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Originally posted by RawAlex
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.
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. 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.
Think about what you are suggesting.
Alex
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Alex all valid points.
In regards to .Kids, as i said, it is a good concept, but cannot be applied to the real world as well. Do you suggest ISPs or other software allow only cruising of .Kids domain names? What is the work around? Does it apply to all minors on the planet? Who is to judge the content? Would Brittanica be allowed to put how babies are born in the area? And honestly, do you in your heart believe "those companies selling porn WON'T" market to kids? Wasn't someone just arrested for putting adult content on misspellings of Barney?
And as PornWolf says, if they don't have a credit card, fuck em. I know of no place in the Constitution where it says I have a right to view pornography - If it is there let me know.
I will repeat this again and again and again, there are systems available to check age online without a credit card. Google "age verification" and you will see for yourself. I employ one of the services, and frankly, i don't care what happens. I HOPE COPA is upheld. I will be around.
I have never spoken up before because i enjoy the utter ignorance of our community in this fact. Ashhahahahaha and company will continue to go after the businesses who are openly breaking the law - which to remind you, is that pornography is for individuals 18 and up. And nowhere offline is it acceptable to simply show a credit card to prove age if asked.
Lastly, the world is not intended for adults - it is intended for everyone to enjoy. I worry that our business has skewed your world view too much. 99.9% of this land, I can allow my daughter to walk around without fear of seeing a girl butt fuckin a goat. Is it my responsibility to guide her to navigate the world? Of course. But it is also my responsibility, as a businessman, to only market and sell my product to adults.