BBC News - Decision urged on .xxx porn web domain

[manhunter2826]

BBC News - Decision urged on .xxx porn web domain

Moves to create a web domain for adult content have intensified with the group which has applied for the .xxx address demanding a decision on its fate.
Net regulator Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) - the body which oversees web addresses - has been delaying its vote.
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It gave the domain the go-ahead in 2005 but reversed the decision two years later.
Proponents says that having a .xxx domain will make the web safer.

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"This has been a $7m dollar process, costing us $5m in legal fees and Icann $2m," said Stuart Lawley, chairman of ICM Registry, which has proposed the .xxx domain.
He argues that having a specific address for porn sites will make it easier for parents and others to block access to them.
"One of the requirements of anyone registering a .xxx domain is that the site carries meta-tags that will be automatically picked up by the popular browsers and allow people who want to avoid the content to easily do so," he told BBC News.

{my emphasis}.

 

[z3r010]

TBH I think it would be a good move, it would make blocking lots of porn sites a lot easier.

 

[manhunter2826]

TBH I think it would be a good move, it would make blocking lots of porn sites a lot easier.

Agreed

 

[CarlTR6]

+3 I agree, also.

 

[derekimo]

Seems like a no brainer to me, I don't know why this hasn't already been done.

 

[steve-pressman]

+4 I agree easier to block with such a Domain name

 

[Kari]

Can not undestand why they are stalling? Porn sites are not going away, wouldn't it be better to identify them more clearly?

 

[derekimo]

Can not undestand why they are stalling? Porn sites are not going away, wouldn't it be better to identify them more clearly?

Exactly.

 

[smsff7]

nobody said the people in charge are wise...I would like them to do it and get it over with already

 

[sergiogarcia9]

Well it would mean a lot of sites would have to move to that new domain extension, but it would be smart, that they only have them on .xxx domains. Doubt it'll happen tho

 

[mitchell65]

BBC News - Decision urged on .xxx porn web domain

Moves to create a web domain for adult content have intensified with the group which has applied for the .xxx address demanding a decision on its fate.
Net regulator Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) - the body which oversees web addresses - has been delaying its vote.
...
It gave the domain the go-ahead in 2005 but reversed the decision two years later.
Proponents says that having a .xxx domain will make the web safer.

...
"This has been a $7m dollar process, costing us $5m in legal fees and Icann $2m," said Stuart Lawley, chairman of ICM Registry, which has proposed the .xxx domain.
He argues that having a specific address for porn sites will make it easier for parents and others to block access to them.
"One of the requirements of anyone registering a .xxx domain is that the site carries meta-tags that will be automatically picked up by the popular browsers and allow people who want to avoid the content to easily do so," he told BBC News.

{my emphasis}.

My goodness me. What a sad world we have created that the need for this appears to be necessary. All that money spent could have been put to so many worthwhile projects.

 

[Everlong]

Would make finding porn sites a lot easie...I mean, yea, they'd be easier to block.

 

[severedsolo]

Would make finding porn sites a lot easie...I mean, yea, they'd be easier to block.

:roflmao: this coming from someone with a username like a porn star no im just messing with you, in all seriousness, i think its a great idea, with the current system no matter how good a filtering system is in place, plenty slip through the net.

im not saying that kids won't still find a way around it (hey we've all been there right?) but it will certainly make it harder

 

[TimStitt]

Agreed this would be much better, it should have been done long ago.
Besides, I'm already over-exposed..... hmm, I'm really should rephrase that....

 

[Lordbob75]

Sounds like a good idea. I have stumbled onto a few (one with my mom over my shoulder) that would not have happened if this worked. (When searching for Black Friday Ads | Black Friday Deals | 2010 Black Friday Sales)

Wish they would do this in the US.

~Lordbob

 

[Tarka Dal]

C'mon...

It's much easier to block .xxx than to go around looking for it to block. Wakey Wakey!
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My english not very goot!

 

[Thorsen]

Sounds like a good idea. I have stumbled onto a few (one with my mom over my shoulder) that would not have happened if this worked. (When searching for Black Friday Ads | Black Friday Deals | 2010 Black Friday Sales)

Wish they would do this in the US.

~Lordbob

I agree. I typed in hotmale.com at work one time.....it wouldn't have been like that if it was a .xxx site....

It was a mistake I swear!

 

[loaba]

Would make finding porn sites a lot easie...I mean, yea, they'd be easier to block.

Heh - y'know, Al Gore didn't create the internet, but the porn industry most assuredly drives it. They are the kings of innovation. Porn is such an interesting topic for me.

I agree. I typed in hotmale.com at work one time.....it wouldn't have been like that if it was a .xxx site....

It was a mistake I swear!

Yeah, try looking for 3-person swing sometime...

 

[CarlTR6]

Yeah, try looking for 3-person swing sometime...

:roflmao::roflmao: