William Ashley Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/icann-has-xxx-domain-names-yes/ ? So is this strickly for porn, or does it also work for California sentencing information? You know three strikes? Or baseball? Or bowling? Is .xxx a standard around the world? Now the political aspect Will it be banned in half the world, due to obscenety laws? What countries will ban it? Will countries that don't track people who use .xxx? Edited March 19, 2011 by William Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 It's been in the works for some time, and well. I am glad to see it go through. Although it may end up shutting down free sites and the like. But making it mandetory for companies to switch and have to pay for the .xxx domain, seems like nothing but a money grab. If they want to force these kinds of changes (world side impact) on companies, they should suck up the cost themsevles of whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 It's been in the works for some time, and well. I am glad to see it go through. Although it may end up shutting down free sites and the like. But making it mandetory for companies to switch and have to pay for the .xxx domain, seems like nothing but a money grab. If they want to force these kinds of changes (world side impact) on companies, they should suck up the cost themsevles of whatever. I didn't see anything about it being mandatory to switch. The suggestion that an adult website "will pretty much be forced to buy its .xxx version" is probably a matter of practicality, not a legal requirement. The owner of some wildly popular website, say hotkimmy.com, might need to buy the new hotkimmy.xxx domain name as well, to avoid having somebody else buy the name to leech unsuspecting customers away. -k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I didn't see anything about it being mandatory to switch. The suggestion that an adult website "will pretty much be forced to buy its .xxx version" is probably a matter of practicality, not a legal requirement. The owner of some wildly popular website, say hotkimmy.com, might need to buy the new hotkimmy.xxx domain name as well, to avoid having somebody else buy the name to leech unsuspecting customers away. -k Should be another gold rush. Do you know if the owner of "hotkimmy.com" gets first crack at "hotkimmy.xxx". Otherwise there will be a lot of money to be made from quickly snapping up the xxx domains for big .com porn sites and holding them for ransom. BTW... I dont get a site for that domain, so ya might wanna snap it up set up shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 It's been in the works for some time, and well. I am glad to see it go through. Although it may end up shutting down free sites and the like. But making it mandetory for companies to switch and have to pay for the .xxx domain, seems like nothing but a money grab. If they want to force these kinds of changes (world side impact) on companies, they should suck up the cost themsevles of whatever. Hmmm, given the plethora of 'erotica' on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, and other mainstream ebook sites, do you suppose they'll have to switch to an xxx domain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest American Woman Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Hmmm, given the plethora of 'erotica' on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, and other mainstream ebook sites, do you suppose they'll have to switch to an xxx domain? The thing is, no one has to switch to an xxx domain, even the actual xxx sites. It's a matter of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 The thing is, no one has to switch to an xxx domain, even the actual xxx sites. It's a matter of choice. Direct quote from the article that was posted in the OP. Moreover, every popular adult website at present will pretty much be forced to buy its .xxx version, Meaning it will be mandatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Should be another gold rush. Do you know if the owner of "hotkimmy.com" gets first crack at "hotkimmy.xxx". Otherwise there will be a lot of money to be made from quickly snapping up the xxx domains for big .com porn sites and holding them for ransom. BTW... I dont get a site for that domain, so ya might wanna snap it up set up shop I'd made up a different hypothetical site, then discovered that it was actually a real site with some pretty startling content. I sure didn't want to link to something like that on this family-friendly forum! Maybe hotkimmy.com could sell homemade toques and mitts and leg warmers or something. -k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest American Woman Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Direct quote from the article that was posted in the OP. Meaning it will be mandatory. ....critics say established porn sites are unlikely to give up their .com domains just because there's a .xxx option. That means anyone who thinks he's filtered porn by filtering out all .xxx domains from his network is due for a nasty surprise. In addition, porn site operators won't be forced to get .xxx domain names and go through the vetting process. link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Direct quote from the article that was posted in the OP. Meaning it will be mandatory. "will pretty much forced to..." doesn't mean mandatory. Read my earlier comment on why big porn sites might be "pretty much forced to" buy the new domain names. Hint: it's the same reason why major Canadian businesses buy both the ".com" and ".ca" versions of their domain names. -k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyser Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 .... mitts and leg warmers or something. -k ...better buy hotkimmy.xxx for those too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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