[Tuvalu TLD put on hold]
if you want the long version of it, join gthe NANOG list (North American Network Operators Group).. but basically, this TLD is mostly a spam/rogue TLD....
That is quite scary. If someone outside the US uses a .COM or other generic TLD name, even if the name has been used for years and is a, say, European trademark, anyone in the US can register that name as a trademark, and Internic will take the name away from the legitimate owner. You may say that's ok because `generic' TLDs are de facto American, but now Internic even decides to disable the name space of a sovereign state? If there is any such thing as Infowar, I guess this must be it. In case the upcoming EU regulation on unsolicited mailings has the effect some claim it will, can Internic just declare .DE a spammer domain and disable FITUG's address as well? Dealing with contents is not any naming authority's business. It wouldn't be even if you actually needed a domain to send spam.