UM: Domain Names

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The Detroit Free Press reports that the University of Michigan has purchased 21 .xxx domain names to prevent others from using those URLs for adult websites. The .xxx sites were open for sale to the general public on Tuesday by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. According to the report, UM owns about 470 domain names overall, including 50 that were bought to protect the sites, with no plans to use them. [Source]