Stage is Set For ".XXX" Internet Addresses

[TheLegacy]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in "xxx."

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said it would begin negotiations with ICM Registry Inc., run by British businessman Stuart Lawley, to iron out technical issues and prices for the new Web addresses.

Adult-oriented sites, a $12 billion industry, probably could begin buying "xxx" addresses as early as fall or winter depending on ICM's plans, ICANN spokesman Kieran Baker said.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

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Mixed feelings on this one. $60 per domain name. Only way for me to do that is if they made it mandatory. Talks of mandatory conversion of adult site to .xxx is being talked about.