{"id":86984,"date":"1999-12-31T00:40:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/its-coming-xxx-porn-names-open-thousands-celebs-banned\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:40:00","slug":"its-coming-xxx-porn-names-open-thousands-celebs-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/its-coming-xxx-porn-names-open-thousands-celebs-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Its Coming: .XXX Porn Names Open, Thousands Celebs Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angelina Jolie, Beyonce and even former British PM Margaret Thatcher are all banned as .XXX domain names for porn sites, which has officially opened for registrations.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"> The .XXX domain is a sTLD (sponsored Top Level Domain) designed specifically for the &#8216;adult entertainment&#8217; and porn industry and will separate the dodgy sites from the more legit ones.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">And 4,000 celebrities have already been banned- from Donald Trump to Angelina Jolie and Beyonce.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>.XXX applications, opened by ICM Registry today, with the &#8216;Sunrise&#8217; registration program, the first part of the three-part rollout of &#8220;red light&#8221; domain, which is set to go live on December 6.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">1,500 .xxx domain names have already been allocated with 35 porn companies, according to reports.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sunrise A allows registered trademark owners and existing registered domain names to apply for .XXX domain names.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you own an existing domain name that isn&#8217;t trademarked, like adultdomain.com, you can apply for the matching name.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">Registration, being taken by&nbsp;Florida&nbsp;based &nbsp;ICM Registry, means the adult sites will be a &#8220;trusted brand, globally recognized and extolling responsible and safe behavior.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Holders of .XXX domains will also benefit from &#8220;global marketing campaigns and greater awareness&#8221; in the mainstream world, say ICM, who is also developing a search portal for .XXX sites, like a Google for the sex industry.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And for those businesses who wish to stay out of the porn domain &#8211; can register their names to be blocked.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, we&#8217;re sure Apple.XXX or Acer.XXX wont be appearing on the web any time soon.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Registration for this first phase runs for 52 days, starting from September 7.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"NFBreak\" style=page-break-before:always contenteditable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>For more information, &nbsp;visit <a href=\"www.about.xxx\">ICM Registry<\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelina Jolie, Beyonce and even former British PM Margaret Thatcher are all banned as .XXX domain names for porn sites, which has officially opened for registrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-archive","category-services","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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