new domain law for .nl and .uk as well as .com
 

The Amber Alert bill encountered modest opposition when House Judiciary chairman James Sensenbrenner, decided to turn it into a broader proposal addressing criminal penalties, sex tourism and wiretapping.

The amendment related to domain names is sponsored by Republican Mike Pence, and is similar to a bill he introduced during the last session of Congress and reintroduced this year.

Pence's amendment says that anyone who uses a misleading domain name to try to lure people into visiting an obscene Web site faces up to two years in prison, and anyone who tries to lure a minor to a sexually explicit site that is "harmful to minors" faces up to four years in prison.

It applies to any Internet domain name, including those in non-US country codes like .uk or .nl, and a congressional source predicted it would pass easily during the expected floor vote.

Marv Johnson, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) , says his organisation has not taken a position on the Pence amendment.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132558,00.html

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Shit, so does that mean im gonna have to take down my beast site?
http://www.barney.com

Already posted and discussed.

I just wish that I knew what qualifies as a misleading domain name. Obviously a name like whitehouse.com leading to a porn site is misleading, but what about a name like teenfun.com?