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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
If they decide to put all online porn onto .xxx domains.
The last people they will consult with are the online pornographers to ask if they like the idea.
Those who can't afford to buy a .xxx domain can go work in another industry. Don't expect anyone to really care about you. It's business, the herd is being culled.
If it leads to the the end of all online porn this will be the biggest boost to porn ever. Those who now get their porn for free will have to pay for it, the odds on people swapping their copies of teens anal gay gang bangers movies are slim to none. This will lead to more money in porn, more people buying porn and a very big porn industry. People won't just stop consuming porn, they have developed a taste for it. The casual buyer might, the numbers who will switch to buying are mind boggling.
The opportunities for good people in online porn to switch their operations to offline porn will be immense. The earnings will start to climb steadily. The threat
of free porn will diminish with the demise of free online porn.
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You must have been living in a cave for at least the last 10 years. All online porn and free porn is not going away. .XXX is only going to hurt legitimate online businesses. Those who operate beyond the scope of the law are going to do whatever they want regardless of the law. Just like 2257 doesn't stop CP, .XXX won't stop illegal sharing. Pirates will just move their operations to a neutral jurisdiction and continue to rip content and share files through torrents, tubes and the method du jour. You are highly delusional if you think that this evil curse called .XXX is a blessing that will restore prosperity to the porn industry.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Yes Herd, people will challenge this in court and take it to the Supreme Courts of their lands. AFTER the law is passed. Which makes your examples void.
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Stupid laws can be repealed, just like Prohibition.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Personally I think nothing will happen, .xxx will sink into the background and not be the threat you guys imagine. The next step up is it becomes mandatory and expensive. Cost of doing business. I can afford it, those who can't, make sure the door doesn't hit you on your way out. If it takes porn offline, then it will be the biggest boost to porn ever.
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I was joking in another thread about the imminent end of online porn and things coming full circle to print publications. However, you seem to be stuck in the past, reliving your memories from 40 years ago.
Don't be so naive and simpleminded. How do you know you're going to make money? What if ICM Registry decides to introduce tiered pricing based on the success of your webiste? Let's see, your site has 10 million uniques this year, so your renewal cost is going to be $1 million. A competitor with 5 million uniques this year is going to have to pay annual renewal fees of $1/2 million. As your business grows, ICM Registry grows like a parasite, always wanting more to fill their insatiable appetite. Are you OK with that scenario? Are you sure you can afford it or even WANT to pay it? The problem is not just ICM Registry operating .XXX. The danger is they lied in their claims to represent the industry and they want to create rules and regulations for us through IFFOR.