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===Sponsoring Community Controversy===

===Sponsoring Community Controversy===

ICM faced a constant battle not only with ICANN and its [[GAC]], but also with the community that it claimed to represent. Stuart Lawley registered as a user of Xbiz.net, a members only forum for those involved in the adult industry, to directly answer questions and negative comments he was receiving on the forum. He immediately received a number of questions, and eventually responded to many of them in full. He defended .xxx as a new income opportunity and not a burden; he defended the higher price of registration compared to a [[.com]] registration as necessary given their resources compared to [[VeriSign]]'s; he promised to advertise and promote the name space to further increase its value; he claimed to have support from the industry and promised to turn the .xxx space into premium, secure real estate.<ref>[http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/images/pdf/XBIZ.net%20Thread.pdf .PDF Screen shot of Xbiz.net thread]</ref> The conversation, which was extremely variable in terms of tone and information, eventually led a number of prominent adult industry veterans to make a movie detailing ICM's business plan and deriding Mr. Lawley and his company.<ref.[http://www.juliemeadows.com/blog/tag/diane-duke/ JulieMeadows.com Blog post]</ref> The full thread from Xbiz.net can be read [http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/images/pdf/XBIZ.net%20Thread.pdf here].

ICM faced a constant battle not only with ICANN and its [[GAC]], but also with the community that it claimed to represent. Stuart Lawley registered as a user of Xbiz.net, a members only forum for those involved in the adult industry, to directly answer questions and negative comments he was receiving on the forum. He immediately received a number of questions, and eventually responded to many of them in full. He defended .xxx as a new income opportunity and not a burden; he defended the higher price of registration compared to a [[.com]] registration as necessary given their resources compared to [[VeriSign]]'s; he promised to advertise and promote the name space to further increase its value; he claimed to have support from the industry and promised to turn the .xxx space into premium, secure real estate.<ref>[http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/images/pdf/XBIZ.net%20Thread.pdf .PDF Screen shot of Xbiz.net thread]</ref> The conversation, which was extremely variable in terms of tone and information, eventually led a number of prominent adult industry veterans to make a movie detailing ICM's business plan and deriding Mr. Lawley and his company.<ref>[http://www.juliemeadows.com/blog/tag/diane-duke/ JulieMeadows.com Blog post]</ref> The full thread from Xbiz.net can be read [http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/images/pdf/XBIZ.net%20Thread.pdf here].

==Education==

==Education==