.xxx is not totally dead yet:(
 

ICM Registry to Sue U.S., Appeals ICANN Decision
By Rhett Pardon
Friday, May 19, 2006


JUPITER, Fla. ? ICM Registry will file a lawsuit against the U.S. government today in order to gain access to information withheld in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made in October.

ICM, which was unsuccessful in its bid for adults-only sponsored top-level domain .XXX, is seeking information that will provide the ?extra evidence that provides the irrefutable proof? that the U.S. government intervened in the issue to prevent .XXX going ahead, ICM Registry?s Stuart Lawley told XBIZ

Lawley contended that, if true, it would also contradict public statements made by the Commerce Department that it ?plays no role? in the day-to-day running of the Internet.

Last week, ICANN?s board, 9-5, rejected ICM?s bid out of ?public policy concerns.? The company, based in both Jupiter, Fla., and Toronto, began its bid for the .XXX sTLD six years ago. ICM pledged to donate $10 of the proposed annual fee of $60 for a .XXX domain name to child-protection groups and to require users of .XXX to label their content.

ICANN, a private, nonprofit that operates under a memorandum of understanding with the Commerce Department, had initially approved moving forward with the proposal last June, but reversed the decision after the Commerce Department requested further review of the application.

ICM claims that the Commerce Department redacted 120 pages of 1,600 documents that the company requested in the FOIA. The company is trying to prove that the Commerce Department overstepped its authority by lobbying hard against .XXX.

?Our story needs to be told,? Lawley said. ?We?ve been done wrong. I think what?s going on here is already clear, but I want the extra evidence.?

Meanwhile, ICM Registry has filed a reconsideration request with ICANN, claiming that the board voted on inaccurate information, were unaware of the ?inappropriate involvement of the U.S. government in this process,? and had been misled by ICANN officials relative to contract negotiations with ICM.

That request will be reviewed by four of ICANN?s board members, three of whom voted against .XXX last week.

Lawley said that he's "not sure" how the ICANN review will go.

Is Larry Walters their attorney?

shit.... not again...

Extra Evidence?

Not only do the conservative right not want the fucken shit, Pornographers didnt want the shit either.

The guys is starten to sound like a sniveling idiot.

;( !!

something the two of you have in common
EXCEPT
he probally has 200 bucks

Yup, he probably does:thumbsup

But it wont be going to Jonesy either:1orglaugh

for fuck sakes.... :(

this sucks!!

what the fuck, will they never give up with this crap

http://www.purebrededitions.com/images/whenPigsFly.jpg

:2 cents:

what the fuck !!

can someone kill these guys?

FACT: apart from conservative groups the whole adult industry was against it !

I cant believe this is going on again :(

I mean I know they invested hundreds of thousands into lobbying this shit, but come on, its not ( only ) that the US government and Family Research Council didn't want it!

We dont want it either !

fuck them !

what a bullshit !

here are the documents...

http://icmregistry.com/documents.html

holy fuck, a 172 pages document

cant we get our own lawyers to fight it?

I dont see what the problem with it is. I would allow .anyfuckingthing as long as free speech is not affected using dot coms or dot anythingelse.

bump for brandon / fightthispatent

he's involved, and his hands are as dirty as Lady Macbeths..

duke

True dat. :thumbsup

This is never going to happen, and those asshats who thought they were going to sell out their adult webby brotherin and make bank doing it are just going to have to go and find some new venture to dump their money in.

This is what you call karma. Try and sell out your adult brotherin for the almighty dolla. It doesn't fly with the brotherin, nor the people who you thought would come running to support your pad the pocket ambitions.. Christian Right, and Government.

Face it. Time to move on fuckers.

:disgust

Atleast after this round, these jokers will lose all credibility to be taken seriously, and this issue will be forever resolved. They will have to EAT IT for all their OWN back alley dealings on trying to sell out the industry.

:321GFY

Starting?

Can't wait to stop talking about it. :D

i missed this thread.. that's what i get for not being tied to the computer.

according to ICANN's (convoluted) policies, ICM can appeal a decision.. but they are just chasing their tails in trying to show some conspiracy that involves the US Dept of Commerce and the whitehouse...

one of the reasons that ICANN cited for thumbs down on .XXX TLD, is because the adult industry (via the 600+ posts on the ICANN board, plus Hustler's letter) proved that the TLD Sponsored Community didn't want it. Add ontop of that, that the trade association (FSC) shot it down as well, it's pretty much a no-brainer.

not to worry, FSC attorneys are aware and are watching this. Both Reed and Jeffrey came out blazing with both barrels in the last comment period... and they have plenty more bullets.


Fight the showdown at the lowdown corral!

:thumbsup