According to a Press release we just received from ICM Registry, the company behind the new .XXX Top Level Domain, they just announced today “details of the highly anticipated Adult Performer Program, which releases more than 3,500 .XXX domain names that were initially held in reserve to protect the individual name interests of performers and personalities within the adult entertainment industry.”
Here is the rest of the Press release
“We recognized early on that a significant portion of the core success of the adult industry lies with its performers,” said Vaughn Liley, Sales Director for ICM Registry. “We also became aware that performers do not often have registered trademarks, nor do they retain legal representation to protect their ‘trade name.’ The Adult Performers Program was born from the desire to make a conscious effort to protect these individuals who are truly at the core of the adult entertainment community,” Liley continued.
“We offered a similar and unprecedented protection for existing adult domain owners as a part of our Sunrise A program in September and October of last year. We feel that these programs, along with our Rapid Evaluation Service (RES) dispute resolution policies, are a positive step toward protecting against infringement as well as a deterrent to would be cybersquatters,” he added.
“The Adult Performer Program verification process is now available to 3500+ performers and personalities whose names have been reserved in anticipation of this program. These names will be released only to performers and personalities who express their interest at http://www.about.xxx/performers and complete a simple identity verification process and affidavit. Performers and personalities with more questions about the program can contact performers@icmregistry.com.”
“In conjunction with Name.com, these names are already pre-paid for the first twelve months (until February 3, 2013) and performers can either maintain the domains at Name.com or, if they prefer, transfer them to the registrar of their choice in the usual way.”
““At Name.com, we love creative ideas that benefit everybody involved”, said Jared Ewy, Name.com’s Community Evangelist. “ICM Registry’s Adult Performer Program is a brilliant way to promote .XXX within the industry, while increasing web traffic and protecting adult performers. As a domain registrar, we’ll support these domains with our world class customer support, security and 24/7 monitoring, so industry talent can rest easy that more traffic won’t mean more problems–just more business with .XXX and Name.com.”
“ICM Registry had the opportunity to verify Teagan Presley, the multiple AVN Award winning Adam & Eve contract star, during a recent live appearance where she became the first performer to be verified through the program and will be awarded the rights to www.teaganpresley.xxx.
“With the launch of the .XXX domain names, I was concerned that a squatter would grab www.teaganpresley.xxx and try to extort me”, Presley said. “Luckily the guys at ICM were smart and held on to the talent URLs; they allowed me to get it with no mess. Thank you, ICM!”
IMO, name.com should cut the prices of .TV renewals
I think all registrars should cut their prices of all products but I don’t know what that has to do with this story
this post talks about name.com … so (maybe) a name.com manager may read my comment … then, name.com cuts the .TV renewals prices … or, at least, I hope they do this 🙂
Yawn. Who cares about .XXX?
Have you all forgotten .MOBI already? Same thing. Doomed to .fail.
PornStar sez:
““Luckily the guys at ICM were smart and held on to the talent URLs; they allowed me to get it with no mess. Thank you, ICM!”
How Special……………
[blockquote]“Luckily the guys at ICM were smart and held on to the talent URLs; they allowed me to get it with no mess. Thank you, ICM!”[/blockquote]
Wait, she’s always made it look like she really enjoys the mess…
“With the launch of the .XXX domain names, I was concerned that a squatter would grab http://www.teaganpresley.xxx and try to extort me”, Presley said. “Luckily the guys at ICM were smart and held on to the talent URLs; they allowed me to get it with no mess. Thank you, ICM!
Are you effing kidding me? They get in YET another “terror” plug? Is she paid by ICM?
Announce the details? I don’t see details about the Performer Program here. I only see details on how to get the details about the Performer Program. And only for those that expressed interest. What about latecomers? I go to that link and I see nothing but a name search.
Note to self. Transfer domains out of name.com.
Cartoonz – what a wonderful representative of the domaining community you are. Yes, by all means lets engage in sexist, misogynistic banter -what fun!
The problem with this program is that very few talent own any content. They now own these websites, but unless they are also producers, they don’t own anything to put on these websites.
Icm Registry finally after four months of “it’s coming soon”, decides to announce in a press release, the details to the Adult performers programs for .XXX just hours after Manwin releases that they have amended their Lawsuit against ICM and dropped settlement talks. How convient again for ICM Registry that their adult performers program is now ready. ICM Registry also announces that the performers will get their .XXX for one year with name.com for free! This is going to show the courts what great support that ICM registry has in the Adult community, right?
