Comments on: Internet Contracts New TLD With XXX Domains http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/internet-contracts-new-tld-with-xxx-domains/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 04:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/internet-contracts-new-tld-with-xxx-domains/#comment-3715 admin Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:09:26 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=3120#comment-3715 <body> My only serious issue (I know it's often hard to tell what I'm being serious about - that's sort of the whole idea behind the site, right?) is that restricting a TLD to a specific type of content goes against one of the most fundamental principles of what makes the web the amazing thing that it is, i.e.: open architecture. Other examples of what I consider bad ideas would include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.mobi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">.mobi</a>, which is oriented toward being device-dependent (imagine if they added a .mac or .win7 just for those OS's) or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pro" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">.pro</a>, which has application requirements based on "legitimacy as a professional". Adding a .xxx domain is simply unnecessary; it doesn't "protect" anyone, because the same content will still be available on the rest of the web, and it discriminates against particular types of content without having a clear definition of what that content is. And by that I mean the "what is adult" question. I mean, what if you knew fully well that your business as a professional photographer of erotic work would benefit from a .xxx domain, and they wouldn't give you one because it wasn't "erotic" enough? I mean, where will this line be? One nipple? Two? Pubes? I jest to make a point. The new TLD does nothing to benefit the web as a collective entity, and by being selective in the awarding of domains, it actually does minor damage.
My only serious issue (I know it’s often hard to tell what I’m being serious about – that’s sort of the whole idea behind the site, right?) is that restricting a TLD to a specific type of content goes against one of the most fundamental principles of what makes the web the amazing thing that it is, i.e.: open architecture. Other examples of what I consider bad ideas would include .mobi, which is oriented toward being device-dependent (imagine if they added a .mac or .win7 just for those OS’s) or .pro, which has application requirements based on "legitimacy as a professional". Adding a .xxx domain is simply unnecessary; it doesn’t "protect" anyone, because the same content will still be available on the rest of the web, and it discriminates against particular types of content without having a clear definition of what that content is. And by that I mean the "what is adult" question. I mean, what if you knew fully well that your business as a professional photographer of erotic work would benefit from a .xxx domain, and they wouldn’t give you one because it wasn’t "erotic" enough? I mean, where will this line be? One nipple? Two? Pubes? I jest to make a point. The new TLD does nothing to benefit the web as a collective entity, and by being selective in the awarding of domains, it actually does minor damage.

]]> By: Terry Osterhout http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/internet-contracts-new-tld-with-xxx-domains/#comment-3714 Terry Osterhout Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:34:30 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=3120#comment-3714 This has been debated and argued for a long time (mostly by the adult industry claiming that it would be a freedom of speech issue if they were forced to have a xxx stigma...) I don't have an issue with it, as someone who produces somewhat erotic/sensual content but I would be resistant and angry if someone tried to force me to have an xxx label when my work is far from graphic or pornographic by the standards. I have spent the last couple of weeks contacting porn sites all over the place asking them to remove my images that they took from the Egotastic story on Liz, and most did when I requested it. The internet is the Old West all over again, but in cyberspace... This has been debated and argued for a long time (mostly by the adult industry claiming that it would be a freedom of speech issue if they were forced to have a xxx stigma…)

I don’t have an issue with it, as someone who produces somewhat erotic/sensual content but I would be resistant and angry if someone tried to force me to have an xxx label when my work is far from graphic or pornographic by the standards.

I have spent the last couple of weeks contacting porn sites all over the place asking them to remove my images that they took from the Egotastic story on Liz, and most did when I requested it.

The internet is the Old West all over again, but in cyberspace…

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