For those that forgot and didn't pay attention,
ICM wants to charge $75/year for a .XXX domain
And if you think you are going to get the good domains, fa-getaboutit.
ICM (
http://www.icmregistry.com/) is going to tell you how to run your business. If .XXX gets approved, you must follow their "best business practices" or else lose your .XXX
There are bills in congress to make .XXX mandatory.
While a law to make .XXX may not ever pass, the same effect of regulation can occur via the private sector in ICM being able to determine if you get to keep your .XXX domain or not.
There is alot of cleanup that can certainly be done in the adult space. There are alot of bad practices out there by affiliates (using CP related words like lolita, etc), but ICM is geared towards protecting children with no real solution other than just saying those words.
*WHEN* you post up to ICANN, please stay on track... keep it at a business level discussion that .XXX does not have your support.
If enough people post up , then the conclusion can be drawn that the "industry" doesn't want it.
If .XXX gets passed, i will be one of the first to congratulate the ICM folks for being able to demonstrate that the adult community must want .XXX, that it wants to be regulated by a third party, and that it wants to be taxed on its domains with a high YEARLY registration fee.
So many didn't speak up last round... your silence is a vote for .XXX no matter what you may feel, think, or say.
This is the dividing line between those who say they are "industry leaders", and those who are looking out for their business more miopically.
You may not care about the rest of the industry since you may seem them as your competitors, but issues like 2257 and obscenity is webmaster-blind, it affects everyone, much like .XXX
So please take the sand out of your ears and speak up about protecting YOUR business. And when enough people selfishly take a stand about their business, it then resembles a group (of cats), that are saying the same thing.
This is coming down to the end (again), and if there is not a public showing against .XXX, then it is a public showing FOR .XXX
Fight the soapbox!