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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…