[dns-operations] Is it illegal to query the .berlin TLD servers?

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 06:32:00PM +0100,
 Peter Koch <pk at DENIC.DE> wrote 
 a message of 21 lines which said:

> Take a breath - or let the compliance jihad begin:

These ICANN rules (against "dotless" domains) are meaningless and
ridiculous, anyway. I agree that such a TXT or TYPE65534 does no harm
and should not be forbidden. If it is, it means the law is wrong
(Dickens?)