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.xxx, your domain of pleasure

Coming this autumn

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2nd of June 2005, 16:30 GMT

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After we've got accustomed to finding at .tv addresses televisions' sites and at .biz addresses, business sites, now things will be much more organized on the Internet.

The XXX suffix will be used not only for movies and images, but also for websites. It's not clear yet just how much the pornography industry desired this type of addresses, but it's quite sure that ICM Registry will make a lot of money out of this business.

And the same can
be said about all the companies that have anything to do with the business of registering domains, which can rejoice at the thought that a new cash flow is coming their way. Just imagine that from now on, a new company that will decide to purchase itself a new domain will have to buy not only the .com domain, but also the .xxx one, in order not to have any unpleasant surprises.

Or maybe it will be established that you must first prove to be a supplier of pornographic materials in order to have the right of registering a domain in .xxx.

And if the people in this industry think it's a good idea, they might be wrong. Once the new domains are introduced, access to certain websites will be even easier to restrict.

On the other hand, you wouldn't want to be the ones setting the rules for the use of these domains. You can imagine that even the slightest mistake could lead to some crazy things, as for example www.amazon.xxx or something of the kind.

And even if the idea of making porn sites recognizable just by taking a look at their address seems a pretty good one, is very possible that depending on countries and valid legislations, some websites involved in sexual education or other related subjects will also be obliged to register as .xxx domains, the access to them being thus restricted.

Anyhow, starting from the moment the .xxx addresses will be available, we will be heading to some very interesting times.
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