Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3, with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolution and the objections some of which were quite lengthy, can be found below. The Board definitely wrestled with the decision but found themselves between a … [Read more...]
ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote & A HUGE Party On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment period and then vote on the gTLD program in at the ICANN Singapore Meeting on Monday the June 20th 2011. "We are going to have a vote early in the … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Will ICANN Approve .XXX Tomorrow?
Well with the GAC report now in the hands of ICANN the only thing left is for ICANN to vote on extension. The Board is meeting at 10am PST tomorrow and will vote on whether to approved .XXX. So its time for your pick. Do you think ICANN will approve .XXX tomorrow? You can vote on the poll on the right and leave any comments below. … [Read more...]
Is ICANN Getting Ready To Approve .XXX Over The Objection Of The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC)?
The Government Advisory Council (GAC) gave its report on the .XXX extension to the ICANN board this morning and it sounds like the ICANN board is getting ready to approve the .XXX extension in a vote over the GAC's objection on Friday Morning. Here is the statement of the GAC and the board from this morning's session. Read through it and see what you think: "The GAC has prepared a … [Read more...]
We Call Bullshit On The Free Speech Coalition’s Position on .XXX: Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Of .XXX
Last week the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) had a five part series on laying out its argument's against the .XXX extension entitled "What's Wrong With .XXX" which was republished by the "Adult Video News" (AVN) Besides attacking the extension, all 5 articles had in common theme: The subtitles of the 5 articles were: ".XXX and Child Protection....Bullshit!" ".XXX and Sponsorship … [Read more...]
RIGHT OF THE DOT.com, My Take On The New gTLD’s: The Next 25 Years & How You Can Profit
As many as you have heard, Monte Cahn the founder of Moniker.com and most recently an Exec with Oversee.net, has joining myself, in a new venture called RIGHT OF THE DOT. RIGHT OF THE DOT can be broadly defined as a consulting company which advises registries on how best to roll out their extensions, including marketing and selling of domains; increase the number of registration of domains; … [Read more...]
From ICANN Welcome Meeting: Dept Of Commerce Rips ICANN Again, This Time In Person
The welcome or opening session from the ICANN session just closed with the only notable highlight being the speech by Larry Strickling, who is the Assistant for Communication responsible for Internet Governance and other Internet policy matters at the Department of Commerce. Mr. Strickling has ripped ICANN in open letters sent to it in the past in his capacity of representing the US Department … [Read more...]