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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for the British Virgin Islands}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{For|the country code top-level domain for the U.S. Virgin Islands|.vi}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name            = .vg
| image           = NIC.vg logo.png
| introduced      = 20 February 1997
| type            = [[Country code top-level domain]]
| status          = Active
| registry        = nic.VG (KSregistry GmbH)
| sponsor         = Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of the Virgin Islands
| intendeduse     = Entities connected with the [[British Virgin Islands]]
| actualuse       = Used by a number of sites, a few of which are in British Virgin Islands
| restrictions    = None
| structure       = Registrations are available directly at second level
| document        = [https://www.nic.vg/assets/files/new-tac-vg.pdf Terms & Conditions]
| disputepolicy   = [[Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy]] (UDRP)
| website         = {{URL|http://www.nic.vg}}
}}
'''.vg''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for the [[British Virgin Islands]]. Because it allows registration at the second level, and does not require the registrant to be associated with the British Virgin Islands, it has also been used by [[Copyright_infringement|piracy]] related websites such as [[The Pirate Bay]], and [[video gaming]] related blogs and websites.

==March 2013 dispute over ownership of the .vg, .tc, and .gd registries==

In March 2013 domain name registrars such as [[GoDaddy]] stopped accepting new registrations for .vg, [[.gd]], and [[.tc]] domain names.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2013 |title=About .vg Domain Names |url=http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5858/about-vg-domain-names |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711082255/http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5858/about-vg-domain-names |archive-date=2014-07-11 |website=GoDaddy |quote=We've disabled .tc and .vg new registrations and transfers to us until further notice. We'll turn these services back on when we resolve our registry partner issues.}}</ref> This is the result of a dispute over the ownership and control of AdamsNames Ltd., which had been the accredited registry by the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) for those top level domains.<ref>[http://www.tld.sc/en/2013/03/personal-dispute-jeopardizes-all-gd-tc-and-vg-domain-names/ "Personal dispute jeopardizes all .gd, .tc and .vg domain names"], TLD SourCe.</ref>  A former partner of AdamsNames Ltd. created a new company, Meridian TLD, which claimed to be the new accredited registry.<ref>[http://blog.astutium.com/2013/04/temporary-suspension-of-tc-gd-and-vg-from-registration-and-update/ "Temporary suspension of .TC, .GD and .VG from registration and update"], Astutium news.</ref>

On 10 April 2014, the zone was re-delegated by IANA to KSregistry.<ref>[http://ksregistry.net/english/news/news.html#news28 KSregistry becomes registry provider for .VG (2014-04-11)]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121824/http://ksregistry.net/english/news/news.html#news28|date=2015-04-02}}</ref> The sponsoring organization was re-delegated to The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Virgin Islands (TRC). All changes that were made in the .vg zone after 8 March 2013 were lost as Meridian TLD did not cooperate by giving the zone file to KSregistry. After the re-delegation there was a one-month window where KSregistry-accredited registrars would be able to update, renew, or delete domain names from 15 April 2014, 10:00 UTC to 11 May 2014, 23:59 UTC. After 12 May 2014, 10:00 UTC, KSregistry would allow new domains to be registered.

==See also==
* [[Internet in the British Virgin Islands]]
* [[Internet in the United Kingdom]]
* [[.vi]]&nbsp;–CC TLD for neighboring [[United States Virgin Islands]]
* [[.uk]]&nbsp;–CC TLD for the [[United Kingdom]]
* [[Virgin Gorda]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/vg.html IANA .vg whois information]
* [http://nic.vg .vg registry website]

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