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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].
===IFFOR===
In November, 2011, Mr. Lawley stepped down as Chairman of the [[International Foundation For Online Responsibility]], or IFFOR. The organization was the sponsoring organization required for the 2004 organizations applying for [[SLD|sponsored top level domains]]. The organization was supposed to be independent, and many saw an inherent conflict of interest that Stuart Lawley was the leader of both the [[registry]] and the sponsoring organization. ICM Registry will still hold a seat on the IFFOR, but the chairmanship has been passed onto [[Clyde Beattie]], former Chair of the Canadian [[ccTLD]] manager, [[CIRA]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/lawley-quits-as-xxx-sponsor-chairman/ Lawley quits as xxx sponsor chairman, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
==Education==
==Education==
He has a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of London, 1982 — 1985.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html Lawley.com]</ref>
He has a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of London, 1982 — 1985.<ref>[http://www.lawley.com/Welcome/Introduction.html Lawley.com]</ref>