The bad news just keeps piling up:
http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?P...tent_ID=228865
I'm betting that by this time next year we'll be talking about some government-led attempt to force adult sites onto .XXX domain names. It won't take long for some politician somewhere to get the bright idea that forcing all adult sites to use .XXX would somehow "protect children." And since the people behind .XXX appear to be falsely suggesting that .XXX somehow combats child pornography if the AVN article is to be believed (how it manages THAT little task I'd really like to know), it's clear that people are ALREADY using .XXX for their own selfish purposes.
There is NOTHING that .XXX gives us that we couldn't have accomplished just as easily with voluntary ratings. Since most webmasters will choose to stick with .COM because that's where the traffic is, there will be just as much porn outside .XXX as there ever was... meaning this does NOTHING to protect children and does NOTHING to create a safe harbor for children. And even after the government tries to force all American webmasters onto .XXX domain names, through direct legislation or through pressure, there will STILL be plenty of international porn on .COM domain names, and children STILL will not be protected. It's dishonest to say the least to promote .XXX as something that will protect children or combat child pornography. Give me a break. Some people clearly want to make money selling pverpriced domain names to the adult industry and are trying to market it as something other than what it is... a money grab.
This is a HORRIBLE development for the industry. And since the FSC voted AGAINST supporting .XXX, I wonder who all these free speech groups are that supposedly supported .XXX according to the comments from the people who will be cashing in on this little business venture.