Terms and Conditions
THE
.BI DOMAIN REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
Registrations
are by delegation, where a domain name within a sub
domain category
of the BI Domain TLD is delegated to an organization or
individual
running name servers that support that name.
All
organizations, government and non-government agencies;
primary,
secondary and tertiary educational institutions;
companies with
a presence in Burundi; and all interested individuals
and entities
are encouraged to register under the BI Domain.
Registrations
in other top-level domains such as COM, NET, and ORG are
also
possible; please refer to the ICANN Web site at
http://www.icann.org for directions.
Speedy
registration is available online or you can e-mail an application
form to the registrar@nic.bi
CNI
has appointed CBINET s.a., its subsidiary providing
internet services,
to carry out registrations for the BI Domain. Other
registrars
will also be appointed soon.
GENERAL
POLICIES ON DOMAIN NAME DELEGATION
Policy
on delegation of sub-domains and acceptable domain names
The
domain name space is served on a first in first out
basis .BI
Registry has a rather liberal policy about domain names
as soon
as the domain name is in relation with the business name
or one
of its marks. The general principle is that a domain
must reflect
the truth.
The
foreign entities are not obliged to keep a DNS or an
administrative
contact in the country. Except those qualified by BI
Registry
as restricted or undesirable, any domain name related to
the business
may be assigned to these entities.
A
restricted domain is one of these : gov net edu ac com
co int
mil gouv or any other name related to government or
public company
use. Contact registrar@nic.bi
if you want to create such a domain. Note however
that it
will be assigned only if sponsored by an official
authority. We
also discourage registration of second level domains for
generic
names such as bank, name,nom, art ... or a geographic
notion as
it also misleads people.
An
undesirable name is defined as being vulgar, misleading
people
or being rejected by BI Registry at its own discretion.
It is
also applicable for domain registration of wellknown
brands/trademarks
registered by third parties without the consent of the
owner of
the brands/trademark. The domain will be deleted
immediately at
the owner's request.
We
strongly discourage the use of suffixes of our country
for misleading
people. We remind that .bi stands for Republic of
Burundi and
for nothing else.
The
domain name must have a minimum of three characters.
Applications
for one or two characters domain may be considered with
prior
arrangement with registrar@nic.bi
There
is no notion of property as far as a domain name is
concerned.
It is rather to be seen as a sub-delegation, and the
sub-delegated
entity is supposed to manage it in compliance with the
RFC's and
with the usual rules applicable to such a
sub-delegation. For
instance, domains should only be used for matters in
connection
with the sub-delegated entity's business. The name of
the domain
must correspond to the name of the business, or one of
its marks.
BI
Registry will do its best so that second-level domains
are run
in a fair way. BI Registry may delete a domain name
without compensation,
should the domain be run in an inappropriate manner or
be restricted
or undesirable. No auction or reselling of domain names
will be
accepted.
Resellers
are normally not eligible for rebates.
By
using a registration form, the user agrees to comply
with all
the present and future policies of BI Registry.
Policy
on the Number of Domains
At
the moment there is no limit on the number of domains
any one
individual or organization can hold.
Policy
on Misrepresentation of Information
In
the unlikely event that the BI Domain Registry chooses
to verify
any or all of the information on a registration
application and
agreement, and if it is determined that the an
application and
agreement contains false or substantially misleading
information
that application may be delayed or revoked.
In
addition, all other delegations made to the party
submitting the
false or misleading application and agreement may also
be revoked
even after delegation of domain name.
Delegation
of Special Sub Domains Categories
Special
sub domains outside the established structure of the BI
Registry
may be delegated on special request and will in all
cases require
a justifiable reason.