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it is time the ICANN help combat the peddling of child pornography and restrict acces to sexually explicit content.

it can accomplish this by assigning a .sex domain, to reside with .com, .net, etc. it should require all sex site operators to immediately register under (dot)sex, set stiff penalties of $5000 or more for those that don't timely comply, and require web hosters to verify their clients are complying.

having a (dot)sex domain would give more power to parents to block everything from that domain, including access to websites, email, etc.

curretly, pornography in print or video is regulated by states or local municipalities. it is not outlawed, but regulated. the same should apply to the internet.

the internet is not an entity on its own, with no rules and governance. it is time something is done, before the federal government places restrictions on the entire internet.

sonic.

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it would be really good if they did that. only if they made all pr0n sites refer to this url so that they can make apps to block the .sex address.

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It is a excellent idea, I have been wishing for this for many of years that the porn industry would be forced into there own domain. The only problem is that we need the whole world behind this just not the states. If this was only in the states these sites would pick up and go overseas where they would not have to worry about the rules.

On a side note, do you know how much money the government could make if they started charging tax on this crap (in print/movies/internet)....

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I'm not necessarily against the idea, however:

>set stiff penalties of $5000 or more for those that don't timely comply

Ignoring the change to pounce on that initial pun... Who exactly is enforcing these penalties? And which government? What of those people/sites within countries where it is neither illegal nor regulated greatly?

Your idea needs a lot of work before you figure a way of pushing everyone to agree to go in a direction like this.

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Another way is to have ISP's install content filtering (would probaly cost a little more each month) to block the stuff and also filter your mail.

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the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is recognized by world governments as the regulator of internet domains. 99% of world countries have regulations on pornography, and most ban child porn. so it would pretty much be unilateral.

it has also settled disputes over domains and domain squatters.

ICANN has powers to enforce certain laws. expanding this to enforce (dot)sex would be no problem, i would think. plus it would cost less.

getting sex site operators to comply would be easy. either comply, or get out.

adding some preassure on web hosters would also get them to comply or cancel their sex site operators.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.

source - http://www.icann.org/general/abouticann.htm

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I've thought that this would be a great idea. If compliance could be enforced, filtering would be much easier. At the very least the .sex sites could be filtered.

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It would also stop when a typo leads to porn..... You would have to explicity add .sex to get to them....

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Recognizing a corporation to handle technical and policy aspects such as domain management and dispute settlement does not allow them the opportunity to enforce what are in effect local laws. ICANN is not an internationally recognized legal regulatory body. Nor should it ever be.

If you read some of the info from your link, you'd see that ICANN is in place to "coordinate the technical management of the Internet's domain name system, the allocation of IP address space, the assignment of protocol parameters, and the management of the root server system." Nothing in there about providing moral and legal boundaries for the Net, nor the enforcement of such.

Again, from ICANN: "As a technical coordinating body, ICANN's mandate is not to "run the Internet." Rather, it is to oversee the management of only those specific technical managerial and policy development tasks that require central coordination: the assignment of the Internet's unique name and number identifiers."

If you want by way of consensus this kind of solution (.sex sites) to be put into place, then fine I'm behind it, but to require legal enforcement by such a body as ICANN, I think you're going to run into some problems along the way.

BTW, what's the point of adding child pornography to the discussion. Are you expecting ICANN to imprison child porn peddlers? I sense the inclusion of a hot button to fire your argument.

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Originally posted by SonicYouthXY

it is time the ICANN help combat the peddling of child pornography and restrict acces to sexually explicit content.

Sound like an excellent idea, although did you think it up or did they? If they did, could you give an URL? If you did, I hope you've suggested it to them by email. :)

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Ok, now I'm not a porn freak - but do you honestly think people of there with nude material on their sites are gonna' convert their domain to .sex I mean they would have to go forking out more money to do just that, and I believe that it's their own business what they do (even if they were threatened $5000 - it's hardly fair).

I understand that it's a good idea to have this domain, but then again there are a lot of sites out there which have banners & popups on a non-porn site.

If, for example people out there were to design a porn site of themselves or other 18+ pictures, then that's there right.

Then again I can't stand all these popups of porn everywhere.

Valid arguments are everywhere when it comes to this.

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I think that it is a good idea but it would be very hard to implement/enforce. There are way to many websites out there that wouldn't do this. Also as was mentioned above the different governments and local laws involved it would just make a mess. Also I think that only the larger "more respectful" sites out there would do this. This could also be viewed as dicrimination. I don't think it is but its amazing what lawyers can come up with.

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In a world where your name is everything, I think it's a bad idea to force people to change their domain names.

Imagine you run a business and someone forces you to move to a diffrent address when all of your customers expect to find you at the original one.

How would you like it if you were forced to change your domain name? How would you like it if all of a sudden Neowin was Neowin.eu?

How would you like it when you try to go to Neowin only to find nothing ?

Just some thoughts.

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pm5k they would probably have it be a redirect for a while.

i dont think it would ever work because there would be no way to enforce it. They should still make the .sex name. im sure alot of porn sites would use it. the only site they should force change is whitehouse.com which screws up alot of people

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Originally posted by Silvorgold

i think it should be .sex so that lots of the domains (.com,.net, .whateverelsethereis) would free up :s

Yeah it would be nice for ****mehard.com to finally be freed up, I've wanted to use it for me crochet business.

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Originally posted by PM5K

Yeah it would be nice for ****mehard.com to finally be freed up, I've wanted to use it for me crochet business.

LMAO! now thats wha i call funny :D

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it would be advantageous for sex site operators.

having a (dot)sex domain would make it easier for adults to find them, and easier for parents and public schools and libraries to block them. porn sites operators aren't out there to peddle to minors.

having to switch to (dot)sex wouldn't be a big burden either. that can be done overnight. and it's easier to market using (dot)sex: jennajameson.sex, jasmine-stclaire.sex, screamin-o.sex, the list is endless. (of course, you still couldn't have microsoft.sex, or intel.sex)

as for ICANN having enforcement power, that is true. they just set the rules but can't enforce them. but it's ironic that this (dot)sex idea is not new, and has been around... and yet they would approve (dot)biz and (dot)aero. WTF!!!

there should be a body in charge, with powers to enforce and set fines... yes, in the U.S., as the Internet was created by a U.S. government agcney, and most traffic travels through U.S. hubs, and there are more webhosts and ISPs in the U.S.

ICANN is a good place to start by creating the (dot)sex top-level domain.

BTW: i alluded to the prevention of trading of child porn because of it's timeliness. in particualr the candyman bust by the FBI. correct me if i am wrong, but this trading took place thru a yahoo board or soemthing like that?

in this case, a (dot)sex domain would not help. having (dot)sex domain does not legitimize child pornography.

we should hold sites, like yahoo, liable. it's obvious they have not acted responsibly. they did not monitor their servers. for any site operator to say they cannot simply filter their site's content is BS. if internet operators are not going to regulate themselves on their own, then government will step in, and be even more restrictive.

Sonic

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