In a posting today about .xxx (see the below link), the following copy/paste of four of the paragraphs reporting upon the ICM Draft Contract recently submitted to ICANN worries me that our Adult Internet Industry "Sponsored Community" comments concerning .xxx for ICANN's upcoming consideration might not be allowed per the ICM/Stuart Lawley draft contract for ICANN to vote on.
Shouldn't ALL input be considered by ICANN? Am I misreading this, or might we ACTUAL stakeholders possibly be denied our .xxx opinions and input to ICANN? Comments?
See the ENTIRE posting at
http://www.********.com/read.php?ID=43831
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HERE'S THE COPY/PASTE of THE ABOVE-MENTIONED FOUR PARAGRAPHS:
"First and foremost, ICM has agreed to fully indemnify ICANN against any legal action that results from its decision to approve .xxx, apparently introduced in response to fears that pornographers could sue to block .xxx's passage.
In addition, the part of the contract that spells out precisely who will be eligible to register a .xxx domain has been rejiggered to more clearly spell out a bizarre Catch-22 that detractors in the porn industry face.
In order to be considered a part of the .xxx Sponsored Community and register domains, a business not only has to provide adult-oriented products and services but also has to "have determined that a system of self-identification would be beneficial".
Of course, opponents do not think that .xxx is beneficial, so they are by definition not part of the community. Technically, the only way they could become a part of the community, and have their objections taken on board as such, would be to drop their objections."
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I wonder if the paragraph starting with "In order to be considered a part of the .xxx...." will not only fence out the religious postings, but also our's? What about those supposed 240 ICM supporters that inputted to ICANN during the last comment period, the ones that some folks doubted were actually in the Industry as stakeholders--will they be disallowed, or will it just be us REAL stakeholders who will not be allowed to provide comments to ICANN.
Again, FYI, here's the entire posting, not just the four above copy/pasted paragraphs!
http://www.********.com/read.php?ID=43831