Tuesday, 03 January 2012 11:44 Domain News
Less than one month after the new .XXX suffix became available for public registration,the University of Colorado decided to keep its brand porn-free and registered 27 .XXX domain names . Some of the .XXX domains acquired by the University of Colorado include CU.XXX , Buffs.XXX , GoldenBuffaloes.XXX and UniversityOfColorado.XXX .However,the University failed to acquire Colorado.XXX domain name .Colorado.XXX has been acquired by Las Vegas brothel owner Edward Yeager,who is offering the domain name to the University of Colorado for $1,000 .Other Universities and schools also rushed to register their .XXX domain names.llinois 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 .
The University of Texas manage to register so far TexassPorts.xxx,TexasBoxOffice.xxx and Hookemhorns.xxx domain names ,while BYU managed to register so far BYU.XXX and BrighamYoungUniversity.XXX.
