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'''.tv''' is the [[ccTLD|country code top level domain name]] (ccTLD) assigned to the island nation of Tuvalu under the [[ISO-3166]] list. The ccTLD is currently operated by [[.tv Corporation International]], a subsidiary of [[Verisign]]. It is marketed as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLD|open ccTLD]] since it has open registration outside of Tuvalu and is marketed around the common abbreviation for "television". Entities involved in animation, film and television, and bloggers and websites that feature video content are the primary users of the .tv ccTLD.<ref>[http://watch.tv/about-tv/index.html About .tv]</ref> Other open ccTLDs include Colombia's [[.co]] and Montenegro's [[.me]].

'''.tv''' is the [[ccTLD|country code top level domain name]] (ccTLD) assigned to the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu under the [[ISO-3166]] list. The ccTLD is currently operated by [[.tv Corporation International]], a subsidiary of [[Verisign]]. It is marketed as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLD|open ccTLD]] since it has open registration outside of Tuvalu and is marketed around the common abbreviation for "television". Entities involved in animation, film and television, and bloggers and websites that feature video content are the primary users of the .tv ccTLD.<ref>[http://watch.tv/about-tv/index.html About .tv]</ref> Other open ccTLDs include Colombia's [[.co]] and Montenegro's [[.me]].

==History==

==History==

Prior to the airing of the 2012 Super Bowl, the United States authorities, led by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, launched the “Super Bowl Crackdown" against websites providing links to unauthorized sports streams. The authorities seized '''Firstrowsports.tv''', Firstrowsports.com, Firstrowsports.net and Soccertvlive.net in violation of the Criminal Infringement of a Copyright Law.<ref> [http://torrentfreak.com/feds-seize-sports-streaming-domains-in-new-super-bowl-crackdown-120202/ Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown]</ref> This was the first time that sites on the .tv extension were seized; this was possible because Verisign is based in the USA and thus the sites are subject to U.S. laws as opposed to the sovereign laws of Tuvalu.<ref>[http://torrentfreak.com/feds-seize-sports-streaming-domains-in-new-super-bowl-crackdown-120202/ Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown, TorrentFreak.com]</ref>

Prior to the airing of the 2012 Super Bowl, the United States authorities, led by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, launched the “Super Bowl Crackdown" against websites providing links to unauthorized sports streams. The authorities seized '''Firstrowsports.tv''', Firstrowsports.com, Firstrowsports.net and Soccertvlive.net in violation of the Criminal Infringement of a Copyright Law.<ref> [http://torrentfreak.com/feds-seize-sports-streaming-domains-in-new-super-bowl-crackdown-120202/ Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown]</ref> This was the first time that sites on the .tv extension were seized; this was possible because Verisign is based in the USA and thus the sites are subject to U.S. laws as opposed to the sovereign laws of Tuvalu.<ref>[http://torrentfreak.com/feds-seize-sports-streaming-domains-in-new-super-bowl-crackdown-120202/ Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown, TorrentFreak.com]</ref>

In a separate incident,  researchers from Zscaler, a cloud security provider found out that numerous .co.tv domain names used a black hat [[SEO]] optimized news article about the departure of Laurence Fishburne from the CSI tv series to redirect users to malware distribution sites that target java vulnerabilities. According to Zscaler senior researcher Umesh Wanve, ''"The exploit code downloads multiple malicious JAR files on the system after exploitation. The VirusTotal results remains very poor for one of the malicious JAR files, with only 2 out of 43 Antivirus triggering on it."'' <ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/CO-TV-Free-Domain-Provider-Abused-in-Google-News-BHSEO-Campaign 205566.shtmlCO.TV Free Domain Provider Abused in Google News BHSEO Campaign]</ref>

In a separate incident,  researchers from Zscaler, a cloud security provider found out that numerous .co.tv domain names used a black hat [[SEO]] optimized news article about the departure of Laurence Fishburne from the CSI tv series to redirect users to malware distribution sites that target java vulnerabilities. According to Zscaler senior researcher Umesh Wanve, ''"The exploit code downloads multiple malicious JAR files on the system after exploitation. The VirusTotal results remains very poor for one of the malicious JAR files, with only 2 out of 43 Antivirus triggering on it."'' <ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/CO-TV-Free-Domain-Provider-Abused-in-Google-News-BHSEO-Campaign 205566.shtmlCO.TV Free Domain Provider Abused in Google News BHSEO Campaign]</ref> There was similar problems with many .co.tv names, and the TLD was not an official hierarchy, but a single domain whose owners offered free registration for subdomains. [[Google]] started filtering its results to block all .co.tv results.<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/CO-TV-Free-Domain-Provider-Abused-in-Google-News-BHSEO-Campaign-205566.shtml Co TV Free Domain Provider Abused in Google News BHSEO Campaign, News.Softpedia.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.syndk8.com/news/first-co-cc-now-google-banned-co-tv-0001246.html First co cc Now Google banned co tv, Syndk8.com]</ref>

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