Rally Against .XXX TLD at ICANN Meeting

[u-Bob]

http://domainnamewire.com/2011/03/08...icann-meeting/

Adult industry lobbying group Free Speech Coalition is calling for a rally outside the ICANN meeting at the Westin in San Francisco next week.

Citing “a time when rallies are changing the world around us”, evoking images I suppose of unions in Wisconsin and (say it ain’t so) uprisings in Northern Africa, Free Speech Coalition is calling for “all industry professionals to rally in San Francisco against .XXX!!”

The group says a shortened public comment period before next week’s board vote is specifically designed to limit Free Speech Coalition’s ability to speak out against the approval of .xxx. So it wants to rally outside the Union Square Westin from 12:30-2 pm. It also suggests that .xxx registry ICM Registry has “bought” ICANN favor and its Chairman of the Board. (That’s probably not a good thing to suggest if you want to get the Chair on your side.)

If .xxx gets the green light anyway, Free Speech Coalition is calling for a boycott of .xxx.

Remember to tweet:

@ICANN we do not want the .xxx tld! #icann

@ICANN adult webmasters are opposed to the .xxx proposal. #icann

@ICANN show some integrity and say no to the .xxx proposal! #icann

@ICANN the adult industry does NOT want the .xxx tld! #icann

@ICANN if #icann approves the .xxx tld, icann will lose all credibility

@ICANN I am an adult webmaster and I say NO to the .xxx tld. #icann

@ICANN looks like the ICM Registry is in charge of #icann

@Namecheap we will boycott you if you support the .xxx tld. #icann

@MonikerSnap we will boycott you if you support the .xxx tld. #icann

@netsolcares @NetSolSocial We will boycott #registrars that support the .xxx tld. #icann

[u-Bob]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03...ainst_domains/