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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't rais .com prices!
by Jakob Larsson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You already know that this new agreement is unethical. Stop being stupid. Disregard your own greed. Save the internet! Regards Jakob --- Jakob Larsson 0700 49 80 28 karljakoblarsson.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Theo Turner Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose the amendment.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Ridiculous
by Digvijay Chauhan 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 about USD 7-8 is already far more than justified. Given that Verisign does not provide any value added service - it is essentially a free cash cow for Verisign. Verisign built the software off of registration fee so technically ICANN owns the Verisign software to manage domains. 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 and I would further propose that each living person should be entitled to a a domain name for life. Infrastructure takes a lot of money to build but it takes peanuts to maintain in comparison.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN price increase agreement
by Nick Lambe Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

TWIMC, I can see no justification either for the significant price rises agreed nor for the absence of true consultation with the online community that depend on your MONOPOLY position to provide and maintain our domains. Whilst I can’t predict the future, I would speculate that Legal action originating in the USA under antitrust legislation would cause much more damage than the apparent gain of $20m revenue per annum. I request you consider the commercial moral and legal impact on your customer community of this apparently precipitous decision. Kind Regards Nick Nicholas Lambe MSc Director [signature_328063543] GordAlex Limited Securing Simplicity 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9JQ UK Mob: +44(0)738 9125005 UK Main: +44(0)800 9159929 Email: nick.lambe(a)gordalex.com<mailto:nick.lambe@gordalex.com> Skype: nicholas.lambe www.gordalex.com<http://www.gordalex.com> www.gordalexdigitalmedia.com<http://www.gordalexdigitalmedia.com/> www.nicklambe.com<http://www.nicklambe.com> GordAlex Limited is registered in England and Wales Company Number 10276298 VAT Registration 272 9076 81 [signature_1190950603][signature_1773193484] EMAIL DISCLAIMER The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised and therefore prohibited This email and any attachments to it may contain information which is confidential, legally privileged, subject to the Official Secrets Act, or otherwise not disclosable by law, and is protected by copyright. It is intended only for the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient you must delete this email immediately and not use, distribute, copy, disclose or take any action in reliance on this email or its contents. If you have received this email in error please notify us by return email immediately.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppose Amendment 3
by tmp20.ejm＠sigridco.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. Eric J. Marang

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Negative feedback
by Tibor Udvari Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Fee for .com domains
by Fabrizio Guzmán Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I read about increase on fee for .com domains I do not agree on this high level increase be use my guzman guzman.com domain is not intended for commercial porpoises, is only for family names e-mail. I have uses this domain for e-mail comunicación with banks, create accounts that uses e-mail account as a user. This mean, in case of high increase I will be forced to cancel guzman guzman.com and will be affected because need to cancel all my family activity on the net. Wife, daughters and relatives. Witch is not fair I will appreciate your considerations Best regards Please do not do so Enviado de mi IPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop Price Increase
by Máté Kovács Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN Team, I'm writing in regards to the planned price increases to .COM domain names. As a software engineer, I have several .COM domain names registered to showcase my work. I strongly disagree with the amendment. It will negatively impact not only small businesses that operate websites, but also developers who distribute software, often free of charge. Please do not raise the prices of domain names, and consider reversing the amendment. Thank you, Mate Kovacs

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] blatant corruption
by b moss Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hope $VSRN execs buy big monstrous summer mansions with this dough I'll be reducing my domain registrations accordingly, just like I ship less US mail with every annual price hike 3 days of public comments? Why even bother

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am completely against this proposal. This is absurd and is blatantly a for profit company bribing a non-profit under the guise of helping, and the effects will be far reaching - not for ICAAN, certainly not for Verisign, but for everyday users who will see costs dramatically increase with little to no benefits. Where is this $20 million being used? No details given except broad assurances which do not mean anything. If Verisign is so supportive of improving things, why do they need to increase prices in order to offer assistance? Their profit margin is already quite high I suspect. Dean Robinson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Andrew Wagner Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of some .com domain names. 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. Andrew Wagner (609)468-0142 abaranwagner(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dot com fees
by Mikko Rantanen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello. I think this proposal is taking the Internet we love to the wrong direction. Greetings from Finland! Mikko Rantanen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increase
by Abdussamad Bello Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please lets keep the price the same or even less for .com domain. Cheers

