Paul, your predictions of the fall-back to 1980 are not going to happen ? the Internet is not going away. Wake up and smell the coffee ...

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Originally Posted by Herd The only Supreme Court decision that maters when dealing with pornography is the United States court. As we are the biggest consumers of this product, along with our court ruling regarding the use of this material sets the trend for most other nations to follow.

That is just xenophobic. The EU Courts have great influence now. Personally, although I claim USA citizenship, the US only accounts for less that 30% of my income today. I am constantly surprised by the maybe 15% to 20% of my income that is from what we Americans would consider developing nations in the 2nd and 3rd world.

Things have changed, the Internet has internationalized business beyond what I ever expected. And this has to do with my statements above ? offline porn, and for that matter ? a good part of offline print media has declined in the face of the digital age.

People read the local and international news media now online. Major Banks, Securities Brokers and Insurers are now offering their services online in the digital world.

There will always be a place for the brick and mortar locations but more of their functions will become digitalized and offered on the Internet.

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Originally Posted by Herd [A]nd for the United States Congress to finally legitimize pornography ...

News flash; porn in the USA was constitutionally protected in the 1970s, see Miller v. California 413 U.S. 15 (1973). The U.S. Congress will not ever elevate Porn to legitimacy of its own "home" (or Domain) on that we are in agreement.

So really the question is, is ICM just a roadshow carny that will pass or to become a tool of governments? The cost of the domains is more than most but really, If you can't afford $100.00 a year to lease a business name for a domain that you own then chance the cybersquatting of the name or just get rid of and consolidate some of your digital properties.

Hell, I was thinking of buying a keyword .cc domain ? the price was $49.99/year! Cheapest registrar I found was $19.99 ... I just said screw it ? use that keyword in subdomains or URLs ? there is your low cost alternative.