Pornography, meet Internet Channels : CP80

My wife and I watched a movie last week that debuted at Sundance this year called, "Traffic Control." The subject matter of the movie is the effect of adult content on children and minors and what the government must do to regulate it.

Here's what it is in a nutshell:
Adult content filters simply don't work because there is always a workaround. The proposed solution is to use ports. Ports are like TV channels on the internet. When you go to a website using http:// that is port (channel) 80. The proposal is to push all pornographic websites onto a certain port and then allow ISPs to provide the internet in the same way they provide cable TV. You can order basic, clean internet, and for an extra fee you get the unblocked internet with all open channels. That protects the freedom of speech of pornographers while protecting the freedom of people to keep that stuff out of their homes. This model has worked so well for TV, Film, and Music...why is the internet any different? If a website on the clean channel is broadcast adult content, the government should fine them. That will motivate websites to behave. If CBS can get fined over $500,000 because of a wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl half-time show, then there's already legislation out there set up to do this sort of thing. The important thing about this legislation is that it provides a viable solution for blocking adult content while protecting the freedom of speech of those who choose to produce such content.

Read more about it for yourself: http://www.cp80.org/
The movie website: http://www.trafficcontrolthemovie.com/

This is a real problem with underage youth. The film interviewed psychologists, scientists, as well as teenagers all over the country, and they all concurred that teens have unlimited access to this content and that it has serious mental, emotional, and physical ramifications.

This is a not a fight we should give up on. For so long people have said that pornography for minors is too big of a problem to solve. It is not. The problem is that to many people aren't up for the task at hand, while those making the content have large amounts of money to spend on winning their side of the argument.

I just want you to know, I am not saying that shouldn't be allowed to make it. While I choose to avoid their content in my life, I believe they have their own freedom to choose what they want to do. However, I DO want the power to keep that stuff out of my house and out of the hands of those whom have been determined too young to view it.

How can you help? You don't have to just sit there. Read about CP80, then write an email to your representative and express your support to have the power to choose what content you want coming into your house. Again, I stress that the number one goal of this bill is to protect freedom of speech while protecting American households as well.

Tell everyone about this! Tell your friends, neighbors, co-workers, random people in your address book that you never talk to, start a massive "FWD:FWD:fwd:[RE]:[FWd]:This is the greatest email on earth" email. Get the word out there.

The business world spends millions of dollars a year trying to keep this content out of the workplace. They loose thousands of hours a week to employees viewing this content on the job.

Of course this won't be able to stop everything from coming through...you can't stop everything. If you don't think adult content can be stopped, ask yourself if you ever thought Napster couldn't be stopped.