XXX Top Level Domain May Still See Use 265
eldavojohn writes "The contract between ICANN & ICM Registry has just been revised for procedures on using the .XXX TLD. ICM is saying that the domain should be readily available for registration as early as this summer. This means that parents will most likely have an easier time protecting their children from these sites and these sites will be more tightly regulated and easier to scrutinize by authorities. ICM also mentioned the collaboration with International Foundation for Online Responsibility."
Re:I call dibs on... (Score:1, Interesting)
Yeah, the smart thing to do would be to auction them off. Or offer them to the owner of the .com, .net, .org addresses first.
It's a litle sad that a few idiots are going to make a shitload of cash just because they can hit "Buy" first."
They should base it on the .com's already sold. (Score:4, Interesting)
There, no "gold rush". Even though it probably means giving up some profit, it's the right thing to do.
There may be some cases where
But all of this is stupid anyway. The Internet is more international now. We should be dropping new 3 letter TLD names and sticking with
Re:It's too late to make a difference. (Score:2, Interesting)
Enforcement is gonna be fun, I can already see the violations of free speech and censorship happening already.
Re:Not gonna work (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm gonna take a wild guess at something for this. However, it would require blocking software.
No sane operator of a porn site is not going to register their
Basically, the