Tuesday, 27 December 2011 06:41 Domain News
University of Illinois decided not to acquire .XXX domain name .However,officials threatened cyber-squatters with legal action if they will register Illinois-themed .XXX domain names . Many Universities rushed to register their .XXX domain names ,in order to keep their brands porn-free .Many other Universities around the world did the same thing in order to keep them out of the hands of pornographers .Illinois State University registered IllinoisState.XXX , RedBirds.xxx and StateYourPassion.xxx .Penn State University also acquired four .XXX domain names : Penn State, PSU, Nittany Lions and The Pennsylvania State University,while East Carolina University registered a total of eight .XXX domains,such as eastcarolina.xxx, ecu.xxx,eastcarolinauniversity.xxx,eastcarolinauniversitypirates.xxx and leojenkinscancercenter.xxx .Another University who decided to protect the school’s trademark from being used pornographers is the University of Notre Dame,who decided to register four .XXX domains,notredame.xxx, universityofnotredame.xxx, fightinirish.xxx and domer.xxx,spending on them $1,319.96 .
.XXX domain names became available for public sale on December 6,2011 .
