New type of domain approved for web porn sites (.xxx)

[Mark]

New type of domain approved for web porn sites (.xxx)

Recently, the board of directors of ICANN, (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which oversees the Internet's naming system, approved the creation of a domain for pornographic websites.

The U.S. company that submitted the application for the domain, (ICM Registry), and it's CEO Stuart Lawley will be rolling in it with his plans, he led the fight for ICANN's approval of ".xxx," since 2000 and he plans to charge registrars $60, (£37), per year for the domain names. He estimates that he could sell as many as 500,000 by the time he rolls them out this summer. (That totals 30 million dollars). While normal domains sell for more like £10 a year.

ICANN had repeatedly rejected Lawley's application since 2000, under pressure from Christian groups and governments unhappy with the spread of online porn. But.. with the new domain it'll be a lot easier to block those sites, which is what he pitched.

[T3hRogue]

NOOOOO IT FINALLY HAPPENED!

A BAD DAY FOR THE INTERNET

[Drumm]

I think that £37 is way excessive. The porn companies are essentially paying to have themselves black listed by website filters. Of course it is nice to have them all categorized so a swift "site:*.xxx" should pull up some interesting results. :tongue
I believe the price should be more down the lower end. £8-9 to encourage the porn companies to move over. +1 to any companies hugely in favour of this.

[Mark]

Porn companies are rolling in money, what's £37 these days?

[Drumm]

Irrelevant. Are you going to pay for the £2 White T-shirt, or the £10 White T-shirt with a black dot on?

[Mark]

It depends what shirt it was.

[Drumm]

My point was, .xxx barely has much class, and it helps admins block porn.

[Mark]

Did porn sites have much class before? All the best admins know what sites to block. :what

[Drumm]

This is gonna make an admins job a dream though.

[T3hRogue]

Agreed, it will make lazy IT admins even lazier.