Try to Block .XXX — India May
Government may block access to .xxx.
India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, as stated by an article in The Economic Times.
A senior official at the ministry of IT stated that the domain goes against the country’s IT Act and Indian laws.
Other countries will certainly block the top level domain name, but this shouldn’t worry adult site operators. Following all, many countries right now filter the web sites accessible within their borders. As long as adult sites aren’t forced to use .xxx this won’t affect them. (I don’t see a forced conversion as a possibility. Only the U.S. government would really be able to try such a thing given its special relationship with the root zone. Some congressman might propose such a scheme to appease his or her conservative base, but it wouldn’t go anywhere.)
But the article also quotes an Indian “cyber lawyer” who states this move could easily be challenged in court. He stated it’s illegal to distribute adult content but watching it is permitted.
Take the article for what it’s worth — it also states .xxx registry ICM Registry is “set to make $200 million” and that it “has by now registered regarding 250,000 domains…even ahead of approval came in this month”. That’s not true. Even if the latter part was true, that wouldn’t come close to $200 million.
