.xxx delayed not dead

The Board has just voted to continue negotiations with the .xxx applicant with amendments to the proposed TLD registry agreement to be negotiated to ensure there are adequate mechanisms to address any potential registrant violations of the sponsor’s policies.

So it has been delayed again, but I can’t see any reason it will not be given final approval in the next few months. Mind you I thought it would be approved at this meeting! It is important to note the TLD was approved in principle last year and the remaining step is only approval of the final contract.

I noted on radio this morning that the three main Governments trying to stop the .xxx TLD are the US, Australia and Iran – strange bedfellows indeed 🙂