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'''ICM Registry''' is the registry operator behind the [[.xxx]] [[registry]].  The International Foundation for Online Responsibility ([[IFFOR]]) is the sponsoring organization.<ref>[http://www.icmregistry.com/about/icm.php About ICM Registry]</ref>

'''ICM Registry''' is the registry operator behind the [[.xxx]] [[registry]].  The International Foundation for Online Responsibility ([[IFFOR]]) is the sponsoring organization.<ref>[http://www.icmregistry.com/about/icm.php About ICM Registry]</ref>

== History ==

== History up to Approval of .xxx at ICANN 40 ==

* 2000- ICM Registry was founded by Jason Hendeles in Delaware, USA.  

* 2000- ICM Registry was founded by Jason Hendeles in Delaware, USA.  

* 2010- February 19th, [[ICANN]]'s [[IRP]] (Independent Review Panel) issued a declaration in its review of ICM Registry's appeal.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm "Public Comment: Report of Possible Process Options for Further Consideration of the ICM Application for the .xxx sTLD"]</ref> The Panel found that the application for the ".xxx [[sTLD]] met the required sponsorship criteria," and that "the Board’s reconsideration of that finding was not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy."<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/irp/icm-v-icann/draft-options-post-irp-declaration-26mar10-en.pdf "ICANN Options Following the IRP Declaration on ICM's .xxx Application"]</ref> A 45 day public comment was opened on March 26, 2010.

* 2010- February 19th, [[ICANN]]'s [[IRP]] (Independent Review Panel) issued a declaration in its review of ICM Registry's appeal.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm "Public Comment: Report of Possible Process Options for Further Consideration of the ICM Application for the .xxx sTLD"]</ref> The Panel found that the application for the ".xxx [[sTLD]] met the required sponsorship criteria," and that "the Board’s reconsideration of that finding was not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy."<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/irp/icm-v-icann/draft-options-post-irp-declaration-26mar10-en.pdf "ICANN Options Following the IRP Declaration on ICM's .xxx Application"]</ref> A 45 day public comment was opened on March 26, 2010.

* 2010- June 25th, [[ICANN]]'s board approved the proposal.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/technology/26domain.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26srcQ3Dbusln&OP=10b995d5Q2Fzq@yzQ7E!Q5Do6!!DXzXCjCzCQ51zXQ51zD@Q5DQ2F_!5!Q7BQ26zXQ51Q7E!uiQ20_,Q2FDu5 Miguel Helft (June 25, 2010). "For X-Rated, a Domain of Their Own"]</ref>

* 2010- June 25th, [[ICANN]]'s board approved the proposal at [[ICANN 40]] in San Francisco, USA.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/technology/26domain.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26srcQ3Dbusln&OP=10b995d5Q2Fzq@yzQ7E!Q5Do6!!DXzXCjCzCQ51zXQ51zD@Q5DQ2F_!5!Q7BQ26zXQ51Q7E!uiQ20_,Q2FDu5 Miguel Helft (June 25, 2010). "For X-Rated, a Domain of Their Own"]</ref>

== Services offered by ICM Registry ==

== Services offered by ICM Registry ==