Proposed Porn Domain Nixed
Techtree News Staff, Dec 03, 2005 1000 hrs IST
Plans for the proposed Internet domain .xxx, have been dropped, just days before they were to receive approval.
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Plans for the proposed Internet domain .xxx, purely for pornography, have been dropped like a hot cake, just days before they were to receive approval.
Vint Cerf, chairman, ICANN, stunned an open meeting of the governmental advisory committee (GAC) in Vancouver, by announcing that the issue had been pulled-off the agenda of the upcoming ICANN Board meeting due to time-constraints. Cerf did not give any indication, as to when the issue was likely to be re-opened.
Stuart Lawley, president, ICM Registry (.xxx's sponsor), was the least amused, what with the ICM Registry having spent hundreds of millions of dollars in pushing the bid thus far. In fact, Lawley was to give a presentation on .xxx, minutes after Cerf's statement.
With this, speculation is rife about the reasons for the U-turn.
Rumour has it that Viviane Reding, EU commissioner, called Paul Twomey, head of ICANN, and threatened to withdraw all EU representatives unless the issue was pulled-off from the agenda. However Twomey denied that he had received any such communication from her. Interestingly, the EU has been mostly supportive of .xxx, with only Brazil and the US administration opposing the controversial domain.
The other possibility largely remains, that the Bush administration has finally given-in to the Christian right's hard-fought campaign. And while it is the US administration which holds the reigns in these matters, it is at the same time trying to make things look as though other governments are equally concerned about .xxx.
Whatever the impetus, the issue of .xxx has managed to set the cat among the pigeons... and it is certainly not the first time that .xxx plans have been quashed.
Approval for .xxx has been denied on many occasions previously. First, when Pope John Paul II died; then, after the intervention of the GAC of ICANN; and finally following pressure from the American Government, which had been hounded by the American Family Association - an organization with close links to the Bush administration.
The reason cited for rubbishing the porn-site project this time around, is that the GAC needed time to review ICANN's 350-page report on .xxx's feasibility before it could approve the same.
The concept behind the .xxx domain, is to provide an area of the internet specifically and exclusively for pornography, that will be self-regulated. Only pornographers will be allowed to apply for an .xxx domain; they will pay a premium and will be expected to sign-up to best practice rules and guidelines. Further, an independent panel of experts will review these guidelines and find workable compromises.
Consumers will benefit as they will know what to expect by visiting .xxx, and will not be ripped-off by unscrupulous owners of other porn sites. The sex industry stands to gain from a greater number of customers who will feel more comfortable handing over credit card details to a regulated domain.
Of course critics are of the view that .xxx will not have any impact on the amount of pornography on the internet; besides approving such a domain would imply approval of the content therein.
However Lawley counters by saying that pornography will exist on the Internet with or without the .xxx domain, and that by providing a specific domain there will be some element of regulation.
Whether Lawley's argument is true or not, it still leaves him - one furious owner of ICM Registry, who has sunk millions into a project that has been consistently obstructed by last-minute, out-of-the-blue delays.
USER COMMENTS
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by jay, delhi, on Oct 18, 2006 05:41 PM, Report abuse Reply
This is very bad, because every body know about the sex before the computer and pornograph. There is no need of this type of activity. i also likes some time to see but i also condem it because it will make man like Dog and other animals.
