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Old 03-18-2004, 08:35 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally posted by balderdash111
Actually, as someone who was physically in the room when the ICANN board passed on .xxx (as well as .sex), it wasn't that they didn't want to promote pornography, it was that they were concerned about the free speech and other issues that such a TLD would create - specifically, who decides what has to be in .xxx? (after all, the system is useless as a protection against unwanted porn if porn is not prohibitted in the other TLDs). They just didn't feel equipped to deal with the issues, so they passed.
Interesting analysis, thanks.
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