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ICANN Meeting Puts Off XXX Domain Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the porn-still-easy-to-find dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to mention an International Herald story about a recent ICANN meeting on the proposed .XXX domain. Australia, the U.S., and the EU have moved to block the idea, with most commentators surmising this will prevent the concept from ever moving forward. From the article: "Some people maintain that a triple-x domain name, and the ability to enforce rules to qualify for it, would rein in an out-of-control Internet phenomenon. In registering, a company could have to abide by ratings agency standards, require proof of age for entrants, maybe even pay for Internet filtering research. The company pushing the idea, ICM Registry, also argues that dot-xxx would be good for customers of pornography sites, assuring them of certain business benchmarks, like being free of adware or computer viruses."

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  1. Tagging by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have tagged this story with the tag "boobies" and I hope you do too.

  2. old .com names? by theStig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does that mean I can then secure whitehouse.com to peddle my lucrative house painting business?

  3. Re:Oh good grief... by VinB · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...It's not like these sites are ruining lives by giving people cancer.
    No, but my Mom keeps telling me that I'll go blind.