ICANN postpones decision on .xxx domains

Just before wrapping up its meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board voted to postpone any decision about a proposal to create a “.xxx” top level domain for adult Web sites.

The matter is scheduled to be taken up again at its June meeting in Brussels.

The board voted unanimously to direct the organization’s CEO and general counsel to write a “report of possible process options” within the next two weeks that will be posted online for a 45-day public comment period.

In 2005, the ICANN board voted to negotiate a contract with ICM Registry for the .xxx domain, finding that ICM’s proposal met required criteria. But in 2007, the board rejected the proposal. ICM appealed that decision to the organization’s Independent Review Panel which, last month, ruled that ICM had been treated unfairly.

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