Saturday, March 31, 2007
previous entry | main | next entry | TrackBack (0)
Baptists, bootleggers, and porn
CNET's Dawn Kawamoto reports that the .xxx registry will not be happening anytime soon: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has rejected a controversial proposal to create a new .xxx domain suffix for adult Web sites.In the New York Times, Thomas Crampton explains the interesting coalition of interest groups that opposed the .xxx registry: ICM had argued that creation of the domain would enhance safety for young users by clearly defining .xxx sites as a no-go zone.Political scientists talk about "baptist-bootlegger coalitions" to explain occasions when groups on opposite sides of an issue support the same policy for very different reasons (baptists: naive expression of preferences; Bootleggers: rent-seeking). In this case, however, the baptists refused to side with the powerful bootlegger. posted by Dan on 03.31.07 at 08:46 AMComments: In Lubbock, Texas (at least as of 5 years ago), you had to leave the city limits to buy beer, wine and liquor if you were not ordering a drink in a bar or restaurant. As a result, a strip of stores developed at the outskirts, and every once in a while, there would be a vote to alter the status quo. And each time, the religious folks and the booze store owners on the strip would essentially ally to keep the status quo. posted by: Steve Saideman on 03.31.07 at 08:46 AM [permalink]Post a Comment: |
|