Changes

Several revisions were submitted and negotiations were made on the .xxx Registry Agreement between September 15, 2005 until January 5, 2007. Extensive comments and advice were also received from global internet community and from the [[Government Advisory Council|GAC]], which were evaluated by the ICANN Board. On March 30, 2007, the ICANN Board denied the ICM Registry application citing that the company failed to meet the Sponsored Community criteria set forth in the RFP, the .xxx sTLD raised public policy, approval of the Registry Agreement will not resolve the issue raised by GAC such as offensive content and protection of vulnerable members of the community, the application raises significant law enforcement issues in different countries and the application poses a possibility that ICANN might be forced to assume an ongoing management and oversight role regarding Internet content, which is inconsistent with its technical mandate.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-30mar07-en.htm#_Toc36876524 Adopted Resolutions from ICANN Board Meeting, 30 March 2007]</ref>

Several revisions were submitted and negotiations were made on the .xxx Registry Agreement between September 15, 2005 until January 5, 2007. Extensive comments and advice were also received from global internet community and from the [[Government Advisory Council|GAC]], which were evaluated by the ICANN Board. On March 30, 2007, the ICANN Board denied the ICM Registry application citing that the company failed to meet the Sponsored Community criteria set forth in the RFP, the .xxx sTLD raised public policy, approval of the Registry Agreement will not resolve the issue raised by GAC such as offensive content and protection of vulnerable members of the community, the application raises significant law enforcement issues in different countries and the application poses a possibility that ICANN might be forced to assume an ongoing management and oversight role regarding Internet content, which is inconsistent with its technical mandate.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-30mar07-en.htm#_Toc36876524 Adopted Resolutions from ICANN Board Meeting, 30 March 2007]</ref>

==Independent Review Proceedings on .xxx==

==Independent Review Proceedings==

==References==

==References==