The Australian Government Says No To .XXX

July 9, 2009 by Michael Berkens

The Australian government said today opposes an .XXX or any other gTLD that would establish a RedLight District on the Internet.

According to a story appearing in the Australianit.news.com.au, the AusRegistry, which operates the domain registry for .au, said that it has been approached by several entities planning to apply to register adult-themed gTLDs including, .xxx and .sex, however, a spokeswoman for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the government was opposed to the creation of adult-themed domain names.

“The government does not support the creation of the .xxx TLD,” the spokeswoman said.

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

Anthony says

July 9, 2009 at 10:22 pm

I don’t see how Australia can decide for the world ?
elimam says

July 9, 2009 at 11:21 pm

wow! this is coming from a government that has brothel companies floating in the stock market! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2143912.stm
MHB says

July 9, 2009 at 11:23 pm

Anthony

The can’t decide for the world, only the US can do that.
i. r. relevant says

July 11, 2009 at 3:30 pm

unless Australia has a VETO capability, this is not news. NEXT.