[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]ICM Registry Stuart Lawley is in Seoul for the 36th ICANN meeting, where he met with Peter Dengate Thursh (Chairman of the Board) and Rod Beckstrom (CEO) to discuss .XXX.[/FONT]
ICM have spent the last 2 years and USD 4,5 million in arbitration with ICANN before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). Several hearings were held in Washington, where Paul Twomey (Beckstrom's predecessor) was amongst the people heard by a three person arbitration panel.
Overall, Lawley reckons ICM have spent USD 8 million on .XXX. "We did everything ICANN asked us to do," Lawley says. "We even negotiated 5 draft contracts with them." He now hopes to have the result of the arbitration soon. "We're not asking for any damages," he adds. "We're not asking for money. We are asking for ICANN to sign the contract and let us launch .XXX."
It may take a few months for the arbitration panel to give a result. In the meantime, ICM are still accepting pre-registration requests from would-be .XXX domain name owners. "The pre-registration is completely free," Lawley explains. "And we're still getting requests every day. We're now up to 104,000 pre-registrations." Not bad for a domain that doesn't even exist yet.
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ICM have spent the last 2 years and USD 4,5 million in arbitration with ICANN before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). Several hearings were held in Washington, where Paul Twomey (Beckstrom's predecessor) was amongst the people heard by a three person arbitration panel.
Overall, Lawley reckons ICM have spent USD 8 million on .XXX. "We did everything ICANN asked us to do," Lawley says. "We even negotiated 5 draft contracts with them." He now hopes to have the result of the arbitration soon. "We're not asking for any damages," he adds. "We're not asking for money. We are asking for ICANN to sign the contract and let us launch .XXX."
It may take a few months for the arbitration panel to give a result. In the meantime, ICM are still accepting pre-registration requests from would-be .XXX domain name owners. "The pre-registration is completely free," Lawley explains. "And we're still getting requests every day. We're now up to 104,000 pre-registrations." Not bad for a domain that doesn't even exist yet.
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