I don't give a fuck about it.

If it becomes compulsary, it will clean out a lot of the chaff online porn has.

If not, why care?

There are far more important things to worry about.

I just had to rush outside and take in all the washing off the line. The sun was shining one minute, now we have a thunder storm. And I have to take the dog for a walk. :(

You guys need to worry about making money. Not about something you have no influence, control or effect over. It's a problem in your heads, go do some real work.

Actually, that $185k is just the application fee for a new gTLD, which ICANN gets to keep no matter what, in whole or in part, depending on how long the applicant in question sticks with the application process.

Withdrawing an application before the process is over yields a refund that gets smaller with each passing step of the process. If an applicant sticks with the process to the end, and is not rewarded the gTLD they applied for, then they get none of that $185k back.

If the application is eventually approved, then the expenses of launching and operating the gTLD kick in, all of which will be on top of the $185k the applicant already spent on the application fee.

As such, there's no need to give quick approval to any new gTLD on the part of ICANN, really, and any proposed new gTLD that is considered "controversial" by the GAC is likely to receive a challenge from them, in addition to any challenges that might come from other stakeholders, operators of existing TLDs, or even members of the general public under the "Limited Public Interest" grounds for objection.

This is all covered in the challenge mechanisms in place for the open gTLD launch process, which are included in the gTLD Applicant Guidebook that ICANN published recently.

None of this means that each and every new gTLD will be challenged, of course, but my strong hunch is that ICM will challenge any proposed porn-specific gTLD that they see as competing with .XXX.

I voted against .xxx

Voted! Fuck .XXX :2 cents:

50 x's

fuck . xxx

:thumbsup Right on

ICM Registry lies about industry support for .XXX.

.XXX is NOT supported by the adult industry as demonstrated by the poll here.

FOR .XXX 5 5.56%
AGAINST .XXX 85 94.44%

Domain speculators registering .XXX are going to get burned badly as there simply isn't any end user interest. They should stick with .com and strong ccTLDs.

If I can register:

se.xxx
sex.xxx
porn.xxx
tube.xxx
teen.xxx
cam.xxx

All for under $10000 each, then I am for it.

.xxx will be a big fail... I will not be buying any .xxx domains you guys can have them all...