Updated .XXX Story from AVN Online
 

http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?P...tent_ID=229056

.xxx Raises More Eyebrows Than Excitement
By: MJ McMahon
Posted: 5:00 pm PDT 6-2-2005


TORONTO - Wednesday?s announcement that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has entered into commercial and technical negotiations with ICM Registry for the sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) .xxx raised more eyebrows than excitement. If all goes according to schedule, domains in the new sTLD will be available sometime between November 2005 and February 2006.

Although it is being marketed as a way to do away with child pornography and to keep minors away from adult entertainment, not everyone sees it that way. .....

It's LONG... click here for more.

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The font (and its size) on AVN is really annoying

Us Torontonians tend to be long-winded
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Thanks for the link, I'll print and read on the subway

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Noted... Thanks! :thumbsup

November - February, that at least gives me time to save up for registering all my .coms over.

anyone who has replied to this thread before me, hasnt read the whole article :winkwink:

reading, 8 char

I agree with Steve, it's just another bump, nothing will kill this industry.

Thanks Aly :thumbsup

LOL... :thumbsup

Just read the article, this part struck me:

?I fully expect that at 2 o?clock in the morning, when Congress is winding down in the present session or next session, Senator Brownback is going to stand up and attach it to some bill that absolutely has to get passed because it appropriates funds for caskets for American G.I.s? bodies returning from Iraq,? First Amendment attorney Joe Obenberger told AVNOnline.com. ?He?ll attach .xxx as a mandatory domain. I expect something like that will happen. We?re seeing the rollout 1.0, and 2.0 will be mandatory. Jason [Hendeles] will have plausible deniability and say, ?We didn?t do it.?

It seems as though we - as a collective business - Adult Online - have NO lobbying and no voices speaking for us in Washington. Certainly the online adult industry is not large in terms of numbers of providers of materials and online services in the grand sceme of things - but - economically it does amount to a substantial chunk of $$$. It seems that there should be more up-front focus and exposure to get our points across - presenting them in a better way instead of always fighting fires that happen in retrospec. :2 cents:

Indeed, we are quite a reactive bunch. The online industry hasn't been around all that long though, maybe we're learning...

http://www.adultwebmasterhost.com/tj.jpg

tj thinks so too :thumbsup

With all due respect, not so. The Free Speech Coalition has hired a Washington lobbyist, Aubrey King, and I sat next to him at the FSC meeting in Woodland Hills a week or so ago when the attorneys took questions about 2257. Boy, were his eyes opened. We certainly hope he's going to be effective, but I can assure you at the very least that he is motivated!

If you want to help him help you, donate to the FSC 2257 Legal Fund, and while you're at it, join the FSC!

Tom Hymes
Communications Director
Free Speech Coalition
[email protected]

first time I've heard that we've had someone in DC
is there someplace - someway that webmasters can communicate - make thier concerns known?

it saddens me that this thread falls to page 2 so quick.

Oh and my thoughts. though you may not agree


Wake up people!! don't you see the grave error in this. Forget it being mandatory, that will happen and we can I deny it if we want, but it will happen.

Traffic- who cares.

Blocked at the ISP- will probably happen somewhere sometime sooner than you expect............ Oh and Lensman, I think you might forget that there is a large portion of this great country that does not have a wide variety of service providers. IE central Florida. It's Brighthouse or the outhouse. And they are not going to loose 20% of their consumers because they block .xxx . Not going to happen bro.

But the biggest thing I think a bunch of us are over looking is the label and what it can REALLY do.

Anyone play poker online??? anyone try to use your bank credit card to put money in your account?? A VERY large portion of banking institutions do not allow you to do this, it's their company policy. Bank of America, Bank One, ect....ect.... Whats to stop these individual institutions from deciding they feel the same way about .xxx as they feel about PartyPoker or PokerStars????? in short NOTHING.

While I will agree this will not Kill the industry, It's sure gonna hurt those who are not going to benefit from .xxx purchases.

Look at the big picture, and on how many levels you will be filtered on and by who....

Aly How come they didnt interview Mike South for the article ? lol :1orglaugh

i have a feeling theres gonna be a scramble for .xxx domains

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