ICANN Begins "Land Rush" For .XXX Web Domains
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Velcroman1 writes "The World Wide Web red-light district is poised to explode. After more than a decade of debate, rejections and legal challenges, the Internet's governing body began accepting applications for .xxx websites from the adult entertainment industry on Tuesday, Nov. 8 — otherwise called the 'begin printing money phase.' The so-called 'landrush' phase signifies the true launch of .xxx websites, following the Sept. 5 date when ICM Registry began accepting .xxx applications from trademarked companies — those looking to use a .xxx address and those seeking to prevent their company from appearing on a .xxx website."
Can't wait for Slashdot.xxx (Score:2, Funny)
Open source porn! (Plus Apple stories)
google.xxx (Score:4, Funny)
Re:There will be no pr0n in the .XXX domain (Score:5, Funny)
Synchronicity (Score:4, Funny)
A few articles ago there was an article about a better way to pack balls into something.
Now this story.
Coincidence? You decide.
Re:Phase names (Score:4, Funny)
and those seeking to prevent their company from appearing on a .xxx website
Where at "microsoft.xxx" the truthful comment that their servers constantly go down on you, brings on an entirely new and unintended meaning...