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XXX Comes to a Head

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2007 2:55 pm PST — by Brandon Shalton
  The following was copied from the ICANN board, posted by Reed Lee of Free Speech Coalition: I note that this comment, and the comments preceding this one, including my earlier comment are submitted on March 9, 2007, despite the contrary…

• Comment posted Mar 09, 2007 10:17 pm PST — by Brandon Shalton
  Milton wrote: "Killing .xxx because it’s controversial can be and most certainly will be used as a precedent going forward. Think about it." .XXX will not be killed because it is controversial, it will be killed because it has been…

• Comment posted Mar 09, 2007 9:43 pm PST — by Brandon Shalton
  Milton wrote: The public comments you mention have not raised any new issues or problems associated with the application. They simply express the webmaster’s feelings that they wish this domain didn’t exist. Please see my ICANN post that addresses specific…

• Comment posted Mar 09, 2007 9:22 pm PST — by Brandon Shalton
  The .XXX sTLD is the first content-based domain extension that ICANN has entertained that has such levels of oversight and compliance and bloat that is just wrong on so many levels. .XXX has been herald by ICM Registry as a…

Recent COPA Ruling Shedding Light on Usefulness of XXX as Voluntary Self Regulatory Vehicle?

• Comment posted Mar 25, 2007 5:35 pm PDT — by Brandon Shalton
  This is an absurd argument that ICM has presented in referencing COPA. Nowhere in history has any sTLD been pitched to be used to filter or block access.  ICANN's expansion of sTLDs was to open up namespaces for the "sponsored…