brandon,
i think the part about someone other than "an organization interested in money" setting up the .porn or .xxx or .sex is not going to happen. it's nice to think about, but its been clear on some of the last crusades that we've participated in that people in this industry, (even people you think you know), are clearly out for themselves. once i accepted that i was no longer stressed and i am able to be healthy and just focus on making money for the people who pay me to make them money instead of trying to help out an industry that doesn't care for itself.
i stick by my belief that this industry is full of me me me's and no we we we's, including the organizations that are supposedly out there for us. no offense to anyone, but when there's money to be made, someone is going to make it. most of the time it is at the "expense of", instead of the "defense of" the industry. i really would like to see someone surprise me though.
with that said, i will support you on the .kids thing. i believe wholeheartedly that the stance it would take has far more potential than "ghettoizing" the industry by mandating the occupancy of adult material to a tld of its own. i believe that the government will not follow the wishes of ICM into forcing adult content to ever be hosted on .xxx or any adult tld anyhow. overseas compliance is not going to happen and unless you can effectively remove all adult content from .com i don't ever see it happening. they aren't stupid, and they like tax money. mandate .xxx and they can say goodbye to billions in tax dollars that they enjoy right now. trust me, the government is watching all of this very closely. the intrawebs is big money, and no one loves it more than the business of government.
the opinion expressed herein is mine and mine alone. like it or not a lot is going to change.
thanks for keeping everyone informed.
fight the people in the biz that are already looking for ways to screw everyone else.
