 .mu is the internet country code top-level domain (cctld) for mauritius. it is administered by the mauritius network information centre and registrations are processed via accredited registrars. some registrars market it as the .music and .museum tld. a number of musical groups have started to use this domain, with .mu being used to indicate music. some examples are the rock band athlete, the country band lonestar, the british progressive rock bands muse and pendragon, the new age musical project amethystium and the 80s influenced hardcore metal band blessed by a broken heart. in addition, the uk-based record label planet mu also uses the .mu domain, with the .mu forming the second half of the label's name. the world's largest direct seller of musical instruments, (musician's friend), also uses a .mu url (frnd.mu) as a link shortener for several of their social media channels, including twitter. the french webpage for the canadian broadcasting corporation (radio-canada) uses the .mu domain for its music network's web-only personalised music streams http://www.espace.mu. in 2009, a memorandum of understanding was signed between yann kwok, owner of internet direct, and the government of mauritius. internet direct limited had agreed to co-operate with the government of mauritius. in 2012, the agreement was not renewed by the ministry of it. in july 2013, mr yann kwok stated that internet direct limited would no longer offer its services to the government of mauritius because the latter has not paid for the domain name registrations and renewals. the national computer board of mauritius refused to pay because they claim that this domain belongs to the government and should thus be free. http://business.mega.mu/2013/07/29/internet-210-government-websites-threatened/. the information and communicati
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