06-18-2005, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by abyss_al
yeah.... it will go through.. like prohibition did right?
not sure if you know this.. but this was attempted years ago... and ICANN tured it down..
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Please see my earlier post for full details. Here is a bit of back story.
This is not just a theoretical concern. Back in 2000, before Lawley got involved as president, ICM Registry applied to run the .xxx domain. But ICANN shot down the proposal.
It didn't take Congress long to get involved. At a hearing in February 2001, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., demanded to know why ICANN didn't approve .xxx "as a means of protecting our kids from the awful, awful filth which is sometimes widespread on the Internet." Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., griped to a federal commission that .xxx was necessary to force adult Webmasters to "abide by the same standard as the proprietor of an X-rated movie theater." |
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