oppose

[tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

May 2006
> 
> 
> Dear Dr. Cerf,
> 
> As a member of the adult Internet industry, I am writing to express my 
> opposition to the creation of 
> a .XXX top-level domain (TLD), and to urge ICANN to take advantage of the 
> opportunity presented by 
> the Commerce Department and rescind its earlier decision to approve ICM 
> Registry’s application to 
> establish and run the above-mentioned TLD.
> 
> I believe that there is no compelling reason to establish such a TLD other 
> than to make a few people 
> wealthy at the expense of many, and that any benefits that may accrue to 
> webmasters who 
> purchase .XXX domains will be far outweighed by the likelihood that 
> governmental and non-
> governmental entities, both domestic and foreign, will impose unacceptable 
> restrictions on lawful 
> constitutional speech. As a responsible member of the adult entertainment 
> community, I am also very 
> concerned that I will not have a sufficient enough voice on the IFFOR Board 
> of Directors, which will be 
> setting all policies for the TLD, and that these policies will be established 
> and enforced by people who 
> may not have the best interests of this industry at heart, and may in fact be 
> personally hostile to it. 
> 
> I believe that there is a far superior solution to the problem of making 
> material unsuited to viewing by 
> minors unavailable to them. Rather than 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. In this scenario, 
> there is no risk of censorship, and minors will have a safe place of their 
> own in which to experience the 
> gifts of the Internet. 
> 
> Again, I respectfully request that you take this opportunity to let this 
> application lapse without any 
> further action.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yours truly,
> 
>  corbu
> cherryasia