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Originally Posted by V_RocKs
And when a website moves offshore it stops paying the US taxes....
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The (reported) revenue based on web-based businesses will probably not be missed at all in return for what conservatives believe would be "cleaning up the internet".
For those that are briefly paying attention, i would recommend really paying attention to this new law and all the other 2257 related angles that are being used to force a moral agenda.
.XXX in the abstract is not a bad idea. Having an organization like IFFOR define business practices, etc is a bad idea. Having .XXX is not necessarily a bad idea, *IF* save harbour was given for content that had the domain (and would presumely have to give up the .COM or atleast have it not be active)
If conservatives really believe that .XXX will protect children, then why not give safe harbour to those (U.S.) webmasters that use it?
The unintended consequences is that MORE porn sites will come to US hosting for billing, bandwidth, and corporate logistics. Those that want to do deceptive marketing and show very graphic depictions, will simply go off-shore.
Conservatives make it seem like a kid surfer would be on a kid-friendly webiste and then click by some "bad" website.
The .XXX bill could very well get passed because it is a "feel good" decision to vote for it by congress, but it will surely cause alot of grief for business owners who run a clean ship, and now are thrown under the bus with the bad/deceptive websites.
.KIDS is certainly the best way of how white-listing approach can be very effective, but the lawmakers are many times ignorant of technology, especially when they believe that having a .XXX domain will be the magic shield that will protect children.
There are other technological ways, but conservatives want knee-jerk / short-sighted solutions that do little to really solve the problem.
Those FBI agents who haven't been pulled onto homeland security duty who go out and bust pedos, are being pulled of those CP cases to deal with obscenity.
Credit card processors are increasingly feeling the heat because CP distibution is UP, and it's hosted and being processed right here in the US by mainstream sites and companies.
When the time comes for action, the ringing of the bell to get people motiviated to write to congress or do some kind of action to demonstrate your rights as Americans is needed.. i hope that many will come to FSC's calling.. because fighting off a bill like this .XXX will take even more $$$ and action from people.
Fight the apathy!