It's funny that I keep hearing from the pro xxx people about the pros, yet have yet to hear any. I've read the press, one that's catering to the public, the public that have no idea whats going on. If pressed by industry people, I wonder if they can actually come up with any benefits other that their bank account.
From the ICM Registry
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About .XXX & Why We Need A .XXX Extension
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Lets see, is it "WE" or just the ICM registry?
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The adult industry has been a substantial part of the Internet since its inception. However as the domain name system has sprawled out, it has become increasingly difficult to identify what individual websites offer without actually visiting them.
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Didn't the Nazis do the same thing? Categorizing business and treating them differently from other business is illegal, unless you like being treated differently
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Despite a very large online market for adult entertainment, large sections of society do not wish to come into contact with its products and as such .XXX provides both willing consumers of adult entertainment and those who wish to avoid it with an easily identifiable mark ? the end of the web address.
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There are already filters in place, most business's have filters in place and are available to consumers. Google has a safe search feature and if thats important, they can build a new browser that doesn't accept porn sites.
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What?s more, the .XXX "registry" will be a professionally run outfit that will include Best Business Practices into the agreement that all registrants of .XXX domains will have to agree to before they can have a .XXX name. The result is greater confidence and certainty in .XXX domains by those who visit the domains.
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Nice, more regulations, we always love those. And this professional run outfit, how much is this going to cost the community, a lot of programs have gone in the toilet and they now want to charge us more to run a business. Guess the little guy will just have to deal with selling google ad space now?
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For adult entertainment providers, identifying themselves as compliant with a comprehensive set of Best Business Practices can provide more predictable revenue streams, greater customer retention and fewer complaints as regulators and others will see adult entertainment providers take a proactive and responsible approach to their web presence.
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There's that word again "regulators"! Greater retention? Wait, do you think that the ICM registry knows more about retention that the business knows? Seriously?
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For individuals or families wishing to avoid adult content, the machine-readable labels will allow easy and reliable filtering. No need to fiddle with keywords or expensive software.
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Google safe search is free, warning pages do the same thing. Anyone that lets their kids on the net should be responsible about it, making the Internet baby safe is a joke!
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In addition, the introduction of .XXX creates a credible, self-regulated forum for all stakeholders to discuss and actively respond to concerns about online adult entertainment.
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All controlled by the ICM registry of course for a fee?
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As you can see from a number of surveys taken from a wide range of different organizations both within and outside the adult entertainment industry, our approach is favored by a majority of people.
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This is an out and out lie, I saw the latest poll on XBiz and it didn't say the industry wanted anything to do with this.
These are just my opinions, please tell me if I'm wrong. I wonder about the guys with hundreds of thousands spent on back linking, domains, SEO and advertising that the people of ICM registry want to bury.
And if there are true benefits of the XXX for our business, then why have they not told us? They hired one guy that started a thread on Xbiz and couldn't give any.
So I'll be there, I will speak up