On the internet?
There’s porn on the internet? Who’d have thunk? Some want to make adult sites use a XXX domain name. From MSNBC.COM:
And they say such a domain name would legitimize adult sites, which two out of every five Internet users visit each month, according to tracking by comScore Media Metrix.
If “two out of every five Internet users visit each month”, we’re kind of past the point of legitimacy, don’t ya think? But the most fun from this article comes from the opening paragraph:
Faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, the Internet’s key oversight agency voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to create a red-light district on the Internet.
Conservative groups and some pornography Web sites? That HAS to be an uneasy alliance but it’s a step in the right direction. Otherwise, it’s simply a waste of everyone’s time. Porn is not going away. Opposition to porn is not going away. The porn industry wants these groups off of their back and these groups want porn off the internet (Total pipe dream) or at least off their kids’ computer screens (A little more attainable). Instead of going to court or third parties, they should probably work together.
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I've long believed that the Internet is simply a porn injection system. If someone told me porn was the biggest business on the Internet, I'd believe them.
K-
If that 2 out of 5 is correct, I believe it, too.
Yay for porn :)
I would think the .xxx domain would be the answer to the conservatives' prayers. That way they could at least know where they are and keep the kids out.
I thought the same thing, Marie. I can understand why ICANN didn't want to get into the oversight business.
I would have thought a .xxx domain would be avoided like the plague by any serious porn merchant unless they were forced into using it. Apart from making it easy for parents to stop their children viewing them (and for organisations to stop students, employees and even customers accessing them), it would also be much simpler to block traffic going to or from .xxx sites. Which explains why the idea was a non-starter.