xxx buyer beware

[keysync]

This is the text from the free speech coalition website if you're interested.
http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/

Buyers Beware: FSC Guide to Purchasing .XXX

CANOGA PARK, Calif. ? Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released an ?Adult Business Guide to .XXX,? in an effort to spread awareness of important information to any online business owners that may be considering purchase of .XXX domains.

FSC has opposed .XXX domains for nearly a decade. Recent discussions with online business owners indicate a need for clarification of the .XXX registration process. Confusion and mixed messages given by ICM Registry (ICM) and its registrars about pricing and the application process have created a difficult situation for adult online business owners. Buyers Beware! FSC created this guide to help you read the fine print and understand the scope of your purchase.


?It is important for adult businesses to be able to see through all of the smoke and mirrors provided by ICM and some of it registrars. Hopefully, this guide will help business owners get to the truth,? FSC Executive Director Diane Duke said.


This quick guide will:

1. Show registrars? prices for:
The first year for Sunrise AT - for trademark owners attempting to purchase their trademarked name.
The first year Sunrise AD - for adult businesses wishing to purchase a .XXX domain name that it owns in another TLD.
Sunrise B - for businesses adult and non-adult that wish to block their .XXX trademarked name.
Landrush - 18 days starting on November 8, 2011; during this limited period, only those members of the adult ?Sponsored Community? can apply for .XXX domain names.

2. Highlight ICM policies that businesses should read and understand prior to filling out any application.

3. Educate potential buyers about the contributing factors to likelihood of a rapid decline in the value of any .XXX domain name.

Adult online businesses should be aware that registration fees for .XXX addresses are NON-refundable. If an application is rejected, fees will not be returned and you will not be registered for a .XXX address.

Important points for adult business owners also include defining what ICM and its affiliated registrars may recognize as a ?trademarked? name.


For example, if you have trademarked ?SexyChicks.com,? under Sunrise AT and Sunrise B, you do not have preferred status for purchasing ?SexyChicks.xxx.? You would only be able eligible to buy or block ?SexyChickscom.xxx.?

Also, domain names that adult businesses thought they had rights to may have been reserved by ICM for auction to the highest bidder.

In a recent debate between Duke and ICM CEO Stuart Lawley, many details of .XXX registration for adult online businesses were discussed. While Lawley provided general answers to questions on policy by-laws and contractual clauses for .XXX, he was unable to clarify many points for Duke and those in attendance. An hour-long video of the debate (courtesy of XBIZ Magazine) is viewable at the FSC Blog.www.fscblogger.wordpress.com.

At one point during the debate, the CEO of DomainMonster states that .XXX domains will cost $79 per year if purchased through his company, correcting Duke for misquoting DomainMonster?s price. What he failed to add is that the $79 price is available only under the ?General Availability? period, for those willing to sign a 25-year contract.


FSC reminds all adult online business owners ? buyers beware.


Copies of FSC?s ?Adult Business Guide to .XXX? are downloadable here in pdf format, at the FSC Blog, or by contacting FSC at (818) 348-9373, or [email protected] .

[JFK]

thanks for posting that

[Si]

Sneaky, shady, sleazy bunch of good for nothing crooks.

[pornguy]

$79 price is available only under the “General Availability” period, for those willing to sign a 25-year contract.


thats fucking extortion.

[BlackCrayon]

What he failed to add is that the $79 price is available only under the ?General Availability? period, for those willing to sign a 25-year contract.

lol what the hell..?

[keysync]

The 25 year contract and
This is my favorite parts

For example, if you have trademarked “SexyChicks.com,” under Sunrise AT and Sunrise B, you do not have preferred status for purchasing “SexyChicks.xxx.” You would only be able eligible to buy or block “SexyChickscom.xxx.”

[LAJ]

Don't buy one. End of story.

[DotXXX]

Once again, a single post is easier, and the biggest issue is:

At one point during the debate, the CEO of DomainMonster states that .XXX domains will cost $79 per year if purchased through his company, correcting Duke for misquoting DomainMonster?s price. What he failed to add is that the $79 price is available only under the ?General Availability? period, for those willing to sign a 25-year contract.

This is absolutely not true. Domain Monster will have bulk pricing once we go into General Availability. It's 25 names/years, though the maximum years for any ONE domain is ten years. You can sign up for 25 NAMES, each for ONE YEAR, and they would each be $79 per year. You could sign up for five names, each for five years and it would be $79 per year, per name. You could even sign up for 24 .coms and one single .XXX and the .XXX would be $79 for the year.

[suesheboy]

Worse than I even thought

[Si]

Originally Posted by DotXXX

Once again, a single post is easier, and the biggest issue is:



This is absolutely not true. Domain Monster will have bulk pricing once we go into General Availability. It's 25 names/years, though the maximum years for any ONE domain is ten years. You can sign up for 25 NAMES, each for ONE YEAR, and they would each be $79 per year. You could sign up for five names, each for five years and it would be $79 per year, per name. You could even sign up for 24 .coms and one single .XXX and the .XXX would be $79 for the year.

So you can register a domain for up to 10 years?

Why bother, you're going to be toast within 2

[Nikki_Licks]

I would not believe a word from anyone involved with .XXX, it's all horseshit and window dressing

Cavet Emptor.....