ICANN Rejects .XXX Sponsored Top Level Domain Agreement (Link)

ICANN's Board of Directors voted against a proposed agreement for a .XXX. Sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD). The application was proposed by the ICM Registry.

The application has received much public comment and detailed discussion by the ICANN Board. Reflecting the diversity of views this application has generated, the Board discussion at yesterday's meeting focused on the criteria for the sTLD, especially for sponsorship, and the terms of the contract proposed by ICM, including compliance issues related to key terms associated with public policy concerns.

ICM had requested that the ICANN Board vote on the proposed contract at this meeting. ICANN's Board voted 9 to 5 against the proposed agreement.

So I guess this is the end of a long battle. Too bad that it had to end this way. It would have been great if all porn web sites (or at least most of them) are forced to purchase (.xxx) domains. This would have made it much much easier in controlling porn sites and who view them.

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