.xxx AO TLD draws fire
p2pnet.net News:- News that red light Adult Only sites will soon be identifiable with the TLD (Top Level Domain) .xxx has resulted in a, “strong sense of discomfort in the GAC about the TLD, notwithstanding the explanations to date,” says Government Advisory Committee chairman Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi in a letter to the ICANN board.
Dot ex-ex-ex would be overseen by ICM Registry Inc and would, “help protect children from exposure to online pornography and also have a positive impact on online adult entertainment through voluntary efforts of the industry.”
However, in his August 12 letter, Tarmizi states:
“As you know, the Board is scheduled to consider approval of a contract for a new top level domain intended to be used for adult content. I am omitting the specific TLD here because experience shows that some email systems filter out anything containing the three letters associated with the TLD.
“You may recall that during the session between the GAC and the Board in Luxembourg that some countries had expressed strong positions to the Board on this issue. In other GAC sessions, a number of other governments also expressed some concern with the potential introduction of this TLD. The views are diverse and wide ranging. Although not necessarily well articulated in Luxembourg; as Chairman, I believe there remains a strong sense of discomfort in the GAC about the TLD, notwithstanding the explanations to date.
“I have been approached by some of these governments and I have advised them that apart from the advice given in relation to the creation of new gTLDs in the Luxembourg Communique that implicitly refers to the proposed TLD, sovereign governments are also free to write directly to ICANN about their specific concerns.
“In this regard, I would like to bring to the Board’s attention the possibility that several governments will choose to take this course of action. I would like to request that in any further debate that we may have with regard to this TLD that we keep this background in mind.
“Based on the foregoing, I believe the Board should allow time for additional governmental and public policy concerns to be expressed before reaching a final decision on this TLD.”
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See:-
August 12 letter – Correspondence from GAC Chairman to ICANN Board regarding .XXX TLD, August 12, 2005
ex-ex-ex – Red light .xxx gets green light, p2pnet, June 3, 2005
August 15th, 2005 at 6:39 pm
red light xxx gets green light. lol
August 15th, 2005 at 7:24 pm
yeh. good pic too =)
August 15th, 2005 at 8:34 pm
This is a good idea and should have been implmented a long time ago. ISP’s and web providers should mandate that porn sites be put in the .xxx tld by industry standard (not governmental law). I would even go as far as harrasing porn websites to change their domain over to .xxx at the expiration date of their current registration. If .xxx covered all the porn sites, then porn sites would be easy to filter out
August 16th, 2005 at 6:45 pm
Who cares ? Whatever !
I don’t give a shit, paying for sex is always prostitution to me, triple-x or not.
You can find all you want for free (ahem, cheap I mean, damned those stupid ISPs) on Usenet (just like for music, movies, games and programs…)