If the ICM's .xxx is approved, it will hurt you alot more than what's happening now with ePassporte!
 

Over the last 2 days, the ICM has been sending in lots of emails from people who are obviously not part of the industry.

It's time you let your voice be heard! Take 2 minutes of your time and email your objections to the .xxx tld to [email protected].

"I run adult websites and I do NOT want the .xxx tld!" is al you need to put in your mail.


If you think you got hit hard because of this whole epassporte mess, then you'll be out of business for good if the ICM's .xxx tld ever gets the green light.

ok i bit +1 for the good guys

Thanks! There were 24 icm votes for today, but ony one against .xxx. Thanks to YOU, that number is now TWO:-)

make it 3

done! :)

where can we view the votes?

if everybody is sending the exact same text they could consider it as the same person sending the messages with different emails

+4 done!

:thumbsup done

Here's the Link to View the ICANN Emails
 

I sent it!
+1

1 more here

Do not forget to confirm your message

Dave,

I saw the 24+ votes in favor - looks fishy - dunno.

You sir have done alot to bring attention to this matter.

Mabey post another with your bio, service to our country, etc, etc.

also, would be nice if all the boards, gfy, ynot, etc, etc could mail there members a template email and make it easy and quick for them to post there objections to this..

Thanks Col.

Todd

So NichePartners.com supports .xxx? http://forum.icann.org/lists/xxx-rev.../msg00197.html

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

+1 here too

Email sent. Bump for the cause.

Oh man cant wait for .org to make all the non profits go to that and take all the porn domains hey? cause thats what its for right? I guess pussy.org is soon going to be a non profit for pornstar vagina rehab! The same day they somehow make you switch your current domains to .xxx they make all the .org's go to charities

Hyperbole much? Now how the the heck do you figure that is true? Can't everyone just ignore the .xxx domain and not register anything? I was unaware that registration of all of one's domains will be mandatory.

sent an email
but dont see how they can force anyone to use it even if it is approved

i voted...thanks for reminding me

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correct, we are so easy sometimes, and that generates a blindness for the real upcoming problem we are facing as a industry.

I urge everyone to spend 2 minutes to secure your business! :thumbsup

The fear is that once .xxx is in place, legislation will be passed making it mandatory for adult materials to be on .xxx domains ONLY.

voted +1

ya right the wild wild west of the internet will have legislations now imagine that

next they would legislate .org being only charities right or .co only being columbian based websites?

And those who afraid, always find something to be afraid of.

This thing about .xxx is stupid. With or without, it just one more tld of 100s.

Scuba Steve and I were talking brand new idea new extension .jumpdumbfuck its an extension for all of the .xxx fans so they know what to do when it comes time to register

No one has explained yet how federal government in the USA can mandate that all websites of some type can go under the direct control of a private company. With this stupid thinking, why not worry that tomorrow, all private business will need license from Walmart to operate?

Ok, you can have that. I will put in proposal to ICANN for .irrationalfears

Email sent

To do it as a truly global measure would be very difficult, probably even impossible.

To require that all U.S.-based adult sites operate on .XXX domains, and those that have a "U.S. nexus" and/or enter into the U.S. stream of commerce to be displayed on .XXX or be blocked from access by Americans, on the other hand... that probably is within the reach of Congressional authority.

Consider this: we do have, and enforce, laws in this country that come equipped with "extraterritorial jurisdiction." It is against the UIGEA to accept online gaming wagers from American citizens, for example. If you don't think citizens of foreign countries can be charged under that law.... well, just ask David Carruthers from BetOnSports about that. :2 cents:

Having said that, fear of .XXX becoming mandatory is not why I'm against ICM's proposal. I just tend to hesitate in offering my support for things that are entirely undefined, as the prospective rules and policies of IFFOR remain, to this day.

Want my support? The first step is telling me precisely what you're asking me to support -- especially when you are asking me to spend $60/domain as part of "supporting" you.

It really doesn't seem like that much to ask, honestly.

Awesome i just pregistered porn.irrationalfears thanks :)

Done and done.

I need to bump this one .....

Done as well.

Message send

done hey!

just sent 20k emails from diff addys and locations

Registrars can quite easily make sure your domain stops resolving no matter where you live in the world.

Registrars depend on ICANN for credential access to register names, and ICANN depends on the US government. You are living in a fantasy if you think mass suspensions would be difficult to implement.

+1 from me...

I voted for .xxx - did I do it right?

Email sent!

+1

done5678

I didn't mean that it would be difficult in a technical sense. I meant it would be difficult to coordinate an internationally-binding legal requirement to host adult content on the .XXX TLD.

I understand the "ICANN is dependent on the U.S. government" theory of how .XXX could become mandatory, internationally. I just think it would be significantly more complicated than Congress passing a law, then calling up ICANN and demanding that ICANN assist in enforcing that law. ICANN might be dependent on the U.S. government, but it does not follow that ICANN is an indentured servant to the U.S. government.

This matter would quickly end up in court, and the courts (both domestic and international) most assuredly exercise power independent of the U.S. Congress. If they did not, COPA would be the law of the land, and the .XXX question would be largely moot for American website operators.

Regardless, I'm against .XXX, either way. Even if it were clearly impossible for it to become mandatory under any circumstances, I'd still be against .XXX for the reasons I stated in my comments to ICANN, ranging from the first comments I submitted to the most recent ones.

they can't.

which is why they wont.


which is why .xxx is a retarded idea.

purely a money grab.

Like with every new rule, there will be many ways to circumvent it so I'm not worried at all

I'm not seeing how any international court would be able to exercise any binding authority over ICANN or the department of commerce.