.porn
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| Status: | proposed |
| country: | International |
| Manager: | ICM Registry |
| Type: | Community gTLD |
| Category: | Industry |
| Community TLD: | Adult Entertainment Community |
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.porn is one of the proposed new generic top level domain name (gTLD) of ICM Registry under ICANN's new gTLD expansion program. The domain name string is dedicated for the use of the adult entertainment community. According to Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry, if the .porn gTLD will be approved all domain names registered under the .xxx gTLD will be grandfathered and the matching names will be automatically reserved under .porn gTLD without cost to the registrants. However, if registrants decide to activate and use the reserved .porn domain names, a nominal fee will be charged. [1]
Controversy[edit | edit source]
Christian group Morality In Media launched a letter-writing campaign in July 2012 against ICM's three new TLD applications, .adult, .sex, and .porn. The group also protested against .xxx, ICM's original TLD. The group claims that its prediction about .xxx, that it would create more porn and not less, has been vindicated, as porn sites under the .com TLD have not moved to .xxx, and additional new sites have been created under the .xxx extension.[2] With its campaign, MIM asked the U. S. Government and Congress and ICANN to take action against the spread of porn under the Internet by not allowing the three new TLDs into the root zone.[3]