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Originally Posted by Lenny2
I'm really surprised that alot of the board members thought the adult industry was "divided" over the issue.
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when i say divided, i don't mean a 50/50 split.
There are large program owners who supported .XXX with their signed letters (24 in fact as claimed by ICM.. several of whom retracted with written letters).
The absurdity of the "sponsored community" definition by ICM of basically being those adult companies who want labeling and .XXX was what we were challenging the ICANN members... to look at that definition and to realize it doesn't make sense.
A community should be made up of all members.. for example.. the proposed .museum sTLD.. there are no "responsible" museums that make up a subset, the community is the entire group, much like with .travel and .mobi
.XXX was trying to create a subset of community of support.
There are many adult webmasters who favor labelling, but not .XXX... so that right there shows that the definition that ICM was using for .XXX was self-created and not representing what ICANN's mission of creating TLDs for communities that want them.
ICM does have the right to appeal, and he will, but given the large opposition not only from the adult community but from member countries around the world, ICANN made the best decision. No matter which way they voted, there were going to be major reprocussions..
Fight the .XXX!