Morality in Media (MIM) has called for Congress to make it a crime for anyone to register a domain name on the .xxx site that is registered on another domain without the consent of the owner of the other domain name. In a statement, MIM President Patrick Trueman said, “Nearly every company in the world, every blogger, and the holders of any domain name must fear that the ICM Registry will allow … [Read more...]

Just getting a bunch of notices on some Sunrise/LandRush .XXX domain name applications we filed for domain names that had more than 1 application. So far the earliest start date I have for any auction is January 3, 2012 which will end on January 10th 2012. The latest date I have so far is January 11th ending January 18th but the notices are still coming in. In all I'm in 92 auctions which … [Read more...]

A few weeks ago DomainShane.com wrote a piece on the sales pitch many of the registrars and even ICM the registry for .XXX was using to sell .XXX domain names. Today I'm going to agree with Shane. At the time Shane Cultra wrote the piece the Sunrise period just ended and the Land Rush period was underway. As the Sunrise Period as in any new extension is largely for Trademark holders to … [Read more...]

According to the ICM Registry sponsor of the .XXX TLD, in the first 24 hours of General Availability there were 55,367 .XXX new domain name registrations. Including the Founders Program, Sunrise and Land Rush there are a total of 159,351 .XXX domain names registered as of Noon Today. This number of registrations for the 1st day of General Availability is well below what .Co did on its 1st … [Read more...]

Go Live for .XXX is officially opened and according to a Tweet from the ICM Registry the 1st domain name registered during the go live or general availability period was iOwn.XXX a pretty appropriate domain. Expect plenty of updates throughout the day on the launch of the 22nd Top Level Domain (TLD) … [Read more...]

Getting word that the Go Live or General Availability for .XXX domains has been pushed back one hour to noon EST. We are not sure of the reason for the delay but we are assuming technical issues. Registrars have been notified. We will keep you updated as we get more info. … [Read more...]

.XXX which goes live today at 11am EST is on the front page of CNN under "featured" , top column third on the right. Here is a screenshot:                               … [Read more...]