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Originally Posted by kane
There is no guarantee that .xxx will get approved and if it does I can't see any way a law could be passed that would survive court challenges and make .xxx mandatory. It wasn't too long ago that the supreme court ruled that forcing sites to have age verification was illegal because existing filtering software did the same job and did it less evasively. Filtering has only gotten better so I can't imagine the supreme court would suddenly think it is okay to create an online ghetto and force all domains to the .xxx.
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There's no predicting what they would do. The only thing for sure is they can't do a very good job of censoring free speech and expression without .XXX
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Originally Posted by kane
This doesn't even begin to mention the cluster fuck forcing all sites to a .xxx would cause. would it be the .com owner, the .net or someone else who gets the .xxx version of the name? I would imagine there would be plenty of court cases. It would be a mess.
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Like every other new TLD/sTLD it looks like there is a period for trademark holders before the landrush. If the com/net owner doesn't have a registered trademark despite running a successful site for a decade and a half on a .COM, they are SOL.
If your .COM has name recognition and type-in potential you can rest assured on a backroom bro owning it.
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Originally Posted by kane
My prediction is that .xxx will eventually one day be approved and it will just be another novelty extension like .info or .mobi
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Apples and oranges.