Tag Archives: .xxx

Mon 28th March 2011
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Sorry, You Can’t Boycott a Top Level Domain Name - Some adult operators want to boycott .xxx. Yeah, good luck with that. I understand why some adult web site owners are upset about .xxx. But trying to boycott the new top level domain name is a ridiculous idea. Before its rally at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco the Free Speech Coalition said it would try to organize a boycott should .xxx pass. At the time I wrote: If .xxx gets the green light anyway, Free Speech Coalition is calling for a boycott of .xxx. That ... read more ...
Sat 26th March 2011
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The Free Speech Coalition Launches “Just Say No To .XXX” Boycott Campaign; Why It Won’t Work - According to AVN.com,  The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced yesterday that it is launching an anti—.XXX campaign  urging  adult online businesses not to register  into any .XXX sTLD. Diane Duke, FSC Executive Director, said in calling for all online adult business to boycott .XXX: “Collectively, adult businesses understand that ICM’s .XXX is bad for the adult entertainment industry,” “FSC is launching this campaign, thus continuing its effort to rid the industry of this hazard. ... read more ...
Thu 24th March 2011
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CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street” Covers New gTLD’s & .XXX Staring The Heads Of Central Nic & CADNA: “Has The Internet Out Grown .Com?” - CNBC Had a 5 minutes + segment on Squawk On The Street” on the new gTLD program and .XXX on Tuesday entitled “Has the Internet outgrown .Com” “The segment discussed whether adding more domains for websites will have big implications for both consumers and companies.” Ben Crawford of Central Nic and Dot Brand Solutions and Josh Bourne, the head of the The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA). “Josh I had no idea domain names were being abused.” said the host of the show Josh ... read more ...
Mon 21st March 2011
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.XXX Pre-Reservations Breaks The 300,000 Mark Adding 90,000 in Since Approval - According to ICM Registry site there are now over 300,000 pre-reservations for a .XXX domain. Prior to ICANN’s Approval of the .XXX extension on Friday which came about around 3pm EST, there were only 211,000 pre-reservations so that is 90,000 pre-reservations in less than 3 days since approval. Of course a pre-reservation does not require any payment but its a indication there is a lot interest in this extension. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sat 19th March 2011
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Quick Poll: How Many .XXX Registrations Will There Be 1 Year After Launch? - With ICANN approving the .XXX extension yesterday the question now becomes how successful will it be? There are currently 240,000 pre-reservation according to ICM’s site although there is no cost to pre-register a domain. Wholesale pricing will be $60 with retail prices expected to be $70 and up per domain per year. The last extension to roll out was .Co which at least report had over 600,000 registration but that was before the Super Bowl ad. As always make you pick on the right and place any ... read more ...
 
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How Could The CEO Of ICANN Not Vote On .XXX? - Yesterday at the ICANN board meeting when the .XXX extension was approved by a 9-3 vote, 4 Board members abstained from voting including the CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom. While one vote either for or against the .XXX extension wouldn’t have changed the outcome, the point of the matter is how can the head of an organization pass on voting on what is probably the most important vote ICANN has taken during the time he has led the organization? While some are willing to give Beckstrom a pass on not voting,  ... read more ...
Fri 18th March 2011
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ICM: “.XXX Domain Names Will Only Be Available To The Adult Entertainment Industry” - In a press release by the ICM Registry just hours after winning ICANN’s approval to run the .XXX registry, some clarification has come to light which will answer some questions people have posted already  on TheDomains.com about how the registry will work. “The approval grants ICM Registry’s .XXX web suffix with the same rights as .com, .net, .co.uk and other TLDs.” “The only difference being that as a sponsored TLD, .XXX domain names will only be available to the adult entertainment industry.” “The ... read more ...
 