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by praveen, Hyderabad, on Jul 23, 2006 01:17 AM, Report abuse Reply
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by nithin, hyd, on Dec 04, 2005 03:54 PM, Report abuse Reply
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by kajal, delhi, on Jun 30, 2006 12:18 AM, Report abuse
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by SUMIT, KOLKATA, on Jan 06, 2006 09:56 PM, Report abuse Reply
if you all think about it this could be turned into a way to destroy the descrace that is childporn...its morally wrong and wrong on the child. porn could use an authority to moniter it. .xxx could be a good thing... however, it seems to me like the only reason this is being proposed is due to the premium the pornographers will pay
by anto, dublin, on Dec 19, 2005 01:40 AM, Report abuse Reply
by R.Chandradas, Portblair, on Dec 12, 2005 05:43 PM, Report abuse Reply
Although I am a staunch believer in Freedom of Speech. ...I agree that the .xxx domain name should be permanantly shelved and never allowed to go forward. Giving the .xxx domain legitimacy helps to refinforce and legitimize the pornargraphy industry which, despite whatever your personal position on the subject maybe, pornagraphy is is harmful to Society as a whole. With the goal of creating a better world, both the consumers and the producer could be using their resources and valuable time towards making this planet free of sexual slavery, abuse of children, and the involvement of the criminal element involved in the pornagraphy industry. Consumption of pornagraphy is a mental illness which drives away human interaction and de-sensitizes the human experience to to love and itinmacy. Production of pornagraphy is a protected act of speech that is abused by thousands of pornagraphy producers who prey upon the weak and the the poor and the needy and the unsuspecting to engage in an industry that while is generally legitmate according to our Constitution is a hurtful and desparate industry with no other purpose than using their Consitiutional freedoms for the purposes of exploitation and greed. My personal opinion is that the Internet was not developed as a distribution channel for pornagraphy and further legitimization of it is the same as giving tacit approval to the vast network of individuals who coerce women and other people to engage in porngraphy. That's my 2 cents. K. B Atlanta, GA
by K. B., Atlanta, on Dec 05, 2005 12:20 PM, Report abuse Reply
K.B. that's, um, well, way more than 2 cents worth. That's way, way up there. That's a six figure sum my friend. I'd be intrigued to see how much you would have to type if you were really interested in broadcasting your opinion. That's, ugh, my 10 cents.
by D.H., Alabama, on Dec 05, 2005 12:49 PM, Report abuse
It's kinda like the "giving condoms to kids" debate". To which I would respond: Absitinance breaks more often than condoms do. Using a (.)XXX suffix and forcing porn to use them, would make it so much easier to block the content from children than any other means used so far. It would also make it easier to block/catch users in the work place. You aren't going to stop porn. Prohibition didn't stop drinking nor has drugs laws stopped drug use. They just fill prisons quicker. Maybe we should look at it realistically. No? With all the laws we have: Have we managed to thwart drug use? No Have we managed to stop drunk drivers? No Have we managed to get rid of porn? No Lets force them to use .xxx and punish them if they don't.
by C.S., LC, on Dec 05, 2005 11:40 PM, Report abuse
Hate to let you in on the dirty little secret, but porn is the back bone of the internet. More money is spent on Porn than Movies, cable tv and print media every year (Newweek 10/04) What ever your personal view is, is fine, but do not impress upon the public that we should follow, lock step, with some christian ideaology. Would you admit that most people who attend church are coerced to go? Then why do you think that most people are coerced it to participating in porno? The problem with the logic of the "God fearing" is it only works one way.....yours. How sad.
by John Hall, Vancouver, WA, on Dec 08, 2005 10:02 AM, Report abuse
At least porn sites would be regulated. Porn will be on the Internet with or without .xxx extensions. Sex sells so let them have their own regulated domain.
by Jack Hinshaw, Clearlake Oaks, on Dec 08, 2005 09:30 AM, Report abuse Reply
With the .xxx domains it would be faster and easier to block pornogrpahic material. Since now filters must scan the entire site for certain words and look at the domain names it is impossible to filter porn now. Has noone thought that with the new xxx domains congress could start forcing porn sites to switch? Lets not forget where whitehouse.com really goes people. All in all running junk software like net-nanny and cybersitter, these programs are only good if they get started and stay started, kids now days are much smarter than adults when it comes to the computer, because many adults do not take the time to "LEARN" beyound what they want. I'll be posting some papers on the xxx domain subject within the next week. Anyones welcome to come comment. keo-geek.cjb.net
by jei-crash, keokuk, on Dec 05, 2005 10:18 PM, Report abuse Reply
To those of you who want to censer porn: Are you currently running Cybersitter or Cybernanny on your home PC's? If not, and you want the .xxx domains to be implemented, you are a hypocrite. The net is free of regulation and should remain that way. Police the net in your OWN home, but don't police mine you cyber do-gooders! BTW, I do not look at porn regularly. I just hate it when people try to decide what I can or can't do in a free society.
by Axiomatic, Houston, on Dec 05, 2005 09:33 PM, Report abuse Reply
BTW, I do have my own kids and I do police thier net connections in my house. But the internet, she is free!
by Axiomatic, Houston, on Dec 05, 2005 09:37 PM, Report abuse
who cares what domain it's on? we get it now.......we'll get it then........ quit your crying........it aint goin' nowhere folks.
