[kictanet] Europe and US to meet on .xxx and new TLDs

[Alice Munyua]

Thank you  McTim. Indeed, ICANN board approved XXX after nearly 7 years 
of discussions and counter discussions and finally being forced to 
adhere to its own policies. This experience has again highlighted the 
importance of getting the rules/policies for introduction of  new gTLDS 
right.

Most governments are very unhappy with dot xxx and a great number of 
concerns expressed with the proposed guidelines for applications for new 
gTLDs, contained in the draft applicant guide. And while the  EU's 
request is a departure from its long held support for limited 
interference what the  EU is essentially also saying is, we need to get 
those rules/policies right.


Best, Alice

> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Alice, McTim et al.
>
>     Plse bring us upto speed on the what is the beef here.
>
>
> The beef here is about who gets the final say about what goes in the 
> rootzone.  That responsibility lies with ICANN and its constituent 
> Supporting Organisations, but ultimately with the Board of Trustees of 
> ICANN.  Many in the GAC think they should have veto power of the BoT, 
> and some think they already do have this power.
>
>     My recollection is that the .xxx top level domain (for
>     Pornographic content) was previously vetoed by the Bush (Jnr)
>     government(?)
>
>
> not the case.  An earlier ICANN Board approved .xxx.  Later, the GAC 
> asked for a delay and ultimately sought to overturn this earlier Board 
> decision (lots of pressure by the Bushies here, yes) and the issue 
> went to binding arbitration.  ICANN was told by the arbitration that 
> they had to allow .xxx, and so they did, eventually despite the GAC 
> not being able to articulate what they wanted in a timely manner.
>
>     but somewhat the Obama administration seems to have favored it
>
>
>
> also not correct, the DoC of the Obama admin has made lots of noises 
> against .xxx.
>
>     and by extension ICANN - has finally and procedurally filled the
>     intention to implement it (?).
>
>
> .xxx is in the rootzone and hence live on the internet.
>
>
>     So what's with the EU request to delay the implementation?
>
>
> Well it is too late for that.  Politics I guess??
>
>     Is it that the EU is now backtracking on the .xxx domain?
>
>
> I think they have had reservations about it all along, so no, not 
> backtracking. Just trying to assert authority they don't have, and 
> that they KNOW the US won't exercise (and they have said in the past 
> that they don't want the US to exercise it).
>
>     And I wonder what is the general "African" position (if there ever
>     was one) on this whole issue?
>
>
>
> I imagine most GAC folks from Africa would be against it.
>
> IIRC, there are several on this list, perhaps they can speak up?
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A 
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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