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ok, I haven't followed the .xxx story since the very moment it started many years ago so I might be missing details but here's how I see the situation overall.
.xxx has been approved and it does exist. At this stage one thing industry players could do is boycott the TLD, which is very unlikely to happen though as there will be companies/people wanting their piece of cake.
.xxx obviously has strong lobby, corruption also can't be thrown off. In this case even millions of e-mails sent to ICAAN or anywhere else won't do anything unless made public and supported with mass media. The society is not very likely to show much support as I doubt that most of the people outside of the industry actually care much. So the only thing, I think, that would work for the industry in the long run is joining forces and getting better lobby.
Everyone's fear is the chance that in future .xxx will be made mandatory which is the worst case. I wonder how it correlates with anti-monopoly laws as to me it looks like a clear monopoly because ICM registry isn't a non profit organization. Thus, making this happen will be really tough for ICM, especially if the industry starts fighting in the right direction. There are no impossible things, there is lack of effort and sense of responsibility as many of the people who will potentially be affected by this just expect others to solve it for them.
Much respect to Brad for starting this thread.
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