Good News for Porn Industry
The Internet porn industry got good news today.
ICANN, the not-for-profit corporation that coordinates the internet's naming system, has approved the .xxx top-level domain.
The decision should soon bring to fruition our six-year effort to create a specific Web address for online adult entertainment, and comes on the heels of an independent review that declared that ICANN’s previous decision to deny .xxx was wrong, according to a news release from ICM Registry.
Chairman Stuart Lawley said of the decision: “It’s been a long time coming, but I’m excited about the fact that .xxx will soon become a reality. This is great news."
ICM Registry will now work with ICANN staff to complete the expedited due diligence on our technical and financial qualifications and to finalize the contract to run .xxx.
Enough Is Enough, a non-profit organization aiming to make the Internet safer for children and families, isn't happy with the decision.
"The creation of a .xxx domain sounds good in theory but is a very bad idea. It will allow Internet pornographers to co-locate their content on both their existing .com domains and the new .xxx domain, thus dramatically increasing pornography's pollution of the Internet. Internet pornography is taking a significant toxic toll on our Nation's children and families; harms are widespread and addictions are skyrocketing-impacting productivity, relational, social and psychological health," Donna Rice Hughes, President of Enough Is Enough, said in a news release e-mailed to WESB and The HERO.
ICANN, the not-for-profit corporation that coordinates the internet's naming system, has approved the .xxx top-level domain.
The decision should soon bring to fruition our six-year effort to create a specific Web address for online adult entertainment, and comes on the heels of an independent review that declared that ICANN’s previous decision to deny .xxx was wrong, according to a news release from ICM Registry.
Chairman Stuart Lawley said of the decision: “It’s been a long time coming, but I’m excited about the fact that .xxx will soon become a reality. This is great news."
ICM Registry will now work with ICANN staff to complete the expedited due diligence on our technical and financial qualifications and to finalize the contract to run .xxx.
Enough Is Enough, a non-profit organization aiming to make the Internet safer for children and families, isn't happy with the decision.
"The creation of a .xxx domain sounds good in theory but is a very bad idea. It will allow Internet pornographers to co-locate their content on both their existing .com domains and the new .xxx domain, thus dramatically increasing pornography's pollution of the Internet. Internet pornography is taking a significant toxic toll on our Nation's children and families; harms are widespread and addictions are skyrocketing-impacting productivity, relational, social and psychological health," Donna Rice Hughes, President of Enough Is Enough, said in a news release e-mailed to WESB and The HERO.
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