Dot XXX is in high demand in Australia. And that’s likely to start a bidding war for adult-theme generic top-level domains (GTLDs), says Australian IT . Efforts to establish an online red light district under top-level .xxx were thwarted in 2006, “But Australia’s top-level-domain registry operator AusRegistry has confirmed it has been approached by several parties seeking support for bids to register several adult-themed GTLDs, including .xxx, when the peak names regulator starts accepting them next February,” says the story, going on: “AusRegistry chief Adrian Kinderis said the registry had been approached by several entities willing to put up the $185,000 fee to register adult-themed names, including .xxx.

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