Within hours of the ICM registry press release, their system still doesn’t show anything different and a Name.com representative on twitter tells Amanda36c that they will contact her with more information and find out what name.com’s role is in this program. What? What kind of business announces a joint program with another company and all the representatives of the other company have no clue what’s going on? Simple, it was rushed out to do more damage control against the Manwin announcement. Is name.com really paying for this or is it ICM Registry who is really footing the bill to buy the performers support?
The next day whois shows that TeaganPresley.xxx which was supposedly awarded to her the day before by ICM Registry, still shows as owned by ICM Registry LLC under the performers program: http://whois.domaintools.com/teaganpresley.xxx On twitter today, ICM Registry retweeted Monica Foster thanking them for her DOTXXX domain but look what her whois record says: http://whois.domaintools.com/monicafoster.xxx Why the difference and which one is the lie here? Something isn’t adding up. Don’t tell me it must be Whois just reacting too slowly to all the demands for the .XXX domains by Adult performers. Later again today on twitter, Amanda36c reports that the access button isn’t functioning properly for her and that she isn’t going to give ICM Registry/Webpower any access to her twitter account. What a smart move by her!
Take the advice of Amanda36c who had over ten years of experience dealing with the dictatorship and crookedness of Webpower/Ifriends before finally seeing them for what they really are. She knows best!
Another scheme
Thanks for the good news here.
Wow, ICM changes the Whois information for Teaganpresley.xxx just hours after I post my comment to Michael Berkens’ Blog http://www.TheDomains.com but the time still shows that Monica Foster’s .XXX was changed before ICM registry’s example Teagan Presley of how generous they are to the adult performers, They continue to try to manipulate and control any information being put out to the public and when they are caught again and again with errors which are pointed out, they simply change the information to look all correct. I hope Manwin is being so diligent about watching everything that is being put out about ICM Registry and .XXX domains.
Nice try ICM Registry to make others look bad or wrong, good quick cover it all up but the truth always comes out and you can’t keep it all hidden for much longer!
Wow, ICM changes the Whois information for Teaganpresley.xxx just hours after I post my comment to Michael Berkens’ Blog http://www.TheDomains.com but the time still shows that Monica Foster’s .XXX was changed before ICM registry’s example Teagan Presley of how generous they are to the adult performers, They continue to try to manipulate and control any information being put out to the public and when they are caught again and again with errors which are pointed out, they simply change the information to look all correct. I hope Manwin is being so diligent about watching everything that is being put out about ICM Registry and .XXX domains.
Icm Registry claims to have reserved 3500+ Performers names under their Adult performer Program but Whois show under Amanda36c.xxx that only 127 domains posessing the email address for registrant: performerescrow@icmregistry.com How come so little under the domains? Are these only performers who own their own Domains already or those blocked from buying the under the Sunrise “A” to protect them from Cyber-squatters? Why is there a difference in the numbers? So now Icm Registry decides to get the Adult performers to rush in to get the names for free. How come only 3500 names were selected and how did ICM Registry who has no PORN TIES decide the names chosen? It’s a lot of questions but that seems to be the way with this TLD as no one ever seems to get a straight answer, do they ICM?
Nice try ICM Registry to make others look bad or wrong, good quick cover it all up but the truth always comes out and you can’t keep it all hidden for much longer!
interesting.
these are stage names. but someone in another thread pointed out there will might be an issues with anyone being able to register yourname.xxx
one wonders if icm has contemplated that as part of their “business strategy”.
but isn’t there some precedent concerning registering domains comprising the first and last names names of others? maybe we should check back on the domainname dispute case law. some of this was even codified into u.s. law, wasn’t it?
so what if a new gtld registry appears that offers to “protect your name” by withholding it from being open for anyone to register? the sales pitch might be something like “less expensive than a UDRP”.
sounds like this icm program serves only to protect stage names that icm threatens to sell to anyone, unless the performer pays a fee. icm has to create intentionally these names. they don’t just magically appear in the zone. these domannaimes appear to serve no purpose, if they will not point to some content. they exist only as a threat that the persons with the stage names have to worry about.
it raises the question, why should they be able to sell registrations your name to someone else in the first instance? why does icm put the domainnames put into the zone? what purpose do these domainnames serve? again, maybe we should consult the past domainname case law on use of domainnames that are personal names. what is the general theme there?
