.XXX Given The OK
 

Dammit.

Obviously there are some people in the industry who seem to think that repeatedly saying NO means "YES".

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65N4UP20100624

I had a big, long reply planned, but this sums it up.

|banghead|

This will all go quite well with new Thought Crimes legislation and Lieberman lobbying to take China's lead on controlling the internet. |bullshit|

The price of a xxx domain is $70. Nice little earner there and a gouge for those of us who want to protect our intellectual property from squatters. That's all it is.

But already the comments on the SMH article about this are demanding that governments make it mandatory for porn to be on the domain. Thanks for screwing free speech, ICANN.

dang...this is fucked... $70? That shit should be $2 as a public service....

I don't want to be part of a ghetto.

Who decides what is porn?

Excellent! I can't wait to start registering everybody's domains as a .xxx. :)

-N

When it was looking possible a few weeks ago I gave in and registered with ICM registry (swearing the whole time). They do want to know if you already own adult domain names and give you first dibs on the equivalent .xxx domains.

From the registration page:
They are also accepting "expressions of interest" in other names.

You don't find out about the price until you've been through the reservation process. I *think* it's $70, might be a tad less but not much. Pure price gouging!

Here's the summary of the meeting from Dianne Duke and Tom Hymes.
http://news.avn.com/articles/Brussel...ay-401239.html

When I was emailing with them the other day, they 1/2 expected this result due to the need to follow procedural items, but also felt that the required review under scrutiny would undermine ICM on the sponsored community item. Also ICMs business plan also be questioned.


And then Dianne sums it up somewhat.


BTW, Grandma how's your new Prime Minister going to work out with the Aussie internet filter? |boobies|

I don't like this but is it really going to be a big deal? In a sense its just another TLD we can choose from. There are no laws saying all porn has to be on this TLD only. Likewise people use .ORG for other things than the planned non profit sites.

Besides the $70 extortion! |catfight|

There are also things like ICM/IFFOR(which is nothing to do with adult) saying that if you register a XXX, you also agree to be bound by their regulations on your domains including com, net, org, etc. |club|

There is also the ghetto effect! |banghead|
Much easier for some politico to block a TLD than millions of domains.

Precisely. It would be as easy as marching us into a 'shower'.

Boycott .XXX If no one registers any names, the registry will go out of business. Fuck that piece of shit Stuart Lawley, ICM and ICANN. |2up

So who gets the .xxx domain if I own the .com, person 2 owns the .net person 3 owns the .org, person 4 owns the .info, etc...?

Don't worry. I'm told them I was against this and they said, "OK."

Boycotting it will not put them out of business any more than refusing to deal with sponsors who shave would put them out of business.

Maybe if we all, (the big unorganized and competing with each other we all) decided to go on strike or something, maybe then the surfers would rise up in righteous anger and demand an end to tube sites, free porn, and all of the other things that keep us from making as much money as we used to make!

But I doubt they'd even notice.

The reality is that the only thing constant about this biz is change. It sucks, but you either deal with it or quit.

We all don't have a helluva lot of influence.

They haven't defined that yet. Best guess is whoever gives the best blowjob or offers the most money.

Money money, money, money, money.

More peeks at asshat Lawrey from the NY Times.
Can you say legalized extortion.

I'm getting ready to go out and setup a whole bunch of TLDs. |jester|
Disney.PORN
Republican.GLORYHOLES
Microsoft.BDSM
and don't forget all the non porn nasty words that are not correct
Cheyney.N*Z*
Vatican.PED*PH*LES
Obama.N*G*A

With the updating the reviews on sponsorship & the fact of the GAC rejecting them originally ICM is not likely to make it. |whisper|

If all else fails it's time for a civil war. Then everybody can start banning XXX from submissions, links, trading, traffic, etc. making the domains worthless. |club|

Tickler, no word on whether she's going to dump the filter... we're all hoping there's a ministerial reshuffle and Conroy gets the boot. It might happen, fingers crossed.

One good thing about Julia: she's not a bible basher. She took an affirmation oath when she was sworn in. This is a major relief.

I do hope AVN is right and .xxx is not a done deal. As you say, how can they be allowed to charge that much money to protect intellectual property? Bastards.

Conroy will keep his portfolio, filter will still be on the agenda, gotta think about the children. $10 bucks says I'm right. :)

-N

$60 a year was the last I heard - That killed it for me right there. Damn legalized extortion.

Nekrom, I won't take your bet, you're probably right. The euphoria of the other day has given way to cynicism. Still, I sent her an email asking her to dump the filter and put Kate Lundy in the communications job. It's a small hope.

I would love Kate Lundy to take over the portfolio and for Conjob to be re-assigned to an office in the middle of the NT.

I will give PM Gillard a week or so to see how her revamped cabinet looks and if any policies will be dumped or changed. But I'm not holding my breath. :)

-N

Well as Diane said in an email to me the other day, Lawrey is severely pissed that they have to go through a review of their "sponsored community" which they will probably lose, and the approval of the GAC(Government Advisory Committee) again, where they were rejected before.

Might have something to do with me calling them out about that.
http://kierenmccarthy.com/2010/05/18...-dot-xxx-issue

Or maybe my ICANN post about the viability of their business plan, which was referenced in the ICM paid Executive Summary above.
http://forum.icann.org/lists/icm-opt.../msg00630.html




As far as the Aussie filter, I've been reading various news articles that Conroy is rapidly losing party support because there is an election coming and all the politicos want to be elected again.


|couch|
BTW, does anybody want sponsor IDs for ICM supporters.

Well the cabinet shuffle as happened and Conjob still has his portfolio, interwebs filters for everyone huzzah! |bananna|

-N

This will probably be a long drawn out process and expensive to police. So, I don't think it will have any real impact for a long time. The article indicates that the vote wasn't unanimously in favor of it. It's not a done deal yet.