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* 2000 ICM Registry was founded by Jason Hendeles in Delaware, USA.  

* 2000 ICM Registry was founded by Jason Hendeles in Delaware, USA.  

ICM Registry, a private company, submitted a proposal in ICANN’s 2000 Proof of Concept round, proposing two unsponsored gTLD strings - .KIDS and .XXX <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/kids3/  ICANN.org]</ref>. The evaluators in the Proof of Concept round recommended against the inclusion of either the .KIDS or the .XXX TLD strings in the Proof of Concept round<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/report/report-iiib1c-09nov00.htm ICANN.org]</ref>.

* 2000 ICM Registry, a private company, submitted a proposal in ICANN’s 2000 Proof of Concept round, proposing two unsponsored gTLD strings - .KIDS and .XXX <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/kids3/  ICANN.org]</ref>. The evaluators in the Proof of Concept round recommended against the inclusion of either the .KIDS or the .XXX TLD strings in the Proof of Concept round<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/report/report-iiib1c-09nov00.htm ICANN.org]</ref>.

After this, ICM Registry's proposal was accepted and later revoked many times.

After this, ICM Registry's proposal was accepted and later revoked many times.

On January 6, 2007, ICANN put up for public comment a revised proposal <ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/5gAwFTjYy "ICANN Publishes Revision to Proposed ICM (.XXX) Registry Agreement for Public Comment"]</ref> following changes to the policy of the ICM registry including the policing of any site that signs up to use the .xxx registry. On March 30, 2007, ICANN rejected the .xxx proposal for the third time, citing that the board did not want to get in the business of content regulation, especially when the definition of "pornography" varies by jurisdiction.  

* 2007/January/6 ICANN put up for public comment a revised proposal <ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/5gAwFTjYy "ICANN Publishes Revision to Proposed ICM (.XXX) Registry Agreement for Public Comment"]</ref> following changes to the policy of the ICM registry including the policing of any site that signs up to use the .xxx registry.

On February 19, 2010 ICANN's Independent Review Panel issued a declaration in its review of ICM Registry's appeal<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm "Public Comment: Report of Possible Process Options for Further Consideration of the ICM Application for the .XXX sTLD"]</ref>. The Panel found that the application for the ".XXX sTLD met the required sponsorship criteria," and that "the Board’s reconsideration of that finding was not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy"<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/irp/icm-v-icann/draft-options-post-irp-declaration-26mar10-en.pdf "ICANN Options Following the IRP Declaration on ICM's .XXX Application"]</ref>. A 45 day public comment was opened on March 26, 2010, and on June 25, 2010, the ICANN board approved the proposal<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/technology/26domain.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26srcQ3Dbusln&OP=10b995d5Q2Fzq@yzQ7E!Q5Do6!!DXzXCjCzCQ51zXQ51zD@Q5DQ2F_!5!Q7BQ26zXQ51Q7E!uiQ20_,Q2FDu5 Miguel Helft (June 25, 2010). "For X-Rated, a Domain of Their Own"]</ref>.

 

* 2010/February/19 ICANN's Independent Review Panel issued a declaration in its review of ICM Registry's appeal<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm "Public Comment: Report of Possible Process Options for Further Consideration of the ICM Application for the .XXX sTLD"]</ref>. The Panel found that the application for the ".XXX sTLD met the required sponsorship criteria," and that "the Board’s reconsideration of that finding was not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy"<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/irp/icm-v-icann/draft-options-post-irp-declaration-26mar10-en.pdf "ICANN Options Following the IRP Declaration on ICM's .XXX Application"]</ref>. A 45 day public comment was opened on March 26, 2010

 

* 2010/June/25 ICANN board approved the proposal<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/technology/26domain.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26srcQ3Dbusln&OP=10b995d5Q2Fzq@yzQ7E!Q5Do6!!DXzXCjCzCQ51zXQ51zD@Q5DQ2F_!5!Q7BQ26zXQ51Q7E!uiQ20_,Q2FDu5 Miguel Helft (June 25, 2010). "For X-Rated, a Domain of Their Own"]</ref>.

== Services offered by ICM Registry ==

== Services offered by ICM Registry ==