Internet Commerce Association Opposes Approval of the Revised .XXX Agreement....
 

'Internet Commerce Association Opposes Approval of the Revised Proposed Agreement on .XXX and Urges Rejection with Finality"


they took their time to write 20 pages explaining why .xxx should NOT be approved

http://forum.icann.org/lists/xxx-icm.../msg00614.html


cant say I have read it all, but looks like a great post :thumbsup

Looks like a glimmer of hope for us. :) I wonder how final a finality is? Hahah!

i will read this tonight as my brain slows down and the melatonin kicks in. very good that they did this too.

I wonder if it will make any difference.

interesting.....

nice try

I find this interesting:

They are against it for every other reason.

What? It is ok that ICM pays itself to regulate itself? IFFOR is supposed to be independent of .XXX

I think some good questions for Lawley can be pulled out of this thing.

Nice try on his part. He should have offered himself more though.

:thumbsup

Does anyone actually think .xxx has a chance of being passed? It doesn't.

hahahaha stuart your ass is grasssssss. lol.

ever or this time?

I read the whole letter, great points best letter I have read to date.

Unfortunately you're wrong.... but I guess if ICANN declines 8:7 the .xxx again, you'll say that you were right from the beginning and all our effort was a waste of time.

They really call ICANN out and ICM out on a lot of things in this letter... doesnt pull any punches at all. Its great.

"Mr. Lawley's interpretation of events makes a mockery of ICANN's consensus
process and of the time and effort expended by numerous commentators with a
serious interest in this controversial matter. In fact, regardless of the
Board's ultimate decision, we would think it would wish to initiate its own
inquiry to determine whether any member of ICANN staff provided encouragement
for Mr. Lawley's apparent view that the ultimate adoption of some .XXX registry
contract has been a certainty since mid-2005. Surely, it cannot be the case
that ICANN's initial decision to enter into negotiations with the applicant for
a proposed sponsored TLD constitutes a guarantee that such negotiation will
inevitably result in the approval and signing of a final agreement. If that is
ICANN's negotiating posture it is volunteering to be at a disadvantage at every
bargaining table, and is also telling the community that it only has power to
influence the terms of such proposals but has no power to successfully oppose
their approval."


"ICANN's Board previously found the proposed .XXX agreement to be so deficient
in merit that is was rejected by a nearly 2-1 vote. In our view the proposed
"cure" of the RPA under consideration is substantially worse than the original
proposal and deserves unanimous rejection. It would implicate ICANN in areas
far outside its technical mandate and would set s series of terrible precedents
that would disfigure the fundamental purpose of the DNS."

^^^ this is the bottom line

good point

nice :thumbsup

Great letter. I see that it explains everything that happened. I believe that's good for us to know.

I think they will never approve a .XXX domain. There are too many shy guy in the comity.

It will make? At least for us because we tried it out.

My guess is that you do not know what you are talking about here and never bothered to read the previous posts.

Why do you keep bumping all the old .XXX posts? It's dead they voted against it.

no pic of PA in this thread yet?

I can't believe this, did you guys read this part: "the .XXX proposal would require ICANN, through its contract enforcement responsibilities, to become involved in areas that are far removed from its "limited and distinct mission", and that are already being addressed by national governments..." these power hungry snovabitches...