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Old 08-16-2005, 09:25 AM  
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Dot XXX: Do You Think Adult Webmasters Are Stupid?
by YNOTBob

Internext, Miami, 2005? I made it back and consider this year to be, once again, another great show. There were the usual complaints you get from any show. Lower attendance, too expensive, blah blah blah. My opinion is: until you put together a large event such as this, don?t bitch about it. You don?t like it, don?t attend ? or better yet, develop your own large scale convention. Kudos and props to AVN for providing yet another professional arena where adult webmasters could learn and network.

Myopic and minority complaints on this year?s Internext can be duly ignored. There was a panel which should have been attended by every webmaster at Internext. This seminar alone paid for my entire expense list for the week. Those of you who chose to sleep in, were hung-over, or simply did not attend, will have nothing to complain about if you missed the .XXX seminar. If you had attended, you?d know how this issue could shape up to destroy the flow of our industry?s growth. This should have been a mandatory seminar?get your pass, go to this seminar, learn, now fight back.

As monster as the topic of .XXX is, and how it will affect our industry, I was shocked there were probably less than 100 people in attendance. Here is the true threat to our industry. Forget about Acacia, 2257, Visa regulations, the Protect Act, whatever? think thoughts of .XXX and how your life will be drastically changed if this goes through.

But before I get to the emails stacking up, before I return any calls or messages, I still have one question left. This question is eating and burning at me in a way I haven?t felt since the acquittal of O.J. Simpson?

My question, and it is a simple one, is this: Jason Hendeles and Stuart Lawley, the two visible promoters and founders of the .XXX initiative, do you think adult webmasters are stupid?

Yeah I know, such a simple question. Yet one which has gone unanswered in all conversations with the .XXX peeps? so once again, do you gentlemen think adult webmasters are stupid?


read the rest here: http://www.ynot.com/modules.php?op=m...cle &sid=9663
YNOT Bob Rocks...........
I sat next to Bob at the AVN show durring the .XXX discussion, I know he feels as stongly against this .XXX as I do. I like this point he makes in the artticle:

Let us start with the .XXX panel at Internext. The panel was supposed to be set up on an even scale ? two pro, two con, and two middle ground. On the ?pro side? there were the two proponents of .XXX, Mr. Hendeles and Mr.Lawley. On the ?con side? there was Connor Young of YNOT and Tom Hymes of the FSC. In the ?supposed? middle were Monte Cahn and Greg Piccionelli. Did I mention Hendeles and Lawley ?appointed? Piccionelli and Cahn as the middle ground? I?m told they wouldn?t attend the seminar unless these two were on the panel. This also meant a previously chosen panel member was left off the seminar.

I also say ?supposed? because it seemed that Mr. Moniker himself, Monte Cahn, had more at stake financially in this than almost Lawley and Hendeles? I mean, where are you going to go to register these .XXX domains? Ahh yes!!! Moniker! Having Monte be neutral in this panel would be similar to having Donald Trump try and tell you real estate is not a profitable investment.


Good stuff YNOT Bob.......

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.XXX we dont need it...
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