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IS A VOLUNTARY .XXX TLD NEEDED?
- As one of the largest and fastest growing sectors of the Internet, the online adult-entertainment industry will benefit greatly from responsible self-regulation.
- According to Reuters, online adult-oriented ecommerce is worth more than $3 billion USD globally and is growing at a double-digit rate. The number of adult websites has grown 18 fold over the last 6 years.
- More than 10% of all online traffic and 25% of all global Internet searching is adult-content oriented with more than 100,000 adult webmasters worldwide and well over one million adult domains.
- There is continued demand from child and family safety groups to ensure the Internet is safe.
- Internet users are desirous of a system that provides the highest-possible levels of privacy and security.
They certainly seem really solid and legitimate reasons for me!
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http://icmregistry.com/html/for_main_factsheet.html) it get's better - including.. WHERE IS THE SUPPORT FOR A .XXX TLD? saying ... "Free speech, privacy and security advocates"
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