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Should Innocently-Named Porn Sites Be Illegal?

Posted by timothy on from the sights-vs-sites dept.

Folic_Acid writes "CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh is reporting that the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on an amendment to a bill dealing with child abduction that would make it a crime to use an innocent-sounding domain name to drive traffic to a porn website." I can't wait to see the counter-bill that would illegalize naughty, filthy names that lead only to inoccuous content.

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  1. Why is porn so special? by Muggins+the+Mad · · Score: 4, Insightful


    I'm having trouble understanding why there seem to be seperate laws and exceptions being proposed for porn.

    I don't find porn sites particularly offensive. What I do find offensive is landing on religious sites using deceptive names. Or domain squatters. Especially domain squatters.

    Why the focus on porn? Why are porn merchants any different from other merchants? I find many cosmetic company pages pretty darn nasty. Church pages... don't get me started...

    What *should* one expect to find at www.cats.com ? Why is that ok and www.pussy.com not ?

    - MugginsM