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Originally Posted by Quentin
True enough, most likely.... but you've just described something that wouldn't compete with .XXX, because it wouldn't be for porn, so I'm not sure why ICM would object to it in the first place.
As to whether anything could be done about it if porn site operators registered domains on such a TLD, if a .SEX TLD came into existence and avoided the issue of a challenge from ICM by stating an intent to serve sex researchers, condom companies and the like, I'm fairly certain that ICANN would require the agreement with the TLD registry/operator to include set of bylaws that registrants of .SEX domains would have to adhere to, and that running porn sites on that TLD would violate those bylaws. )
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Makes sense.
But it also makes my point...I think. lol
First off, ICM is going to play hell "objecting" to anything that makes money for the God's of TLD's.
Second...Every extension has a "purpose" and yet every extension has porn sites on them. It would appear to me that trying to stop people from registering domain names with any extension they want would be self-defeating to the powers that be.
If the scenario you posted were true I couldn't have a .net (network providers) and damn sure couldn't own the .org (non profit)
I guess none of us know, but my gut feeling is that "no" they aren't going to be able to "stop" anybody from opening up .porn and .sex and .xx or any other tld.
When they made their "deal" and paid out there ass and THOUGHT they were going to ass fuck our industry for their own pocketbook...everything was set up completely different. There were only a handful of TLD's (excluding country extensions) and new ones were RARELY allowed.
And then last week...that completely changed. LOL!
Now any group can put together some capital and put forth a proposal for a new extension.
I don't think that .XXX is going to have any power at all to tell anyone what they can and can't do, though they surely do want that power.