GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum - I may Have Not Cared Much For Andy Edmond Of FCI But..

I must say he hit the nail on the dead in 2000 and was right about what he wrote about a new Reagan administration we would face in this new challenge..

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Letter From Andrew Edmond, CEO of Flying Crocodile

Sent via email
To Whom it May Concern,

Early last week, I was notified that my testimony to the COPA commission in regards to a possible .xxx Top Level Domain was used in the process of the application of ICM Registry for the rights to administer that .xxx domain as registrar.

I would like to take the opportunity to clarify my position to the decision makers at ICANN so that there is no misunderstanding of my position on this important issue. As one of the adult Internet's foremost policy leaders in regards to the legislative or regulatory processes, I feel that my position on this issue will heavily influence the viability of the domain - before and after the approval process.

Therefore, I would like to make it clear that my position on a .xxx domain, as stated to the COPA commission, was one of disapproval ONLY if there were ever to be legislation removing our rights from publishing adult content material to the .com TLD, in favor of the .xxx domain.

We insist, and will continue to insist, that it is our right to publish our material to .com, .org, and other major domains with open content policies. It would be a given that not only would the majority of our industry turn loose an army of lawyers to defeat this policy, but it would also be highly likely that our legal defense of such a censoring policy would be joined from major organizations such as the ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Alternatively, if the .xxx domain was used to bring value to adult content consumers, adult content businesses, and adult search engines as a voluntary domain, we would clearly enjoy the benefits as outlined in ICM Registry's proposal.

As an important part of my support of this domain, I foresee that in the future the legal process would prove a limitation of liability for those that publish on the .xxx domain, and a higher liability to those publishing on the .com domain. In that very basic legal incentive, I think we would see .xxx flourish with business, and a natural DECLINE of material being published on the other open content domains such as .com and .net.

Additionally, the added benefits of the .xxx TLD advisory board, the research and development funding made available through .xxx revenues, and ratings system integration with the TLD makes me feel that the .xxx TLD would be a great success.

HOWEVER, I state strongly that my warning above need be mentioned again: any attempt to make the .xxx domain the only legitimate adult content domain, removing our rights to .com, .net and other content policy free domains would erupt into an obscenity battle like we haven't seen since the Reagan administration. Let me remind those in charge of policy, history has shown that the 1st Amendment always prevails in censorship disputes.

In summary, I am glad to support ICM Registry in their efforts to provide value to adult content consumers, adult content businesses, parents, employers, and other Internet bodies with their .xxx domain. I see great benefit to all Internet citizens from their successful bid towards this domain.

Andrew Edmond

December 15th, 2000