Now I am unsure what to think about this particular topic as I for one at a glance think its a good idea. What idea you may ask? well having a
www.nsfw.xxx as opposed to
www.nsfw.com Now I know there's been quite a stink about it in the past and seemingly alot of religious groups are against the idea... I see this in lines with pastors in tobago objecting to elton john coming to the jazz festival... but that aside... I would much think that have an xxx domain for porn sites would make it easier for filtering and monitoring what's seen as, say hypotheically all porn had a xxx domain, a simple filter to block all xxx content would pretty much do the trick. Like I said, i've not read too deeply into why religious groups are against it, or in what way having their own dedicated domain will promote porn... but hey make up your own mind on the subject:\
Porn domain officially rejected
Three strikes out
By Nick Farrell: Friday 30 March 2007, 15:23
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THE KEY INTERNET oversight agency decided not to give adult websites their own ".xxx" domain for the third time.
Vinton Cerf, ICANN's chairman said that ICCAN had looked jolly hard at porn on the Interweb and came to the conclusion that giving it its own domain was not the way forward.
The rejection comes on the back of complaints from both the porn industry and religious groups. The adult entertainment groups were worried that their businesses would be censored into a coma and the religious groups thought it would encourage the adult industry.
The 9-5 decision came at an open board meeting, with each of the voting members explaining their reasoning. It is the third time that the idea has been before ICANN and each time it has been struck down.
The idea was first pushed by ICM Registry which handles Web-site registrations with the aim of overseeing sites that want to have the ".xxx" Internet suffix. According to Associated Press, ICM is considering suing ICANN.
