Comments on: Dot-xxx to be approved tomorrow

By: Hoy se aprobarán los dominios .XXX | Yeipi's

Hoy se aprobarán los dominios .XXX | Yeipi's — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:26:02 +0000

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By: TLD News - News from world of domains

TLD News - News from world of domains — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:39:48 +0000

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By: kierenmccarthy

kierenmccarthy — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:32:59 +0000

@Steve and Eberhard: Yes, you have to question the logic of asking the GAC to effectively approve a controversial domain when they can’t possibly agree. Some of them feel personally strongly against, yet their country has very clear laws that permit pornography; some are personally for but their country has equally clear laws; and every combination in between.

The GAC is certainly not going to be very happy to be asked anything about dot-xxx.

@Christopher: I thought there was some statement about prior applicants that you’d been given some kind of headstart in the new gTLD round if your application was in the prior rounds.

But yes the first round in 2000 was not exactly a model of efficiency and fairness.

By: Christopher Ambler

Christopher Ambler — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:22:53 +0000

Gee, I wonder if they’ll overturn their denial of .Web in 2000 based on a deliberate misrepresentation of our application in a (thankfully failed) attempt to grant it to an industry insider… no, probably not. Someone else will surely steal it next year, too.

By: Steve Goldstein

Steve Goldstein — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:07:11 +0000

Kieren writes: “But then it went further to say it would approve dot-xxx, would enter into contract negotiations, and then refer that contract to the Governmental Advisory Committee to make sure they were happy with its contents, since they had raised concerns in the past.”

Steve comments: Sure, the GAC will be happy with this. And, pigs and cows will fly.

By: Eberhard

Eberhard — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:40:36 +0000

If the GAC should now consent to the introduction of .xxx, thus reneging on clear GAC statements at the 2005 Luxemburg ICANN meeting, it will have rendered itself all but obsolete and might as well simply decide to dissolve itself. Perhaps Janis Karklins doesn’t mind any longer, but still. I wouldn’t count on the GAC agreeing.

To summarize, I don’t think that there will be any .xxx in the root, never ever. Full stop.

By: .XXX TLD To Be Approved Tomorrow? | Domain News, Videos and Domain Blogs

.XXX TLD To Be Approved Tomorrow? | Domain News, Videos and Domain Blogs — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:54:18 +0000

[...] that the Board had accepted the results of the independent review panel and thus would approve the .xxx TLD tomorrow. The board had delayed the decision until the 38th ICANN meeting in order to gather additional [...]

By: .XXX TLD To Be Approved Tomorrow | Domain Name News

.XXX TLD To Be Approved Tomorrow | Domain Name News — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:00:46 +0000

By: ICANN Board Set to Approve .XXX Domain Friday | Domain News, Videos and Domain Blogs

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:32:20 +0000

[...] staffer Kieren McCarthy is reporting that ICANN’s general counsel has spilled the beans on .xxx, saying ICANN will approve the new [...]