Originally Posted by Bossman

Will forward this to the party groups in the European Parliament. They are following this closely, since they see the possible approval of the .xxx tld as "the straw that broke the camel's back". If the .xxx tld will be approved then they will use it to get ICANN into a international (probably UN) controlled body/organization - away from US control. The US only kept control after intens lobbying effort, something the US is about to throw away with the approval of a .xxx tld (see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11...et_governance/ for a report from the meeting in 2005).

If the .xxx tld is approved, then the US looses control of the internet in 2010