.XXX?

[Emperor]

I've been hearing all kinds of stuff about the law; that all presupposes it will be *mandatory* to use a .xxx name which is really a different issue.

What if they make .xxx available regardless of a mandatory usage law ? There will be people left and right buying up names like al4a.xxx, etc.

My name isn't trademarked, I doubt I can even get it trademarked, but everyone knows it (it's a .org), will I get first choice of the .xxx ? Will they do it in good faith ? That's what concerns me.

Emperor

[Linkster]

Emperor - just my opinion - but Im treating this just like the .travel domains they approved at the same time - its just another tld and I sure didnt go out and buy the .us or .biz of my named sites - if someone were to do that and put up a comparable site to mine they would suffer the same consequences as they would if they did it on a .us domain - makes no difference.

[Emperor]

Hey Linkster,

I agree with that for the most part, except that I don't think .xxx is "just another TLD", it will have more credibility that a .us and .biz, that's for sure. Maybe not at first but eventually.

Emperor

[GeorgeTH]

Originally Posted by Emperor

it will have more credibility that a .us and .biz, that's for sure. Maybe not at first but eventually.

Why? I thought that .biz could have had some valid points and credibility going for it - until too many dubious characters started buying them...

But ever since I got cheated with the DOT-SEX scam some 5 years ago I stay clear of anything but .coms, specially since there still are enough good ones around...