ICANN [Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers] has finally given its nod for the .xxx suffix to be used by the adult Entertainment Industry. The Idea that was proposed in 2005, has finally received the green signal after a series of denials.
Most of the adult entertainment Industry earlier denied the move alleging that a separate suffix would lead to regulation and marginalization of the domains. However the Florida based company “ICM Registry” that supported and proposed the move said that it has a vision of a red-light space in the Internet world that would be clean, free of spam, viruses and credit-card thieves. And that all the content would be branded adult content, and the entire Adult space can be easily blocked by the people who are offended by the pornography. Meanwhile Chairman of ICM, Stuart Lawley said that “It is good for everyone” and that “It is a win for the customer of Adult Content. They will know that the dot-xxx sites will operate by certain standards.” Mr. Lawley also further added that more than 100,000 domains have already been registered and that once the domain is available for business, more than 500,000 will register within a year. Religious groups across the globe condemned the move alleging that it will make pornography even more prevalent online and that youth can now more easily access it.
Adult Entertainment is one of biggest online sector, which is worth Billions of dollars. Analysts though claim that the move may not actually clean up the space from the Porn content, as the existing domains may not actually prefer to move to the new domains. But, with the new extension now becoming available they will surely have an option and future regulations from the government might just force the industry to adopt this. Will the content clean up the web space or further clutter it, depends upon the direction in which its implemented, for now the issue very much open for debate and your views.
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