likelihood to fall victim to scams and other internet-related threats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nominet UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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