Proposal for Triple-X Ombuds

Eight months after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) declined to approve a proposed contract with registrar-hopeful ICM Registry, controversial sponsored Top-Level Domain dot-xxx is back. Late Friday, ICANN posted a revised contract on its website, which, if approved, might allow open registration of domains as early as this summer. One of the new contract sections requires ICM to designate a compliance manager and an independent ombudsman to address concerns and complaints. (Free Speech Coalition.) Note: ICANN already has its own ombuds.