Anyone here feel best qualified to be point man with the FSC?

Bill · 2006-03-17, 03:48 PM

The Cyber Safety Act For Kids has made it to BoingBoing...

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/17...ber_safet.html

"Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR), and Max Baucus, (D-MT) have proposed a bill that would require all commercial websites with material "harmful to minors" (in other words, sexually explicit content) to move to a .xxx domain within 6 months of this bill becoming law -- or face civil penalties. Under the terms of the proposed law, the US Commerce Department secretary would be required to develop a domain name for adult sites (presumably .xxx) with ICANN."

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"Adult industry representatives say the bill if enacted would have a chilling effect on free speech. "This is constitutionally protected speech -- we're not talking about illegal content," said Tom Hymes, a spokesman for the Free Speech Coalition, the trade association representing the adult entertainment industry.

The proposal is an ineffective approach to the problem since many of the adult Web sites are based outside the country and the civil penalties would not apply to them, he said. Hymes said the companies would find ways to circumvent the new designation, including moving their operations offshore. Instead, he proposed setting up a .kids domain name for children-friendly content."

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Two western democrats trying to out republican the rebublicans.

This is why the democratic party as a whole can say bye-bye to my donations.

Altho I will give money to one specific democratic challanger who has a decent chance of beating the asshole republican senator of my state.

2006-03-17, 03:48 PM	#11
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	The Cyber Safety Act For Kids has made it to BoingBoing... http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/17...ber_safet.html "Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR), and Max Baucus, (D-MT) have proposed a bill that would require all commercial websites with material "harmful to minors" (in other words, sexually explicit content) to move to a .xxx domain within 6 months of this bill becoming law -- or face civil penalties. Under the terms of the proposed law, the US Commerce Department secretary would be required to develop a domain name for adult sites (presumably .xxx) with ICANN." and "Adult industry representatives say the bill if enacted would have a chilling effect on free speech. "This is constitutionally protected speech -- we're not talking about illegal content," said Tom Hymes, a spokesman for the Free Speech Coalition, the trade association representing the adult entertainment industry. The proposal is an ineffective approach to the problem since many of the adult Web sites are based outside the country and the civil penalties would not apply to them, he said. Hymes said the companies would find ways to circumvent the new designation, including moving their operations offshore. Instead, he proposed setting up a .kids domain name for children-friendly content." --- Two western democrats trying to out republican the rebublicans. This is why the democratic party as a whole can say bye-bye to my donations. Altho I will give money to one specific democratic challanger who has a decent chance of beating the asshole republican senator of my state.