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· Krehbiel Commentary · Friday, Aug 31, 2007, 11:50 PM · 470 words · 3 comments · 
A quick story: Back in the 1990s when I was writing Amiga software, we sent our products to magazines for reviews. Most of the time, we basically told the reviewer what to write, because the reviewers were usually too lazy or too rushed to really look at the software. You may be surprised to learn that we usually got good reviews. :) (This practice is not unusual in the software industry, by the way -- remember that when you're reading a rave review of some product or another.)
Anonymous said,
Misleading Domain Name: Those who use a misleading domain name on the Internet in an attempt to deceive a minor child into viewing material that is considered harmful to that minor is committing a federal offense. This is irrespective of whether or not the material meets the legal definition of obscenity. [18 U.S.C. 2252B]
U.S. CODE > TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 110 > § 2252B
§ 2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet
(a) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 4 years, or both.
(c) For the purposes of this section, a domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site, such as ?sex? or ?porn?, is not misleading.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term ?material that is harmful to minors? means any communication, consisting of nudity, sex, or excretion, that, taken as a whole and with reference to its context?
(1) predominantly appeals to a prurient interest of minors;
(2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
(3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
(e) For the purposes of subsection (d), the term ?sex? means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physcial [1] contact with a person?s genitals, or the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
[1] So in original. Probably should be ?physical?.
Alice said,
This practice is not unusual in the software industry, by the way -- remember that when you're reading a rave review of some product or another.
not anymore. there are enough freelancer reviewers that publishers use them.
Tom said,
Thanks Alice.. that's good to know!
Anonymous.. you didn't address anything I wrote, which would normally qualify you as "comment spam" but in this case you're lending more credibility to my point that ODBA is spinning this story like crazy.