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A quote from a PC WORLD article on the preliminary approval of the .xxx top-level-domain by ICANN:

ICM Registry, the company that proposed the dot-XXX domain, welcomed the vote.

“It’s been a long time coming,” ICM Chairman Stuart Lawley said in a statement, adding that he is “excited” by the move.

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ICM Registry says it is a “completely independent entity with no affiliation, current or historic, with the adult entertainment industry.”

That claim of independence gave ICANN board member Rita Rodin Johnston pause for thought. “I still question whether, in fact, there is a real sponsored community here,” she said in the board-meeting debate before the vote.

Yet she and the rest of the board said “Eh, whatever. It’s a go.” The small group of people behind ICM are “excited” to profit off of the adult community, which they don’t represent, and which is not easily unified because “adult content” is not universally defined.

Currently, if implemented, a .xxx suffix won’t be mandatory for all “adult sites”. Though there’ll be financial pressure. ICM would have complete control over the amount they charge individual registrants. Further, .xxx would make it easier for oppressive governments to sanitize their people. The U.S. may actually be among the oppressors if  Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) get their way: force .xxx on sites harmful to minors.

.xxx makes as much sense as a .violence domain. Of course no politician is worried about giving blood and gore a cozy home on the internet.

ICANN will make it’s final decision in December. They’re allowing a comment period lasting up to September 23. Email you’re concerns at: xxx-revised-icm-agreement@icann.org. Take a look here if you’re having trouble thinking about what to say.

The Free Speech Coalition satirizes ICM in the video below. It features a lot of big names from the porn biz, all opposing .xxx.