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.xxx Domain Remains in Limbo

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the porn-sites-remain-profitable dept.

datemenatalie writes "CNN.com reports that the Inernet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is still awaiting the decision of an advisory committee regarding .xxx domains. According to the article, "ICANN announced in June it would move ahead with plans to evaluate establishing a sex-site domain, but the proposal hit a snag in August when the U.S. Commerce Department asked for more time to hear objections." ICANN's president Paul Tworney was unable to say when a formal decision might be announced."

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  1. Re:pr0n is TRASH by CyricZ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know you're joking, but many Europeans find it hilarious how those in the US who go on the most about bringing "freedom" to Iraq and Afghanistan are often amongst the leaders in wanting to limit freedom in America.

    Like it or not, to be against pornography depicting consenting adults performing various sexual acts is to be against freedom. Freedom is one of the few black-and-white situations. Either you have freedom, or you do not. Any amount of censorship, however minor, automatically means that one is not free.

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    Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
  2. To repeat myself. by thisissilly · · Score: 5, Interesting

    .kids.us is a better idea than .xxx. The US government could regulate content within the domain to its heart's content, and parents who want the government to raise their children for them could set their kids' firewall to only allow access to that domain. There would be no question of "who owns the TLD", like the current .com/.net/.org struggle, no worries about what people in other countries find kid-acceptable that would raise flags in the US (e.g., beach photos where mom is topless), restrictions and fines could be placed on all .kids.us operators for violations, and advertisers and others would be lining up to pay registration fees so as to be able to hit a target audience. And best of all, the politicians can claim that they are doing it all "for the children".

    We don't let kids drive freely over real highways. Why are we letting them drive freely over the 'Information Superhighway'? Rather than forcing all drivers to 5 m.p.h., let us make a kid friendly bike-path.