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I am always baffled by the way some threads degenerate into insult flinging - and yet I never see fists swinging at shows. I hope no one minds too terribly much if I bring this back on topic?
Lloyd and Tanya were kind enough to film the entire 2+ hours of this panel. It will be up soonish and I'll post the URL when it is so that everyone can watch for themselves and draw their own conclusions.
I can assure anyone questioning that there was indeed a last minute change in the moderation for the panel, as I got to watch some of the resulting whatthefuckery when that particular bit of news came down the pipe late Thursday evening. Colin was brilliant, as per usual, but in a very difficult and demanding role with this topic, and I think his well placed wit took the edge off of the tension in the room, which was palpable throughout.
Some things worth noting:
This was the last session of the forum, held on Saturday at 1pm, and there had to be well over 200 people in attendance.
It was scheduled for 1pm - 2:30pm and was held over until 3:15 by the near unanimous vote of the audience.
With the exception of one attorney, no one in the audience spoke up in favor .xxx.
My own opinion is that .xxx is a bad idea in general and a worse idea in the long run. There are just entirely too many things that we don't know and can't really get answered. Vaughn Liley was caught out on more than one occasion saying something that was disproved by facts readily available on the ICM website. I was surprised to find out that the $60 registration price attached to .xxx domain names is really the wholesale price, and that those names that are not trademarked, or cannot be trademarked but are still great names can potentially be auctioned off for millions of dollars.
This "sponsored" community tried to vote with it's voices and wasn't heard. The only option left is as Connor said - to vote with your wallet.
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