<s>
.ly	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Libya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
registration	O
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
registering	O
a	O
user	O
domain	O
name	O
within	O
the	O
ccTLD	B-Application
for	O
Libya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
is	O
administered	O
by	O
the	O
registry	O
LYNIC	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
General	O
Post	O
and	O
Telecommunication	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LYNIC	O
appoints	O
recognized	O
registrars	O
to	O
offer	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
,	O
and	O
these	O
registrars	O
perform	O
all	O
the	O
domain	O
registration	O
tasks	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
LYNIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libya	O
Telecom	O
&	O
Technology	O
(	O
ltt.ly	O
)	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
pioneers	O
that	O
offer	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domains	O
to	O
companies	O
and	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sub-domains	O
are	O
also	O
provided	O
within	O
the	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
second	O
and	O
third	O
levels	O
beneath	O
various	O
second	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
registration	O
site	O
,	O
registered	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
must	O
not	O
be	O
"	O
obscene	O
,	O
scandalous	O
,	O
indecent	O
,	O
or	O
contrary	O
to	O
Libyan	O
law	O
or	O
Islamic	O
morality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
being	O
registered	O
should	O
not	O
violate	O
any	O
rules	O
set	O
forth	O
by	O
the	O
registrar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
name	O
becomes	O
active	O
within	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
of	O
that	O
email	O
notification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IANA	O
delegated	O
registration	O
authority	O
for	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
to	O
Khalil	O
Elwiheishi	O
at	O
the	O
Alshaeen	O
for	O
Information	O
Technology	O
in	O
April	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Libyan	O
domains	O
were	O
reserved	O
for	O
English	O
words	O
that	O
end	O
with	O
the	O
suffix	O
"	O
ly	O
"	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
name.ly,	O
musical.ly	B-Application
(	O
now	O
TikTok	B-Application
)	O
and	O
sincere.ly,	O
so-called	O
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
annual	O
fee	O
for	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domains	O
remains	O
high	O
( $75	O
a	O
year	O
)	O
,	O
many	O
domain	O
names	O
remain	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
domain	O
prime	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
popular	O
ones	O
can	O
be	O
bought	O
on	O
the	O
domain	O
secondary	O
market	O
,	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
speculation	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
popular	O
URL	O
shortening	O
services	O
are	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
.ly	B-General_Concept
domain	O
:	O
brief.ly,	O
adf.ly,	O
bit.ly	O
(	O
former	O
default	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
)	O
,	O
ow.ly	B-Application
(	O
default	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Hootsuite	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
3.ly	O
.	O
</s>
