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Originally Posted by jayeff
In theory maybe: I have been vaguely aware of FSC for years. But in practise how? One of the observations in my post was that even now, with a relatively high interest level from online webmasters (and their money), FSC still isn't regularly interacting with the online adult community at large either to find out what that community wants/needs or even purely out of self-interest, to raise its own profile.
I can guarantee that beyond the general declaration that "FSC is fighting 2257" hardly anyone here who has donated money recently has a clue specifically what FSC is trying to acheive as regards this issue. There are many branches of adult entertainment as a whole and they do not all have the same priorities and objectives. It's only an assumption by most people here that what FSC is fighting for will coincide with their interests. How many even know exactly what their "membership" means, beyond costing them money?
Whatever this sounds like, it is not a criticism of FSC. It's rather that most of us stuck our heads firmly in the sand for 9 months and have now convinced ourselves that we are dealing with the issue, when in reality all we have done is go into lemming mode, grab the first convenient option and hope for the best.
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Well, I don't want to turn this into an FSC thread, but I do think that you probably weren't paying attention to FSC activities over the past few years. Many remember the FSC defeating the law that would have effectively outlawed all barely legal sites by calling them "virtual child pornography." That was fought at the Supreme Court level years ago, and directly affected the adult internet industry even though few companies from the internet segment stepped up with financial contributions. Then there is the regular California lobbying, the hiring of a federal lobbyist, the past hearing on .XXX that raised awareness about the issue... just to list a few. I think the problem you're pointing to is a lack of PUBLICITY of accomplishments, which is something that seems to have been changed with the hiring of Michelle Freridge as Executive Director. And of course 2257 has brought a lot of focus too, as you point out. But the FSC has been at just about every Internext show from back in the IA2000 days. Those who were interested, as I was one of them, was always able to find out what the FSC was up to. As you've suggested, the problem is that not enought webmasters have been interested in the past... too few bothered to take industry activism seriously. If it took 2257 and .XXX then so be it... let's put our newfound energy to some positive use for the industry.