Press Release: FRC Voices Opposition to '.xxx' Domain Name

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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For IP… FRC is the Family Research Council, a “traditional values”  
advocacy group.







FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2005 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Bethanie  
Swendsen 202-393-2100

FRC Voices Opposition to '.xxx' Domain Name
June 3, 2005

"Pornographers will go to the '.xxx' domain, but they won't leave the  
'.com' domain," says FRC's senior legal counsel Patrick Trueman

Washington DC, - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and  
Numbers (ICANN) recently announced a plan to create a ".xxx" domain  
address to house pornographic websites. Patrick Trueman, FRC's senior  
legal counsel and former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's  
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, released the following  
statement expressing strong opposition to ICANN's plan:

"The new domain would do more harm than good. The '.com' domain has  
been a cash cow for the porn industry and pornographers will not give  
it up and remove themselves to the '.xxx' domain. Instead, they will  
populate the '.xxx' domain and perhaps double the number of porn  
sites available on the Web.

"The '.xxx' domain also cloaks the porn industry with legitimacy. The  
industry will have a place at the table in developing and maintaining  
their new property.

"Creating a virtual red light district may also discourage law  
enforcement from bringing obscenity cases on the notion that the  
problem is solved."

Patrick Trueman is the author of a newly released FRC pamphlet -  
"Dealing with Pornography: A Practical Guide For Protecting Your  
Family and Your Community." The pamphlet explains actions that the  
average citizen can take to fight porn in stores, on the internet,  
and on television. A download of the pamphlet can be found at http:// 
www.frc.org/get.cfm? i=BC05C01

Contact FRC's press office at 202-393- 2100 to schedule an interview  
with Patrick Trueman.

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