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First smut site erected on .xxx address
The first porn site to use a .xxx web address has gone live, and domain manager ICM Registry has announced another way to make internet perving a "safer" experience. Casting.xxx (NSFW, incredibly) started doing its bit to feed the world's appetite for "adult entertainment" last night. While ICM has had a corporate site online …
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Wednesday 3rd August 2011 19:44 GMT Michael Chester
Wait....what?
"MetaCert makes a free browser plug-in that can block sites and insert mouseover warnings into search engine results, based on its hosted database of known porn sites.
Under its deal with ICM, every .xxx site will be automatically labelled as adults-only in this database."
Surely just add *.xxx to the database? Doesn't need a commercial agreement. Isn't that rather the point of .xxx in the first place?
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Friday 5th August 2011 09:23 GMT PaulWalsh
MetaCert add-on
Michael, the MetaCert /ICM deal goes a little deeper than we can report. What I can add however, is that we will update the add-on to include more information about the other assertions that are made by .xxx sites - such as the identity being verified and the fact that every site is scanned for malware.
You are right in saying we could use a wildcard to label every .xxx domain, but we're doing a little more than just labeling the .xxx sites.
It's important to note that our Family Safety product is less than 5% of our roadmap. This just happens to be the first product launch.
I see there's no link to the add-on so here it is:
http://family-safety.metacert.com
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Wednesday 3rd August 2011 21:28 GMT Anonymous Coward
FIRST....
Pay for porn site on the new .xxx domain. well...i remember i used to say email me here at *@*.xxx but i guess i'll have to just say *@yah*.com from now on eh? I wonder if *ware writers will try and compromise these websites to host their payloads. I still dont think this will make blocking porn any easier. So, I guess i'll be the first to say it.. When do we get theregister.xxx ???
Paris because <no comment needed>
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Thursday 4th August 2011 08:17 GMT Peter Murphy
The first xxx site - "casting.xxx" - goes online, and already I feel soiled.
No, I don't have any problem with all the bonking going on.
It's the premise of "casting.xxx" that bothers me: a fake agent (and you can tell because it has "FAKE AGENT" just in case you miss it) has his own casting couch to lure young women to shag on. He promises them an entry into the porn world, but all the viewers know the real score - he's a lying bastard trying to get his end in.
In reality, I suspect all the actresses are pros in the business, in the know, and are fully compensated. Never the less, this site is directed at all the wankers in the audience who get an extra bit of frisson off on dishonesty and deceit. Yuck.
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Thursday 4th August 2011 12:41 GMT James Micallef
Yeah, Right
"Larry Flynt's Hustler publishing empire has also reportedly written to ICM demanding that it take action to specifically protect Hustler's trademarks in the .xxx space, accusing the company of a "shakedown"."
I'm sure Hustler can't afford $75 a year per domain to register it's .xxx domains
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Thursday 4th August 2011 15:33 GMT Anonymous Coward
Why bother paying?
Just wait and see if someone tries to use your brand name, then tell them to give it up or you'll sue them.
Don't see why anyone should pay every Tom, Dick or Harry registry that sets up to pre-emptively protect their copyright. It's just another scam, even if it is one that targets large corporations.
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