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06-12-2011, 09:09 AM #26Web Host Reviewer
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06-12-2011, 12:55 PM #27Web Hosting Master Disaster
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All jokes aside, yes, I do believe (seriously) that the launch of this xxx will be the death of porn sites on .com. I don't see how it could not eventually lead to that happening.
If the US passes a law mandating this, it will happen. You can sue as much as you want. No one in DC will fight for some porn site being allowed on .com. Think about that for a second. Really... you can argue free speech and all that jazz... but people are tired of having their kids allowed to visit porn sites.
Will they have to nail down the art vs. porn? Yes... that is a given. Eventually, when domainers start losing domains to the DOJ, they will conform. We all want to protect our kids against this crap. And hell, you know (or have the ability to know) that I own some porn site domain names.
We (domainers) might not like the change... but will it be good for the "global community"? That is the question we must ask ourselves and what many countries will eventually ask (IMO). That is how laws are made. Not that laws are always right...
The point is, xxx is easy to filter. I believe this won't replace other TLDs, though it may see some popularity as another place to get adult content. Early on, ".com" was supposed to be commercial only, ".net" for network providers and ".org" for non-profits only. That shifted once it was realized names were finite, and/or people ignored the restrictions enough that it became logistically impossible to "police" it.
Eventually the governments are going to look at domains and come up with ways to regulate them. Right now you have a mess... hackers are leading the way toward this reform...
Many don't know it, but we are living history that will impact the net forever. I am having so much fun reading and watching all of this unfold.
While they may consider such a restriction on xxx vs other mainstream tlds, I seriously doubt they will force compliance of one TLD only for adult (and if you consider they're getting sales for all TLDs, it's in their best interest not to do this).
The thought of having to find, contact, argue, disable, then fight the inevitable lawsuits from every adult site/domain currently out there just staggers the imagination.
I often tell people to read the history of radio to understand what can happen to the internet. Heck, look at how ATT is coming back together... how to you get your internet? All of this stuff is connected. Regulation is not out of the question...
I don't think you are many others are looking at this issue in the correct way. ICANN won't have a say in what will happen. Hell, they will be happen with raising rates and making new domains somehow. ICANN does not care about domainers... of course, that is my opinion.
My bottom line:
Domains need to put themselves in positions to ensure they are not caught off guard. I don't think this will be something they can battle. Dpn't think they should give up.. but just ensure they have a "way out" in case things go bad and they have to go .xxx.
Am I promoting .xxx? I think it will be overpriced BS. Every new URL release stiffs domainers more and more... Domainers will need to decide what is good for them... may other extentions? I can't say since I've not decided what I'm going to do.
Yea, Bear, you actually caught me thinking seriously about something. And I might not be right... I could be wrong....Last edited by hekwu; 06-12-2011 at 01:05 PM.
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06-12-2011, 03:09 PM #28Web Hosting Master
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The government cannot/will not force websites to switch to a monopolistic privately-owned for-profit registry.
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06-13-2011, 01:33 PM #29Web Hosting Evangelist
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I agree 100%. The "free speech and all that jazz" argument holds no water.
If you have underage children browsing the Internet, why aren't they supervised by an adult? And not just because of so-called 'porn' sites. There are far worse sites out there. Do you want your young child to stumble on an animal torture site? How about a legitimate research site that studies vehicle accidents, complete with crash site pictures showing dismembered humans, blood, and gore?
If the argument is that "it's for the children" then a rude awakening is probable because adult content isn't the only content that could cause some sort of harm to a child.
If the argument is that "it's easier to filter" then I submit that that's a cop-out. Even if "adult" sites migrate to .xxx, what about the various blog hosting sites? There are plenty of adult pictures on those sites, so you still have a filtering problem.
Regardless, Techno's right: No sites will be forced to move.
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06-13-2011, 06:23 PM #30Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Government cannot? Just like the government cannot take a domain. Wait. Remember that argument?
