On Mar 26, 2011, at 5:28 PM, George Bonser wrote: >> But do you really believe playboy are going to give up playboy.com? > > They aren't going to give up Playboy.com but they are probably going to > have to purchase playboy.xxx anyway. > > What bothers me is that most companies are now going to be forced to > purchase .xxx domains simply to keep someone else from buying it and > sullying the company's image. So it is an instant cash windfall for the > domain registrars. > > There was no reason why we needed this. >
But that is an excellent reason why someone would want it. I was involved in the IETF NEWDOM WG way back in ~1996 and heard all of these arguments then. IMHO this was snake oil 15 years ago, and it is even more snake oil now. Regards Marshall > > >