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BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension - Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3,  with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolution and the objections some of which were quite lengthy, can be found below. The Board definitely wrestled with the decision but found themselves between a “rock and a hard place” as board member Rita Rodin Johnston described  it. Its been a LONG and EXPENSIVE ... read more ...
Thu 17th March 2011
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Quick Poll: Will ICANN Approve .XXX Tomorrow? - Well with the GAC report now in the hands of ICANN the only thing left is for ICANN to vote on extension. The Board is meeting at 10am PST tomorrow and will vote on whether to approved .XXX. So its time for your pick. Do you think ICANN will approve .XXX tomorrow? You can vote on the poll on the right and leave any comments below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Is ICANN Getting Ready To Approve .XXX Over The Objection Of The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC)? - The Government Advisory Council (GAC) gave its report on the .XXX extension to the ICANN board this morning and it sounds like the ICANN board is getting ready to approve the .XXX extension in a vote over the GAC’s objection on Friday Morning. Here is the statement of the GAC and the board from this morning’s session. Read through it and see what you think: “The  GAC has prepared a statement of advice, and iIcan read that to the room now, and read it into the record.” “There is no active ... read more ...
 
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We Call Bullshit On The Free Speech Coalition’s Position on .XXX: Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Of .XXX - Last week the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) had a five part series on laying out its argument’s against the .XXX extension entitled “What’s  Wrong With .XXX” which was republished by the “Adult Video News” (AVN) Besides attacking the extension,  all 5 articles had in common theme: The subtitles of the 5 articles were: “.XXX and Child Protection….Bullshit!” “.XXX and Sponsorship Community Support…Bullshit!” “Intellectual Property–Is .XXX good for your brand?….Bullshit!” “IFFOR ... read more ...
 
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.SX To Compete With .XXX As THE Adult Extension? - Domainincite.com reported today that OpenRegistry.com won the contract to operate the back end services for the .SX registry, the cc-TLD newly assigned to Sint Maarten (the Dutch Side). According to OpenRegistry.com, the plan for the extension may well be to compete with the the proposed .XXX extension in the adult space. “We will be priced well below the cost of the proposed .XXX registry” I was told by the head of OpenRegistry.com. As a ccTLD, the .SX extension will not be subject to ICANN ... read more ...
Tue 14th December 2010
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In A Video Interview ICANN’s CEO & Chairman Says .XXX Extension Approval “Is Little More Than A Formality - ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush and CEO Rod Beckstrom indicated in a video tapped interview today ICANN will proceed with the registry contract over the GAC’s objections, if necessary The Video interview appears on the top of the ICANN site. Both the Chairman and the CEO indicated that Consultation with the GAC which is scheduled for February “is little more than a formality” Thrush went on to say: “We have to take the advice from governments very seriously” Under ICANN’s bylaws, ... read more ...
Sat 11th December 2010
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The Statement By One Of The ICANN Board Members Indicates That .XXX Is A Done Deal - There were a LOT of articles published on the ICANN’s boards decision on .XXX yesterday and the opinions ranges from those who took it as a rejection of .XXX by ICANN to those who saw it as simply a delay. I reviewed the transcript of the board vote again today and found that they key to ICANN ultimate plans for this domain may have been spelled out in the comments of a board member George Sadowsky, who abstained, check it out: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A SHORT STATEMENT NOW CONCERNING YOUR ABSTENTIONS? ... read more ...
Fri 10th December 2010
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ICM Registry Issues Press Release On ICANN Board Decision - The ICM Registry who is seeking the the .XXX extension just issued a press release to respond to the decision of the ICANN board this morning in which they said the “intend” to enter into a contract with ICM to run the registry, but just not yet Here is the press release: “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has stated that it intends to contract with ICM Registry for the use of .XXX as a top level domain name (TLD). ICM has been campaigning for .XXX to be recognized ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Board “INTENDS TO ENTER INTO A REGISTRY AGREEMENT WITH ICM REGISTRY FOR THE .XXX” But Punts On Final Approval - I a resolution that can be only regarded as confusing, the ICANN Board seemed to vote to enter into an registry agreement with the ICM extension to run the .XXX registry pending final approval and after consultation with the GAC to work out some unidentified issues. Here is the resolution that was passed today: “””WHEREAS ON 24 AUGUST 2010, ICANN POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT A REVISED PROPOSED REGISTRY AGREEMENT SUBMITTED BY ICM REGISTRY FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS WITH ICANN STAFF, ALONG WITH ... read more ...
Sun 14th November 2010
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Why Shouldn’t Godaddy Be Barred From Applying For A New gTLD Under The Guidebook Based On Standard Tactics - As we discussed in a post today, according to the ICANN Guidebook v5 published yesterday, any person with 3 UDRP loses will be  disqualified from owing a new gTLD registry or being an officer or director of any such entity. George Kirikos just published a comment to ICANN on the new Guidebook v5 on this issue and points out that Godaddy’s “Standard Tactics”  has lost plenty of UDRP’s and therefore why shouldn’t Godaddy’s officers, directors and shareholders be barred from ever owning ... read more ...
Sat 13th November 2010
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Free Speech Coalition: .XXX Threatens The Stability & Security Of The Internet - According to AVN.com, The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) submitted a letter to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) yesterday over the proposed approval of  .XXX  saying that: “The proposed .XXX extension poses a threat not only to the adult entertainment community, but also to the stability and security of the internet as a whole,” The letter went on to raise these points (pdf): • ICANN’s lack of authority to oversee content-based regulation, and its inability to approve any ... read more ...
Thu 4th November 2010
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.XXX Registry Buys DotXXX.Com & Goes With “Lets Be Adult About It” As It Slogan - The ICM registry has just acquired the domain name DotXXX.com within the last week and it now redirects to their official site ICMRegistry.com The ICM registry paid $25,000 for the domain that was formerly owned by someone in Korea. The domain will be used in all future advertising for the registry. The registry which has already hired the global advertising and marketing firm of  MC Saatchi to handle it’s account, have come up with their slogan which will be used in all future advertising. The ... read more ...
Fri 29th October 2010
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.XXX Pushed Off Until Colombia ICANN Meeting In December - The ICANN board had a meeting yesterday and the question of the day was would ICANN grant final approval and sign the contract with .XXX. The answer is no. In a resolution that should be posted on its site today, ICANN resolved to send the matter back to the  Governmental Advisory Committee for its opinion on the contract based ona few points that will be detailed in the resolution. According to AVN, one of the  points well may include: A review of “the Wellington Communiqué of March 26, 2006, ... read more ...
Fri 6th August 2010
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ICM Registry “Very Happy” With ICANN’s Board Resolutions & Expects Quick Approval For .XXX - After I read DomainNameWire.com coverage of the ICANN resolution on the .XXX Extension and the very negative comments that followed the post,  I reached out to Stuart Lawley, CEO of the ICM registry. In Andrew’s post here stated: “”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.” However Mr Lawley, who I reached as he was attending the Internext Adult Internet show in Hollywood Florida, was “very  ... read more ...
 
