[ga] Why the .XXX Domain is a Bad Idea That Won't Die

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,
  My answer to the ? below is that .XXX is more of a scam for
the interest of political intrigue indirectly from ICANN some time
age before it became a item of new TLD's and was than regurgitated
as a proposed TLD to address the than pornography concern on
the internet.  Also as our members intuitively recognized that .XXX
is a trap for those in the adult entertainment on the net.

>From Slashdot:

1. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1997492,00.html
    2.
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/18/0315255&tid=95
    3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/16/1538243&tid=153
    4.
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/11/1236213&tid=95
    5. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/07/2316225&tid=95


Reader tqft tipped us to an opinion piece on the UK site The Guardian,
which lays out the reasons why article writer Seth Finkelstein feels
the .XXX domain is a terrible idea. You may recall that last year
(being an election year and all), the concept of a triple-X ghetto was
revived, considered, and then quashed all in the space of a few
months. We also recently discussed the fact that the idea just won't
die, as the company ICM Registry pushes ICANN to allow them to pass out
the names by Summer. Finkelstein primarily argues that the new domain is

a bad idea from a business point of view. Ignoring for a moment the
issue
that much of this content is already labeled, he sees this as primarily
a
means for ICM Registry to gain a monopoly on what is sure to be a
hot-selling product. Speculators, pornographers, and above-board
companies will all jump on the namespace in an effort to ensure that
their domain is represented ... or not, as the case may be. Where do you

fall on this issue? Would a .XXX domain be helpful for parents, or just
a
political salve/moneymaking scam?

Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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