Originally Posted by Herd (Post 18264741)

A few big studios stand to make a killing if .XXX becomes mandatory. At the same time, a few big companies stand to lose an enormous amount of money because of .XXX.
Just hope those big companies, that could end up losing most of their profits, if .XXX becomes law, will not allow that to happen.

Originally Posted by Herd (Post 18264741)

A few big studios stand to make a killing if .XXX becomes mandatory. At the same time, a few big companies stand to lose an enormous amount of money because of .XXX.
Just hope those big companies, that could end up losing most of their profits, if .XXX becomes law, will not allow that to happen.

Originally Posted by NewNick (Post 18261619)

?The misuse of our intellectual property will not be tolerated,?

Priceless.....



This one is even better :


Manwin said that it believes "that the onus is on ICM to honor and protect the rights of the adult content industry"


I bet you will all sleep easy now you have Manwin protecting your rights and intellectual property from those might find a loop hole to exploit !!!

Originally Posted by Nathan (Post 18263408)

The system we have in place is called Vobile. Also, safe harbor and sunrise is hardly the same thing. BTW, using infringing, stealing and safe harbor or dmca in the same sentence makes little sense. Just shows how little you understand this.

Originally Posted by Nathan (Post 18263408)

The system we have in place is called Vobile.

Originally Posted by Nathan (Post 18263408)

BTW, using infringing, stealing and safe harbor or dmca in the same sentence makes little sense. Just shows how little you understand this.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18263891)

Try opening your eyes.

Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ (Post 18263471)

Let me explain a current strategy in historical Military terms.

Originally Posted by u-Bob (Post 18263634)

Ok, let's get this straight once and for all.

As most people around here know:
- I've been fighting this .xxx for a very long time.
- I've never been afraid to speak my mind.
- I'm not the kind of person that starts fake drama all over the place.

Some time ago I started noticing something odd. I started getting the impression that you (who in the past has always been anti .xxx) were getting more tolerant towards the ICM Registry. Whether or not this was your intention is impossible to tell. You're the only one who can answer that. But based on your posts, that was the impression I got.

At the same time I noticed a certain hostility from your part towards people who used humor (comments like "I heard all .xxx are filled with malware") to fight the .xxx or people who made certain errors in thinking when writing their anti .xxx posts. At the time I didn't think much of this. I attributed it to a difference in style. Personally I applaud any attempt to stop the ICM and if someone makes an error I try to correct it. Just like I did in goodgirl's thread about the danger of the ICM monopolizing search in the .xxx tld. You have, let's face it, at times displayed the tendency to "bark" (pun intended) at those posts you deem to be "simpleminded". Again, it is possible that this was never your intention. however, that is the impression I got.

Last week, when chatting on icq about the .xxx tld, 2 other GFY'ers brought up the exact same points. And 1 of them asked me if I knew something about a rumor he'd heard. The rumor being that you had been approached by the ICM to fill the gap created when Chris 2/3.0 left. My first reaction was : this can't be true. Or maybe they did approach him but he surely must have told them to go fuck themselves.

Around the same time I got a 3rd icq msg about the same rumor. I discreetly asked around. I emailed 2 people who've been long time members of this industry and fiercely anti-.xxx. Both of them replied that they didn't know anything about this and that they'd find it hard to believe. I also contacted 5 people on icq. 2 of them I basically told "this is the rumor, know anything about?". The 3 others I asked more indirectly: "any news on the .xxx front?".

Out of those 7 people I contacted (2email, 5 icq), 2 replied that they had picked up a rumor about you, 1 other didn't know anything about a rumor but did mention what he described to be your "change of heart".

At that time I started to get a bit worried. To be honest, I never like your style, but I always respected your efforts to fight the .xxx tld and I was impressed when you took the time and made the effort to go to san Fransisco to be one of the few to actually protest there.

Part of me didn't want to believe the rumors. Another part of me is always a bit suspicious, so you could summarize my position at that time as: "I hope it's not true."

