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XXX Top Level Domain May Still See Use
eldavojohn writes "The contract between ICANN & ICM Registry has just been revised for procedures on using the .XXX TLD. ICM is saying that the domain should be readily available for registration as early as this summer. This means that parents will most likely have an easier time protecting their children from these sites and these sites will be more tightly regulated and easier to scrutinize by authorities. ICM also mentioned the collaboration with International Foundation for Online Responsibility."
The porn industry is not a stupid and corrupt as it might appear. They don't want little kids staring at this anymore then parents do. They are not the tobacco industry. They want to protect their interests which means not showing it to kids which is against the law.
.XXX will review and then take away the domain name if they do not stop.
They will switch over because it make them look legit. Someone sees the XXX domain and knows that it will probably be a good porn site. I wish there where actually some laws passed to protect the consumer.
Say I get some malware after visiting one of the sites. A repersentative from
I'd say make them pay $1000 dollars for the domain name. With yearly fees. People will pay it if there is money, and the consumer will pay for fast downloads and good security.
The companies that don't switch over will still exist for sure. So blocking them will not be possilbe without the use of a service, but I really don't care. I want a designated area on the net for porn...and this will give us it.
We don't need more TLDs. We need fewer of them. ".info", ".aero", and ".museum" should be retired due to lack of interest. (The entire list of .museum domains appears on this page.)
The ".biz" TLD should be retired as a slum-clearance project.
Those half-dead TLDs should be put on maintenance level support - no new registrations, and old ones expire in two years.