Saving face: OU buying .xxx domain names

In an effort to protect its online reputation and trademarks, OU administrators have begun to purchase .xxx domain names that would otherwise be open to companies and individuals involved in the adult entertainment industry. These new domain names became available in March, after the not-for-profit corporation Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers authorized their sale solely by a ...

Officials purchase domain names to preserve image

In line with other universtities, Temple bought up ‘.xxx’ sites as a precaution. Temple has joined a slew of universities nationwide in buying .xxx domain names in order to avoid future association with salacious content. The .xxx domain, more commonly known as “dot-triple-x,” serves as an up-and-coming, unfiltered web address for x-rated content in the [...]

Parents plan for future with domain names for kids

Parents are investing in their children's future in creative ways, including the purchase of Internet domains in their kids' names.

Critics See 'Disaster' In Expansion Of Domain Names

The agency that governs domain categories like .org and .com is forging ahead with plans to sell new names despite some vocal opposition from regulators. For a registration fee of $185,000, applicants could register a suffix like .music or .Nabisco. But that could lead to problems, opponents say.

ICANN to start accepting applications for new web domain names

The fee to apply for a top-level domain name starts at $185,000. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, will begin accepting applications for new generic top-level domain names tomorrow.

MSU buys 4 .xxx domain names to protect university integrity

The off-color websites — without any X-rated content on them — include spartansagas.xxx, spartanswill.xxx and two other similar variations.

Penn reserves .xxx domain names related to the University

The University has reserved domain names such as “Penn.xxx” to prevent adult content creators from using it for illicit purposes.

Domain Names: Debating the Effects of a Dot-Anything World

Listen to the Audio JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, One of the Internet's gatekeepers is starting to sell new Web site names and categories. Why does that matter? Ray Suarez looks at the stakes. RAY SUAREZ: Since the earliest days of the Internet, Americans have gone to Web addresses with familiar names to the right of the dot, as in dot-com or dot-org. Starting today, the company that ...

Bidding starts on next-gen domain names

Bidding will begin this week for words and brand names such as ".sport," ".NYC" and ".bank" to join ".com" as online monikers.Up to 1,000 domain name suffixes the ".com" in an internet address could be added each year in the most...

Bonfire of the brands: ICANN's top-level domain selloff

Is small biz priced out of the market? Despite what in the final months seemed to be stiff competition, ICANN went ahead with its new generic domain names, letting companies register .whatevertheycanthinkof from 12 January.…