Temple University has snapped up two .xxx domain names in an effort to prevent pornographers from exploiting the univeristy's name .
This way,Temple has joined many other universities worldwide in buying .XXX domain names.Temple University acquired Temple.XXX and TempleUniversity.XXX domain names.However,Assistant Vice President of University Communications Ray Betzner said that he doesn't want to say if they purchased other .xxx domain names ,in order not to give folks any ideas .“Temple has always worked to keep the Temple name as strong as possible, and part of that effort is making sure that we’re represented appropriately on the Web.We want to make sure that websites that seem like they’re from Temple University are actually appropriate,”said Betzner .
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.
Even though many Universities rushed to protect their trademarks and decided to register .xxx domain names,other Universities opted to closely monitor the Internet to see if anyone infringes their trademarks .
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