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Originally Posted by Wizzo
.porn .sex and many others will be happening soon.
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Maybe. ;-)
I recently
looked into the challenge mechanisms available under the roll-out plan for ICANN's new 'open' gTLD structure, and if ICM chose to, they could probably stall the launch of a competing TLD and make it a serious pain in the ass for a competing TLD to get started, if nothing else. Depending on how ICM's challenge was received by ICANN, they could even possibly forestall the launch of a competing porn-related TLD altogether.
IMO, anybody who is contemplating the creation/operation a new porn-related gTLD would be wise to start thinking, right now, of ways to differentiate their proposal from what ICM is doing with .XXX. At the very least, making the newly proposed gTLD a substantially different animal than .XXX would mitigate ICM's ability to challenge the new TLD under the TLD Differentiation clause of the agreement between ICM and ICANN.
The real sticking point for any new porn-specific gTLD, though, is likely to be the four grounds for objection delineated in the gTLD Applicant Guidebook published recently. (See the post I linked to above for more info on that, if you're interested.)