AVN posted up their story this morning:
http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?P...tent_ID=281502
According to the article and Lawley, the fee will be $60/year.
here is an interesting/troubling excerpt:
"In addition,
the new agreement adds some new considerations. Of particular note is that IFFOR, not the adult industry at large, is now the sponsoring community. Under the contract, ICM is required to provide to ICANN advance notice of any proposed change in IFFOR, and ICANN may disapprove any change. ICM also must provide to ICANN a copy of the contract between it and IFFOR and address any of ICANN?s concerns about the contract prior to launch of the sTLD."
Sneaky, sneaky twist. Since IFFOR wants .XXX and it considers themselves to be the community, then they have consituency.
Have they found this loophole in ICANN rules?!??!
This is ridiculous. .travel and other TLDs are good examples of defining community.
The upside to having .XXX, is that the government should then do away with all obscenity prosecutions as long as the website was in .XXX
I think many adult companies would accept that safe-harbour clause in return for the porn tax and regulations.
I want to sponsor .SUCK TLD, and the community group will be defined by those keyboard surfer warriors who have nothing better to do with their time than to flame everywhere they go. This would give websites a chance to express how they feel about companies and websites. I would start with dotXXX.SUCKS
Fight the sarcasm!