I took the survey in the Sona system about the .XXX domain. I think it's ridiculous that Universities would buy up "all possible" domains that could adversely affect their brand. All this does is encourage domain squatters to buy up domains related to prominent universities to try and make money selling the domains to them or try to steal traffic based on the name. I think a much better way to deal with this would be to pursue legal action against people who try to exploit domains in this category. When enough domain resellers become embroiled in legal battles, it will discourage others from similar behavior.
I personally think there could be some hilarious and effective marketing using the .XXX domain for a university though!
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