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Re: EU Slams ICANN Interference With Sex Site Vote

Mark Crispin (mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU)
Thu, 11 May 2006 13:14:31 -0700

On Thu, 11 May 2006, Huw Jones wrote:

> The Internet governing body's decision to reject a new .xxx Internet
> domain for porn sites is a clear case of ICANN and USA political
> interference in the Web's governance, the European Commission said on
> Thursday.

And if ICANN had permitted it, the EU would say that this is a clear
case of ICANN being in the pay of US interests (in this case,
pornographers) to the detriment of the rest of the network.

Opposition to .xxx wasn't just conservative religious groups; the IETF and
a number of foreign governments also opposed it.

-- Mark --

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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.

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