I think you underestimate the power of government... and I'm sure you can come up with an instant were the government has forced someone to use mono private for profit company before. Instances all around us... Government regulates all kinds of products/services.Windows 10 to Linux and Mac OSX: I'm PARSECs better than you. Eat my dust!!!
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06-13-2011, 06:26 PM #31Web Hosting Master Disaster
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06-13-2011, 11:50 PM #32Web Hosting Evangelist
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I'm not talking about child porn. Odd that you would take it there....
I'm talking about people posting pictures of themselves, pictures of the ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend after a bad breakup, compromising pictures of the neighbors in their back yard, whatever. Having a .xxx TLD does nothing to prevent adult content in the other TLDs. Blogs represent but one example of the myriad realms where adult content is posted regularly, thus presenting a filtering issue.
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06-14-2011, 12:43 AM #33renegade
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The problem is more an economic one that a political one. By forcing all the adult sites over to one registry they are taking a huge market from all the other tld's, and that's not competitive, it would give a huge advantage to .xxx over any other tld. Hence the monopoly comment -
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06-14-2011, 02:41 AM #34Web Hosting Evangelist
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The Sherman [Antitrust] Act, passed in 1890, makes monopolies illegal in the United States. So while government can be powerful, it swings both ways.... (The EU's competition law is relevant, too.)
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06-19-2011, 02:01 AM #35Web Hosting Master Disaster
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06-19-2011, 02:07 AM #36Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Thanks for clarification. My point was and still is that it does not matter. The government has allowed plenty of legal monopolies.
Monopoly or keeping the kids safe? (That would be the argument.)
I don't see a monopoly issue anyway... the sites will still have their .com sites and pay $$ for that url. The argument would fall flat, IMO.Windows 10 to Linux and Mac OSX: I'm PARSECs better than you. Eat my dust!!!
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06-19-2011, 02:25 AM #37Web Hosting Master Disaster
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I would take it there... but of course you missed the point. How did I know that would happen? But child porn is easy since it has a lot of case law already... and it is easy to understand for most people -- no grey area with most people... child porn is illegal. Easy place to start an argument... until people pretend like they don't understand. lol
To spell it out so you can understand...
The point was that once something is illegal, it is illegal. Just because you don't want it to be illegal, means very little. If those sites would fail to comply, the gov't would simply take them over. Three years ago, five people would argue that the gov't can't take over a domain and their would be blood in the streets if that happened. Trust me... been in that argument. Now look were we are.
Anyway, it would take more of an effort from nations so people simply can't move to another tld and rock on... but they could build on top of international criminal law, treaties, or whatever. You start hitting on transnational crime at that point...
I'm talking about people posting pictures of themselves, pictures of the ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend after a bad breakup, compromising pictures of the neighbors in their back yard, whatever. Having a .xxx TLD does nothing to prevent adult content in the other TLDs. Blogs represent but one example of the myriad realms where adult content is posted regularly, thus presenting a filtering issue.
How do we pay the salaries of these "new" cops? Did someone say fine? lol
Mr. Porn King, I've seen your bleak future.
Think I'll go play some poker on a .com hosted in the USA. Oh, wait...Windows 10 to Linux and Mac OSX: I'm PARSECs better than you. Eat my dust!!!
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07-28-2011, 03:04 PM #38Newbie
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When can we buy any domain? n where to check the names of available domains?
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07-28-2011, 03:58 PM #39Newbie
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you cannot register .XXX yet. And if you are not in the adult biz or have trademarks you will need to wait till the landrush. Landrush willbe dec 6th if all does not get delayed. The EU is not to happy bout this extension is joining forces with the US to get this dropped. Doubt they will be able todo it but delay's may be in order.
dot shop... This is a generic term and cannot apply for the new gTLD application yet. First round is only for brands (sony, canon, apple, ibm) and geo locations (paris , hamburg, nyc etc),
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