Internet Group OKs 'xxx' Web Addresses

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

WASHINGTON - The Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in "xxx."

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said it would begin negotiations with ICM Registry Inc., run by British businessman Stuart Lawley, to iron out technical issues and prices for the new Web addresses.

Adult-oriented sites, a $12 billion industry, probably could begin buying "xxx" addresses as early as fall or winter depending on ICM's plans, ICANN spokesman Kieran Baker said. The new pornography suffix was among 10 under consideration by the regulatory group, which also recently approved addresses ending in "jobs" and "travel."

Read entire story here (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=2&u=/ap/20050601/ap_on_hi_te/internet_pornography).

[MPXX]

It's for all those xXx movie sites right...?

[cpugeniusmv]

There should be a regulation to keep porn sites exclusively in the .xxx TLD. Not only would it make it easy to block it from those who don't want it, it'd make it easier to find (as if it's not easy already!) for the ones that do!

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

I agree. It would be so nice.

[Excrement_Cranium]

Probably have to be heavily policed against non XXX domain redirect sites though...

[ferrarimodena360]

There should be a regulation to keep porn sites exclusively in the .xxx TLD. Not only would it make it easy to block it from those who don't want it, it'd make it easier to find (as if it's not easy already!) for the ones that do!

spot on br0
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[Lord_of_the_Dense]

NEW YORK - A red-light district tentatively cleared for construction on the Internet — the ".xxx" domain — is being billed by backers as giving the $12 billion online porn industry a great opportunity to clean up its act.

A distinct online sector for the salacious, one with rules aimed at forbidding trickery, will reduce the chances of Internet users accidentally stumbling on porn sites, they argue. If only it were so simple:

Zoning in cyberspace has always been a daunting proposition, and participation in the porn domain will be voluntary. Critics wonder why ".xxx" got the OK at all when so many other proposals sit unaddressed, some for years.

Read entire story here (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=1&u=/ap/20050613/ap_on_hi_te/internet_pornography).

[Auggie2k]

There should be a regulation to keep porn sites exclusively in the .xxx TLD. Not only would it make it easy to block it from those who don't want it, it'd make it easier to find (as if it's not easy already!) for the ones that do!
Smack.. and it's out of the park! Thats the best idea I have heard all year!

[boogiedan]

i also agree,
its very nice 2 see some work done

[Burd]

Hate to disagree, but I do. Suppose they made all file sharing sites end in, say, .share? Then, yes, they'd be easier to find for us, but also for those who want to regulate us. If it's all in one place, it's easier to find and to shut down too! I've said it before: if the Internet is to be a truely useful tool, it needs to be unregulated. That includes the Good with the Bad; otherwise, it's going to be no more useful than radio or televison...and we all know what's happened there. I'm willing to put up with a little annoyance for my freedom.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Plans to provide a domain name for adult-oriented online content were put on hold again by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Vint Cerf, the chairman of ICANN, said yesterday that the .xxx top-level domain issue had been removed from the agenda of an upcoming board meeting while the organization reviews the proposal further.

The news apparently came as a surprise to everyone, including Stuart Lawley, the president of the .xxx's sponsoring organization, ICM Registry, which has spent millions of dollars getting the bid this far.

Read entire story here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20051202/tc_nf/39847).