February 2020 - comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Becky Marshall Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It’s vitally important that the internet remain a democratic environment open to all. Conducting meetings in secret in order to essentially create a monopoly with unlimited price increases and control limits the freedom of information and the ability for all to participate. Such exclusionary tactics are detrimental beyond scope. I realize when it comes to money and power, it is difficult to sway people to do the right thing for all rather than an elite few. There is enough money to be made off the internet, do not destroy it and limit its abilities by raising prices and centralizing control. I am opposed to these proposed changes. Thank you, Becky

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] proposed price increase to .com domains
by Rob van Zoelen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Rob van Zoelen Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] price increases
by w welper Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to these price increase on the grounds that it restricts entrepreneurs ability to enter the business world. This will be another hurtle that has to be overcome by those of lesser means. Wendell Welper www.ezbair.com What are you breathing? 248-437-4844 FREE hygrometer upon request

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't sell out the internet!
by Lionel Fusco Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please keep the internet available to the people, and not a private domain for the rich to exploit the rest of us!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't let the .com become a luxury!
by Hernan Gauna Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not increase domain purchase prices
by Maximilian Eyle Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Accessibility to the internet is not just about visiting websites, it is also about easily publishing one’s own content. If prices rise, countless projects and initiatives that are already strained by budget limitations will disappear. It would be a mistake to exacerbate the price barrier to internet use. Please do not pass this measure. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Amine TIJ Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I would like to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. I believe that the global DNS registration system should be run primarily as a public concern. The only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are verisign itself, at the expense of the public. These price hikes will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. Further, this could prove yet another point of pressure that convinces a small business to make their online presence exclusively in the Facebook walled garden and eschew the web itself. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they SHOULD be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate; short sighted profit chasing at the expense of all else. Please do not adopt this proposal.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain - ICANN - Verisign deal
by Jay Moulton Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Your proposed deal with Verisign is a transparent attempt to gouge and prey upon consumers in your .com monopoly. With the strong growth that the domain name market has experienced over the past two decades, you should be ensuring that consumers are realizing lower prices, not higher prices. I have written four books on micro and macroeconomics and can assure you that your actions are indeed the predatory actions of a monopolistic organization that is not defending stakeholder interests. Jay Moulton <http://sixforces.com> Jay Moulton, President Phone: (514) 945-9543

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increases.
by Stefan S Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It would be irresponsible and unfair to make the internet less accessible to all. It’s a website not an apartment.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I Object the Domain Price Increase
by Momobiz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I don't agree with the price increase in domain prices!

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