Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:38:41 +0530
From: Farooque Shaheen
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday
approved a plan for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses that end
with ".xxx," something numerous groups and U.S. political leaders have
been seeking to try to prevent sexually explicit content from landing on
the screens of young Internet users.
ICANN, the nonprofit organization that oversees technical matters related
to the Internet, said it will begin negotiations with ICM Registry Inc. to
resolve commercial and technical issues associated with operating the .xxx
top-level domain (TLD).
The decision in favor of establishing a virtual red-light district for
providers of pornographic content and their customers represents a U-turn
for ICANN, which rejected ICM's first application for the .xxx TLD in
November 2000. Reasons for the objection are published in a document
available on ICANN's Web site.
A full dig on this matter can be found at..
http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,102170,00.html?source=NLT_AM&nid=102170
Thanks & Regards,
Farooque Shaheen,
Caritor India Pvt Ltd.
Tel. 080-26678388 # 4105
Mobile-9342507449
