ICANN approves .XXX red-light district for the Internet

[brandon at rd.bbc.co.uk (Brandon Butterworth)]

> What bothers me is that most companies are now going to be forced to
> purchase .xxx domains simply to keep someone else from buying it

That's the norm for new tld and a part of the their owners business
plan. Probably most of their income given how little I see them used
directly.

> and sullying the company's image.

In this case which would sully our name more, registering bbc.xxx
ourselves or a 3rd party who is clearly not us once people see the
content?

brandon