No, I haven't neither. I'm not saying don't register any .ly or .by or whatever domain, I'm just saying be cautious. (See my other post with "legal actions".)
Right, but even if there are corrupt government employees and you are discriminated by the government (employees), you have always the option to take legal actions.
In some countries you can't take legal actions that easy, especially against the government.
Remember that they can switch off your domain at any moment. And by no means build your business on it.
vb.ly is a good example: http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-b...