[ga] Re: [Politech] Bush administration asks for halt to .xxx domain [fs]

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Declan and all,

  It was some folks within ICANN over 2 years ago despite many
objections that directed without public and stakeholder/user vote
that sTLD's such as .xxx would be a better way to "manage" the
name space.  Of course such short sitedness on the part of a
than errant ICANN BoD and staff as well as ICANN legal council
has become legendary and now has errant the ire of reasonable
citizens with respect to .xxx.  Hence I agree with the president
that such a sTLD indeed creates a haven for porn that is
counter productive for all citizenry everywhere.  This is of
course not to say that porn is right or wrong, but to use a
TLD to promote such is deplorable

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Relevant correspondence:
> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/gallagher-to-cerf-15aug05.pdf
> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/tarmizi-to-board-12aug05.htm
> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/lawley-to-twomey-15aug05.pdf
>
> ---
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5833764.html
>
> Bush administration objects to .xxx domains
> Published: August 15, 2005, 4:15 PM PDT
>
> The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain,
> saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved
> exclusively for Internet pornography.
>
> Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary at the Commerce Department, has
> asked for a hold to be placed on the contract to run the new top-level
> domain until the .xxx suffix can receive further scrutiny. The domain
> was scheduled to receive final approval Tuesday.
>
> "The Department of Commerce has received nearly 6,000 letters and
> e-mails from individuals expressing concern about the impact of
> pornography on families and children," Gallagher said in a letter that
> was made public on Monday.
>
> The sudden high-level interest in what has historically been an
> obscure process has placed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
> and Numbers (ICANN) in an uncomfortable position. ICANN approved the
> concept of an .xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's
> contract to run the suffix was expected this week.
>
> [...remainder snipped...]
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