Third Strike against .xxx Domain.

INTERNET domain names; INTERNET Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers; WEBSITES; INTERNET pornography; ICM Registry Inc.

The article reports on the rejection by the board of the oversight agency for Internet governance Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of a proposal to establish an .xxx domain for sexually explicit Web sites. It was the third time ICANN refused the proposal of ICM Registry since 2000. The majority of the board voiced concerns that the establishment of an .xxx domain would end up embroiling the agency in content regulation.