XXX Demands again turned down :-|
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ICANN, the international body that regulates domain addresses on the Internet recently turned down the porn industry’s demand for a separate domain (.XXX) for adult websites. This is the third time that the Internet body has disappointed the industry. In 2000 made first such request but it was thrown out of the window as at the time the online porn industry was nascent and did not have enough support. However, today the online porn business has spawned into one of the largest and most profitable business on the Internet. ICANN fears that an exclusive domain for porn sites would create an online red-light district, which may not be good for Internet as a whole. However, many security experts believe that assigning a different domain to such sites will aid better filtering techniques and protect kids against online porno. The porn industry has now vowed to take ICANN to court over the refusal. Oopsie…