• More arbitrary GAC interference in TLDs
  A new exchange of correspondence between a TLD supplicant and GAC illustrates both GAC's increasing power - and its complete lack of defined rules and criteria for issuing vetos over TLDs. In this case, the supplicant is .asia. GAC supposedly has authority over .asia because of its assertion of authority over country names in the so-called "GAC Principles" of 2000
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08/19/2005

• .NET Agreement Update
  Following the request-for-proposal process and re-bid set out in the expired .NET agreement, which included an independent evaluation of applications for the operation the .NET registry (see, http://www.icann.org/tlds/dotnet-reassignment/dotnet-general.htm) and subsequent negotiations, the ICANN Board approved a Registry Agreement executed by ICANN and VeriSign.
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08/17/2005

• Don't Like the UN? How About GAC?
  By now everyone knows about the attempt by the US Commerce Department to "recall" the delegation of .xxx to ICM Registry due to pressure from deluded right-wing groups in the US who think that it will add to pornography on the Internet
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08/16/2005

• Feds Urge Delay for .XXX Domain
  Acknowledging "unprecedented" opposition, the U.S. government has asked the internet's key oversight agency to delay approval of a new ".xxx" domain name designed as a virtual red-light district
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