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] What you are doing is not right
by Bob Sherrod Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Raising prices like this is not right. Clearly it is just for your own profit and adds nothing to small business owners who work on a small budget.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement between ICANN and Verisign Inc. I currently hold registrations for three (3) .COM domain names; homebuilt-lan.com (since 1998), rlbuckmaster.com (since 2010), and jobhuntgps.com (since 2015). Over the past 20 years I have held registrations for numerous other .COM domain names. Therefore, I have a deep vested interest in any changes to pricing related to .COM domain name registration. I am opposed specifically because there can be no valid justification to allow .COM domain registration prices to increase annually at more than twice the forecast global inflation rate. This is especially true when the cost of technology required to support TLD name services has decreased rapidly over the last 10 years. It is claimed that ICANN and Verisign Inc. negotiated these changes without input from other parties. This is a direct violation of the ICANN charter to operate with transparency and in the public interest. If the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement between ICANN and Verisign Inc. is adopted as is, I will contact my U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senators requesting they open an investigation to determine if ICANN has violated its charter to operate in the public interest when secretly negotiating with Verisign Inc. Specifically, if any payments promised by Verisign Inc to ICANN in exchange for the Proposed Amendment 3 are a violation of the ICANN charter and/or U.S. law. Respectfully, Richard L. Buckmaster

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] THE INTENDED PRICE HIKE OF .COM DOMAIN.
by Samchidiebere Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have participated in arguments for and against the intended price hike (amendment) for the .com domain by ICANN.org through VERISIGN Inco. and found both sides of the argument very interesting. I know that anyone who is in business has profit as the ultimate goal. However, if that profit is to be achieved at the detriment of those who patronize one's business, then that ultimate goal is either ill-intended or not well thought of. My argument over this issue has remained that the price hike is good if only it is for the developed countries (super-powers) and the grade A companies in those countries. If it is uniformly applied, what happens to the third world countries who use the internet and the .com domain for their businesses. Unless this price hike is intended to push the third world countries out of the internet world system, I don't see how this will benefit them. I therefore don't support it as it will turn out to be an evil wind that blows no one any good. Chidi Sam

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't do this.
by saintkaylaphotography Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't do this. I thought the whole point of having the name, namecheap was for it to be actually cheap and fair.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases
by Gary Copeland Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To the decision makers, With great power comes great responsibility. Because you are in a position of immense control, I urge you to broaden the sources of information behind any decision about price increases and to be forthcoming and transparent about the new millions will be spent. There are at least two stories for you to consider: The little turtle named Mack in Yertle the Turtle, by Dr. Seuss; the king of Israel, Rehoboam, who increased taxes, heeding his young counsellors, rejecting the sage advice of the older men. (This account is in the Bible, in 1 Kings 12.) Respectfully, A guy who leases multiple domain names, Gary Copeland Harvest, AL USA 256.508.1125

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Indignation relating to the proposed modification 3 to the .com registry
by ALLADAGBIN Gbètoho Judicael Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am *Judicaël, a webmaster by training. * I decided to react like any professional of the web or the Internet following your proposal for modification 3 to the register which *I consider discriminatory with regard to Stuart up and the emergence of new economy.* I am aware that the services of the domain must meet their requirements but not to exclude by higher costs. Do not forget that the strength of the Internet lies in its character of globalization of the world. On behalf of the web professionals, and on behalf of the Lean Income Stuart Up, we ask you to review the copy for the good of the large group. Long live the Internet, Long live digital globalization

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I€ANN
by James Sharkey Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This goes against everything I thought you stood for.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] unnecessary price increases
by jack＠jack-williams.co.uk Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, By allowing the increase of prices, it is clearly an attempt to line directors pockets but will price people out of having .com domains and reduces the variety on the internet Jack

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments - ICANN .com Price Increase
by Sam MacGregor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have registered and own a number of .com domains and other domains for both business and personal use. I am against the increase in price of .com domains. I believe that the increase in price will create a higher barrier to entry for the average person who would want to buy a domain name for their business or for personal use. I hope that you acknowledge the sentiment of both my comment and those left before mine and reconsider this decision in spite of it’s financial benefits to yourselves. Thank you for taking the time to consider our opinions. Sam MacGregor

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concern over domain price hikes and Verisign’s unclear deal
by Jeff R Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I have concerns over upcoming domain price hikes and Verisign’s unclear deal for supporting domain name infrastructure. I urge you to involve the community in these decisions, and also consider how these prices could affect small business owners like myself. Jeff -- Thanks, Jeff

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Drop the price increase
by Marcusloinplenty Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. Despite there clearly being potential financial gains to be had by raising the registration fee on .com domains, 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. While price hikes such as this likely won't mean much to the larger business concerns that buy in bulk, it will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. At worst, 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. - Marcus

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Down with ICANN!!!
by Ajay Singh Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Down with ICANN!!! ICANN should change their domain to ICANN.com as you have become a for profit commercial company, selling away all the interests of public to a private company. You are destroying the .com internet by making it unaffordable to the people from developing nations. Sorry to say, but ICANN and Verisign need to be banned to do any business related to .com and internet. Both need to be fined heavily for price fixing act. Thankyou Ajay

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