The University of Hawaii made a big mistake when they decided not to protect keep its brand porn-free and not to register .XXX domain names.Now they are threatening legal action against the operator of the UniversityofHawaii.XXX website .

Because it choose not to purchase .XXX domain name that could associate their institutoins with porn,the University has to fight with cybersquatters in order the domain name be transferred to them .

UniversityofHawaii.XXX domain name was acquired by someone who calls himself “Chrisasaur”,and is now trying to sell the domain on eBay .The starting bid for the domain is $100,000 .

The domain name resolves to a porn website .

Many other Universities around the world did the same thing in order to keep them out of the hands of pornographers .Illinois 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 .