.VOTING Domain Name Registration Policy

Updated as of 4th APRIL 2014

These registration conditions govern the rights and obligations of Valuetainment Corp. ("theregistry") and the accredited registrars ("the registrars" or whose “reseller”) and each party("registrant(s)") registering a .VOTING domain name ("the domain(s)"). Registrations must bedone exclusively through the registrars.
Registrants wishing to register a domain can see an overview of accredited registrars on theregistry's website at NIC.VOTING. In the event of successful application, the registrar selected by
the registrant is the sole contact for all the registrant's contractual questions for the full term of
the domain contract. In dealings with the registry, the registrars accordingly act in the name ofand on behalf of the registrants in question.

1. Generala. The registry operates and administers the generic Top Level Domain (TLD) .VOTING andmakes registration of domains under this TLDn possible.
b. All Registrants using .VOTING domains must comply with the .VOTING Eligibility
Policy.
c. The registry has the right to correspond directly with the registrants by e-mail,particularly to enable the free entry in the official directory on Public.Voting.
d. It may be necessary for the registry to amend or modify the policies from time to time.
The relevant registrar will notify the registrant of corresponding amendments by e-mailin good time; the registrant is obliged to receive e-mails from the registrar. The
registrant is notified in the event of contract amendments of his right of objection.
2. Reserved and blocked domains, premium names
a. The registry is entitled and, under certain circumstances, obliged to exclude certain
domains from registration. Independently of the reasons for which specific domains arereserved and/or blocked, registrants are notified that such domains can be registeredonly under certain conditions or not at all.
b. The following categories of domains must be excluded from registration on the basis of
ICANN's requirements, over which the registry has no influence:• The second level domain "voting"; and• Second level domains needed to operate the registry: NIC, WWW, RDDSand WHOIS; and• Second level domains which ICANN requires to be reserved (e.g. ICANN,IANA etc); and• until further notice, second level domains on the "List of SLDs to Block" inaccordance with the provisions of the ICANN New gTLD CollisionOccurrence Management Plan (available at
http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/voting) ; and• existing Top Level Domains (cf. http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-bydomain.txt); and• until further notice, ISO country codes (ISO-3166-1-code list).

c. The registry decides whether to publish these domains at its discretion. There is no rightto inspect these lists in the event of non publication.
d. The registry can in certain circumstances (e.g. legal requirements, ICANN requirements)
exclude further categories of domains from free registration.
e. Finally, the registry is entitled to exclude specific premium names from general eligibility
for registration. These are offered for sale by the registry at its discretion and/orallocated through auction.

3. Admissible names for .Voting domains
Each domain must meet the following conditions:•••••

The domain name must consist of only the following signs: “a-z”, “0-9”, “-“.
The domain name may not begin or end with a hyphen.
The sign ”-“ must neither be used in third nor in fourth position of the domain.
The domain name must have at least 3 and at most 63 characters.
In addition, certain Non-ASCII-Signs are supported, which may be part of a .VOTING
domain. An exclusive list is attached as appendix “supported signs”.

4. Required information on the registrant, administrative contact
a. Domain holders (registrants) may be individuals or legal persons.
b. Registrants registering domains for a legal person warrant with registration that they
are authorised to act with effect for and against the legal person.
c. On forwarding a registration order the registrant is obliged to provide the following data
completely and truthfully:•••••

customer's first and last name (in the case of legal persons, full company title
with corporate form, e.g. AG, GmbH, KG etc, in addition to the full name of thecontact acting for the legal person),address (street, house number, postal code, place; a PO Box is not admissible),
telephone number,telefax number,e-mail address.

d. Registrants are obliged to supply an individual person as contact person for all
registered domains. This contact is generally described as the administrative contact(Admin-C). The registrant can name himself as Admin-C.
e. The registry will store the information provided by the registrars for the purpose of
domain registration and make it publicly available in accordance with the .VOTING
WHOIS Policy to the extent specified in this.
f. Registrants are obliged to keep the data listed here and their data in the public WHOIS
listing up-to-date and accurate. Changes must be notified to the registrar without delay.
g. Incomplete data will result in rejection of the registration order or termination of thedomain contract.

