I share your perception of what .COM, .NET, and .ORG stood for. And, to answer your question, i have no relation to the Cocos islands...further, if I were somehow negatively impacting the inhabitants of said region, i would have never obtained the domain name. (I'm not that kind of person.) Besides, the domain name was for my personal/family email only, that's it - not any commercial entity or network service, etc. - there was no .FAMILY (or similar tld) back then.
Nevertheless, to clarify why i had obtained a domain name using that tld...While yes, .CC was originally (and for a very short period) intended for the Cocos islands, it quickly shifted focus (by those same owners of the NIC/registry that controlled the TLD) and was promoted for international registration; in fact the marketing i saw pushed it as the next .COM for computer hobbyists, etc. And, I wasn't the only one who bought that line; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cc#Usage
Sorry, I'm aware everyone was/is doing it, and it's encouraged and acceptable. I see that's not clear from my message; I didn't mean to imply you made a bad choice.
I just would have ignored the intent of .org or .net before a country tld.
I appreciate that clarification; all good, no worries. And, yes, having learned from my .CC experience all these years now, going forward I will ignore the intents of .org, .net, etc. before looking at ccTLD. Cheers!
Nevertheless, to clarify why i had obtained a domain name using that tld...While yes, .CC was originally (and for a very short period) intended for the Cocos islands, it quickly shifted focus (by those same owners of the NIC/registry that controlled the TLD) and was promoted for international registration; in fact the marketing i saw pushed it as the next .COM for computer hobbyists, etc. And, I wasn't the only one who bought that line; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cc#Usage
EDIT: Typo corrections.