ICANN Begins "Land Rush" For .XXX Web Domains

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."

scam + blackmail

[Anonymous Coward]

This is a scam.

I own a adult domain non-generic and working website.
I have the trademark for it but they didn't let me register my domain.xxx because they have reserved thousands of popular words for a later auction.
When i try to register it it says "RESERVED". My lawyer has contacted them without response.

Also they have sold lots of valuable domains before september to investors without telling nobody, you can check register date in some generic domains.

It can also be called blackmail.

This domain will not succeed because its owned by speculators and cybersquatters.

Re:There will be no pr0n in the .XXX domain

[Anonymous Coward]

"Any idiot who thinks otherwise and sets up a pr0n site will soon be filtered out and go out out of business."

Um, no. You could not be more incorrect.
Do you really think that the more successful sites are the ones not filtered?
Think - existing filters already exist, AND they block a vast majority of porn sites.

Sites like brazzers dot com etc all do just FINE and they are filtered 100%. Presuming they open brazzers dot xxx, they will STILL be filtered 100%.

I /guess/ you could possibly make an argument that a .XXX level block is "shorter" or "simpler" than traditional URL pattern blocks that work within .COM, etc.
But that's irrelevant ... it does not matter WHERE a site is located, it will be blocked.

There's no real-world argument that .com sites are better at evading filters (and thus "not going out of business" because of it). Content filters are usually updated HOURLY, so they'll block every new porn site on any TLD. Smart filters will block the DNS nameservers which are owned by porn sites, so new sites can not slip through like say a "zero day warez" site might slip through.

Re:There will be no pr0n in the .XXX domain

[mehrotra.akash]

I cant say about other countries, but here in India, there are around 30-40 porn sites blocked, and on addition to that the entire .xxx domain is blocked

Re:scam + blackmail

[LordLimecat]

It can also be called blackmail.

Extortion perhaps, but not blackmail: blackmail is when someone threatens to make private information public if you do not comply with their wishes.