.XXX tld agreement

["Monterey" <monterey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am against the approval of .XXX

.XXX Will Not Create a Framework to Protect Children - Even its most 
enthusiastic supporters acknowledge that a voluntary .XXX will not provide an 
effective mechanism for keeping adult content away from minors. 

There Is No Compelling Need For .XXX - Other than financial benefit to ICM 
Registry and its investors, there is no compelling need or business model that 
necessitates the creation of .XXX. 

.XXX Will Lead To The "Ghettoization" of Protected Speech - By its very 
existence, .XXX will segregate content-based speech and create a framework that 
could lead easily to government or private sector censorship, establishing an 
international precedent by which other content-based speech could be similarly 
segregated and regulated. 

.XXX Will be Regulated, Not Self-Regulated - A supporting organization, IFFOR, 
will set all policies that .XXX domain holders will be required to obey. A 
majority of IFFOR Board of Directors will come from outside the industry, thus 
creating a regulatory, rather than self-regulatory, framework. 

.XXX Does Not Have The Support of the Adult Industry - Contrary to statements 
made by ICM Registry and others, the overwhelming majority of adult 
entertainment companies do not support the creation of .XXX. 

.KIDS Would Provide a Far More Effective Solution - Instead of herding 
protected speech into a "virtual ghetto," a content-positive .KIDS TLD should 
be created where children can find child-friendly websites, making it far 
easier for parents to filter .KIDS in than it will be for them to filter adult 
content out! 
Foreign Governments Oppose .XXX - An increasing number of foreign governments 
have voiced their opposition to .XXX. In fact, rather than endorsing .XXX, the 
European Union recently proposed the creation of a .kids top-level domain. 

Repressive Governments Will Engage in State-Sponsored Filtering: Many 
governments currently restrict the types of websites available to their 
citizens by utilizing filtering technologies. .XXX will provide these 
governments with yet another, more effective tool to control what their 
citizens can access, in effect, censoring speech for an entire country.

Thank you for allowing me to voice my concern.




Bryan Curran