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Do Not Approve .XXX
- To: xxx-revised-icm-agreement@xxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Do Not Approve .XXX
- From: Lilikka <lovelylilikka@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:47:43 -0700
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<p>Dear ICANN,</p>
<p>This email is a comment in opposition to the Proposed Registry
Agreement for the .XXX sTLD by ICM Registry. The .XXX sTLD should
be rejected in finality for the following reasons:</p>
<p>* The .xxx TLD is opposed by every sector and community it
affects. This includes people working in the adult entertainment
industry (including Hustler, Vivid, Penthouse, XBIZ, porn’s Free
Speech Coalition, and Adult Friend Finder), anti-porn family and
religious organizations (including The Family Research Council),
thought leaders in the technology sector, and the ACLU.</p>
<p>* Despite ICM’s constant assurances of various industry
representation and support, there is no evidence of community
support for .XXX.</p>
<p>* The .xxx TLD will do nothing to solve problems surrounding
adult content, manage adult content or protect children from
inappropriate content. The higher purposes of ICM’s proposal have
been abandoned. (As of this email the page on ICM Registry’s
website about “Promoting Online Responsibility” for .XXX is
blank
and reads “Information to follow” as does the page titled
“Contracts, Policies and Bylaws.”)</p>
<p>* There has been absolutely no proof of an “unmet need” for
the
.XXX TLD.</p>
<p>* There is no concrete, agreed-upon definition of “adult
content.”</p>
<p>* The ACLU expresses serious concerns about the implications of
.XXX outside the U.S., where in some countries, regulations around
.XXX would certainly be enforced punitively. To this effect, the
.XXX TLD raises human rights concerns.</p>
<p>* .XXX makes no business sense except to profit from defensive
registration (brand squatting).</p>
<p>* Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) have
introduced legislation to make the use of .XXX compulsory for all
web sites that are “harmful to minors.”</p>
<p>* .XXX raises serious issues around spurious and unsupported
TLD’s in regard to the impact of ICANN on rulings on civil and
human rights, and ICANN’s role in content-based discrimination.</p>
<p>In light of the above, I object to .XXX and urge ICANN to reject
.XXX.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<img src="cid:part1.08020904.09060105@gmail.com" width="1"
height="1">Lilikka Philandros<br>
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