Illinois State University decided to acquire nine .XXX domain names,in order to keep them out of the hands of pornographers .

Mark Walbert,the Chief Technology Officer told a radio station in Bloomington that they made this decision in order to avoid someone using the domain names to sell porn .

Up until now Illinois State University only acquired only three .XXX domain names : IllinoisState.XXX , RedBirds.xxx and StateYourPassion.xxx .The University is hoping to register other .XXX domain name when the General Availability begins,on December 6,2011 .

Many other schools and universities are taking similar steps .