Will .XXX be the end of porn?

IMHO, .xxx might not kill porn, but it could still be a pain in the neck. I wish .kids had been applied for and approved and that whatever influencers/influences affected ICANN voting for .xxx hadn't happened.

I hope icm doesn't own or have present-or-future influence over ISP or card-processing folks who might possibly pursue content-censoring and/or be tempted to "push" .xxx upon the Adult Industry by requiring that all adult content mandatorily be only in .xxx .

First Amendment Attorney Paul Cambria's above comments seem hopeful to me.

Don't forget that .sx is on the horizon, too:-(.

I'm also concerned at the moment with the possibility of Cal/OSHA mandatory condoms issue. Other than New Hampshire, California is the only State in America where legitimate porn-making is legal (Freeman v. California).

The combination of .xxx, Cal/OSHA, piracy, etc might become a career-ending challenge to future adult content production as we know it today, at least for some. Yikes (look for me mopping floors at your local McDonald's?) !

IMHO, .xxx might not kill porn, but it could still be a pain in the neck. I wish .kids had been applied for and approved instead, and that whatever influencers/influences affected ICANN voting for .xxx hadn't happened.

I hope icm doesn't own or have present-or-future influence over ISP or card-processing folks, or other people/entities who might possibly pursue content-censoring and/or be tempted to "push" .xxx upon the Adult Industry by requiring that all adult content mandatorily be only in .xxx .

First Amendment Attorney Paul Cambria's above comments seem hopeful to me.

Don't forget that .sx is on the horizon, too:-(.

I'm also concerned at the moment with the possibility of Cal/OSHA mandatory condoms issue. Other than New Hampshire, California is the only State in America where legitimate porn-making is legal (Freeman v. California).

The combination of .xxx, Cal/OSHA, piracy, etc might become a career-ending challenge to future adult content production as we know it today, at least for some. Yikes (look for me mopping floors at your local McDonald's?) !

i should start taking note on a list now for a nice .xxx domain name and lets see if i can get a 2 or 3 nice domain .xxx

Fuck them, there is no way I'll be moving my sites to .xxx

DVTimes will probably buy lots of these because it's easier for him to spell.

Great minds think alike!

$60 per domain

On the Huffington Post it says the following:

"ICM Registry and its CEO, Stuart Lawley, who has led the fight for ICANN's approval of ".xxx," stand to profit handsomely from the rollout of ".xxx" websites ? because he will be in charge of collecting fees for the use of the new domains. Lawley plans to charge registrars $60 per year for the domain names. He estimates that he could sell as many as 500,000 by the time he rolls them out this summer.

"This was always going to be a very lucrative arrangement," he said in an interview Friday.

Lawley's prices have been a critical issue for opponents to his plan, since domain names typically sell for a fraction of what Lawley plans to charge. They often sell for $10 or less."

OMG

Fuck this guy.....he's an arrogant prick. 1/2 million domains by summer. I guess he thinks we are so ignorant that we will blindly put $30 million dollars plus what other exorbitant fees he feels like charging in his greedy hands by Labor Day. I think not!

change and asset destruction

Yes this absolutely WILL change everything.

Especially for all the peeps with "domain portfolios".

According to my 30,000:0 ratios with sponsors who used to have 600:1 end already happened...but who gives a fuck, there are much better things to sell than porn, only problem is the time when you have to learn new things and starting again..but it will probably happen many times in my life.

.com was created for commercial websites, yet it has been used for all kinds of sites, people consider it something like a "general" domain

.xxx is just as interesting as .info, .ws, .name and similiar

Never underestimate the stupidity that IS the Adult Industry.

At least half the morons on this board that have been bitching about this extension, will be buying them up as soon as they can... just like all the asshole tube site owners on here.

Bend over douche bags!

http://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1015541

Although I understand your meaning this is not actually the case. Processors (and acquiring banks) don't necessarily like regulations, it impedes their ability to expand their profit margins. It's the card association regulations and laws that make them impose requirements.
Because I specialize in high risk merchant account and processing placement, I run into this every day of the week and I can honestly say that no bank/processor likes to boot a profitable merchant off their system simply because they can't meet some new regulation that pops up.

That being said, just as with gambling, pharma etc etc, there will always be companies willing to dodge regs and creative alternatives for processing payments ... period! Money talks, plain and simple.

Of course it won't happen but ..... Wouldn't it be an ironic twist if the card associations prohibited the use of V and MC from being used to purchase a .xxx domain name? THAT would put the .xxx registries panties in a wad! lol

$60/year for .xxx
forget it!