[NA-Discuss] Fw: Re: [ga] .xxx Registry Files for Independent Review

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  FYI thanks to Danny.  Read and weap or rejoice, depending on your
particular bent.

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>From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com>
>Sent: Jun 17, 2008 4:28 PM
>To: ga at gnso.icann.org, denise.michel at icann.org, ssene at ntia.doc.gov, stacy.burnette at icann.org
>Cc: aheineman at ntia.doc.gov, jeffrey at icann.org, twomey at icann.org, robert at privaterra.org, vb at bertola.eu
>Subject: Re: [ga] .xxx Registry Files for Independent Review
>
>Danny and all,
>
>  Well, well, well...  My how the worm turns, eh?  
>
>  I for one am not surprised at this perfictly reasonable
>filing and the reasons given by ICM, even though I personally
>am against their original patition for .XXX.  As to competition
>in this "Space", no pun intended, I believe that there is 
>"Plenty" of competition, if you'll pardong the pun, all be
>it that in this Market segment that competition is not
>as substancial ( Exceptions .org, .com, .info, .ws, .it,
>.tk, and the always popular .sl, for somwhat obvious
>reasons )at the TLD level, so to speek. 
>
>  I am also sure that the Domain Name speculators were
>and remain disappointed that .XXX was shot down for 
>moral reasons, contrary to ICANN's stated reasons
>as Danny's provided links falsely indicate.  The
>permiations for domain names in the proposed .XXX
>have rather interesting cultural and denoted meanings
>as it were that might have some significant value to
>future interested parties.  
>
>  However making money in the explotation of persons
>of dubious behaviors is not reasonably exceptable,
>and should not be.  Yet ICANN's reason for rejecting
>the patition should have been a completely honest one
>from the onstart, which is telling in how ICANN determins
>what is and what is not acceptable for a TLD of sTLD in
>this case.
>
>  So either ICANN abides by it's own bylaws and policies
>or it doesn't.  Can we say, "Hoist on it's own patard"
>again?  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Jun 17, 2008 10:11 AM
>>To: ga at gnso.icann.org
>>Subject: [ga] .xxx Registry Files for Independent Review
>>
>>
>>http://www.icmregistry.com/IRP/Request.pdf
>>http://www.icmregistry.com/press.html
>>
>>
>>      
>
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