5. Domain registration, entry into contract, contractual relationshipa. Registration orders must be submitted through a registrar accredited by the registry.
These registrars act in the name and on behalf of the registrants towards the registry. Adomain contract that releases rights and obligations according to this policy comes into
force on actual registration of the desired .Voting domain.
b. On registration of a .VOTING domain the following rules (jointly ".Voting policies"),become an integral part of the domain contract with decreasing priority:•••••••.VOTING Eligibility Policy;.VOTING Domain Name Registration Policy;.VOTING ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY;.VOTING Rapid Takedown Policy;.VOTING Whois-Policy;
policies required by ICANN, such as URS and UDRP; andconditions, price lists and other integral parts of contracts with regard tofurther services of registrars.

c. Other integral parts of contracts between the registrant and his registrar are onlyeffective, if they are not disadvantageous for the registry according to .VOTING policies.
In the event of conflicting and/or contradictory provisions, the provision with higher
priority rules.
d. With complete submission of a registration order as well as the registration of aparticular .VOTING domain a direct contractual relationship between the Registry andthe Registrant is created.
e. Domains are – starting with general availability – allocated on the "first come, firstserved" principle, unless the present registration conditions or other applicable contract
conditions contain deviating provisions. Availability of domains can be checked inadvance through a WHOIS query at whois.voiting or through the relevant registrar.
f. The registry is in any event entitled at its discretion to reject registration orders. In nocase the registry is obliged, nevertheless entitled, to inform the registrant on theacceptance or rejection of a registration order.
g. The registrant is notified below that the registry is entitled (but not obliged) in thefollowing instances to reject a registration order or delete and/or deactivate a domain orcancel registration if:••••••the registration application or registration of a domain does not comply with therules in the .VOTING policies, orthe domain applied for is already registered or reserved (the registry isauthorised to exclude certain domains from registration, cf. (2) above), or
it is necessary to protect the stability, security and functioning of third party
networks in accordance with the regulations in "ICANN New gTLD CollisionOccurrence Management Plan" against serious disruption as a result ofregistering a specific .VOTING domain, or
this is necessary to protect the integrity and stability of the registry system
and/or the operation and/or administration of the .VOTING domain, or
this is necessary to ensure the legality of the registry's actions and/orcompliance with a ruling by a competent court or competent authority, orto avoid liability on the part of the registry and the associated companies,managing directors, senior executives, staff and/or subcontractors.

6. Obligations of the registrya. The registry will enter the relevant .VOTING domain in the .VOTING zone file and publish
it in DNS for the contractually agreed term of domain registration. The registry willfurther take all reasonable measures to maintain the domain registration. The registryhas no further obligations. Specifically it is noted that the registry has no influence on thetechnical capability of the so-called root zone, and accordingly cannot guarantee
permanent availability of the registered .VOTING domains.
b. The registry does not check at any time whether the registration and/or use of a specific.VOTING domain infringes the rights of third parties or violates general statute.
Registrants are referred to the .VOTING ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY and the .VOTING
Rapid Takedown Policy.

7. Obligations of the registrant
a. On application for a specific domain, the applicant explicitly warrants that this neither
infringes third party rights nor violates general statute, regulations or the .VOTING
policies. The registrant further warrants that he is authorised to register and use thedomain, i.e. among other points that he is not infringing any copyright, mark right, nameor image right/sign of any third party.
b. The registrant must ensure that neither the use of the domain or the content or services
offered on a specific domain are likely to infringe third party rights or violate general
statute, regulations or .VOTING policies.
c. The registrant will comply with the requirements of the. VOTING Eligibility Policy withregard to provided contents.

8. Term of contract, terminationa. The term of the contract is agreed between the registrant and the registrar or hisreseller.
b. The registrant is aware that he has no further rights in an expired domain and that sucha domain can be registered by third parties.
c. Registrars and the registry are entitled to terminate the domain contract summarily forimportant reason. An important reason is e.g.:• The registry is instructed by an enforceable court ruling, arbitration award orofficial act or as part of court proceedings to delete, deactivate or transfer a
specific domain.
• The registrant violates cardinal contractual obligations and fails to refrain fromsuch violations after receiving a warning with a time limit.
• The registrant's information supplied to the registrar or registry is false.
• The registrant's identity cannot be verified from the information provided.
d. In the event of summary termination, the domain in question will be deleted according
to the domain-lifecycle.
e. This does not affect the right to pursue further claims for damages.

