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Chop, that is one of the difficulties in all of this. The US senators do not realize that when it comes to the internet, they are but the tail attempting to wag the dog. They can apply certain means to force the issue, but at the end of the day, free porn will move offshore, membership porn will remain in the US, and nothing will have changed except who is cashing the checks.
They are still thinking in terms of magazines sold in stores. They don't realize that it is as easy (and really transparent) for an end user to get free porn from where ever it comes from. It doesn't become a longer wlak to the store or perhaps having to drive over state lines, but rather a click of the mouse that gets the same result, albeit from a different source.
One of the reasons they are split on the .XXX thing for sure is I think many lawmakers are worried about creating any legitimacy for porn at all. It is the same reason none of them are running out to tax porn. Anything like that would mean they would have to accept porn as real and legal. That isn't in the cards.
I think the next couple of years are going to be filled mostly with unenforcable laws, court challenges, constitutional challenges, and election year grand standing.
Remember too, that the numbers typically don't lie. Even conservatives know that a large majority of americans have viewed one or more porn movies, and a good percentage surf, view, or rent adult material. While many people are too shy to admit it, taking their candy away from them would piss them off come voting time. Conservatives know this, and as a result, rather than attacking porn head on, they are trying the end run "zoning law" style attempts to put the hurt on the industry. It is funny as hell to watch them go at it.
Alex
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