Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

The reason this keeps comming back is $$. There is millions invested in .xxx funded by people you'd be utterly surprised if you found out who.
The silver bullet is having the billing companies stand up and say no, or at least dissuade it. At least thats one way. Sure, everyone should post on their open forum "cogently" i might add, but this isnt going to go away; too much money invested by too many of the "people behind the scenes" that want this to go through.
But it would be sweet if the billing companies stepped up. I dont see how this would hurt them if .xxx never appeared.
Being that it is not mandatory, even if passed, I still think we would have time depending on how far the laws in congress are moving along. It would also be sweet if we could find out who lobbied for it. That should be a matter of public record if im not mistaken. Dont quote me on that though. What we also need is our industry attornies to not support this, and publically. Is there a list of those who are for and against this? Including lawyers, program owners, old koots behind the scenes, etc?
I totally understand where they are comming from and have no malice or ill will towards them, I just feel "threatened." Heck, if I had a few mill invested in this I would be like a bad case of herpes myself. So we have to expect this NOT going away until we have a united front. How can we wage a campaign if we don't even know who it is we are waging it against. It's like playing a football team but they have on the same jerseys as you. You only get to see who they are when you see their face, and by that time you've already been picked off. We need to start making a list of "shirt and skins." You can only be united, if you know who you are united with, or against.
duke