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Originally Posted by Mike33
Is this the last we're going to hear of .XXX for a long time?
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yes, i believe it is finally dead. All of those 600 posts by webmasters and the letters from companies like Hustler and Private, helped to prove that the .XXX TLD Application was flawed.
One of the reasons that was cited in various news stories, was basically that the Sponsored TLD community (ie. the adult industry), did not want the TLD, and since the community didn't want it, it had to be voted down.
This should have been nailed down 2 years in the first public comment period, and i did post up about it to get people to write in, but everyone seemed to have just let it slide by.
Fortunately this time, webmasters did step up, and i truly believe that it made a difference.. including the last minute email exchanges i had with the chairman of ICANN to point out that the adult community does not want .XXX, no matter what ICM Registry claimed, and that the prove is on the ICANN message board and in the letters that FSC submitted to them.
It has been a long 3 years of me ringing the bell to help webmasters focus on important issues: Acacia, 2257, .XXX
These are big subjects with big impacts upon your business.
2257 is stil here, and congress approved the changes from Ashcroft that included secondary producers to have records. Fortunately the FSC is already in litigation over 2257.
Acacia case is still going on, but they are losing.
For those that joined FSC last year over the 2257 issue, I ask that you continue your financial support of FSC. Lawyers and lobbyists are expensive, and FSC is looking after your business interests.
A new disturbing issue is over "net neutrality". Cable and DSL providers want to charge websites a fee to allow surfers to reach them.
Let me explain it a different way, because it truly is baffling... right now, you can surf the internet at highspeeds on your DSL or cable. If congress passes the bill that allows your network provider to charge access fees, it means that if a website didn't pay their "access fee" (*cough* extortion *cough*), then access to that webste would be put in the "slow lane" where there is less bandwidth, and conceivable may not be able to reach the website if it is a popular website.
Those websites that paid the "access fee" would be in the "high speed lane" and its surfing as usual.
Websites that might be too small to afford the "access fee" might be lumped into the "slow lane" of access.
FSC is tracking this issue, and i am sure EFF as well.
An extrapolation of this bill, is that your broadband carrier can place a "tax" on porn sites in addition to filtering. They may have their own "approved porn websites" that paid big money to be on, and exclude others.
This bill is quite disturbing and more so if congress passes it. It would be nice if FCC could step in to this, so we'll see what happens.
thanks to all that stepped up and expressed themselves. a shameful finger wagging to those that didn't, and given the fact that .XXX is now over, that those that didn't step up due to fear of what those that supported .XXX might do to their business, will realize that it is better to stick to your beliefs, then to worry about the loss of a dollar.
There are plenty of other biz deals that can be made with companies that did stand up (ie
http://www.FightTheDotXXX.com) that don't compromise your personal integrity, ideals, and beliefs.
Fight the sidelines!