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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] dot com increases
by Frank Kaufmann Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please do not raise dot com fees and levies This exploits entrepreneurs in both for profit and not for profit sectors It sorely disrupts fundamental channels for commerce and will create a widespread disdain for your role in the internet experience Until now your role and function was not know to average users, but if you raise dot com fees and levies, you will enter into the public consciousness as "the enemy." as greedy, voracious, and oppressive. Please find your money elsewhere and avoid this yet another of the million cuts as we constantly taxed in deceitful and underhanded ways. It is better to encourage productivity, imagination, and energy, rather than working to sap it based on petty money grubbing. Thank you Frank K -- Frank Kaufmann Ph.D. https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkaufmann http://frankkaufmann.com/ <http://frankkaufmann.blogspot.com/> http://12gf.org Tel +1 646 220 8281

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I strongly oppose the increase in .com domain rates
by Jason Kerwin Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This choice was made un-democratically and adversely affects small domain-name owners like myself. Please re-consider. -- Jason Kerwin jkerwin(a)umn.edu (612) 625-5719 http://www.jasonkerwin.com

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Stop!! Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not in support
by Rachel Cline Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am not in support of the proposed changes

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on Amendment to .COM price increases
by Michael Leger Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom It May Concern; I am a small business owner. I am writing to express my concern over the proposed allowance for price increases for .com domains. The cost of doing business on the Internet is already quite challenging for a small business owner. The proposed 7% annual increases for the next four years, then freeze for two, then increase for four, then freeze for two, etc, is essentially a guarantee that the cost of owning a .com domain will only be affordable for the most lucrative businesses in the not too distant future. The usage of these additional funds is not specified. Why is this increase necessary? The proposal also would allow Verisign to become a domain registrar, essentially creating a monopolistic business in one fell swoop. Why was the process for proposing changes done without public and industry input? As a business owner and consumer of various domains, I cannot see a problem for your proposed solution. I only see a policy that would allow one company to gouge all consumers of .com domains without recourse. Please relegate this change to it's appropriate place in the recycle bin. Sincerely, Michael Leger Homeodynamics.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase to Domains
by Heidi Jazmin Colmenero Ortiz Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I understand you have taken the decision to increase in more than one way the domains .com prices to a point where it will not be accessible to a great part of the population. It is my opinion that this can only mean you want to get richer and restrict possibilities for those who have less. I don't think it is a good measure. -- *Heidi Jazmín Colmenero Ortiz* *E-mail:* heidijazmin(a)gmail.com *Skype:* heidi jazmin colmenero ortiz *Tel:* (+52) (279) 821 5055 *Cel: *(+52)* (*228) 824 6855

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I oppose this amendment
by Jess Jones Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a personal holder of three .COM domains, and the responsible party for a fourth on behalf of a small business (three employees with minimal profits, he operates as much as a public service as he does as a business), I vehemently oppose this quid pro quo cash grab. 1. ICANN was created to operate in the PUBLIC interest. This "amendment" serves no one but ICANN and Verisign, who do not collectively constitute "the public". 2. Barring any extenuating circumstances, the entire point of an AGREEMENT is for both parties to be held to it; freely and privately amending it on a whim violates the spirit of an agreement. 3. The .COM TLD was not enforced as a commercial-only TLD, and as a consequence many individuals have registered and built sites upon .COM domains for their own personal or professional purposes prior to the proliferation and popularization of other TLDs. If it *were* enforced as a commercial-only TLD I could see the interest in raising prices as larger commercial entities do often profit wildly off their domains, and using such activity to help maintain the domain infrastructure could be considered in the public interest. This is not the case though, and as such price increases disproportionately affect individuals and small businesses. 4. The amendment does not specify how the payment to ICANN is to be spent, leaving the looming specter of largess and misuse. Had the amendment laid out strict guidelines for how the money would be used IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, I might almost be able to forgive it; but it doesn't. If the .COM domain price structure were shifted to a tiered status, where individuals and small businesses paid a lesser fee for their domains while larger corporate entities who are profiting significantly off their domains paid more, I could appreciate this more; it would reinforce the concept that the fees are for the maintenance and improvement of the domain infrastructure since the larger entities of course put a greater load on the system in terms of DNS queries and such. Even better, base the tiers simply on root domain traffic; domains that have less than X queries to the root servers per year (a reasonable amount to be determined by ICANN based on current traffic) qualify the following year for "small user" status, and either lump everyone else into a "large user" group, or create further tiers (10*X, 1000*X, etc) to keep domains affordable for smaller businesses while larger businesses pay their fair share to maintain the infrastructure they profit from. Even if the agreement were better structured, such that the increases would be limited and reasonable, I could perhaps forgive this. Instead, the agreement gives Verisign broad leeway to pump prices as they see fit, giving ICANN a percentage of the forecasted profits in return. This is utterly unacceptable and completely AGAINST public interest, and must be stopped. Sincerely, Jessica Lee Jones Massachusetts, United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not raise fees for dot.com websites!!!!
by Rockets Redglare Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom It May Concern: Please do NOT raise fees for dot.com websites that will consolidate our information resources among the wealthier website holders! It is your duty to serve ALL PEOPLE JUSTLY. Thank you! Rockets C. Redglare 651-505-3773 We are wholely loved, cosmically embraced, and continually encouraged! HV Info strip www.HunaVaruna.net <http://www.hunavaruna.net/> www.Minnesota-Emf.com Ask me about BEMER technology!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN & verisign deal
by Kolten F Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Unacceptable, shady, and greedy. That’s how I feel about the deal. No longer will be using a .com domain if this isn’t reverted or monitored to not screw the people.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed amendment No 3: no go
by Sebastian Di Mateo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I oppose this amendment. The internet is mainly a public space with tremendous potential over the entire human race. .com domains are one of the most used worldwide and promote the free trade and flow of information. This amendment will only raise costs involved in this process giving only a few companies advantage over millons of others. It's a no. --Sebastián Di Mateo Rosario, Argentina

