Should Innocently-Named Porn Sites Be Illegal?

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.

Comments

Why is porn so special?

[Muggins the Mad]

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

A Hot, Slippery Topic

[jvmatthe]

We are, indeed, all tied up by our very own language in this matter. It would be unwise to let Congress ram a bill down our throats that satisfies many people, I'd argue passionately that a long, hard battle over the real issues would lead to legislation that would please everyone in the end. Even those who are into deviant sects could potentially be won over, provided that a compromise is hammered out.

whitehouse.com isn't named after the house in D.C.

[CSG_SurferDude]

Trivia: Whitehouse.com is NOT named after the Whitehouse in Washington DC, but after Mary Whitehouse, an Anti-Porn fanatic.

Reference: Google search