Opposition to the .xxx domain issue

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Mr. Lawley and his company stand to make millions from this deal-at the
expense of the adult entertainment industry.

 

.XXX is a very bad idea because:

. It "ghettoizes" the industry, making adult entertainment an easy target
for anti-industry extremists and government intrusion.

 

. It will add, unnecessarily, to the cost of doing business. At $60 per URL
per year, the cost to a member could reach tens of thousands of dollars
annually. Many in the adult entertainment industry will purchase and park
addresses, realizing no benefit to this added expense. Finally, there will
be countless battles for names, and the resulting arbitration will be
costly.

 

. If a .XXX domain becomes available, it is likely that the United States
and other countries will try to make it mandatory and subject to
trans-Internet filtering that could effectively eliminate much of the adult
content currently available on the Web.

 

. The .XXX option could enable the industry's enemies to convert even a
voluntary .XXX domain use into an effectively mandatory requirement by
pressuring private parties, such as credit card processors, to require .XXX
use and compliance. In this way, ICM through unchecked rule-making could
"back door" all the governmental regulations that we have beaten back. If
that happens the industry would not have its most potent weapon, the First
Amendment to challenge ICM because ICM is not a governmental entity.

 

. The ambiguity with which ICM plans to establish its governing board is of
grave concern as there exists strong potential for censorship, which is
clearly not in the best interest of the industry or for ICANN.

Thanks you

Gayle Gottlieb
administrator
Red Hot Galleries