I’ve just received confirmed evidence that ICM Registry is actually owned and controlled by — ALIENS! It’s true… West Palm Beach has long been known as the hub of alien activity and the source for unraveling some of the greatest conspiracies in the history of the world! Look at the evidence I’ve uncovered:
– Stuart Lawley is from England; England is the home of Stonehenge!
– Teagan Presley / Elvis Presley; need I say more?
– Houdini.XXX is NOT on the Performers List; are they saying he never existed?
– The ICM logo is blue; a reference to “Project Blue Book”?
– Area51.XXX was registered on December 7, 2011
These are all facts people; I’ve taken screen shots in case they try and change the information. Just too many many indicators to ignore…
We know you’re an alien Stuart and that ICM has a space ship in orbit ready to take over the planet one porn site at a time.
It doesn’t escape me either that ICM is only a mere letter short of ICBM!
Thank almighty god that people like Adult, ElliotNess29 and Amanda36c are looking out for humanity or we would have never noticed these obvious signs of an alien invasion. I sincerely hope that the “FSC Army” is readying it’s tanks and anti-alien weapons to battle this threat head on!
@Alien
Thank you for bringing things back to reality.
@Alien Among Us
What a great story! I would have gone with the Disney version of how Poor little Stuart Lawley has nowhere to put his fresh $200 million made off the dot.com craze. So he takes up golfing where his hazardess travels bring him to the land of sunshine and golf courses. Lawley meets up with his new golfing buddies, an ex-wall street analyst, a CPA, Internet marketing professional and a well-known Civil Rights lawyer. They tell poor little naive Stuart that there is a fortune to be made off the unsuspecting people of the dirty Porn industry which he could rule over by appearing to clean up their mess. He decides he will take over the failed ICM Registry idea for a special .XXX TLD to get the bad, dirty porn industry to volunteer themselves into their own little corner of the giant internet. Lawley, his buddies and his little band of hand-picked experts would save humanity and their children from unwanted porn sites and the domain owners would follow all the rules in his beautiful kingdom. So what’s next? Lawley being summoned to London for Knighthood by the Queen for all his good deeds and then on to the Vatican so the Pope can bestow him with Sainthood for saving the Roman Catholic Church’s .XXX domain from the hands of the ruthless cyber-squatters. All the owners of the .XXX domains can now live happily ever after in the kingdom of Sir Saint Stuart Lawley!
See Alien anyone can make up a funny story to avoid looking at the really facts. Get off whatever drugs you’re taking and stop looking in the sky for aliens. The facts are all out there if people look hard enough. I have learned a long time ago when someone tries to call people paranoid or a conspiracy theorist but don’t answer questions with any facts or proof while pushing everyone to look at other things less important then something is really wrong. There’s no pea under the shells in this carnival game just losses of peoples’ money.
You might want to get your head out of the sand a take a good look at what’s not being answered by ICM Registry. Here is the biggest fact for me and should be for any .XXX domain owner who is thinking of developing a website on .XXX under the rules set forth by the IFFOR and the ICM Registry Agreement, is that under their “SOLE DISCRETION”, the rules and agreement which the domain owners must operate under and agreed to when purchasing their.XXX can be CHANGED AT ANY MOMENT. WHAT A SCARY THOUGHT! The .XXX domain owners are going to trust a company who has no apparent support in the Adult Industry, never answers question straight up just goes on to something else, hides under “It’s confidential” and who is now trying to buy the Adult performers support because their fear and extortion campaign to sell companies on the protection of their Trademarks fail to yield the results that ICM Registry expected. It just wasn’t the winfall they had hoped for because according to Lawley’s court declaration, the lawsuit with Manwin has changed peoples minds against the .XXX domains. It’s more likely because people are seeing ICM Registry for what they really are.
So Alien or D-man or whatever ALT name that the folks at Webpower Inc/Ifriends and ICM Registry want to use for their Troll attacks against any facts put out against them, why don’t you at least attempt to argue back with some kind of factual argument or is it simply that what is being put out against you is the truth? It is after all very hard to argue the truth. I guess Lawley or his used car salesman, Liley won’t be answering any of my questions posted on this blog or any others.
P.S It didn’t go unnoticed that you, Alien choose not to even try to answer me or others on Amanda36c’s blog. Why, you didn’t want to get caught again?
In the same vein as “Ye Who Smelled it — Dealt it”; I must be an Alien from Planet ICM too? I pointed out real facts; which I chose to interpret my own way.
Are you sure you’re not working with the Aliens in some counter-intelligence plot?