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Originally Posted by Mr.Fiction
Are you serious or trolling? The other groups you mention are not making a profit at the expense of the free speech rights of all online users. They are also not threatening to bring down the entire industries which they are supposed to be serving.
Your comparisons are ridiculous - either because you haven't thought about what you're writing or because you have some interest in defending the people pushing .xxx. Either way, you're wrong.
This is not just about competition or business, this is a lot bigger than that.
If you put short term money ahead of your civil liberties and the long term viability of an entire industry, that's your problem, but don't expect others to be as short sighted as you are.
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Of course I am serious. I'm sick of these lame "oh .xxx is so bad, fuck them" threads. See, the moment someone disagrees with you it must be because they are being paid by ICM or otherwise affiliated with them? Paranoia galore.
I know that .xxx will have bad implications on some adult businesses, especially since many domains can become worthless over night and you may not get your existing .com in the .xxx version. I myself will be affected by this as I own some pretty damn good ones. But instead of crying here, you can do something about it. If you believe the threat is imminent - get a trademark your own favorite .xxx names. It takes 5 minutes and a few hundred dollars. This is the cost of doing business, especially in such a volatile industry.
Don't let your fears take over your business sense. If it wasn't ICM Registry, it would have been some other venture. Even if a more stable coalition were behind .xxx, it would have still existed eventually, which means the government and ISPs could still enforce stricter regulations or entirely block them. So it DOES NOT MAKE A FUCKING DIFFERENCE. Deal with the implications and move on. It happens in the [real] business world every day.