.la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos.
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| Introduced | 1996 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | LA Names Corporation |
| Sponsor | Lao National Internet Committee |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Laos |
| Actual use | Marketed as domain for Los Angeles |
| Registration restrictions | None; some names are reserved as "premium names" at extra cost |
| Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level |
| Documents | ICANN .la MoU |
| Dispute policies | UDRP |
| Website | www.la |
| DNSSEC | yes |
.la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos.
Domain names registered via the .la tld start at $50.00 and skyrocket for other generic associations.
This domain network is attempting to associate themselves in the geographical area of Southern California specifically the Los Angeles market, although the domain belongs to the country of Laos. It is also used for domain hacks in French and more Roman languages because of the meaning of là: there, and for the Mozilla Foundation's URL shortener using the "mzl.la" domain hack.
No official or unofficial association exists between the .la domain and any government in the United States. See .org and .gov
History[edit]
The LA Names Corporation, based in Guernsey, has gained the rights to market .la registrations, and they had used the registry services of Afilias and, formerly, the registrar services of DreamHost. However, DreamHost has discontinued registrar services as of May, 2006. LA Names and CentralNic, Ltd. completed the transfer of the .LA domain name to the CentralNic system in 2007.
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