MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain

Thu May 11 17:40:22 UTC 2006

    Why?

    If we can coral them in it and legislate to have no porn anywhere 
else than on .xxx ... should fix the issue for the prudes out there.

william(at)elan.net wrote:

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> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10may06.htm
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:46:40 -0400
> From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>
> To: ip at v2.listbox.com
> Subject: [IP] ICANN rejects .xxx domain
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> As reported in:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Business/print?id=1947950
>
> ICANN has reversed their earlier preliminary approval, and has now
> rejected the "dot-xxx" adult materials top-level domain.  I applaud
> this wise decision by ICANN, which should simultaneously please both
> anti-porn and free speech proponents, where opposition to the TLD
> has been intense, though for totally disparate reasons.
>
> Nick's AP piece referenced above notes that there are still
> Congressional efforts to mandate such a TLD.  It is important
> to work toward ensuring that these do not gain traction.
>
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