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On Friday, the Board approved the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization that oversees Internet naming system, the creation of a neighborhood hot online pornographic websites. It follows a battle for ten years on such a name.

The uproar over the idea has gathered unlikely mix.

Religious groups claim to give adult websites their own corner of the legitimacy of Internet content.

Pornographers worry it ghettoize their sites. Although intended to be voluntary, they fear that the government could try to mandate the domain to use for pornographic content is easily blocked.

Executive Director Diane Duke of adult entertainment in the Free Speech Coalition, said in a statement that ICANN has "ignored the overwhelming outpouring of opposition to the adult entertainment industry - assumed sponsorship of the Community". "The interests of freedom of expression on the Internet "and rejected

Supporters have maintained that approval of the domain is in accordance with the principle of openness that fueled the growth of the Internet.

Although the idea. "Xxx" has triggered a philosophical debate of the U.S. company that made the request for the domain, the question is a bit more about dollars and cents.

ICM Registry and its chief executive, Stuart Lawley, who led the fight for the approval of ICANN. "Xxx" stand to profit greatly from the implementation of sites "XXX." - For he shall be responsible for collecting fees for the use of new areas.

Lawley plans to charge for registration of $ 60 per year for domain names. He believes it could sell as many as 500,000 by the time he rolls them this summer.

"This was always going to be a very profitable organization," he said in an interview on Friday.

Lawley prize was a critical issue for opponents of his plan, because domain names are typically sold at a fraction of what Lawley workloads. They often sell for $ 10 or less.

ICANN has repeatedly rejected the application Lawley since 2000, under pressure from Christian groups and governments were not satisfied with the proliferation of pornographic sites. Lawley was sent as a way for parents to block access to content. He says it will be easier for Web filtering software to block. "Xxx" sites where they are clearly labeled as porn.

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