Probably they did register harvard.sucks as well :-)

--c.a.

On 26-03-15 14:23, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> I am just curious as to what you think NCSG or even ICANN should do
> about this. .porn is basically a name and it's sgTLDs does not come up
> on the screen unless it's being promoted. It's the freedom experience
> using the internet; one man's food could be another man's poison... it
> doesn't mean we should stop supply of the food.
>
> The institution where I work for instance has a lot of other sites at
> .com, .net et all which are not registered by the institution. We
> however have a disclaimer on our official website indicating that our
> official TLD is "edu.ng". I don't think Harvard's approach is really
> necessary, otherwise they should be ready spend a lot of USD in
> maintaining those domains and registering new ones.... harvard.sucks
> could still be a target ;-)
>
> Cheers!
>
> sent from Google nexus 4
> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>
> On 26 Mar 2015 18:01, "Carlos Afonso" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     A terrible result of a new gTLDs' policy devoid of anti-extortion
>     clauses. Hundreds of new gTLDs whose business model is based on $$$
>     gained with almost forceful preemptive registration... All in name
>     of a neoliberal credo defending no restrictions for new domains. And
>     we (NCSG/NCUC) have been mute on this.
>
>     Aren't the victims of this extortion a case for our human rights
>     advocacy?
>
>     --c.a.
>
>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>     Subject: [ PFIR ]  Harvard registers harvard.porn
>     Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:55:42 -0700
>     From: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List
>     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>     Reply-To: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement
>     List <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>     To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>     Harvard registers harvard.porn
>
>     http://www.bostonglobe.com/__metro/2015/03/25/harvard-__moves-protect-its-name-__reserving-harvard-porn-domain/__Ee7P8m1zS9dDMGg69FakXL/story.__html
>     <http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/25/harvard-moves-protect-its-name-reserving-harvard-porn-domain/Ee7P8m1zS9dDMGg69FakXL/story.html>
>
>           In an effort to keep outsiders from corrupting their
>     trademarks, area
>           colleges are snapping up controversial domain names like
>     ".porn" and
>           ".adult" before they are available to the public for purchase this
>           summer.
>
>       - - -
>
>     And what are they going to do about harvard-porn.com
>     <http://harvard-porn.com> and
>     harvardporn.com <http://harvardporn.com> and harvardporn.org
>     <http://harvardporn.org> and harvard-porn.org
>     <http://harvard-porn.org> and ...
>
>     --Lauren--
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