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{{short description|Internet top level domain country code for Bouvet Island}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=.bv|
image=.bv logo.svg|
introduced=21 August 1997|
type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|
status=Inactive, but still in root|
registry=[[Norid]]|
sponsor=[[Norwegian Communications Authority]]|
intendeduse=Entities connected with {{flagdeco|Bouvet Island}} [[Bouvet Island]]|
actualuse=Not in use; authorities decided that use of the {{mono|[[.no]]}} domain is sufficient|
restrictions=No registrations are being taken|
structure=Not in use|
document=[http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/bv-sj.html Policy notice]|
disputepolicy=None|
website=[http://www.norid.no/index.en.html www.norid.no]|}}

'''.bv''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) reserved for the uninhabited [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[dependent territory]] of [[Bouvet Island]]. The [[domain name registry]] and sponsor is [[Norid]], but {{mono|.bv}} is not open for registration. {{mono|.bv}} was designated on 21 August 1997 and was placed under the {{mono|[[.no]]}} registry Norid. Norwegian policy states that {{mono|.no}} is sufficient for those institutions connected to Bouvet Island, and therefore the domain is not open to registration. It is Norwegian policy not to commercialize domain resources, so there are no plans to sell {{mono|.bv}}. Should the domain later come into use, it will be under the regulation of the [[Norwegian Communications Authority]] and follow the same policy as {{mono|.no}}.

==History==
[[Bouvet Island]] is an uninhabited [[volcanic island]] in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]]. It was claimed by Norway in 1927.<ref name=wfbsv>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bouvet-island/ |title=Bouvet Island |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |work=[[World Fact Book]] |access-date=5 September 2010 }}</ref> The domain was allocated on 21 August 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bv.html |title=Delegation Record for .SJ |publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813161615/https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bv.html |archive-date=13 August 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> at the same time {{mono|[[.sj]]}} was allocated for [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sj.html |title=Delegation Record for .BV |publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812043000/https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sj.html |archive-date=12 August 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The allocation occurred because the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) assigns ccTLDs to all entities with an [[ISO 3166]] code,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 |title=Domain Name System Structure and Delegation |last=Postel |first=J. |date=March 1994 |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913011853/http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 |archive-date=13 September 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> for which Bouvet Island is designated {{mono|BV}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/1998/03/migration/5.e.pdf |title=Country classifications in migration statistics – present situation and proposals for a Eurostat standard |last=Takle |first=Mona Takle |first2=Kåre |last2=Vassenden |publisher=[[United Nations Statistical Commission]] and [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe]] |date=March 1998}}</ref>

In March 2012, [[Norid]] began an initial collaboration with the Dutch domain registry SIDN, with the purpose of examining the possibility of utilizing the {{mono|.bv}} domain on the Dutch market.<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://www.norid.no/no/omnorid/toppdomenet-bv/tidslinje/ |title=Timeline for the study of possible uses of .bv (in Norwegian) |publisher=[[Norid]] |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref> [[Besloten vennootschap|BV]] is the most common form of limited company in the [[Netherlands]], which could have made {{mono|.bv}} a popular domain. The collaboration ended in June 2016, when The Ministry of Transport and Communications advised that dispensation from certain parts of the Norwegian Domain Regulations, which would have opened for the sale of the {{mono|.bv}} domain, should not be granted.<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://www.norid.no/en/nytt/plans-to-utilize-bv-shelved/ |title=Plans to utilize .bv shelved |publisher=[[Norid]] |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=23 June 2016 }}</ref>

In June 2015, Norwegian computer scientist [[Håkon Wium Lie]] and the [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] proposed using the {{mono|.bv}} domain, along with {{mono|[[.sj]]}}, as online free havens. The proposal aims at protecting both the Norwegian authorities and foreign dissidents from surveillance.<ref>{{cite news |last=Suvatne |first=Steinar Solås  |date=23 June 2015 |title=- Norge sitter på en vanvittig naturressurs |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/06/23/kultur/overvakning/nett/sv/kulturpolitikk/39790064/ |newspaper=[[Dagbladet]] |access-date=24 June 2015 |language=no }}</ref>

==Policy==
Management of {{mono|.bv}} lies with [[Trondheim]]-based Norid, which is also the domain name registry for {{mono|.no}} and the unused {{mono|.sj}}. Norid is a limited company owned by [[Uninett]], which is owned by the [[Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norid.no/omnorid/index.en.html |title=About Norid |publisher=[[Norid]] |date=3 August 2010 |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713221259/https://www.norid.no/omnorid/index.en.html |archive-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The legal right to manage the domains is twofold, based both on an agreement with the IANA and regulations via the ''Telecommunication Act'' which is supervised by the [[Lillesand]]-based Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority.<ref>Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 26</ref>

The policy for the use of {{mono|.bv}} is regulated by the ''Regulation Concerning Domain Names Under Norwegian Country Code Top-level Domains'', also known as the ''Domain Regulation''. This regulation also regulates Norway's other two ccTLDs, {{mono|.no}} and {{mono|.sj}}. Should {{mono|.bv}} eventually come into use, the same rules and procedures as those currently regarding {{mono|.no}} would be used for {{mono|.bv}}.<ref>Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 42</ref> The domain remains reserved for potential future use.

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.npt.no/ikbViewer/Content/no_eller_aldri.pdf?documentID=48115 |publisher=[[Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority]] |title=.no eller aldri... |date=21 March 2002 |language=no |access-date=5 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305042440/http://www.npt.no/ikbViewer/Content/no_eller_aldri.pdf?documentID=48115 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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