Tag Archives: icm registry

Fri 6th August 2010
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ICANN Moves Forward on .XXX - .XXX gets the yellow light at board meeting. The ICANN Board adopted a resolution yesterday that will allow ICM Registry’s application for .xxx to move forward. But it may not be a quick process, and a new can of worms will be opened allowing for another comment period on the actual registry contract. Here’s the resolution that was adopted: Whereas, ICANN’s General Counsel has completed the expedited due diligence regarding ICM Registry, as directed by the ... read more ...
Mon 28th June 2010
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.XXX Poll Hits Front Page of CNN.com - Possible new top level domain name gets even more exposure. If you’re ICM Registry, you couldn’t ask for better publicity for the .xxx top level domain name: CNN has a poll on its home page asking people “Do you think pornographic websites should have their own “.xxx” domain?” So far a whopping 272,555 have voted in the poll. 83% have answered “Yes”. It’s an unscientific poll, and who knows the thinking behind why people are answering “yes”. ... read more ...
 
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Q&A with ICM Registry: 30,000 .xxx Preorders Since Friday - Stuart Lawley talks about the future of his TLD. ICM Registry founder Stuart Lawley just got back from a successful ICANN meeting in Brussels. In this QA, Lawley answers some common questions about the .xxx top level domain name. He also reveals that the company has received 30,000 pre-reservations for the domain since the news broke last Friday that .xxx is on path for final approval. DNW: Given the process you still need to complete before launching .xxx, when ... read more ...
Fri 25th June 2010
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.XXX Resolution Approved, But Red Tape Could Slow Down Introduction - .XXX still has hurdles before it becomes a top level domain name. As expected, ICANN’s board approved a resolution today that allows ICM Registry’s .xxx application to move forward. But there are hurdles, or at least red tape, between now and the introduction of the top level domain name. Reading the resolution aloud during ICANN’s board meeting today, board chairman Peter Dengate Thrush noted several steps that remain: -The staff must conduct expedited due ... read more ...
 
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Former Justice Department Chief Blasts ICANN Decision on .XXX - Trueman says decision was “foolish and unnecessary”. Pat Trueman, former Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, called ICANN’s decision on .xxx today “foolish and unnecessary” in an interview with Domain Name Wire. Trueman served in the Justice Department starting with Ronald Reagan in 1988 to the end of the administration of George H. W. Bush. Trueman said ICANN’s board appears to be caught up with process in ... read more ...
Thu 24th June 2010
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ICANN Board Set to Approve .XXX Domain Friday - .XXX to get green light, but the value to ICM registry has wilted. Ex-ICANN staffer Kieren McCarthy is reporting that ICANN’s general counsel has spilled the beans on .xxx, saying ICANN will approve the new top level domain name tomorrow during its board meeting. Make no mistake, this is a monumental moment for ICANN. If it were up to the organization it would have let .xxx die years ago. But an independent review panel found ICANN erred. And, despite having ... read more ...
Mon 21st June 2010
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This Week, Another Chance to Act on .XXX and What it Means for New gTLDs - ICANN’s actions on .xxx go well beyond this one top level domain. ICANN’s Board of Directors will once again consider what to do with the .xxx top level domain name during its board meeting at the culmination of the Brussels meeting this week. More than just a decision on a mistake ICANN made long ago, this will act as a bellwether on the new top level domain process. Why? It will show us how much of a stomach ICANN has for controversy when it comes to introducing ... read more ...
Fri 7th May 2010
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Religious Group: Pray for Rod Beckstrom, Kill Porn Domain - Comment period for .xxx is getting out of control At first it was silly. Then it got annoying. Now it’s ridiculous. The comment period for what ICANN should do about an independent review board’s finding in favor of ICM Registry to operate .xxx has become a mockery. You can mostly thank conservative organizations for creating robo forms for their constituents to send mindless comments. If you see a comment like this: I support Option #3 of the March 26, 2010 ... read more ...
Mon 19th April 2010
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If ICANN Were a Democracy… - Comments overwhelmingly opposed to .xxx. But that doesn’t answer the question about what ICANN should do. I decided to check in on the .XXX comment period today to see how the comments were coming in. This is what I saw: Thanks to an effort by Focus on the Family, there are over 13 pages of comment titles for the current comment period. Many of them are form submissions with the same title and same content. So how much should these comments from “MITTENS1120″ ... read more ...
Fri 2nd April 2010
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“No Porn!” Shout Families to ICANN - Anti-porn group mobilized against .xxx. If ICANN is supposed to include the thoughts of the greater internet community, it is certainly getting its wish. Focus on the Family Some advocacy group — whether it be a religious right organization, parents organization, or someone else – has lit a fire under dozens of people to submit comments to ICANN regarding .xxx. The comment period for the procedural issues around reconsidering ICM Registry’s .xxx application ... read more ...
Wed 24th March 2010
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Adult Industry Association Still Doesn’t Want .XXX - Trade group asks ICANN not to approve .xxx TLD. In a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, Diane Duke of the adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition asks ICANN to reject ICM Registry’s plans for a .xxx top level domain name. Much of the adult industry opposed .xxx after governments started getting involved. Governments suggested that perhaps they could force all adult web sites to use the .xxx top level domain, moving them away from .com. That would, ... read more ...
Fri 12th March 2010
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ICANN Delays .XXX (Again) - .XXX decision pushed until next ICANN meeting. Should we really be so surprised? ICANN’s board has decided not to act on the independent review of its decision to deny ICM Registry the .xxx top level domain name. Until further comment. Insert joke about delayed sexual gratification here. ICANN has punted. “Let’s think about this some more” is the message, a message that ICANN has sent for years on a variety of topics. The ICANN board originally authorized ... read more ...
Sat 27th February 2010
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.XXX Registry to ICANN: “We Must Protect Our Rights” - ICM Registry notifies ICANN of its hopes and intentions. Fresh off an independent review victory over ICANN, .XXX top level domain name applicant ICM Registry is asking ICANN to get the show on the road. In a letter (pdf) to ICANN chairman of the board Peter Dengate-Thrush, ICM chairman Stuart Lawley writes: “I am hopeful, as are others in the community, that ICANN will embrace the communications of the panel and use them to improve its processes and to restore ... read more ...
Mon 22nd February 2010
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ICM Registry Hopes to Offer .XXX Domains This Year - Registry wants to offer name.xxx later this year. After winning an independent review against ICANN for denying ICM Registry’s application for a .xxx top level domain name, the registry says it hopes to begin offering .xxx domain names later this year. It has already opened up a process on its web site to pre-reserve names. Whether or not this time line is feasible depends in part on how ICANN’s board acts upon the independent review. In a strange version of ... read more ...