[Wenchy]

IMHO, no matter what US webmasters do, we're f*cked. The government of this wonderful country of ours CANNOT police the world-wide web no matter how much they want to, a fact they seem reticent to accept.

Sure, they might be able to make life hell on earth for WMs in the States with 2257 and/or dot xxx, but it will have NO EFFECT on porn being published on the net in other countries. Effectively what will happen is that US webmasters, being forced to comply or risk an extended stay in a local "butt-slamming prison", will simply be run out of business. We are one country in a web of many and what happens within our borders will only open things up for those we've all been trying to keep out.

The bottom line is people want hardcore, which is why paysites sell memberships... BUT, there has been such an extensive proliferation of free hardcore for the past several years that surfers are spoiled by the free ride. Logic dictates that if they can't get it from us they'll find it elsewhere... it's really that simple.

Frankly I'm not in favor of either of the choices presented, Jay. This 2257 crap is a joke which I am confident will be struck down by the higher courts in the land, and I'm not at all interested in purchasing a buttload of new domains as I'm perfectly happy with the ones I have. I suppose if I absolutely had to choose one or the other I would have to go with the dot xxx, but I would want a lot more details first and some assurance that we would be free to pursue business as usual with little or no interference from Big Brother. Oh, and it would be nice if BB would let us in on his secret to controlling the rest of the planet too.

It'll be interesting to see what other opinions are...