ICAAN nixes .XXX sites
p2p news / p2pnet: The ICANN board of directors has voted 9 to 5 against ideas for a porn sTLD.
The proposed agreement for a .XXX. Sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) was made by the ICM Registry.
“The application has received much public comment and detailed discussion by the ICANN Board. Reflecting the diversity of views this application has generated, the Board discussion at today’s meeting focused on the criteria for the sTLD, especially for sponsorship, and the terms of the contract proposed by ICM, including compliance issues related to key terms associated with public policy concerns,” , says the official ICAAN web site.
“ICM had proposed additional terms in response to issues raised by ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee, particularly at ICANN’s meeting in Wellington in March.”
Board votes in favour came from Veni Markovski, Susan Crawford, Peter Dengate Thrush, Joichi Ito and Mouhamet Diop.
Against were Vint Cerf (chairman), Alejandro Pisanty (vice-chairman), Raimundo Beca, Demi Getschko, Hagen Hultzsch, Njeri Rionge, Vanda Scartezini, Paul Twomey (president and ceo), and Hualin Qian.
ICAAN says more details will be released later this week.
