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Mailman, one of the reasons the credit card thing gets thrown out is because it limits free speech to people with credit cards. Is an adult without a credit card not allowed to see legal material? Do more affluent people with good credit deserve access to more information than poorer people or people with no credit? On that point alone, the law is dead. Credit cards are an artificial barrier. More importantly, the credit card companies having no interest in being in the verification business (see actions takens against AVS sites), and they now issue cards to minors. It's a non-starter in so many ways.
As for XXX domains, I am sorry, but I don't want to move my business into a ghetto that is easily blocked by ISPs and carriers alike. Imagine AOL blocking .XXX domains, or requiring some sort of bizarre activation? Think adult filters from ISP are strong now? Wait until they can turn us all off with a single line of code. How about SEs refusing to list .XXX domains? Anyone want to be un-googled for life?
More importantly, how are you going to stop someone from outside the US from running on a .COM or a .ru or whatever? You ain't gonna do it. You can't enforce it, so it is USELESS.
Creating .KIDS works on the simple concept of defining good and measuring to good, in a way that can be controlled. Companies that market to kids or providing info to kids will want to be on it. Those companies selling porn WON'T.
The internet, like the rest of the world, is intended for adults. Children should be supervised and cared for, not left to roam freely.
Think about what you are suggesting.
Alex
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