Schools Buy .xxx Domains In Trademark Panic
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bs0d3 writes "Schools nationwide, including The University of Missouri and Washington University, are snapping up .xxx domain names to avoid people making porn sites with their names in the url. The new .xxx domain will be launched later this year, and before that, everyone with a trademark will have the opportunity to reserve names during what's called a "sunrise period". Someone is promoting the possible horrors of what could happen as a way to sell these domains, which cost up to $200 dollars per domain per year. Even though these schools may already be protected from defamation and trademark infringement, they still feel compelled to buy these names."
The Domain Name System is working out really well (Score:2, Funny)
Keep it up ICANN! You are doing a fine job! You jerks should be killed.
don't worry (Score:5, Funny)
Slash dot.xxx is still available for all your nerdish needs.
I can't wait (Score:5, Funny)
To see all the domain names Penn State is going to have to buy.
Monopoly (Score:3, Funny)
Best business idea ever. Anyone who doesn't want their name associated with porn is forced to buy a domain name.
cocks.xxx (Score:5, Funny)
I hope my school buys up some names. We would have a legitimate concern for cocks.xxx
Go Gamecocks!
www.anonymous_coward.xxx (Score:2, Funny)
Well, if they're going to use my name they had better have some top flight content. (I'll pay extra for girl-on-girl if they're wearing Debian thongs...)
Re:there should be legislation (Score:5, Funny)
Subsidising .xxx domain names to protect Americans from the foreign porn invasion terrorists. I'd love to see the President announce this with a straight face.
Re:Slashdot.xxx (Score:5, Funny)
When do we get the sexy version of Slashdot?
Why do you think Taco left?
Re:Propping up the economy (Score:3, Funny)
Just a few more of these and we'll be in the black in no time.
Diggin' on the interracial stuff these days, are ya?
Re:there goes a business plan have a girls of X sc (Score:5, Funny)
Or maybe these colleges just want to use that business plan themselves. It would be kind of like having a football team. If you're a horny teenager which school are you gonna pick the one with hot chicks fucking or the one with a bunch of dudes playing catch with each other. These Universities probably just want to do some quality control.
Re:Have you seen some of the classes lately? (Score:5, Funny)
You mean .zzz?
When I was in high school, I remember boys and girls slept together all the time. We called it algebra class.
Re:there goes a business plan have a girls of X sc (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, when you think of the children when thinking about an .xxx page, you might be in for a visit from some unfriendly law enforcement units.
Re:don't worry (Score:4, Funny)
There's already enough nerd porn around. Just look around the various price watch pages, plenty of motherboards to jack off to. They got it all. The tiny ones (yes, that's still legal, let's hope our law enforcement doesn't catch on), the huge ones for those that like a little more epoxy on their mother-Bs, most of them can do it with LAN now and some will even do a RAID for you.
It's awesome... ok, excuse me for a moment.