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Two Porn Companies Take ICANN and .xxx Registrar To Court
SharkLaser writes "Two of the largest porn companies on the internet, Manwin and Digital Playground, yesterday sued both ICANN and ICM Registry, which runs the .xxx TLD, over extorting defensive registrations with ICANN's blessing. 'The complaint focuses on ICM's recently concluded "sunrise" period, during which porn companies, for about $200, could apply to own a .xxx address matching their trademark or .com domain.' Schools also felt the same way, and had to reserve domains under their name so that no porn content could be put up on them. The .xxx TLD has also previously been subject to criticism by both religious groups and adult industry, but for different reasons. Religious groups believe the .xxx TLD legitimizes pornography, while the adult industry believes it could lead to censorship."
After the great .cx purge all the great websites moved to .ru
If it were free, people would just register every single name possible; charging a nominal fee (under $10/year) helps prevent that, as well as giving you a more legitimate claim to the name, since you actually paid money for it (unlike gratuitous contracts such as what you get with freemail and antisocial networking sites).
Or ladyboys. CmdrPony likes ladyboys.
FTFY
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
What is traditionally called porn is of much less interest to 50% of the population. Not only is it distasteful, but it takes away attention from them (like booze). Seems not unlikely that they will eventually get men thrown in jail on these grounds...and also because the women in porn are being violently sexually exploited and trafficked! (A romantic comedy about an arrogant boyfriend being locked up for watching porn is exactly the kind of thing they can think about while masturbating)