MMMM # 177 --- www.CrimsonTide.xxx ???

      The xxx extension for websites opened up last week, for companies or people who want to advertise their site's sexual nature.
     But before the average Joe was able to register names with an xxx on the end, businesses and institutions were given the right to reserve their own identifying names for two months, to block anyone else from using them. So http://www.auburnuniversity.xxx/ is blocked. So is http://www.universityofalabama.xxx/ . and http://www.asu.xxx/
    Yet not all. Someone named Zach Moffett in Ashburn, Virginia managed to reserve http://www.crimsontide.xxx/, and if you want it, you can register http://www.birminghamsouthern.xxx/ or http://www.samforduniversity.xxx/ or http://www.troyuniversity.xxx/
     http://www.girlsofthesec.xxx/  available (so is the version with boys).
     http://www.wareagle.xxx/ is taken, probably by the school.

     You could register some of those names, at least in theory. But they are also copyright protected, so you might have a legal battle on your hands if you tried to open a site using those xxx addresses you bought.
     Nonetheless, a lot of colleges have paid for the xxx extension with their names and nicknames attached just to prevent anyone else from using them.
     If you have time to waste, as I apparently do, go to this site and try filling in your favorite team or school names to see if they are available for x-rated sidelines web addresses.

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