Intense Cash Email (DRAMA)
 

Just got an email from Intense Cash urging their affiliate to write and email in opposition to the proposed .XXX

Disclaimer - NO DRAMA but people NEED to get involved. Intense Cash gets MAD PROPS for increasing awareness.

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It sure would be refreshing to see other affiliate programs do the same. Program owners need to step up to the plate and rally their troops. I am planning on sending Intense Cash extra traffic just for being on our side - I'm sure your affiliates will feel the same.

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For those of you who are unaware, the .xxx domain proposal is coming up for a vote on March 9th. PLEASE, if you value your business, take 5 or 10 minutes NOW and send a short note opposing .xxx to ICANN at [email protected]. ICANN cannot approve a request if there is not support from the industry, so hearing from those of us in the industry is absolutely vital to the defeat of this proposal.

We must, as an industry, voice our opposition to .xxx NOW. While ICM, who would run the registry and make millions on it, says it will be voluntary, they are also telling those opposed to porn that .xxx will prevent kids from accessing adult content and help to regulate it. Obviously, those two statements are in opposition to each other.

If passed, .xxx will likely have the effect of creating an adult "ghetto" that would make it easy for cities, states, or countries to restrict or ban access to adult content. Additionally, .xxx domains will cost more than $60 PER YEAR. It is also conceivable that, even if laws do not pass limiting porn to .xxx, Visa could demand that all adult content be served from a .xxx domain.

As for protecting kids from porn, .xxx will do no such thing. Even if adult content is restricted to .xxx, there will still be numerous small, off brand domains from tiny countries that allow adult content, thereby completely defeating the purpose.

The positive goals of .xxx (preventing access by children and those who don't wish to view adult content) can be achieved by a combination of a .kids domain, voluntary listing of adult sites with existing content filters, and parental involvement.

PLEASE, if you care about the future of your business, take 5 minutes and send the email (Once sent, you must also look for the confirmation email and respond to that as well.)

Thanks very much for taking the time to read and respond.

Thanks,
IntenseCash Crew

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Congrats to all the winners

Now if lazy webmasters actually took a minute out of their day to send it in... Oh ya, 1 minute equates to about .3 cents of possible income for the average "webmaster", I forgot about that.