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Re: The Triple-X TLD: The Beauty Contest from Hell
by Anonymous
Apparently you must not have looked into the real nature of the situation with regard to the deceptive and highly questionable claims made by ICM and its principals. Stuart Lawley and the rest of the ICM team intentionally misled ICANN on the nature of industry support. There simply isn't any, except for an alleged list of 24 companies (out of probably 20,000 adult companies worldwide). And neither ICM nor ICANN will release this list so that we can find out if they are even adult industry companies. But in any case, 24 companies out of 20,000 does not constitute meaningful support from the "sponsored community." Hundreds or thousands of emails from webmasters opposed to .xxx, on the other hand, does speak pretty clearly to the opposition. And a recent panel on the .xxx domain held at an adult industry convention showed that the industry (or at least those present, which represent a significant cross segment of the overall community) was overwhelmingly opposed. Clearly if ICANN was relying on fraudulent information provided to it in making its decision about community support, then ICANN is free to open up the issue again. Furthermore, if you make ANY inquires to companies in the adult media field with familiarity of the issue, there is virtually 100% opposition to the proposal. .xxx is nothing other than a money grab for ICM. It will not protect children, it will not reduce pornography on the Internet, it will not better manage or restrict display of pornography (unless Lawley is also lying about it "never becoming mandatory) and it is not wanted by the community it is allegedly being provided for. As such, ICANN would be completely irresponsible and in violation of its own rules were it to approve the .xxx domain.
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