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Story: .XXX porn domain may rise again

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The idea of a domain strictly for adult content is compelling. At first blush. Even a modest consideration of the idea will, however, expose serious flaws in the idea. In no particular order;

1. What, or whose, definition of porn should we use? The USA, The UK, The Netherlands, Japan's, or Saudi Arabia's, et cetera?

2. Enforcement: Top Level Domains (TLDs) such as .com, .org, .net and so on can be used by ANY entity worlwide. Why should the legal system for one country (The US) set policy for an entire planet? From a practical standpoint there is no way to force webhosts to move adult content to a new TLD. All they would have to do is move to a host in a nation that has more liberal laws.

3. Cost/Benefit: Who would benefit from this TLD? Pretty much the only entity who would see a benefit from the creation of a TLD is the registrar who is allowed to manage the namespace and rake in millions of dollars as nations worldwise rushed to corral whatever they deemed "pornographic.". Guess who lobbyist #1 is for the .xxx domain? The costs, on the other hand, would be borne by thousands of webmaster, content providers, and other consumers/producers.

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