Domain Name Policy: .th

THAILAND NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (THNIC)

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Jan 30, 1999

This page provides general information about our operations and agendas. This document is written in the way that users can easily browse the topics that are related to their interests.

**THNIC reserves the right to revise, add, and treat new policies retroactively. Below is the list of key terminology and explanation.

Types of registered domains: Anyone can apply for a third level domain name under .th umbrella at THNIC for active use.

Holder of domain name: Each domain name must have a holder, who can be either declared as "organizational contact" or "administrative contact" if in case of natural persons.

Prior to submitting an application: Prospective domain name holders are responsible for ensuring that at least two name servers are configured and operable prior to submitting their application, otherwise registration process cannot proceed.

Fees and invoices: Each domain name is subject to registration and annual maintenance fees. THNIC will bill the contact persons as listed in the application forms.

Processing order of requests: THNIC treats every incoming request on a "first-come, first-served" basis. The entity seeking registration is fully responsible for their entries and is therefore required to supervise any records in the repository related to their entities. Applications for name modification or deletion are also based on the same procedure as new applications, except for some circumstances or special requests posed by the registrants.

Registration procedures: It normally takes THNIC 3 working days to complete the registration procedures for each valid application.

Termination of registration: THNIC can delete a domain name under .th hierarchy when:

1) It is the request of the domain name holder. A holder who wants to have a domain name deleted can send in a request using THNIC's form.
2) The holder fails to fully pay the registration and annual maintenance fees 30 days after the due date.
3) Any registration can be invalidated upon court order.

Deleted domain name will immediately become available for any party.

Responsibilities of domain: An entity registering for a domain name is fully responsible for their rights to its name. Submission of a domain name registration guarantees THNIC that the entity has all rights to use to submitted name. Therefore, it is necessary that the applicant make sure that he/she supply THNIC with the correct information in the application form and will bear all the rights to use the name as stated in the application. The name holder will indemnify THNIC from any litigation costs or damages resulting from entity's use of its domain name. THNIC is hereby clearly exempted from any and all responsibility to verify the rights of the name.

Transfer of domain names: Domain names should be used by the designated holders, or the persons stated in the application, only. THNIC does not trades in, or licenses any entity to trade in, domain names and is not be responsible for any transfer of domain name.

Solving conflicts: THNIC will not be an arbiter of conflicts that may occur between holders of domain names. It is the responsibility of each applicant to research in our name registry before choosing a domain name. Also, THNIC is not responsible for the name chosen by each applicant if later found unsuitable by other entities. However, if a conflict occurs during the registration procedure, THNIC will hold the process until the case has been settled in a written legal agreement signed by both parties and a court of legal and submitted to THNIC

THNIC's liability: THNIC will neither be liable nor responsible for any loss of use, interruption of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including loss of profit) regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if the registry THNIC has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Categories of domain names available at THNIC:

co.th: for commercial entities and business entities. Applicants for domain names under this category must be commercial entities which are either registered within Thailand. A foreign company which is not so registered may only apply for such a domain name if it has a representative in Thailand and this local representative must itself be registered within Thailand and be authorised by the foreign company to apply for the registration of the domain name.

in.th: for any kind of organization or individual.

ac.th: for academic institutions. Applicants for domain names under this category must be educational institutions registered within Thailand.

go.th: for government use, such as ministries or agencies of the government. Applicants for domain names under this category must be members of the Royal Thai Government.

net.th: for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with verification from the Communication Authority of Thailand (CAT) or their sub-ISPs with verification from their respective ISPs.

or.th: for non-profit organization.

mi.th: for military use.

Domain naming: Each domain name must contain at least 2 characters, but no longer than 24 alpha-numeric characters (a-z, 0-9). It can also contain special characters, such as a hyphen (-), but not at the beginning or the end of the name. Also, the chosen name should be strongly similar to applying entity's full name or abbreviation.

Number of domain name: Each entity can apply for only one domain name for ALL above domain names.

False information: THNIC is intolerant of any false information provided at the application. If we become aware of any false information, we reserve the right to hold or cancel that domain name without having to notify and refund the name holder.

WHOIS entry: THNIC files all registered domain names in its repository. The information can be queried by "whois" (who is) command on any shell account or from THNIC's "whois" web page. For example, if you want to know who is "thnic.net," you just type "whois -h whois thnic.net" at the prompt of your shell account. This will provide you with the domain name holder's full name, its administrative, technical, and billing contacts, as well as pointers to hosts providing name service for the domain.

Privacy: THNIC reserves the right to make entries in the WHOIS database publicly available in any written or online forms.

Spam protection: Spamming is unacceptable. THNIC reserves the right to revoke the registration of the domain name once it learns that the name is used for any unlawful purpose, including electronic theft and sending unsolicited bulk emails. However, this measure will not apply to email return addresses used without the knowledge of the email owner.