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| On Friday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it had entered an agreement with ICM Registry that allows the company to run .XXX as a top-level domain. "We believe consumers will be more prepared to make purchases on .XXX sites, safe in the knowledge their payments will be secure. Tens of thousands of adult entertainment website owners recognize the business benefits of .XXX and have already applied to pre-reserve over 200,000 .XXX domains.” ".XXX is designated as a sponsored top-level domain, so it will only be available to the adult-entertainment industry, and all applications must be approved by the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR)." The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) – a group representing the adult entertainment industry – has long opposed the .XXX domain. Adult entertainment industry representatives protested the domain on Thursday outside the San Francisco hotel where ICANN was set to vote on .XXX at its Silicon Valley meeting. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/19/icann_approves_xxx/ |