Domain ‘.xxx’ approved

[ejaz007]

Domain ‘.xxx’ approved


You’ve heard of “.com” and “.org.” Joining them soon will be their bawdy cousin: “.xxx.”
On Friday, the board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet’s naming system, approved the creation of a red-light district online for pornographic websites. It follows a decade-long battle over such a name. The uproar over the idea has brought together unlikely bedfellows.
Religious groups argue that giving adult websites their own corner of the Internet legitimizes the content.
Pornographers worry it will ghettoize their sites. Although it’s meant to be voluntary, they fear governments could try to mandate the domain’s use, so that pornographic content is more easily blocked.
Diane Duke, executive director of the adult entertainment industry’s Free Speech Coalition, said in a statement that ICANN has “disregarded overwhelming outpouring of opposition from the adult entertainment industry — the supposed sponsorship community” and dismissed the “interests of free speech on the Internet.”
Supporters have maintained that approving the domain is in keeping with the principle of openness that has fueled the Internet’s growth.
While the idea of “.xxx” has provoked a philosophical debate, for the US company that submitted the application for the domain, the issue is little more than a matter of dollars and cents.
ICM Registry and its CEO, Stuart Lawley, who has led the fight for ICANN’s approval of “.xxx,” stand to profit handsomely from the rollout of “.xxx” websites — because he will be in charge of collecting fees for the use of the new domains. ap

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

FYI, a decade ago, websites of the M.I.Complex such as LLNL with xxx. instead of www. were functioning. Don't know about now.

 

[NaqsheYaar]

Yeah, more smoke-screens for the sheeple

 

[Skies]

I think, there should be a law/rule that if any **** site wants to have their own domain then they must not be allowed to use any ".com" domain. And any pornographic containing site will be allowed to use only ".xxx" domain.

Then it is be very easy to block **** sites, then you just will have to block those sites which have ".xxx" at their ends.

 

[Time Assassin]

you cant make **** more accessible, u just type in certain words on google and you get a page full of material. if parents are worried that their kids will go on these sites, take the computer away from them, eitherway knowing you can't trust your kids is a sign of ur parenting.

 

[DesiGuy]

hahahahahaha


dude, is this news really worth posting here........!


lol

 

[Malik Usman]

Now even these days you can get a domain with your name in Urdu or Arabic.............www.عمران.com

 

[Hyde]

well i think it would not be a bad idea to make it free to anybody. I mean not only **** websites are hosted at www.something.xxx but anything should be hosted their as per users desire. It is easy to remember or type same characters for three times instead of typing .com or something else.