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Hello,
The use of ".org" has traditionally been reserved for non-profit
organizations but there is no law or regulation to enforce it.
As far as I'm aware, no one really monitors or polices the use of
domain names. Go to virtually any domain name seller and you (or the
folks you've mentioned below) can buy any name they want, ending in
".com", ".net" or ".org" (provided the name has not been taken
already) and use it in whatever way they want - even as the name of a
porno site.
>At 10:49 PM 10/24/01 -0500, Russell Smith wrote:
>> http://www.moneyopolis.com (math site)
>>
>> http://www.moneyopolis.org (porno site)
>
>I was under the impression that .org sites were non-profit outfits, like
>churches, civic organizations, etc. This is the second time I've heard of a
>.org site being a porno site. What goes on?
>
>I do know that there are porno outfits that look for innocent-sounding
>domain names that have let their registration lapse and then buy up the
>registration. That gives them many free links to their site from
>unsuspecting people. When the original owner complains, the porno outfit
>offers to sell the domain name back, at a large profit. Is that what has
>happened here?
>
>
>David Lininger (kb0zke), LMS
>Hickory County R-1 Schools
>Rt 1, Box 838
>Urbana, MO 65767
>(417) 993-4226
>mailto: tss003@mail.connect.more.net
>
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