Originally Posted by Quentin

Stuart Lawley has averred in the past that he will fight any such measure to make .XXX mandatory. This is (ostensibly, at least) one reason he retained Robert Corn-Revere, a very prominent and experienced First Amendment specialist, to represent ICM.

Of course, Lawley also once promised that he would not use the number of pre-registrations of .XXX domains as evidence of sponsoring community support, and he as since gone back on that promise... so it is probably advisable to take his pledge to fight a mandatory .XXX with a grain of salt.