Eric Schwartz wrote:
> "sanjian" <haibane_please_dont_spam_me_reki@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Interesting... I wonder what the setup is on the Christmas Island.
>> According to the CIA's website, the total population is 433 people,
>> so I guess that means this stuff likely falls under Aussie
>> responsiblity (and registration would be done by whoever the
>> Austrailians register their domain names with).  Can anyone from
>> down under shed some light on this?
>
> You don't need to be an aussie to figure it out.  About 30 seconds

No, but you do need to not be looking longingly towards your bed (alas, it
was empty ;_;  ).

> after googling for "Christmas Island Registrar", I found myself at
> <URL:http://www.nic.cx/cx.home.cfm>, which says in part,
>
>     Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited* (CIIA) is a
>     community owned non-profit Christmas Island company... [which]
>     owns and operates the only ISP www.pulau.cx in the Territory on a
>     not-for-profit basis.

I'm not sure whether this would constitute a monopoly or not.  Sure, it's
the only web host on the island, but it's not the only host in the available
market.

> Their policies are linked to via an obnoxious Javascript menu at
> <URL:http://www.nic.cx/policies/policies.cfm>.  A quick perusal of the
> site's AUP (pointlessly in PDF) shows that content
>
>     ..including, but not limited to pornographic material and images
>     or materials that are obscene or indecent, or any data that is or
>     has been intentionally constructed to be manipulated into obscene
>     or indecent images or material..
>
> is prohibited.

Sounds like he violated his ISP's terms of use, unless I'm misreading.