%0 Journal Article %T ¡®.XXX¡¯ Sponsored Top-Level Domain ¨C Is it a solution to curb child abuse due to Internet Pornography? %A Indranath Gupta %J SCRIPT-ed %D 2005 %I AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law %X The proposal of having a zone for adult entertainment over Internet was previously not accepted by ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) until the recent approval of ¡®xxx¡¯ domain for adult entertainment. Among other reasons the main reason to launch a specific domain for adult entertainment was to combat the child abuse cases due to internet pornography or child pornography in particular. This analysis is a submission of the effectiveness of ¡®xxx¡¯ domain. The effectiveness of ¡®xxx¡¯ will not depend on what ¡®child abuse¡¯ is but on the general practice of the children as to how and from where they access the Internet. %U http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/script-ed/vol2-3/gupta.asp