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Originally Posted by AndreaM
That said, I think there are a lot of people in this industry that have something of value to impart. It really has little to do with their job titles or descriptions, or even their industry history, but rather their intelligence, and grasp of the broad view of the current state of the industry.
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I agree that job titles are irrelevant but in general, a decade of history is a strong indicator of intelligence level.
Here's my take on the panel and the .xxx uproar.
first, the panel got off on the wrong foot because of the first couple of audience questions. Those of us with a potential (or real) business interest are far more interested in the legal stuff (trademark, how they set rules, etc) and the business stuff (auctioning of names, etc).
Instead, we sat thru a needless half hour about pricing (totally irrelevant as the market will drive the price), the protect children angle (equally irrelevant. who gives a fuck what their angle is. they worked it and won), and a couple other of irrelevant side bars.
Wasn't Colin's fault since you can't control who raises their hand but a lot of us were rolling our eyes and hoping we'd hear from Vaughn and Greg.
Bottom line in my opinion is that .xxx is way over hyped.
You'll NEVER be forced by the US government into using it. It's very doubtful that you'll be forced by the EU either.
If you have something of value, trademark it (you know, like real businesses do).
The likely hood of google weighting .xxx higher than .com for adult terms is, imo, very unlikely. Thats an issue if it were to come about.
Other than that, I see no real threat to .com holders.
I personally won't be a buyer of .xxx simply because I don't want to be.
I don't want to give up control of my warning page and don't want to be regulated by anything but the first amendment.
I don't see a value in .xxx because of the higher costs in basic price and the likely auction price of premier domains.
I also think you WILL see colleges and emerging markets (and others) blocking the domain. To me, from a business prospective, I'll pass.
I just don't see why people in our industry are applauding guys running around with pitchforks and shouting about shit that doesn't matter.
And as was said over and over amongst those of us with actual businesses, I (we) gotta hand it to these guys. They found a way to make money (potentially) and as a capitalist, how can I be against that?
Of course I'd have just stayed in the back ground and snapped up my millions and not put myself out there to answer any question that came at them.
I applaud them for that and also again, CCBill for being able to get them to speak.