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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop this!
by Meet Media Digital Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, i have bought several .com websites in this past 20 years. I have preserved them for personal use, family and friends. I pay for them faithfully every year. Why are you guys are gonna increase the price of the .com without consulting the community? I would like to register my disapproval of ICANN's changes to the Verisign .com contract. No such decisions should be made without input from the community. This is not okay. William Lehrer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign Contract Amendment
by Understanding U Understanding Life Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You cannot make changes that will affect millions of domain name owners who are already struggling to build businesses without consulting all the organizations involved. It is irresponsible, disrespectful and unethical to make decisions behind closed doors when there is a large community of people and organizations involved, without providing further clarification on how ICANN will spend the collected funds. Are these changes necessary? Or is it because there's somebody at the top of the ladder who's wanting to be further enriched at the expense of others. Please be considerate enough to provide us with a bit more information on why, and how the funds will be spent, and the necessity of these changes, if there's any. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on the amendment
by Seth Koster Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I find it reprehensible that, in secret and without actively soliciting comments from the actual users of .com domains, you would collude to increase prices that very often must be paid by small business people like myself. If this amendment you are proposing goes through I will be talking to my congressperson and senator about how we can wrest control back from agencies such as yours, which appear to be purely a mechanism to line the pockets of organisations such as yourself and Verisign, and put it in the hands of those who will act responsibly and not based on $20,000,000 bribes. Thank you very much! Warmest regards, Seth ________________________ Seth Koster, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech Language Pathologist ~Global Allied Health~ Providing English language therapeutic services worldwide via the internet. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou (1928-) ***DISCLAIMER*** This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please contact the sender listed above and destroy the email.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Strongly opposed
by Chris Keithley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The Internet must remain a place where the small business and hobbyist can thrive. Raising domain prices, hinders this and furthers the takeover of large corporations owning our society. Please do not taint the name of ICANN by accepting sums of money from Verisign in order to hand over majority control of the .com domain and raise their prices exponentially. Many people, like myself, enjoy a .com domain to personalize their Email, run their own website, or link to their small business. It is clear to me that this is nothing but bad for the Internet as a whole. Please don't let us down.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Don't.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No price increases for .com domains!
by James Nylen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I interpret this amendment as a pretty simple business transaction: Verisign is paying ICANN $20 million now, in order to be able to recover this money through .com price increases. The problem is you haven't consulted with anybody except the people making the deal, and we have no idea how ICANN will be spending this money - there are no guarantees that it will be re-invested into the health of the internet. This is called *corruption*. Why are Verisign and ICANN making deals in secret? James Nylen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposed to Amendment 3
by James Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I’m concerned about the price increases and ownership transfer for an undefined benefit. From my perspective it’s been working fine and I have heard no justification of why the potential increase in cost OR ownership transfer is required. Please remember the sprit of the internet when it was new and work to keep it open and accessible. --James

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

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't do this
by Andrew Moore Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

No one wants this to happen. Please don't do this.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Seeking reconsideration of amendment 3
by Priyank Mohan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I write to you to remind you of the purpose which ICANN was setup for. Alongwith regulating and assign TLDs, the much heavier burden that rests on your shoulders is to keep the internet free from much corporate motive and influence, thereby aiding it's proliferation. However, it's is saddening to see a guardian organization succumbing to a motive as petty as money. Via the amendment 3 you would allow the said provider to increase prices for 8 out of the next 10 years and that too without a cap as to the quantum of increases. To top it off, all this is just for money. I hereby request you to reconsider the said amendment and roll it back to preserve the freedom of internet, which is the actual purpose of any organization regulating it. Thanks Priyank

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