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02 Dec 2005
Icann has dropped the proposed xxx domain for erotically oriented internet domain names.
Allegedly both US and EU governments have been lobbying heavily to kill the proposal.
It's anybody's guess as to why they would undermine a domain that serves one of the most profitable parts of the internet industry.
Scene's from the Porky's movie come to mind: set in the 50s, a group high school kids high on teen hormones battle it with a some ultra conservative Floridans. The latter are exposed as double faced porn crazy and racists rednecks.
But short of the ongoing battle for public decency, some forms of internet porn are officially still illegal. Given that Icann is overseen by the US department of commerce, a xxx-domain could be explained as a government endorsement for some of the filth than can be found online.
In policits its better to be able to charge that you didn't know than be caught creating the infrastructure.
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<p>The most ridiculous part of it all is that a .xxx domain would actually serve the "clean" and "innocent" public, by making content filtering exponentially easier: just block anything on .xxx</p>
Posted by: Stridey 02 Dec 2005