.xxx new internet addresses

[Hmph]

OMG this is big and a great idea. the porn domains will be easier to monitor, regulate and control and anyone w/out an .xxx domain with explicit content can not only be shut down, but prosecuted as well.

full story http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html

Stage set for '.xxx' Internet addresses

Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Posted: 9:24 PM EDT (0124 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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."

article has typo, i think it's meant to be ending in .xxx

[Chirs-J.-Gregg]

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[Hmph]

have you heard about whitehouse.com. it was once a porn site.

I heard about it. it's since been shut down. I'm always the last to know. but it was up for a while from what everyone who laughed about it said.

porn pushers were always using domains that people could mistakenly type to push their stuff. and someone's obviously buying it or it would have been long gone.

[KingFo1]

They should've done this a long, LONG time ago...

But I'm glad they're doing it now.

[Hmph]

no kidding, now it'll be easier to filter email, block net access for kids/companies (I can't believe people surf porn on their company's time) and regulate costs, laws and more. it's almost like removing them from the "other" net -- bye bastards, buh-bye!

however, it won't stop these folks from using a .com/.net etc. to market their stuff, but it will very easy for me to send a report when an illegal spam comes in.

[Hmph]

chit! there's a delay. I'm tapping fingers waiting, although it won't stop those from sending porn, but will make it easier to prosecute those who don't have an .xxx domain and send explicit emails

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html

[Hmph]

I think the proposers went about it all wrong. I think .xxx should have been mandatory and all .com addresses w/porn should be fined and shut down. by doing it this way, it could be regulated, monitored, spam blocked and children and public places couldn't access .xxx sites because of browser rating system.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html

Agency rejects '.xxx' domain name

Thursday, May 11, 2006; Posted: 10:18 a.m. EDT (14:18 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, the Internet's key oversight agency voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to create a red-light district on the Internet.

The decision from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers reverses its preliminary approval last June to create a ".xxx" domain name for voluntary use by the adult entertainment industry.

ICANN had postponed making a final decision in August after the U.S. government stepped in just days before a scheduled meeting to underscore objections it had received, an intervention that had led some ICANN critics to question the organization's independence.

"The board was certainly very conscious of that (the controversy) ... but the heart of the decision today was not driven by a political consideration," ICANN Chief Executive Paul Twomey said in an interview that followed more than an hour of discussion in a closed teleconference meeting.

Twomey said the decision largely came down to whether the creation of "xxx" might put ICANN in a difficult position of having to enforce all of the world's laws governing pornography, including ones that might require porn sites to use the domain. Speech-related laws, he noted, often conflict with one another.

He said concerns raised by various governments around the world did prompt the company proposing the domain, ICM Registry Inc. of Jupiter, Florida, to make changes in its bid, but the changes did not address all of the questions concerning enforcement.

ICANN's rejection of ".xxx" in a 9-5 vote ends, for now, a 6-year-old effort by ICM to establish a domain for the porn industry. ICANN first tabled its bid in 2000 out of fear it would be getting into content control.

ICM resubmitted its bid in 2004, this time structuring it with a policy-setting organization to free ICANN of that task. But the language of the proposed contract was vague, Twomey said, and a majority of the board felt that one interpretation could kick the task back to ICANN.

When the board initially voted last year to move forward with ".xxx," the contract details had yet to be written.

ICM argued the domain would help the $12 billion online porn industry clean up its act. Those using the domain would have to abide by yet-to-be-written rules designed to bar such trickery as spamming and malicious scripts.

Anti-porn advocates, however, countered that sites would be free to keep their current ".com" address, in effect making porn more easily accessible by creating yet another channel to house it.

And they say such a domain name would legitimize adults sites, which 2 in 5 Internet users visit each month, according to tracking by comScore Media Metrix.

Many porn sites also objected, fearing that such a domain would pave the way for governments -- the United States or repressive regimes abroad -- or even private industry to filter speech that is protected here under the First Amendment.

Democratic Sens. Max Baucus of Montana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas have introduced legislation that would create a mandatory ".xxx."

The porn industry trade group Free Speech Coalition believes a domain name for kids-friendly sites would be more appropriate.

Twomey said the board took the porn sites' concerns as a sign ICM did not fully represent the industry, a criteria required in the current round of domains.

Meanwhile, ICANN approved the creation of a domain name designed to help people manage their contact information online.

As envisioned, Internet users could buy a ".tel" name and set up a Web site with their latest digits -- home, cell and work phone numbers, home and work e-mail addresses, instant messaging handles and perhaps even a MySpace profile.

The ".tel" domain could appear in use as early as this year.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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I didn't think ICANN would regulate content, I THOUGHT the feds would force porn pushers to move to that "district" AND then easily be able to regulate AND tax the content, not mention easily block content from others.

but unfortunately it wouldn't stop the spam promoting .xxx domains

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html

Porn '.xxx' address rejected

POSTED: 9:51 a.m. EDT, March 30, 2007

* Internet guideline agency ICANN rejects ".xxx" domain plan
* Adult industry and religious groups opposed move
* ICANN worried it could lead to deal with content regulation

LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- The agency that sets the Internet addressing guidelines influencing how people navigate the Web defeated a proposal Friday to give adult Web sites their own ".xxx" domain.

Many in the adult-entertainment industry and religious groups alike had criticized the plan, which the Canadian government also warned this week could leave the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in the tricky business of content regulation.

The 9-5 decision by ICANN's board came nearly seven years after the proposal was first floated by ICM Registry LLC. It was the third time ICANN has rejected such a bid. One member abstained from voting.

Many of the board members said they were concerned about the possibility that ICANN could find itself in the content regulation business if the domain name was approved. Others criticized that, saying ICANN should not block new domains over fears like that, noting that local, state and national laws could be used to decide what is pornographic and what is not.

It was not immediately clear if ICM would revise its proposal again, abandon the bid or perhaps appeal the decision or take action through the courts.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press . All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.