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Originally Posted by Rochard
Utterly perfect. Someone who doesn't begin to understand how the adult internet works.
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Well, in the ACLU's defense, the ACLU did handle the legal challenges to COPA and COPA II shot down, and in the process, they consulted with at least a few members of the adult industry. In fact, I know of one prominent opponent of .XXX who served as an expert witness in
Mukasey v. ACLU (AKA "the COPA II case").
This doesn't mean that Nadine Strossen knows the first thing about the adult internet personally, of course. What I think we can assume is that she knows a thing or two about the First Amendment, like the fact that current First Amendment case law -- including several important precedents set in cases handled by the organization she used to be president of -- most likely precludes the possibility of .XXX being made mandatory (for U.S.-based site operators, at least).
With five seats still to be filled with reps from the adult industry, it remains to be seen how much actual industry expertise winds up being on the IFFOR policy board.