.XXX Given The OK

[Peedy]

I don't like this but is it really going to be a big deal? In a sense its just another TLD we can choose from. There are no laws saying all porn has to be on this TLD only. Likewise people use .ORG for other things than the planned non profit sites.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by Peedy

I don't like this but is it really going to be a big deal? In a sense its just another TLD we can choose from. There are no laws saying all porn has to be on this TLD only. Likewise people use .ORG for other things than the planned non profit sites.

Besides the $70 extortion!

There are also things like ICM/IFFOR(which is nothing to do with adult) saying that if you register a XXX, you also agree to be bound by their regulations on your domains including com, net, org, etc.

There is also the ghetto effect!

Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

But already the comments on the SMH article about this are demanding that governments make it mandatory for porn to be on the domain. Thanks for screwing free speech, ICANN.

Much easier for some politico to block a TLD than millions of domains.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by tickler

Much easier for some politico to block a TLD than millions of domains.

Precisely. It would be as easy as marching us into a 'shower'.