Saucy sites to get .xxx TLD

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/03/xxx_tld/

yes .XXX will go live soon ( BTW: what's the story with .SEX ? )

Anyway I'm sure all business and gov't dept firewalls will be told to block this, but will ISP's filter this - or should they be allowed to ?

And is there any chance that all the legit sites will go there leaving all the crud outside so that people would go to .xxx in preference to a non-xxx address ?

fun fun fun for all with cybersquatting on a grand scale
must sign up for www.microsoft.xxx

TerrorFirmer

www.boards.xxx

:eek:

Nietzschean

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

fun fun fun for all with cybersquatting on a grand scale
must sign up for www.microsoft.xxx

i imagine pre-reg'n will apply to .xxx too, even if it doesn't make much sence for ms to own microsoft.xxx i'm sure they will...

Victor

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

www.microsoft.xxx

I'm not sure "micro" "soft" "xxx" will be popular with the punters.

Capt'n Midnight

takes all sorts

MartMax

google.xxx

search made easier

Talliesin

MobileInfantry wrote:

www.boards.xxx

Not a member of that private board then?

The whole concept of .xxx, or any TLD defined by content is flawed IMO.

Xcom2

From

http://www.dtaylor.demon.co.uk/

From The Tallahassee Democrat

The Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in "xxx".

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said it would begin negotiations with ICM Registry Inc., run by British businessman Stuart Lawley, to iron out technical issues and prices for the new Web addresses.

Adult-oriented sites, a $12 billion industry, probably could begin buying "xxx" addresses as early as fall or winter depending on ICM's plans, ICANN spokesman Kieran Baker said. The new pornography suffix was among 10 under consideration by the regulatory group, which also recently approved addresses ending in "jobs" and "travel."

ICM contends the "xxx" Web addresses, which it plans to sell for $60 a year, will protect children from online porn if adult sites voluntarily adopt the suffix so filtering software used by families can more effectively block access to those sites. The $60 price is roughly ten times higher than prices other companies charge for dot-com names.

It will further help to protect kids, said John Morris, staff counsel at the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology. Morris predicted some adult sites will choose to buy "xxx" Web addresses but others will continue to use dot-com.

[Somehow I think sites will use both. It would be crazy to use only xxx when there are so many countries that would use the suffix to block such sites totally]

X

Capt'n Midnight

for flip's sake it's cheaper than your average .ie :rolleyes:

pwd

Talliesin wrote:

Not a member of that private board then?

The whole concept of .xxx, or any TLD defined by content is flawed IMO.

tlds are supposed to be defined by content.
.com: commerical
.info: personal page
.org: organisation (non-commercial)
.net: relating to the internet or technology
.biz: business

etc

Steven

http://www.altavista.xxx
"For all your one-handed searching"

Tar.Aldarion

.tk?

pwd

turkey isn't it? afaik they are common for non-turkish sites because they are cheap and unregulated.

Tar.Aldarion

if by cheap you mean free baby!

moshpit77

tk... tokelau

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/tokelau/

Tar.Aldarion

just wondering about tk as its my clans homepage.
just free hosting demain methinks

BuffyBot

.tr is Turkey, not .tk

Tar.Aldarion

www.tarisgreat.tk :P

Peteee

www.blow.jobs is a better one (AFAIK _could_ .jobs is going to be another new TLD....its crap cos its got 4 letters??)

http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/jobs.htm

Cianos

But with the seas rising fast, you'd better get to know Tokelau while you can.

Jesus...what about all the poor folks that live there? God forbid a few American backpackers will miss out on another culturally radical experience. Yes, that was my primary concern regarding rising sea levels.

monkeyfudge

.co.ck is a good one...

Brought to you from the Cook Islands.