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Originally Posted by Cains
Why is the Bush administration going to all the trouble of complaining to the WTO when they could simply block access from US ISPs like you think they could do with .XXX?
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um.. why would the US block .XXX domains? Pornography is still legal in this country, .XXX domain or not.
It's PRIVATE sector that has more power to block .XXX domains.
Once you can label something, then you can tax it.
One of the objections against .XXX is that is possess a very easy way to apply a tax, making ICM the gatekeeper for such tax... much like the "porn tax" is proposing that the credit card processors be the gateway (as they are with VAT in europe).
It is quite an interesting turn that Bush administration would oppose such .XXX
Stuart Lawley is correct in that .XXX will open up alot of "name space".
MORE porn sites will be created.. there could be yellow.xxx that could be for pee/urine fetishes as opposed to yellow.com which is a yellow pages site.
Groups like FRC and even the Bush administration are probably seeing that .XXX will bring on even MORE porn, which ironically, means MORE exposure that kids will have, thus defeating the original intent of .XXX
So for folks like AlienQ who feel .XXX is good for the industry growth, he is right to some extent for the fact that more paysite niches can popup with more of the "name space" opened up.
And somehow, i don't think the religious and conservative forces want MORE porn.. when their fight is to REMOVE the porn.
Fight the More is More!