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Originally Posted by Hey You . . . I Know You!
I pre-registered over $750,000.00 worth of .xxx names and at no point did the sites selling the pre-registrations say anything about .xxx not being available.
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from ICM Registry's website:
http://www.icmregistry.com/pre-registration.html
Notice about potentially misleading pre-registration opportunities
ICM Registry has been informed that several so called "registration services" providers may be offering pre-registration for domain names in the .XXX top-level domain. In response, ICM Registry advises that the .XXX top-level domain has not yet been launched, and no registrar or other entity has been licensed or authorized by ICM Registry or ICANN to register .XXX domain names. No party claiming to offer registration services or name reservation services in .XXX can is authorized to do so and any claim by any entity suggesting it has or will have preferential or advantageous access to registration services when .XXX is launched is false. We advise consumers to be very cautious of such schemes and regularly check our website or join our mailing list for updates on availability of .xxx , which will be through ICANN accredited registrars. These types of scheme were also in operation during the last round of TLDs launched by ICANN a few years ago and the problem became so prevalent , the Federal Trade Commission issued the following advisory:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/...domainalrt.htm
Fight the ...and if you act now, we'lll throw in an extra .XXX domain for the same high price!