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dot "ex-ex-ex" domain boondoggle, err, proposal, back again
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:26:42 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com> Date: January 6, 2007 7:25:19 PM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, ip () v2 listbox com Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: dot "ex-ex-ex" domain boondoggle, err, proposal, back again [For IP]http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_PORNOGRAPHY? SITE=KFWB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Plan Would Create '.xxx' Web Porn Domain NEW YORK (AP) -- The Internet's key oversight agency has revived a proposal it earlier rejected to create an online red-light district, after adding stronger provisions to prohibit child pornography and require labeling of Web sites with sexually explicit materials. ... http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-05jan07.htm A revised proposed agreement with ICM providing for designation of a .XXX sTLD registry is published for public comment. The public comment period will be open until 5 February 2007. Here we go again ... brace yourself for another round of knee-jerk punditry about Sex And The Internet. I wish more writers would point out, as I've written before, that dot-ex-ex-ex does not, in fact, actually *DO* anything notable in terms of ratings. It's utterly trivial, a standard one-item labeling system (I call them "Scarlet Letters"). These types of systems have been around for years, at no cost (yet), with built-in browser support, not tied to any TLD. What ex-ex-ex *will* do, however, is produce an ongoing stream of monopoly rents for the company proposing it (ICM Registry), as speculators, cybersquatters, and site-owners wanting to protect their domain name brand recognition from the first two groups, all rush to pay through the [censored] for a TLD which basically nobody wants except those who stand to profit from it (obscenely!). Note, instead of making an argument from a free-speech point of view, I'm making an argument from a business point of view. As a product, ex-ex-ex mainly has no value except to enrich the sellers. -- Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer http://sethf.com Infothought blog - http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/ Interview: http://sethf.com/essays/major/greplaw-interview.php ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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