12 March is be the date on which .xxx domain names plan exclusively for adult websites will be reviewed by Icann. First launched in 2001, this scheme was approved four years later, in 2005 and reconsidered in 2007 due to massive protests started by conservative groups from the US.
In recent times, a mediation board of retired judges at ICDR (International Centre for Dispute Resolution) decreed that this plan must be reconsidered. They considered that Icann’s rejection was “not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy”. Therefore, on 12 March, in Nairobi, Kenya, Icann could decide whether the plan to create a place only for pornography should be approved or rejected again. If they will grant this,.xxx domain names will hit the market by the end of 2010.
Even though this meeting could mean a new era for Internet pornography, an Icann spokesperson said this pronouncement will not be taken without seeking advice with other members of Icann and the Internet community.
This plan, if applied, is to base on a voluntary scheme, so that adult websites will not be forced to use only .xxx domain names but they will also be allowed to be placed on other domains like .com.
.xxx domain names resurrection news comes attached with the auction of probably the most valuable Internet domain name, sex.com, which is planned to be sold in New York on 18 March. Starting price is $1 million.
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It is not uncommon for people to make drastic life changing decision when the hit the age of 40, the same seems to be true about the Internet as well. For many years, countries that uses non Latin based script such as Arabic, Chinese and others have argued that they should be able to have web address in their language. The body responsible for domain naming, ICANN has finally agreed to give allow this to go ahead. This means very soon you will see web addresses in Arabic, Korean, Japanese if all goes as expected in Seoul where International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s president said if the proposed changes are approved, by middle of 2010, we could start expecting to see domain name not based on Latin characters on the Internet. Application for the new non-Latin domain names is expected to start coming thick and fast once the proposal is approved at this weeks ICANN meeting. This proposal should have be put in place long before now when you consider the fact that more than half of the world estimated 1.6 Billion Internet users use non Latin based character.
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It was reported that the United States of America government is willing to relinquish most of the control it currently has over ICANN, the organisation that controls domain name system and controls the root name servers. The announcement is expected to be made on Wednesday, the 1st of October 2009.
Many other countries has been concerned but the links between the USA governement and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Some demand the USA government made off ICANN during the Bush administration cause alarm in many countries and also ruffled feathers at ICANN who then threatens to relocated to Switzerland.
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