Earlier this week, the porn industry waited as the vote for the approval or denial of the much discussed .xxx domain loomed overhead. The plan has been torn apart several times by opposition, including both religious groups and porn moguls, and the final vote was a 9-5 decision against the creation of a domain specifically for internet nakedness.

While this is the third time that this domain has been rejected, ICM Registry’s president and chief executive Stuart Lawley claims that his company is “extremely disappointed by the board’s action today,” and went on to say that the decision “is not supportable for any of the reasons articulated by the board, ignores the rules ICANN itself adopted for the RFP (request for proposal), and makes a mockery of ICANN bylaws’ prohibition of unjustifiable discriminatory treatment.”

Either way, creating a domain centered around kids instead of a domain that is designed for pornography seems like the best plan, and the argument over the proper way to protect children from the internet may go on for quite a while. The choice is as simple as this: make a red-light district for adults to visit (which is rather hard to control since there will probably still be .com porn sites) or create a place for kids to enjoy within one domain, allowing for a much more streamlined method of blocking and protection.

I’m just happy that this got pushed back down, since this whole plan is a poor way of dealing with underage porn viewers.
(Time to dance)

1. L.T. says:
   March 30th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

   Cameron you naughty naughty boy!

2. plyr3005 says:
   March 31st, 2007 at 5:00 pm

   WHAT! how could Japan not have the most porn! I call shenanigans, I tell you!

3. bratmonkey says:
   April 3rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm

   you know porn deserves its own domain extension. .xxx seems reasonable, even though i always thought instead of .com it should be .cum