by Jerry harris, Tampa bay, on Dec 04, 2005 08:42 AM, Report abuse Reply
by Remi, Moncton, NB, CAN, on Dec 05, 2005 08:02 AM, Report abuse
Simple brillance. Porn is porn, if you like it, you watch, read, etc. 'it' and that is why trying to say there is a huge moral issue on this matter is bogus and absurd. While there is the internet, there is an open freedom to display what you like. I am against it only b/c of more regulations. We dont need any more "sensoring," "control," or "restrictions" on a network no 1 person or entitity owns.
by l0ckd0wn, Detroit, on Dec 05, 2005 02:13 PM, Report abuse
ICAN sucks. ANY regulation of porn is better than no regulation.
by G. Broom, Ottawa Canada, on Dec 05, 2005 12:09 PM, Report abuse Reply
I would personally love a XXX domain so that I could stay away from it. The stuff you run into randomly on the web is appalling. That said, the truly appalling thing about this is that a small subset of people is making a decision for the majority not based on anyones best interests, just based on emotional extremism. Normal Christians don't have a problem with this. And, of course, the Bush administration sucking up to the nuts instead of making decisions based on rational values.
by Anonymous, Silver City, on Dec 05, 2005 12:08 PM, Report abuse Reply
Pornography is probably the most degrading thing to ever hit our culture. No wonder Muslims think we are devils from hell and must be exterminated, I may join them yet. The Internet is the greatest educational medium ever, to have it perverted in this way is rather unfortunate. The only suitable punishment would seem to be length of hemp rope and the nearest telephone pole.
by Dr B Gunn, Dunedin, on Dec 05, 2005 11:40 AM, Report abuse Reply
Yup with the bush family behind it you can rest assured its all about controlling the money and not the porn. The reason it hasnt gone through yet is obvious. they dont have all the money coming to them yet. they got to change the bill so we cant see what they are doing and then they will ram it through after some crazy porn crime so we'll all agree that we need to restrict our rights so the porn terrorists can be stopped. problem reaction solution just like the bogus patriot acts. they are concerned about nothing else but the money.
by anomonis, canada, on Dec 05, 2005 11:16 AM, Report abuse Reply
The whole .xxx domain seems like just another government attempt to treat us all like cattle. By taking away our internet freedoms we've all grown up with (and came to enjoy), they can try to bring us one step closer to a government controlled hell. As I see it. If they want to know what I'm looking at... they should just ask me... If I feel like letting them know, that's my problem. If I look at some sleazy skank's chest, that's not morally degrading society. That's just making me feel better... I feel guilty enough when someone finds me during me time, I don't need "big brother" to try rubbing my nose in my business. If those damn liberals in washington got to rule the US, we'd be no better than N. Vietnam. I don't wanna be no commie, I just want to enjoy a little me time... without ANYONE knowing about it. ESPECIALLY the government...
by samj128, earth, on Dec 05, 2005 10:43 AM, Report abuse Reply
But are the existing sites really going away and moving to the new domain? Seems like we'll just have double or triple the amount we have now, many with the same domains they have today.
by Jeff, Des Moines, on Dec 05, 2005 10:27 AM, Report abuse Reply
The .xxx domain will enable filtering progams to work with extreme simplicity. Anyone who is agianst the idea is simply exposing kids to porn for additional months/years!
by Jeff, SLC, on Dec 05, 2005 06:50 AM, Report abuse Reply
Thus why I don't like the idea. Besides, not all porn will migrate to the .xxx domain. For the very reason you just mentioned, I would be surprised if very many porn sites took to it.
by Luke, Houston, on Dec 05, 2005 10:17 AM, Report abuse
a recent release from cable companies showed that 80% of households in the bible belt order tv porn. that's just tv... a lot of hypocrisy here.. same people yelling and screaming in public are going home and doing just the same thing as those supporting such measures.
by eve mesley, toronto, on Dec 05, 2005 08:44 AM, Report abuse Reply
either way porn isnt gonna disappear from .com or any other domain, so quit your bickering...
by mik, mtl, on Dec 05, 2005 08:27 AM, Report abuse Reply
Interesting how the article referts to "Christian Right" and "Bush Ties" as if there is something subversive about trying to curb the sickening increase of porn on the net and everywhere else. I have no problem with porn, per se, but these groups are concerned about the effect on their kids and they should be, anyone who has a daughter should be able to understand this. These groups are a necessary part of our social structure, without them fighting the fight, good values and morals would disappear entirely.
