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<h1><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>Internet Group OKs 'Xxx' Web Addresses <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><!-- END HEADLINE --><!-- BEGIN STORY BODY -->By
TED BRIDIS, AP Technology Writer<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Thu Jun
2,11:00 AM ET</font></i></em> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual
red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new
addresses ending in "xxx."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said it would begin
negotiations with ICM Registry Inc., run by British businessman Stuart Lawley,
to iron out technical issues and prices for the new Web addresses.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Adult-oriented
sites, a $12 billion industry, probably could begin buying "xxx"
addresses as early as fall or winter depending on ICM's plans, ICANN spokesman
Kieran Baker said. The new pornography suffix was among 10 under consideration
by the regulatory group, which also recently approved addresses ending in
"jobs" and "travel."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ICM
contends the "xxx" Web addresses, which it plans to sell for $60 a
year, will protect children from online smut if adult sites voluntarily adopt
the suffix so filtering software used by families can more effectively block
access to those sites. The $60 price is roughly ten times higher than prices
other companies charge for dot-com names.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"It
will further help to protect kids," said John Morris, staff counsel at the
Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology. Morris predicted some
adult sites will choose to buy "xxx" Web addresses but others will
continue to use dot-com.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>___<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Also: <a
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4602449.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4602449.stm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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