As reported by Business Insider, ICM Registry, the operator of the .XXX TLD launched in December of 2011 has submitted applications to ICANN in the new gTLDs program for the .SEX,. ADULT and .PORN TLDs. The launch of .XXX faced opposition from within and outside the adult industry, but has managed to register over 210,000 domains to date. If they are selected to run the new TLDs they promise .XXX registrants a grandfathering clause allowing them to claim the same domains in thew new TLD.s

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There’s only about 10 hours to go in the HuntingMoon WMA Amsterdam adult domain auction by Hunting Moon (Adult Content). The auction features domain names ranging from $1 to $2,500,000 USD and contains domains like iFilms.com for $25,000 USD.

In today’s ICANN board meeting at the 37th ICANN meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya, the board postponed a decision regarding the .XXX sTLD application and directed to solicit public comment for this application within 14 days with a comment period of no less than 45 days, allowing the board to reconsider this issue at the 38th ICANN meeting in Brussels. ICANN has to reconsider the issue after their rejection of the application was reviewed by an independent panel.