by Jason Upton, Vancouver, on Dec 05, 2005 06:33 AM, Report abuse Reply
typical red neck result i fear for our future when the idiots are in control
by Anonymous, sarina, on Dec 05, 2005 03:39 AM, Report abuse Reply
Pseudo conservative of our relegion and system is the main cause of sexual crime expanding day by day. We must open up from the cocoon of pretending to be Bramhacharya culture of our religion.
by tbsingh, vadodara, on Dec 04, 2005 07:11 PM, Report abuse Reply
LAWLEY AND THE REST OF THE PORNOGRAPHERS SHOULD BE EXTERMINATED FOR DEBASING THE MORALS OF SOCIETY AT LARGE. ESPECIALLY THE TEEN AGERS.
by HARRY SCHWARTZ, NEW YORK, on Dec 03, 2005 11:36 PM, Report abuse Reply
It has been known for years by the psychoanalytical community that people who try vigorously to suppress sexually explicit material are often (read: usually) motivated by unresolved sexual conflicts in their own character. In other words: what are you so hung up about?
by r. c. jansen, anaheim, ca, on Dec 04, 2005 02:31 AM, Report abuse
Don't scream, it makes you seem unintelligible. As your comment, I think 'society at large' has bigger moral dilemma than the widespread availability of pornography. Pornagraphy is part of the entertainment business and shouldn't have to answer to your personal RELIGIOUS views. If you don't like it, don't watch it. It's as simple as that.
by Nick, Columubus, OH, on Dec 04, 2005 04:24 AM, Report abuse
I find it rather amusing that "the word "exterminated" is used in the defense of the morals of society. (Especially with the commentor having the last name of SCHWARTZ) FACT: There are millions of porn sites on the internet. FACT: THESE SITES ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. FACT: These site are accidently discoved by young people all the time. Wouldn't it make sense to have them in a specific root domain so access to them could be managed better. Instead of a knee jerk reaction from some moral soapbox based on what your hypocritical church has duped you into thinking, why not try to figure out a way to keep youngsters off the sites while allowing adults to browse the xxx domain.
by Tim Nicholson, Washington DC, on Dec 04, 2005 05:21 AM, Report abuse
Look just left of your A key. KThanx Bye.
by Chrodyn, Vernor, on Dec 04, 2005 07:52 AM, Report abuse
The XXX domain would be a significant opportunity to move all sexuallly explicit content to a single top level domian and make blocking it an easy task, I agree with the earlier comment. The content is negative and does inspire rape and sexual assaults in a small percentage of society. The problem with the Jesus-wigs is they are often too emotional about issues to pursue an insightful action (case in point above with Mr. Himmeler), which would have been to embrace the domain and preclude the porographic sites from using the other top level domains by law. IPS's could easily turn the domain off for requesting parents.
by Ebert, Chicago, on Dec 04, 2005 08:37 AM, Report abuse
It shouldn't be up to the IPs to shut it off, it should be up to the parents to shut it off their own personal computer. Parents are the ones that need to take the responsibility for what their kids are viewing online. Also I don't think all adult content should be placed in a .xxx domain but rather see if it would be possible to have adult tags made up in markup languages. That way personal profiles and dating sites can have adult content pages that can be identified. That way the browsers or parental control programs can add thesse features for easy management of what can be viewed. Another point is if domain and adult tags were available then the government could impose fines on the owners of pages with adult content without the proper tags or in the proper domain.
by Randy, Fullerton, on Dec 04, 2005 11:20 AM, Report abuse
I offer my apologies for this off-topic comment. Did anyone notice how poor the punctuation is in this article? Techtree, read your comma rules!
by Oliver, NC, USA, on Dec 04, 2005 11:05 AM, Report abuse Reply
Complete self-defeating idiocy from the Right. Were the porn domains concentrated in .xxx, it would be easy for administrators to put a blanket ban on those domains for their users if their users so desired.
by Pete, Perth, Australia., on Dec 04, 2005 07:56 AM, Report abuse Reply
I agree. Concentrate the filth all in the same spot. Then password-proof the site to prevent access to the young people. Makes a lot of sense to me.
by Steven, Florida, on Dec 04, 2005 08:35 AM, Report abuse
Look that would be great if you could get the whole porn industry to agree to move their sites off the .com etc... domains but they would not. I would be in total support of a .xxx if you could get all the governments to agree that if a porn site is found on any other domain than .xxx it's punishable by law.
