Creation of Internet red-light zone .xxx again stalled last week ...
Creation of Internet red-light zone .xxx again stalled last week as most ICANN directors questioned support for the proposed sponsored top-level domain. A preliminary report on a Feb. 12 special board meeting to consider, among other items, the proposed…
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agreement with ICM Registry, focused on whether .xxx has the adult entertainment industry support to meet ICANN sponsorship criteria. When 10 members, including Chmn. Vint Cerf, noted “serious concerns” about the matter, the board ordered staff to talk with the registry and report before the next meeting, March 13, on whether sponsorship criteria have been met. ICM Registry Pres. Stuart Lawley is disappointed with the action, he said. The board “already determined that the ICM proposal met the sponsorship criteria, and only the contract is on the table,” he told us. The discussion “reflects the fact that about half the board members were appointed after the June 2005 vote” to open contract talks, he said.