[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
I strongly object to the removal of limitations in the price increase of .com domains, however ICANN will probably ignore objections like they did in the past despite overwhelming objections from internet property owners. So lets face it, ICANN is no longer there to protect the interests of internet property owners; ICANN is now merely a puppet of American technology corporations. This is classic politics, but it is also the declaration of an economic cyber war if the amendment is passed despite objections. At least ICANN is open about the fact that they now except bribes from Verisign to screw internet property owners. OBJECTIONS 1. Price Increases - If Verisign cannot do the job at the previously agreed price, get a company who will. Dot.com prices increased drastically over the past years for internet property owners in other parts of the world as result of exchange rate fluctuations, despite the USD price being pinned. 2. How can Verisign Operate as a Domain Registrar without gaining an unfair advantage over other registrars? Many countries and even the US have legislation against such practices where companies can push their opposition out of the market based on privileges they have. This does not differ from other white collar crimes, especially in stock market trading. 3. And that brings us to the $20 Million bribe paid by Verisign to ICANN. You can motivate it whichever way you want, it is bribery, corruption and criminal. If Verisign want to donate the amount, let them do it but then they should not have any role in .com TLD registrations other than that of a regular registrar. If this amendment goes through despite objections, be prepared for the backlash.
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jan@leefjougeloof.com