9. Liability, indemnification
The following provisions apply to the registry's liability to applicants:
a. The registry is liable without limit for loss or damage caused by intent or grossnegligence by the registry, its legal representatives or agents. The registry is also liablewithout limit under mandatory statutory provisions.

b. The registry is always liable without limit for damages for cases of culpable injury tohuman life or health or personal injury, regardless of whether the injury was the fault of
the registry itself, or its legal representatives or agents.
c. Liability for loss or injury caused by ordinary negligence by violating a primary or
substantive obligation (an essential contractual obligation which makes possible regularperformance of the contract and which the other party to the contract can regularly relyon) is limited to typical and foreseeable damages.
d. The registrant is obliged to indemnify the registry and all other parties involved inregistration of a VOTING domain against all damages including the costs of reasonable
legal defence in connection with third party claims which may arise out of registration
and/or use of a .VOTING domain. This covers both judicial and extrajudicial claims, if theregistrant is responsible for the claims.

10. Othera. The sole venue for all disputes arising out of the contract with the registry is the seat ofValuetainment Corp., therefore Taegerwilen/Switzerland.
b. Swiss law shall apply exclusively.
c. If any provision of these registration conditions should be or become invalid, this does
not affect the legal validity of the other provisions.
d. Translations of these registration conditions are purely for information purposes. The
German language version is decisive.

Appendix “supported signs”
U+00DF # LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
U+00E0 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
U+00E1 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
U+00E2 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+00E3 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
U+00E4 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
U+00E5 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
U+00E6 # LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
U+00E7 # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
U+00E8 # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
U+00E9 # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
U+00EA # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX

U+00EB # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
U+00EC # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
U+00ED # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
U+00EE # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEXU+00EF # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
U+00F0 # LATIN SMALL LETTER ETHU+00F1 # LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
U+00F2 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
U+00F3 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
U+00F4 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+00F5 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
U+00F6 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
U+00F8 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
U+00F9 # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVEU+00FA # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTEU+00FB # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+00FC # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
U+00FD # LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
U+00FE # LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN
U+00FF # LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
U+0101 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON
U+0103 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH BREVE
U+0105 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
U+0107 # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
U+0109 # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+010B # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH DOT ABOVEU+010D # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON

U+010F # LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH CARON
U+0111 # LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE
U+0113 # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON
U+0115 # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH BREVEU+0117 # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DOT ABOVEU+0119 # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH OGONEKU+011B # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CARON
U+011D # LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+011F # LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH BREVEU+0121 # LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH DOT ABOVE
U+0123 # LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CEDILLA
U+0125 # LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+0127 # LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH STROKE
U+0129 # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH TILDE
U+012B # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON
U+012D # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH BREVE
U+012F # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OGONEK
U+0131 # LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I
U+0135 # LATIN SMALL LETTER J WITH CIRCUMFLEXU+0137 # LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH CEDILLA
U+0138 # LATIN SMALL LETTER KRA
U+013A # LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH ACUTE
U+013C # LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CEDILLAU+013E # LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CARON
U+0142 # LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE
U+0144 # LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
U+0146 # LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CEDILLA

U+0148 # LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CARON
U+014B # LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG
U+014D # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON
U+014F # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH BREVEU+0151 # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
U+0153 # LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
U+0155 # LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH ACUTE
U+0157 # LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH CEDILLAU+0159 # LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH CARON
U+015B # LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
U+015D # LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+015F # LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA
U+0161 # LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
U+0163 # LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CEDILLA
U+0165 # LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CARON
U+0167 # LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH STROKE
U+0169 # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH TILDEU+016B # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON
U+016D # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH BREVE
U+016F # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH RING ABOVE
U+0171 # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
U+0173 # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH OGONEKU+0175 # LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+0177 # LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH CIRCUMFLEX
U+017A # LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
U+017C # LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVEU+017E # LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON