Comments on: A Few Thoughts on ICANN’s Rejection of “.xxx” TLD http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gary McGath http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-51183 Gary McGath Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:45:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-51183 <p>I wonder if the TLD might have gone through more smoothly if some other name had been chosen. "XXX" is an advertising term and may have aroused antagonism for that reason.<br><br>What name could they have chosen? I don't know. ".porn" might have been better, but would have had some of the same problems.</p> I wonder if the TLD might have gone through more smoothly if some other name had been chosen. “XXX” is an advertising term and may have aroused antagonism for that reason.

What name could they have chosen? I don’t know. “.porn” might have been better, but would have had some of the same problems.

]]> By: Gary McGath http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-37876 Gary McGath Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:45:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-37876 <p>I wonder if the TLD might have gone through more smoothly if some other name had been chosen. "XXX" is an advertising term and may have aroused antagonism for that reason.</p> <p>What name could they have chosen? I don't know. ".porn" might have been better, but would have had some of the same problems.</p> I wonder if the TLD might have gone through more smoothly if some other name had been chosen. “XXX” is an advertising term and may have aroused antagonism for that reason.

What name could they have chosen? I don’t know. “.porn” might have been better, but would have had some of the same problems.

]]> By: Fergie http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-51182 Fergie Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:43:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-51182 <p>Indeed, this issue is not (entirely) about morality, segregation, etc. -- in fact, some well-known pr0n "brand" names refuse to move from their existing .com brand-names. And persnally, I can't really say that I blame them.<br><br>The whole issue of creating a .xxx TLD really stinks to me from it's inception -- an effort to villinize the porn industry.<br>$.02,<br><br>- ferg</p> Indeed, this issue is not (entirely) about morality, segregation, etc. — in fact, some well-known pr0n “brand” names refuse to move from their existing .com brand-names. And persnally, I can’t really say that I blame them.

The whole issue of creating a .xxx TLD really stinks to me from it’s inception — an effort to villinize the porn industry.
$.02,

- ferg

]]> By: Fergie http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-37875 Fergie Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:43:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-37875 <p>Indeed, this issue is not (entirely) about morality, segregation, etc. -- in fact, some well-known pr0n "brand" names refuse to move from their existing .com brand-names. And persnally, I can't really say that I blame them.</p> <p>The whole issue of creating a .xxx TLD really stinks to me from it's inception -- an effort to villinize the porn industry. $.02,</p> <ul> <li>ferg</li> </ul> Indeed, this issue is not (entirely) about morality, segregation, etc. — in fact, some well-known pr0n “brand” names refuse to move from their existing .com brand-names. And persnally, I can’t really say that I blame them.

The whole issue of creating a .xxx TLD really stinks to me from it’s inception — an effort to villinize the porn industry. $.02,

  • ferg
]]> By: Scott Carpenter http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-51181 Scott Carpenter Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:47:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-51181 <p>I'm most persuaded by Seth Finkelstein's argument that the whole thing is just a <a href="http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1997492,00.html" rel="nofollow">boondoggle for the xxx registrar</a> as a good reason not to allow this domain.</p> I’m most persuaded by Seth Finkelstein’s argument that the whole thing is just a boondoggle for the xxx registrar as a good reason not to allow this domain.

]]> By: Charles http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-51180 Charles Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:54:19 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-51180 <p>So, Adam, it's my understanding that the porn industry was itself opposed to the xxx TLD. Their argument was that having such domain would open the door for more content regulation, not less. They feared that governments would force the players in the porn industry to use xxx domain names, making them much more identifiable, at which point they could have been targeted with regulations. Maybe ultimately censorship.<br><br>You don't discuss this above.</p> So, Adam, it’s my understanding that the porn industry was itself opposed to the xxx TLD. Their argument was that having such domain would open the door for more content regulation, not less. They feared that governments would force the players in the porn industry to use xxx domain names, making them much more identifiable, at which point they could have been targeted with regulations. Maybe ultimately censorship.

You don’t discuss this above.

]]> By: Scott Carpenter http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-37874 Scott Carpenter Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:47:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-37874 <p>I'm most persuaded by Seth Finkelstein's argument that the whole thing is just a <a href="http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1997492,00.html" rel="nofollow">boondoggle for the xxx registrar</a> as a good reason not to allow this domain.</p> I’m most persuaded by Seth Finkelstein’s argument that the whole thing is just a boondoggle for the xxx registrar as a good reason not to allow this domain.

]]> By: Charles http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/comment-page-1/#comment-37873 Charles Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:54:19 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/06/a-few-thoughts-on-icanns-rejection-of-xxx-tld/#comment-37873 <p>So, Adam, it's my understanding that the porn industry was itself opposed to the xxx TLD. Their argument was that having such domain would open the door for more content regulation, not less. They feared that governments would force the players in the porn industry to use xxx domain names, making them much more identifiable, at which point they could have been targeted with regulations. Maybe ultimately censorship.</p> <p>You don't discuss this above.</p> So, Adam, it’s my understanding that the porn industry was itself opposed to the xxx TLD. Their argument was that having such domain would open the door for more content regulation, not less. They feared that governments would force the players in the porn industry to use xxx domain names, making them much more identifiable, at which point they could have been targeted with regulations. Maybe ultimately censorship.

You don’t discuss this above.

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