Porn Firm Fights Web Costs

One of the largest purveyors of pornography on the Web has filed suit to block or overhaul the new dot-xxx suffix on Internet addresses, accusing organizations that assign online addresses of running a monopoly that creates unnecessary costs.

The lawsuit was filed by Luxembourg-based Manwin Licensing International SARL, which owns a network of websites including YouPorn.com and manages Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s brand on the Web, along with adult filmmaker Digital Playground Inc. The suit alleges the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers, or ICANN, used a flawed process when it created dot-xxx, the new porn-focused counterpart to the familiar dot-com and dot-org.