Adult webmaster against .xxx

["Joseph Abdallah" <gumby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sirs/Madams,

My name is Joseph Abdallah, I am a professional adult webmaster and I oppose 
the .xxx TLD.  I have regrettably, registered defensively with the company ICM 
that is proposing the .xxx TLD to protect my copyrights.

If you approve this abomination you will hurt the adult online industry and the 
internet as a whole. 

ICM is pushing unnecessarily for a "responsible" global online community when 
the adult entertainment community already has an entity through which Internet 
publishers and others can self identify as a responsible global online adult 
entertainment community through the Free Speech Coalition and its Code of 
Ethics.  

Adult businesses would be required to agree to comply with "IFFOR Policies and 
Best Practices Guidelines" that have yet to be created by boards and councils 
which have yet to be revealed. 

Lack of transparency surrounding ICM's submissions in the omission of the names 
of IFFOR Board members and Policy Council members who will develop regulations 
for the .XXX online industry. 

Companies (such as my own) that have pre-registered .XXX domain names but are 
in opposition to a .XXX sTLD .  By ICM's own definition those companies do not 
qualify for a .XXX sTLD because they do not voluntarily agree to the .XXX sTLD 
and thus believe that ICM's proposed .XXX sTLD would be detrimental to their 
business.


Thank You,

Joseph Abdallah