I am writing to object to the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement.  As an information professional working in memory institutions and guided by the core principles of librarianship (see American Library Association at http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/corevalues), I am distressed  over the impact on accessibility this change has.  The domain names people are most comfortable and familiar with are those that end in .com.  This makes them the most accessible domains, and by increasing the cost of a .com domain name, you limit who can afford to own one.  This further redistributes accessibility, and with it power, into the hands of the already wealthy and powerful, depriving the common person of the powerful tool the Internet has been.  It relegates them to the margins, where their voice is minimized or unheard. Moreover, I am concerned about the conflict of interest inherit in Verisign operating as a domain registrar, especially with the influence Verisign has over domain registration pricing.  These are untenable propositions, and I urge you to reject this proposed amendment. Sincerely, Mahogany Lore