Around that time I started a new gfy thread asking if the ICM Registry had hired a gfy-er to do its dirty work. One reason for this was that the way Chris 2/3.0 and NALEM got shitlisted all over the place for doing business with the ICM and that this thread would serve as a warning/message to whoever might be considering taking money from the ICM next. The other reason was to find out if anyone knew anything about the rumor that the ICM had approached you. In that thread I never once said anything about you or the rumor about you.

Funny thing is that some of the replies in that thread could be seen as references to you and 1 person later contacted me asking "Who is it? Is it baddog?". I replied: "I hope not".

To be honest, I still wasn't sure what to make of it. Lots of rumors, no proof...

At one point you made an anti-.xxx remark and I replied that it was great to see that you still were anti-.xxx and that the rumors must false then.

At that point i really thought, ok, he's still on the good side.

However, ever since then you have continued to display a certain hostility. You never once asked what this rumor was (I never posted it) either on gfy or on icq. Did you already know about this rumor?

So to summarize: personally I don't think you are working for the ICM. However, the attitude you have been displaying lately has obviously given the impression to some that you are. Your refusal to clearly state that you are not working for the ICM (either directly or indirectly) when people allude to it, may not be the best way to handle this. And calling everyone who says something you don't like a simpleton or an idiot certainly isn't.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18263753)

Why the fuck would I care what you thought?

Originally Posted by MrCain (Post 18263888)

Are you working for ICMRegistry, yes or no?

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18264274)

You need to stop being so obvious who you are, u-bob.

Originally Posted by topnotch, standup guy (Post 18265758)

I don't get it. Why are you letting these ugly rumors build up and fester?

You're smart enough and you've been around long enough to know, frontwards and backwards, how this shit works.

And, no, I'm not u-Bob :)

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Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18264274)

You need to stop being so obvious who you are, u-bob.

Originally Posted by Brujah (Post 18262847)

Are you involved with ICM in any way?

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18262850)

Nope . . .

Originally Posted by Shey (Post 18266235)

Looks pretty straight forward to me :2 cents:

Originally Posted by Dirty Dane (Post 18266215)

From what I understand, you can't register without using the domain yourself. Parking, redirections etc. not allowed... Blocking the domain is the only option.

Originally Posted by MrCain (Post 18267165)

Baddog, I did not know Brujah had already asked the same question and that you had answered it. I must have missed that part. Still, It was a perfectly reasonable question to ask. A question you could have answered with a simple YES or NO. If people doubt your sincerity or willingness to answer questions than you have only your own attitude to blame for that.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18267339)

You seriously think I care what you or any other troll thinks? You do not pay very close attention, do you?

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 18267350)

I used to never get why people gave you shit as you always seemed to be so harmless. But over the years and watching you answer anything and everything with short snarky questions, trying to stir up shit or take a jab at people but without ever really taking a position or formulating an argument that you'd actually have to defend (or god forbid, lose), I can understand why many people think your an irritating cocksucker.

Originally Posted by GetSCORECash (Post 18264752)

Can you name them? Is the answer the studios that buy the domains now?

Originally Posted by Brujah (Post 18262831)

You're even more confused about trademarks than you are about domain names. TM's aren't exclusive and all-inclusive. Do your homework. I suggest looking over the WIPO cases where many claims of infringement by TM holders are on the losing side, because the mark alone wasn't evidence of infringement. Generic porn terms may not carry the same weight in the .XXX sTLD. Consider the guy with a TM for 'XXX' for example. Like I said, generics are a little different.

Originally Posted by MrCain (Post 18267658)

When it is called for, you will give a detailed response? You could have answered the question with a simple YES or NO.

Originally Posted by MrCain (Post 18268483)

Did you ever stop to think that maybe people asked that question because they did not already know your answer?

Originally Posted by InfoGuy (Post 18275306)

nathan, has ICM Registry responded to your demands?