New Domain Names

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The first expansion of domain names since 2000 could happen soon.

This brings back the debate of domain name specifically catered to poronography. This could prevent children from reaching porn online. Child locks could be put on browsers to not allow any .xxx adress to be reached without a password. This would be an easy solution to children getting pornography online. However, moving all the explicit content to a new domain name would prove a difficult task for the vast internet.

The issue of cyber squatting could be visited again. I would argue that cybersquating is a legitimate practice, though. Obtaining something of value that you think will be worth more as time goes on is a legitimate practice in many other buisnesses. The only thing that should be protected are people's personal identities. For example, Mike Chin.com could be only allowed to be bought by someone named Mike Chin. Just like in buisness, it is unlawful to decieve people, which would happen if someone not named MikeChin registered that domain to make a profit off of my name.

The expansion of the domain names is a good thing. Allowing for more possibilities, allowing more companies to have a personalized web site. As technology and the internet becomes more and more part of our society the reliance of .com, .net, and .org becomes less important. People have more knowledge of the internet now then they did 5 years ago.