Proposal for Porn Domain Revived

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Plans to create an internet domain for pornographic websites have been resurrected.

The proposal for the .xxx domain was rejected in May 2006 by the overseer of the net's addressing system over fears about how it would be run.

But the proposal has won approval following promises by the domain's backer to actively police any site that signs up to use the .xxx suffix.

The plan has come under fire from pornographers and politicians.

History lesson

The idea of creating a net domain for pornography was first floated in 2001 and attempts to set up the system have had a troubled history.

The proposal was given approval in June 2005 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) which oversees the net's addressing system.

Final approval was scheduled to take place in December 2005 but this was delayed until May 2006 when the proposal was abruptly dropped.

At the time Icann boss Paul Twomey said the decision was not "politically motivated" and now documents posted on the Icann site show that the decision was taken over worries about how sites signing up to use .xxx would be policed.

As a result, ICM Registry - the backer of the .xxx scheme - has given pledges that it will ensure sites signing up do not hit users with spam or spyware. Sites will also have to use a tagging system that accurately labels their content.

ICM must also put in place systems that stop children seeing the sites and ensure no .xxx sites are used to promote child pornography or any "practices that appeal to paedophiles or suggest the presence of child pornography on the site".

Icann has now invited the public to comment on the revised .xxx agreement. Those interested have until 5 February to comment.

In the past, plans for the .xxx domain have come under fire from conservative groups, politicians and even pornographers. Some operators of adult sites fear that adopting the .xxx domain would make it easier for such sites to be blocked en masse.

Critics have also noted that use of the .xxx domain is entirely voluntary and some suspect that few sites would sign up to use the suffix.

If final approval is won it is not yet clear when the domain will start operating.

Source: BBC NEWS

[Third Eye]

thanks for this info.lol xxx. domain

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Thanks for the information.YEA,three cheers for .xxx

[led_shankar]

I guess ICANN should urge the US and other governments to give tax subsidies to pornography companies for registering on thhe .xxx domain. That way, it will be easier for net usage monitoring software to block sites deemed "morally offensive" by parents, schools etc.

[Pathik]

i dont think this thing is goin to takeoff....

[Arsenal_Gunners]

yeah this will kill porn industry.

[NIGHTMARE]

wait and watch

[Arsenal_Gunners]

watch what???

[NIGHTMARE]

kill porn industry

[Arsenal_Gunners]

.xxx will kill it for sure.It will be a piece of cake to block porn then.But who knows,somebody will come out with something new.

[NIGHTMARE]

wat do u mean=somebody will come out with something new.

[Arsenal_Gunners]

to bypass .xxx blocking.What were you thinking

[NIGHTMARE]

nothing bro

[hemant_mathur]

This plan will die soon enough

[led_shankar]

Originally Posted by vimal_mehrotra

to bypass .xxx blocking.What were you thinking

ROTFLMAO!!!!!

[Aberforth]

This plan isn't going to get through. This is a capitalist world, porn companies know their businesses are going to take a hit. After all its not only kids who could be blocked from this domain, it could be employees blocked from peeping while they at work, ISP blocking porn sites to prevent malware getting into LAN networks, etc. . The billion dollars of the porn industry would flow like water to stop this happening even if the proposal gets approval.