Porn Fight: Manwin states it won’t do business with .xxx domain names

Porn site operator follows up anti-trust suit with competitive threat.

Porn purveyor Manwin has taken its battle against the .xxx domain name a step further following its antitrust lawsuit: it’s not going to have anything to do with sites that use the fresh top level domain.

That’s as stated by a post on XBIZ this afternoon.

As stated by the article:

Manwin, with the notice, has banned all activity between its brands and Internet sites registered with a .XXX TLD, counting advertising for .XXX websites on its tube sites. In addition, Manwin stated it won’t permit its content to be used or advertised on .XXX websites.

.XXX registry ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley smarted back:

“Apparently Manwin is confused regarding whether it wants to bring antitrust claims or commit antitrust violations,” as stated by the article.

Manwin runs Playboy sites as a licensee and states it gets 60 million daily visitors across its network of sites.

I find it surprising that Manwin is just now making a full force attack on .xxx. The only real coordinated opposition to the domain as it worked its way through the last legs of the ICANN process was a poorly represented Free Speech Coalition (FSC). I bet they’re wondering where the heck Manwin was through all that.