05-09-2006, 07:55 AM
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should anyone be really lazy, copy and past this and email it
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As a member of the adult Internet industry, I am writing to express my opposition to the creation of a .XXX top-level domain (TLD), and to urge ICANN to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the Commerce Department and rescind its earlier decision to approve ICM Registryhahaha8217;s application to establish and run the above-mentioned TLD.
I believe that there is no compelling reason to establish such a TLD other than to make a few people wealthy at the expense of many, and that any benefits that may accrue to webmasters who purchase .XXX domains will be far outweighed by the likelihood that governmental and non-governmental entities, both domestic and foreign, will impose unacceptable restrictions on lawful constitutional speech. As a responsible member of the adult entertainment community, I am also very concerned that I will not have a sufficient enough voice on the IFFOR Board of Directors, which will be setting all policies for the TLD, and that these policies will be established and enforced by people who may not have the best interests of this industry at heart, and may in fact be personally hostile to it.
I believe that there is a far superior solution to the problem of making material unsuited to viewing by minors unavailable to them. Rather than herding protected speech into a 'virtual ghetto', a content-positive .KIDS TLD should be created where children can find child-friendly websites, making it far easier for parents to filter .KIDS in than it will be for them to filter adult content out. In this scenario, there is no risk of censorship, and minors will have a safe place of their own in which to experience the gifts of the Internet.
Again, I respectfully request that you take this opportunity to let this application lapse without any further action.
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