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Stop this pls Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to price increases
by Asim Azam Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I say no to allowing for price increases. Being a business online is expensive enough without having to worry about paying more than the current annual renewal.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No...
by Clint Lenard Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

It's tiring to see prices being raised constantly, but the pricing being raised by the amount suggested is disturbing and ridiculous.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No Increase
by Marcel Pichardo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I think that for the use of the internet and small businesses or startups to grow the costs must be maintained, the internet belongs to everyone and have affordable young prices with the interest of creating new things and contributing to the world can help us.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changes to .COM TLD
by Mark Rheinlander Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

My objection is to the lack of community consultation. This is the most widely used TLD and affects millions of businesses worldwide. Unilateral decision making like this undermines the founding principles of the Internet. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] proposed .com pricing changes
by Nina O. Day Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear Sirs/Madams, I am concerned about this amendment to the Registry Agreement because it will affect, not just me, but any individual who would like his/her own domain name. This would impose a burden on a huge number of small businesses as well as individual users who have purchased domain names for personal use, not commercial use. Some have multiple domain names, if for no other reason than to protect our own names from being used to run a website. Please at least consider a regulation that would charge businesses more and small businesses or individuals less. This would also allow fledgling businesses (aka startups) to keep their costs low at first. Remember, many businesses have been started in individual's garages. You may also assume that all ".com" domain names are used for or are supposed to be used for commercial purposes. But this is not the case. If this had been defined and enforced from the beginning of the internet, this would be a non-issue. However, enforcing it today would cause many many individuals to lose their domains. Yes, there are other top level domains they can move to. However, that doesn't eliminate the fact that they would be losing an asset they had invested much time, money and resources acquiring and building. Please keep the annual fee very low or consider a more flexible charging system for the .COM top level domain that will keep it accessible to individuals and small businesses. Thank you, Nina O. Day ninaoday(a)gmail.com ninaoday(a)dayprcommunications.com 770-653-2438

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against the new contract agreement with Versign
by Kai Wee Toh Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi I read about the new agreement with Versign which will allow it to increase the .com wholesale price to registrars in 8 of the next 10years. I feel strongly against that! The internet should remain highly affordable to the masses as it is instrumental to freedom of speech and dissemination of ideas, views and information. It should not be seen purely as a cash cow, and skewed towards resource-rich states, corporations and individuals. Please do away with the price increase clauses and help keep the internet freer to the masses! Thank you. Best regards Toh Kai Wee

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase DOT COM price please !
by Alexandre Delage Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Do not increase DOT COM price please ! Alexandre Delage

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domains
by Ana Llimona Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello please don’t do this. I’m young and i wanted to show my work to the world with presence, now i can’t afford that change it’s very precipitated, you have to give us the users a chance, Thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price changes to .COM domains
by Nabeel Muhammed Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, I hope this email finds you well. I am emailing in regards to changes that are trying to be put in place with the increase in domain prices. I am requesting from many of my followers to come to some type of agreement that can benefit both parties. We are requesting that it would be great if you can consider not increasing prices for domains which will off course impact many businesses that want to operate. Best Regards, Nabeel Muhammed

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why???
by Srđan Radulović Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why???
by Srđan Radulović Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no .com increase
by Caleb Cushing Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

although I would like it in the case of squatters, as a person who has a simple domain for a simple blog, and another for a hobby project, I would not like to pay many more times the amount for registering a domain. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN & Verisign Threaten the Entire Internet With Shady Deal
by Jayson Gibson Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom it May Concern, ICANN has for years been respected by many webmasters, industry professionals and millions of people to maintain standards within the industry and act as good stewards of the Internet. We discover now that this was a mistake and that ICANN has and never will have the Internet and users of this incredible "co-built community" best interest in mind. Do you really, truly think that this backhand shady deal that will ultimately piss-off millions will not result in you being slapped silly for the move? I don't speak of anything I know and I'm not threatening you in any way, but you know the world, you know people online and you know the power of change. Destroy the Internet, a replacement will come extremely quickly, and you'll end up with nothing except tarnished names. Continue acting as good stewards and trustful individuals, and I don't think your downfall will be so harsh. Either way, I'm formally just one person letting you know that it's a mistake to do things in the dark, especially when I'm sure you all have so much that will come to light.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] stop this mistake
by jeanyves.ziediali＠orange.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, You are going to ruin internet like we know it if you go forward with that proposal. Please reconsider your decision. This is a very bad idea. Thanks Jean Yves Z. Doctorant (PhD Student) Orange Labs, Orange / INSA Centre Val de Loire, Systems and Data Security (SDS) Team _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you.

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