MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain

Thu May 11 17:57:24 UTC 2006

    Well,

    It is always the same thing with this type of thread...

    Lets try to expand beyond the obvious shall we?

Francisco Obispo wrote:

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>Hi,
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>Legislate where?..in the US ? in Canada ? Venezuela ? in Colombia? in
>Brazil ? .
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>What is pornography ? on what basis? what religion ? what culture?
>
>regards.
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>Alain Hebert wrote:
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>>   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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>>    
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>>>http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10may06.htm
>>>
>>>---------- 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.
>>>
>>>--Lauren--
>>>Lauren Weinstein
>>>lauren at vortex.com or lauren at pfir.org
>>>Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
>>>http://www.pfir.org/lauren
>>>Co-Founder, PFIR
>>>   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
>>>Co-Founder, IOIC
>>>   - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net
>>>Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
>>>Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
>>>Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
>>>DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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>Francisco Jose Obispo Semidey
>Jefe de Oficina de NIC-VE - NIC-VE Manager
>Centro Nacional de Tecnologias de Informacion - http://www.nic.ve
>Caracas - Venezuela
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