Delay for the .XXX domain?
August 17, 2005 1 Comment
Maybe I’m nuts, but I always thought the .XXX domain had a place on the internet. Let there be a domain type reserved exclusively for adult-only sites, and let those of us with kids exclude the domain type from our routers. Give us back WhiteHouse.com and don’t penalize us for inadvertently clicking craiglist.com! Note: don’t navigate to either of those sites.
Of course, the way the internet grew (I don’t mean how fast; I mean the way it grew virally .. more like mutation), there was chaos and little organization. I remember when .net domains were “supposed” to be for ISPs and .org domains were “supposed” to be for non-profits. This all changed when we “ran out” of .com addresses: companies scurried to collect .org and .net, just to protect the body / root name of their domains. I even recall when the .cc and .tv domain types were introduced in an attempt to give companies an option. So many domain names and types; so many opportunities to hijack them.
I digress: just wanted to spout. This post is actually a meme about how ICANN is being encouraged to delay the availability of the .xxx domain (again) by the feds.
Wired: “Feds urge delay for .xxx domain”
SlashDot: “Top Level .xxx Domain Concept Under Scrutiny”
.. and the article on the June 1, 2005 approval from News.com: “Porn-Friendly" ‘.xxx’ domains approved”.
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