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==History==

==History==

===.xxx Application during the 2000 ICANN Proof of Concept===

===.xxx Application during the 2000 ICANN Proof of Concept===

[[ICM Registry]] proposed the .xxx as non-sponsored generic top-level domain name ([[gTLD]]) during the ICANN Proof of Concept round in 2000. ICANN's evaluation team did not recommend the string because of the "controversy surrounding it and the poor
 definition 
of 
the
 hope for 
benefits
 of .xxx." On December 15, 2000, ICM Registry filed a Reconsideration Request with ICANN but no action was rendered. The ICANN Board cited that "no new TLD proposals has been rejected rather a small set of potentially successful applicants had been selected with the aim of testing a diversity of approaches to the creation of new TLDs."

[[ICM Registry]] proposed the .xxx as non-sponsored [[gTLD|generic top-level domain name]] (gTLD) during the ICANN Proof of Concept round in 2000. ICANN's evaluation team did not recommend the string because of the "controversy surrounding it and the poor
 definition 
of 
the
 hope for 
benefits
 of .xxx." On December 15, 2000, ICM Registry filed a Reconsideration Request with ICANN but no action was rendered. The ICANN Board cited that "no new TLD proposal has been rejected, rather a small set of potentially successful applicants had been selected with the aim of testing a diversity of approaches to the creation of new TLDs."

<ref>[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/icann/pdfs/AppendixD_xxx.pdf Accountability
 and
 Transparency 
at ICANN
: An
 Independent
 Review]</ref>

<ref>[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/icann/pdfs/AppendixD_xxx.pdf Accountability
 and
 Transparency 
at ICANN
: An
 Independent
 Review]</ref>