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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 ...
Thu 1st July 2010
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Business Week Covers .XXX: “The Man Who Would Be The Dot-XXX King” - Bloomberg/BusinessWeek just published a story about the tentative approval of .XXX by ICANN and the CEO of the ICM registry, Stuart Lawley entitled “The Man Who Would Be The Dot-XXX King“. You will have to read the whole story which you can find here, but here are a couple of the more interesting points; Mr. Lawley is a very wealthy guy. According to the article he was named by the London Sunday Times as one of the richest 1,000 people in England, having taken an ISP public. As part of the .xxx ... read more ...
 
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How Much Is XXX.Com Worth Now? We Are About To Find Out, As It Hits The Auction Block At DomainFest - Certainly nothing has been in the domain news, even the general news much more in the past few days than the tenative approval of the .XXX extension by ICANN. Beyond the ICM registry who owns the .XXX TLD, the biggest other beneficiary very well maybe the owner of XXX.com. Now you will have the chance to be that guy, the owner of XXX.com because that domain is hitting the auction block at Domainfest New York on August 18th. The reserve price is stated to be in excess of $5 Million Dollars. No doubt ... read more ...
Mon 28th June 2010
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.XXX Lawley & Godaddy’s Parsons On Fox Business Channel Tonight As Domains Take The Spotlight - I learned that both Stuart Lawley from the ICM Registry, who got tentative approval for .XXX last week and none other than Bob Parsons from Godaddy.com will be on the same program tonight on the Fox Business Channel at 8PM EST. They both will appearing separately on a new  program called “Money Rocks” Fox Business Channel can be seen on channel 359 on Directv and I assume many cable networks throughout the country. It should be interesting, not to be missed television on domain name night on ... read more ...