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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please keep .com prices stable
by Samuel Lang Budin Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am an artist whose practice depends upon my website. I recently became aware of the proposed amendment, which would encourage a hike in prices for .com domains. Artists like me can not afford a price increase, and I strongly oppose any change which would bring one about. Every small strain stresses the entire edifice of my work. Please consider the little guys as well as your own bottom line. Thanks, Samuel www.samuellangbudin.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Joseph K Bova Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. 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. Joseph Bova Santa Fe, New Mexico United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .Com registry
by Kevin O'Brien Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom It May Concern: I am opposed to any price increase for either the renewal or new .COM domain registry. Kevin O’Brien

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Merrill Hansen Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

ICANN, The core infrastructure costs of supporting a Registry are not incrementally more expensive at the same level as allowed in the current agreement. Please DO NOT allow for the increase of pricing on .com domains. The majority of the clients I work with are small businesses and adding or increasing digital expenses on them will not help them. Regards, Merrill Hansen mohansen(a)ramconsulting.info

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dot Com
by Emily Catherine Illustration Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please reconsider your proposal to increase the cost of .coms. Not only will regulation of this set a precedence for companies to gain control over the public sphere without the public’s democratic and independent say, but, in many cases it will create a rich/poor divide for the first time in internet history. Please be responsible pioneers and forefathers of our future internet use. Emily Catherine Illustration

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please reconsider your changes to the Verisign contract!
by Dan Littman Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, as a small business owner where every penny counts, and relying on the internet as our marketplace, increasing the cost of domain names will have far reaching effects. I just ask that both you and Verisign be more transparent and fair in what you're putting together. In an age of dwindling accountability and transparency by the government, the people are looking for companies and leaders that give us the respect to do the right thing, even when nobody's looking. My concerns specifically are: 1. Large price increases over the next 10 years. 2. What the $20 million from Verisign will be used for. 3. Why you're breaking your own rules or allowing for a loophole to allow Verisign, an operator of a TLD, to act as a registrar. 4. The fact that you ignored previous comments that overwhelmingly favored not removing the price controls on other TLD's, and removed the price caps based on an analysis by an economics professor that didn't reference any data. I hope someone takes the time to read this and actually cares enough to rethink this strategy, as it will not be a good PR move for ICANN or Verisign if it goes into effect in its current form, as it wreaks of abuse of power at the expense of nearly everyone. Kind regards, Dan Littman

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed increases in .COM domains
by Curtis Penner Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, My name is Curtis Penner. I’m a small business person who makes a modest living with my online properties. To read that the cost of operating my business is to rise significantly with this new agreement with Verisign is disturbing and upsetting. It’s baffling to me how this proposed increase can be justified. It appears from my point of view to be a cash grab and ask that you reconsider this agreement. Thank you, Curtis Penner

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changing the rates
by Kyle Valdes Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

It’s just wrong and useless.. .com is a vital domain to the internet and it’s success and there’s no benefit to it except for pure greed. Get off your high horse and leave the costs.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Icann verisign deal fee increase
by Ben Perkins Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please don't do this. You guys are already minting free money just by being the first players on the scene. This harms everyone and only enriches a few people. This is the epitome of a capitalism/regulatory loophole and those taking advantage should be happy with the next to free, consistent stream of income that already exists. Turning the screw too far will draw regulatory scrutiny. Thank you. Best, Ben

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Myles Dunphy Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Do not change anything Kind regards, Myles

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