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PAR · 02-05-2007, 05:27 PM

As long as it’s legal to use your visa to buy a membership to an adult .com website, and as long as you’re local government does not support it. Then there is little anyone can do.

Let’s not go overboard here it’s a problem with some solutions.
- if you US Gov't tell you that you need to have a .xxx to be hosted in the USA move your hosting,
- If they tell you that you have to have a .xxx to run your websites/business in the USA move your offices,
- If this will cost you too much to move your offices or hosting, then get a .xxx
- If Visa/MasterCard/US banks say they will not take payments for/from an adult website with a .com and only from a .xxx

Then you're going to start having problems. But even then Casino's should have found a way to deal online and you will have your solution. After all they had the same problem that they have now back in late 2001 or was it 2002.. Anyways...

The .xxx is a problem, but one with solutions.
Do a search for xxx on Google Results = 188,000,000 !WOW! Good luck making sure that they all switch to a .xxx, when not all are owned in the USA, or are even hosted in the USA. There will be too many cracks that people will find and loops holes they will use to get around it all.

That said if you feel the need to make yourself 100% safe and want all available options then got get a few .xxx, but I for one am not sure you will need to. $70 a year per URL if you have a few 1,000 urls is not an easy pill to swallow, but then for most sites a few sales a year will cover that cost. You just have to look at it from all points of view and see what you feel is best for you.

I completely think that .xxx is a pile of bullshit that will do nothing but scare a few people out of adult, into buying .xxx URL (anyone know who gets the $70 on that one?)

And lastly don't forget about the user.
ISP blocks them from porn, they can get a new ISP, all ISP's in the USA block porn the user will find a way to get it.
Look at how tight you need to make your security so someone doesn't get in for free. And remember that same user could have just gone to a P2P site and downloaded it for free.

02-05-2007, 05:27 PM
PAR Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,835	As long as it’s legal to use your visa to buy a membership to an adult .com website, and as long as you’re local government does not support it. Then there is little anyone can do. Let’s not go overboard here it’s a problem with some solutions. - if you US Gov't tell you that you need to have a .xxx to be hosted in the USA move your hosting, - If they tell you that you have to have a .xxx to run your websites/business in the USA move your offices, - If this will cost you too much to move your offices or hosting, then get a .xxx - If Visa/MasterCard/US banks say they will not take payments for/from an adult website with a .com and only from a .xxx Then you're going to start having problems. But even then Casino's should have found a way to deal online and you will have your solution. After all they had the same problem that they have now back in late 2001 or was it 2002.. Anyways... The .xxx is a problem, but one with solutions. Do a search for xxx on Google Results = 188,000,000 !WOW! Good luck making sure that they all switch to a .xxx, when not all are owned in the USA, or are even hosted in the USA. There will be too many cracks that people will find and loops holes they will use to get around it all. That said if you feel the need to make yourself 100% safe and want all available options then got get a few .xxx, but I for one am not sure you will need to. $70 a year per URL if you have a few 1,000 urls is not an easy pill to swallow, but then for most sites a few sales a year will cover that cost. You just have to look at it from all points of view and see what you feel is best for you. I completely think that .xxx is a pile of bullshit that will do nothing but scare a few people out of adult, into buying .xxx URL (anyone know who gets the $70 on that one?) And lastly don't forget about the user. ISP blocks them from porn, they can get a new ISP, all ISP's in the USA block porn the user will find a way to get it. Look at how tight you need to make your security so someone doesn't get in for free. And remember that same user could have just gone to a P2P site and downloaded it for free.