Porn to get Net domain
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December 12, 2010, Sunday
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PORNOGRAPHY websites are closer to getting their own address on the Internet.
The online red-light district would be in the form of an ".xxx" domain name suffix alongside long-standing ones such as ".com" and ".org."
Following a decade-long battle, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, voted on Friday to move ahead with a contract with ICM Registry LLC to sell domain names ending in ".xxx." ICANN voted in June to start negotiating the contract.
The new suffix still has other hurdles to clear. At a meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, ICANN decided first to consult with an advisory committee comprising government officials worldwide.
Stuart Lawley, ICM's chief executive, said the new suffix would help adult sites by making it easier for customers to find them. Customers, too, would benefit, he said, because sites with an ".xxx" address would commit to protect consumers from identity theft and credit card fraud.
Use of ".xxx" would be voluntary, though, and skeptics argue that few adult-only sites would give up their existing ".com" addresses.
ICM Registry, based in Palm Beach, Florida, applied to set up an ".xxx" suffix in 2000 and again in 2004.
The online red-light district would be in the form of an ".xxx" domain name suffix alongside long-standing ones such as ".com" and ".org."
Following a decade-long battle, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, voted on Friday to move ahead with a contract with ICM Registry LLC to sell domain names ending in ".xxx." ICANN voted in June to start negotiating the contract.
The new suffix still has other hurdles to clear. At a meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, ICANN decided first to consult with an advisory committee comprising government officials worldwide.
Stuart Lawley, ICM's chief executive, said the new suffix would help adult sites by making it easier for customers to find them. Customers, too, would benefit, he said, because sites with an ".xxx" address would commit to protect consumers from identity theft and credit card fraud.
Use of ".xxx" would be voluntary, though, and skeptics argue that few adult-only sites would give up their existing ".com" addresses.
ICM Registry, based in Palm Beach, Florida, applied to set up an ".xxx" suffix in 2000 and again in 2004.
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