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.xxx delayed not dead

March 31st, 2006 at 8:18 am by David Farrar

The Board has just voted to continue negotiations with the .xxx applicant with amendments to the proposed TLD registry agreement to be negotiated to ensure there are adequate mechanisms to address any potential registrant violations of the sponsor’s policies.

So it has been delayed again, but I can’t see any reason it will not be given final approval in the next few months. Mind you I thought it would be approved at this meeting! It is important to note the TLD was approved in principle last year and the remaining step is only approval of the final contract.

I noted on radio this morning that the three main Governments trying to stop the .xxx TLD are the US, Australia and Iran – strange bedfellows indeed :-)

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6 Responses to “.xxx delayed not dead”

  1. Fredrick Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 9:02 am

    DPF: what would be the main impact of the .xxx domain? I mean, it would make searching for porn that bit easier, but it is still pretty damn easy. Would it make it easier for Iran to block porn? Would it make it easier to find, and thus block, kiddy porn?
    What are the pros and cons of this, in your opinion?

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  2. tincanman Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 10:06 am

    I can’t see why they would want to block this proposal. In reality it seems no different to the ICRA rating system which most .xxx style sites voluntarily subscribe to anyway. What are the main arguments against this, DPF?

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  3. MikeE Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 10:26 am

    Met Stuart Duncan and Stuart Lawley on Tuesday night (after getting back from a drinking session at the infamous penthouse – no uptown girl and nazi flicks this time though) seemed like a hard case pair of guys.

    Ended up discussing climate change with them and a Manukau city counciller (the VUW conference was on at the same time).

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  4. David Farrar Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 11:27 am

    The pros of the .xxx proposal are that it will both allow for easy filtering for those sites which register there, but also that there will be minimum standards for those sites such as no child porn, no viruses, verified physical address etc.

    The cons are that some people think it legitimises porn, also that it may become compulsory over time for adult sites to register there which has free speech implications.

    I take a liberal view with TLD applications in that any TLD which does not cause harm, should be allowed, so long as they meet certain technical and financial standards.

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  5. tincanman Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 11:53 am

    Thanks DPF.

    One would think that the legitimisation argument would fall through when people realise it would make it easier to block access to it if so desired. And free speech? Really? I wonder if they’d care to try that argument on our brothel by-laws.

    All in all I think this is a good idea. All sides of the argument actually win on this one.

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  6. KL Says:
    April 1st, 2006 at 9:54 am

    haha I heard it :) Frit sent me the link!

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