ICM Registry, the firm which advocated the creation of a .xxx domain for adult content on the internet has called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to reconsider its rejection of the proposal, and is seeking to prove that political interference from the Bush administration influenced ICANN's decision.
In a vote on May 10, ICANN's board rejected the proposed creation of the new sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) by nine votes to five.
In a resubmitted request for consideration of its proposal, ICM announced that:
"ICM Registry, LLC (“ICM”) submits this amended request for expedited reconsideration of the vote of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) on 10 May 2006 regarding the .XXX sponsored top-level domain (the “sTLD”)."
"ICM filed a request for reconsideration on 19 May 2006, prior to approval and posting, later that day, of the ICANN Board minutes from 10 May 2006. The minutes clarified that the action taken by the Board involved rejecting the registry agreement posted by ICANN on 18 April 2006 (the “ICM Agreement”)...ICM now submits this amended request, modified to reflect the clarification provided by publication of the minutes, to expand on certain points, and to address an additional issue in Section C below regarding attempted manipulation of the record in this matter."
The firm, which states on its website that it has "no affiliation, current or historic, with the adult entertainment industry", additionally condemned what it viewed as inappropriate interference in the matter by the US authorities, arguing that:
"Members of the Board voted against the ICM Agreement without adequate information about the inappropriate involvement of the United States government in this process, or failing to appreciate the significance of that involvement."
Calling for a further vote on the matter on July 18, the firm went on to state that:
"ICM requests that the Committee recommend that the vote of the Board on 10 May 2006 be set aside, and that the Board approve the ICM Agreement."
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