[gondramB]

"Businesses should demand it too. Want to stop people from viewing porn at work? Block the .xxx addresses. It could be a boon for parents, as well. Just block all the .xxx sites."

The existing .com sex domains have a value of tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars. Would the government just seize those assets witout compensation? Or would we like to pay them the billions for taking their property? There is no good way to do this.

[IslandJeff]

Who was supporting the "xxx" domain registry? Certainly, it's easier to block at the browser level...

There is certainly some way to put the nudie mags "behind the counter"?

[Publius6961]

The existing .com sex domains have a value of tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars. Would the government just seize those assets witout compensation? Or would we like to pay them the billions for taking their property? There is no good way to do this.

That argument makes no sense. .com sex domain have that value only if someone else can use them for the identical purpose the are used for now.
What makes their transfer to the .XXX domain any less valuable? Are you suggesting that the accidental access to these sites has intrinsic value?
I don't understand why any "compensation" is necessary. It's exactly like giving the tenants of a porn shop an identical facility elsewhere. Being a net presence, the there is no "physical" location!

[LibertarianInExile]

"The existing .com sex domains have a value of tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars. Would the government just seize those assets witout compensation? Or would we like to pay them the billions for taking their property? There is no good way to do this."

Actually, there is a very good way to do this.

Give them the .xxx site in exchange for the .com site.

Close the .com site (allow only redirects from that site) for 5 years. Then reauction it.

Would that be a fair solution?

I still don't understand what the opposition to this was. The sites are there, and will continue to be. This would have made them easy to block, but the $#!%$@# bluenose politicos couldn't allow it because it'd have been admitting there is such a thing as sex on the internet, I guess.

[dread78645]

Would the government just seize those assets witout compensation? Or would we like to pay them the billions for taking their property? There is no good way to do this.

I don't remember anything in the proposal requiring .com porn sites to re-register as .xxx site.

... " with Communications Minister Helen Coonan saying she had "serious concerns" that the domain would legitimise illegal material.

ICANN's governmental advisory committee today put the nail in the coffin of .xxx, saying "several (governments) are emphatically opposed from a public policy perspective to the introduction of .xxx".

Porn is illegal?
Same ol', same ol'. This is just politicians posturing for the crowd.

Anyhow, add a C NAME record in the top level name servers, the the whole thing becomes moot.
Ethical sites shouldn't have any problem with a .xxx TLD. After all, they're not real shy about what they do ...

[American_Centurion]

They don't have to seize them, just require the existing .com to redirect all traffic to their .xxx domain. They could still retain their .com name and advertise as such if they wish.

I think a .xxx domain would be excellent, and the rights of the business owners would still be preserved.

[Kozak]

The existing .com sex domains have a value of tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars. Would the government just seize those assets witout compensation? Or would we like to pay them the billions for taking their property?

Oh please. They could just give those with existing .com websites the first crack at the same name with .xxx as the domain. They could also automatically redirect you from the old url to the new one for a period of say one year.

This would have been the ideal solution to balancing the freedom to have sexual material on the net, while still making it possible to give those who have legitimate need to control access ( like parents, schools and business's ) a way to do it.