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===Criticisms of Launch===
===Criticisms of Launch===
Both the Sunrise and Landrush of the [[.eu]] extension have received criticism for poor legislative planning, implementation, and follow-through. Critics claim that the [[cybersquatting]] and other [[domaining]] abuses were abnormally rampant throughout the process, and even noted that the abuses were systematized and industrialized unlike ever before. This, they claim, is why .eu never became a prominent [[TLD]], and continued to be eclipsed for [[.com]] and left European nations preferring to use their [[ccTLD]]s over the regional extension.<ref>[http://www.hosterstats.com/blog/2011/09/14/eurid-wins-against-zheng-cybersquatter/ Eurid Wins Against Cybersquatter, HosterStats.com]</ref>
[[Bob Parsons]], Founder and CEO of [[GoDaddy]] openly criticized the Landrush registration process implemented by EUrid and described it as a scam. According to him, some notorious companies found loopholes to the process and took advantage of the system. Parsons explained that some companies' modus operandi was, instead of registering as real active registrars, to create hundreds of new phantom registrars with similar addresses and contact information designed to hijack the .eu landrush giving the notorious companies greater opportunities to register domain names.<ref>
[[Bob Parsons]], Founder and CEO of [[GoDaddy]] openly criticized the Landrush registration process implemented by EUrid and described it as a scam. According to him, some notorious companies found loopholes to the process and took advantage of the system. Parsons explained that some companies' modus operandi was, instead of registering as real active registrars, to create hundreds of new phantom registrars with similar addresses and contact information designed to hijack the .eu landrush giving the notorious companies greater opportunities to register domain names.<ref>
[http://www.bobparsons.me/113/eu-landrush-fiasco-bumbling-registry-allows-europe-own-domain-name-highjacked.html The .EU Landrush Fiasco]</ref>
[http://www.bobparsons.me/113/eu-landrush-fiasco-bumbling-registry-allows-europe-own-domain-name-highjacked.html The .EU Landrush Fiasco]</ref>