ICANN VOTES AGAINST DOT-XXX DOMAIN

Since we have talked about this in class and online before i thought it was interesting enough to talk about. I thought the idea of changing it so all porno sites had to have the same domain name was a great idea. It is understandable why the porno sites wouldn't want this though. If all the domain for porno were .xxx then it would be so much easier to monitor what is put on these sites and to block these sites from children's computers. Right now children are able to access some of these sites because they can't all be blocked because they are using so many different .com .org. xx type endings. It is not a secret either that child porn somehow makes it s way onto the Internet so this would also be a fantastic way of making sure these illegal child porn does not end up splashed all over some guy/girls computer screen. This will also help when somebody is trying to reach a site and they type in the wrong name and a porno site pops up. This way you would have to type in .xxx if you wanted to see the sites. I agree with the Religious groups who are concerned that it would help the .xxx agencies expand, but there are so many porno sites all over the Internet that expanding it on an .xxx would be okay because once again it would be so much easier to regulate and block those sites. in another article i read it was talking to some porno sites and they said their biggest problem would be that people would start going to any xxx site instead of a specific one because they would be easier to find and would take away business from their own sites. Now honestly this is a great business point they can make because how many different way can you have the same site. People will type in anything instead of a specific site. Another problem would be the space. There are sites named girlongirl.com or girlongirl.org or girlongirl.xx different sites with the same name but different endings but on the .xxx this won't be able to happen and some businesses will have to think of different names. I also believe it will reduce privacy even more because of the .xxx would make it obvious and easy to monitor.