ICAAN .XXX decision appeal
p2p news / p2pnet: ICM Registry Inc is appealing the ICAAN decision to turn down its proposal to make a dot XXX domain for porn sites.
And so confident is ICM that it’ll win the battle that it’s already hired staff and built the system and is, “taking reservations now would mean a quicker rollout should the appeal succeed,” says the Associated Press, going on:
“ICM isn’t charging sites to lay claims to a ‘.xxx’ name based on what they already have under ‘.com’ or another suffix. The company plans to eventually charge $60 to register each name if its bid is approved.”
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) last month rejected on ICM’s proposal to create .xxx for voluntary use by online porn companies.
A, “divided Icann board ultimately voted nine to five against the establishment of the .xxx domain. The decision predictably elicited criticism from several quarters,” observed Canadian Net expert professor Michael Geist/.
“Many Icann watchers noted that the function of the organisation was to address technical internet issues in an independent manner,” he went on.
“However, this decision appeared to be based on political considerations with near-obvious intervention from the US government.”
America, “which funded the Internet’s early development and delegated authority over domain names to ICANN,” retains veto power over ICANN decisions, says AP, adding:
“ICANN had postponed making a final decision on ‘.xxx’ in August after the Commerce Department stepped in to underscore objections it had received.
But “we’ve got deep pockets,” the story has ICM’s Stuart Lawley declaring. “We’re very determined.”
Also See:
Associated Press – Company appeals decision on porn domain, June 5, 2006
elicited criticism – ICAAN and .XXX, May 24, 2006
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June 6th, 2006 at 3:36 am
Yeah but youre asking a govt to do something Logical! There’s no way that’d ever happen. Not ever.
June 6th, 2006 at 4:19 am
The whole idea is that porn/adult sites can voluntarily make themselves easier to filter so there is less need for regulation. It’s like a virtual red light district – everyone knows what’s there and you make your own decision about whether you want to enter it or not, but you can’t throw an “OMFG itz teh pr0n” hissy fit if you get boobs on your screen.
If you end up at hardcore.xxx it’s your own damn fault.
Make it mandatory and you’ll get right wing god botherers campaigning for specific sites to be censored against their will. They may only be adult themed sites, without any hardcore pornography.
Voluntary .xxx domains are so adult webmasters can tell the religious freaks to shove it. “We made it easy to identify us if you wanted to stay away. If you’re here, it’s ’cause you WANT to be here, not because we tricked you into the evil pr0nz.”