by Anonymous, Mesa, on Dec 04, 2005 09:20 AM, Report abuse
Any taste or penchant for viewing pornography is usually justified by very personal and individual reasons (nevermind what hang ups its opponents have, cause you will never win that argument). Therefore, pornograhy, its creation, and its enjoyment, should remain PRIVATE or it will not survive in American culture. People do not normally walk around in public looking at magazines containing pornography---that is deemed offensive and it is simply not done. Why should it be ok on a PDA??? And why should there be a government funded domain structure for it to be accessed more easily on a personal device, that could very potentially be used in public to offend an innocent victim? This is not just about politics, there are some very real, concerning societal issues at stake here. Incidentally though, most people I know who bad mouth porn, claim that they are Democrats! These people want to keep pornograhers from being associated with mainstream entertainment, believe me...it is not just the conservative right. Time to put the porn issue solely in the hands of the Far Left where it belongs, and then separate the porn supporters from the real Dems, who are and should be (for the most part) conservative enough to not like porn all that much either. Keep it in your pants, people! (that is, in your LEFT pocket )
by MANalive, NYC, on Dec 04, 2005 06:47 AM, Report abuse Reply
For you to confuse proper social conduct with an internationally funded domain reserved for pron is quite obtuse. Someone can go to a .com site and bring up porn on a PDA, or someone could spank it on the subway. That is i matter of social graces not the fact that porn might get it's own domain. I am not a fan of the porn myself, I find it rather silly. I have an 8 year old boy I just assume never happens on a porn site for ten years. The fact of the matter is that there are millions of porn sites that are already there, why not put them all in one domain that has nothing but porn. This way it can be easily blocked byu concerned parents, and companies. We will not get rid of it, if we ban it from being hosted in the US it will just go overseas. The .xxx root domain can allow us to manage the situation, not flip out in a neo-con manner by blindly screaming sensorship when simple ability to monitor and manage will actully create a safer net for those who should not see porn.
by Tim N, Washington DC, on Dec 04, 2005 08:37 AM, Report abuse
Please give those guys thier own little space to live in on the internet and keep them out of the .com world we all have to live in.
by Jeff, Flower Mound, on Dec 04, 2005 08:27 AM, Report abuse Reply
Porn is good . No harm done . Slavery and explotation no longer exist . blah blah blah
by Sam, Calgary, on Dec 04, 2005 07:53 AM, Report abuse Reply
When will people finally admit that the 'business of sex' is practically inherent to being human. Most of the people supporting this business are typically the quiet, low-keyed men who make up the normal american 'apple-pie' family. It's these families that have the problem confronting this issue and as a result lead lives of denial and allow this business to 'root' deeper into the average household. Please wake-up ...so we don't have to here it on the news or in our churches that another innocent child or young adolescent was taken advantage of. Get it in the open, confront it - and finally control it. I see .XXX as a method of control.
by noah, Alberta, on Dec 04, 2005 06:54 AM, Report abuse Reply
May be they can restrict porn to the .xxx domain...that will help parents and offices to filter out these sites
by Fuzzolio, City, on Dec 03, 2005 11:38 PM, Report abuse Reply
WHY U THEY CUT THE PICTURE I WANT TO SEE THAT SEXY BABE
by Wild, Nagpur, on Dec 03, 2005 11:14 PM, Report abuse Reply
dear techtree ,for whom is this news for?all the tech guys?
by sachin, goa, on Dec 03, 2005 10:50 PM, Report abuse Reply
by the_ game, salt lake city, on Dec 03, 2005 09:01 PM, Report abuse Reply
A seperate domain for porn is the need of the hour. It will differentiate between legit & phony sites who helps spread spam & worms. The .com domain should not be given to porn sites & .xxx should be made mandatory for pornsters. Its true that porn can never die but we can channelise it to help people who don't want their kids or themselves surf these sites. It will be a boon to such people!!
by Tehseen Ali, Bhopal, on Dec 03, 2005 04:32 PM, Report abuse Reply
shit man, .xxx would make my day, he is right in saying, porn will be around with or without .xxx, but really, i domain like that would be insaine :)
by Daniel, Kelowna, on Dec 03, 2005 01:21 PM, Report abuse Reply
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