XXX Domain Names
After the recent rejection of the .XXX domain by ICANN, a Florida based company is planning to sue the US government because of the influence it had on ICANN.
Various influential groups and organizations are objecting to the xxx domain because of ideological reasons, but wouldn't it make it easier to filter these type of websites? Of course there will always be porn using .com and .net domains, but at least filtering .xxx domains would easily block a big portion of porn.
Obviously it is in the financial interests of the ICM Registry to have the .xxx domain approved as they stand to make many millions every year from them, but I haven't seen one good reason why there shouldn't be a dedicated .xxx domain for porn websites.
Domain Wars Rage On
"None of ICANN's ruling-committee members cited pressure from conservative groups or the Commerce Dept. as a reason for voting against the .xxx domain. But ICM Registry begs to differ and says a decision made on ideological grounds is illegitimate. "Commerce has been treating ICANN, an independent nonprofit, like a government agency without the authority to do so," says Stuart Lawley, Chairman and President of ICM Registry." Business Week
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Various influential groups and organizations are objecting to the xxx domain because of ideological reasons, but wouldn't it make it easier to filter these type of websites? Of course there will always be porn using .com and .net domains, but at least filtering .xxx domains would easily block a big portion of porn.
Obviously it is in the financial interests of the ICM Registry to have the .xxx domain approved as they stand to make many millions every year from them, but I haven't seen one good reason why there shouldn't be a dedicated .xxx domain for porn websites.
Domain Wars Rage On
"None of ICANN's ruling-committee members cited pressure from conservative groups or the Commerce Dept. as a reason for voting against the .xxx domain. But ICM Registry begs to differ and says a decision made on ideological grounds is illegitimate. "Commerce has been treating ICANN, an independent nonprofit, like a government agency without the authority to do so," says Stuart Lawley, Chairman and President of ICM Registry." Business Week
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1 Comments:
Sounds like it would only make a slight difference. The only way that xxx domain could be worth the effort would be to ban porn on other domain extentions like dot com and dot net, but that will never happen, and probably wouldnt be right anyway.
So, no great loss really... except those that would of been selling the domains (at a highly inflated price!).
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