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Old 06-03-2005, 12:06 PM  
Aly
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Originally Posted by Tango
Just read the article, this part struck me:

?I fully expect that at 2 o?clock in the morning, when Congress is winding down in the present session or next session, Senator Brownback is going to stand up and attach it to some bill that absolutely has to get passed because it appropriates funds for caskets for American G.I.s? bodies returning from Iraq,? First Amendment attorney Joe Obenberger told AVNOnline.com. ?He?ll attach .xxx as a mandatory domain. I expect something like that will happen. We?re seeing the rollout 1.0, and 2.0 will be mandatory. Jason [Hendeles] will have plausible deniability and say, ?We didn?t do it.?

It seems as though we - as a collective business - Adult Online - have NO lobbying and no voices speaking for us in Washington. Certainly the online adult industry is not large in terms of numbers of providers of materials and online services in the grand sceme of things - but - economically it does amount to a substantial chunk of $$$. It seems that there should be more up-front focus and exposure to get our points across - presenting them in a better way instead of always fighting fires that happen in retrospec.
Indeed, we are quite a reactive bunch. The online industry hasn't been around all that long though, maybe we're learning...
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