So one more note about the geopolitics of #ccTLD — can you think of how many "short URLs" depend on ccTLDs in countries that have history of instability in the recent past? And not just on the Web: O'Reilly eBooks depend on the Lybian TLD (.ly)! They shorten URLs for any external reference through their custom shortener domain, so they get analytics about you clicking through, and are susceptible to Libya Telecom changing their mind about them.
