April 2019 - comments-info-renewal-18mar19@icann.org

[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by Ian Godfrey April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .info registrant. The ICANN website states that: "ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit partnership of people from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers." and that: "ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.” Bearing this in mind, ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN policy making is supposed to be a ‘bottom up, multi-stakeholder model’. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are essentially a public trust, unlike new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private interests. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. Unlike new gTLDs, registrants of legacy TLDs registered their names and made their online presence on legacy TLDs on the basis that price caps would continue to exist. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .info registrants who are offering some ‘information’, and may well be not-for-profits or non-profits, would be unfair to them. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being transferred from these organizations to one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .info registrants receiving little if any benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit to have virtually unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits or entities offering information. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! One wonders whether ICANN have been offered ‘incentives’ by huge corporate players… Kind regards Ian Godfrey

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by Otto Béatrice April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs. These TLDs have a long history and are in wide use based on a significant period of price-capping. To treat them the same as new TLDs denies the extent to which their use is established, and the costs this will impose on millions of small companies, individual entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations. This feels like an abuse of more or less a monopoly position. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! We ask you to avoid removing price caps on such long legacy TLDs as .info, .org. and .biz. Beatrice Otto

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Potential Price Hike
by Bob Williams April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a very small business, any additional expense to me is a hardship. I look for ways to save money on each business expense I must pay for. Don't add to my burden with a price increase I can't afford. rvw <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Comment on domain price increases
by Ravi Srinivas R April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I'd like to register my dissent against the proposed increase in domain renewal prices.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Renewal
by tomwitt60＠gmail.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not allow this price increase, Thank you

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Milton Adams April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please retain the current low domain renewal prices. Thank you for not increasing or making it possible for the current price cap to be lifted.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] (No Subject)
by Eugene Ramirez April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not raise the prices! Keep them the same.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .info
by Chad Michael Lawson April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please don't raise the price. Do the right thing and avoid your greed. -- regards, ************************ Chad Michael Lawson Chad Connects, LLC http://www.ChadConnects.com Connecting You to Your Market 480-343-5906

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Please say NO to the raising of .INFO price caps.
by John April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

We understand that you are considering removing price caps for .info domains through your contracted party. If unwise prices rises of domains were to occur because of this, it will be the start of the dumbing down of the marvelous resource that the internet is to the US and the world. Further, there’s a good chance it will simply drive innovation out of the .info sector and drive people away from seeking information. We hope you will ensure that our future isn’t decided by big business profiteering. Sincerely, John Ridgway Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by Gustavo Palminha April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I write to oppose the removal of price caps on any of the “legacy” TLDs as doing so will only create a free-for-all on limitless price increases across the well-established board. The new GTLDs are already accepted as alternative options with price expectations that vary greatly based on the registry; however, current registrants of older well established extensions are expected to maintain some level of stability. These legacy domain names, some of which have been registered for many years, are unlike the new mess being created and owners of these legacy names have a reasonable expectation of affordability and stability. The old manta goes ‘if it is not broken, you do not try and fix it.’ The vast majority of domain owners will remain unaffected so long as the fluctuating and exorbitant prices remain in the newer name space; there will be plenty of years ahead for ICANN to benefit from those while allowing stability within the legacy name space. Leave well enough alone and move forward without effecting millions and millions of current and well established registrants who expect their domain expenses to remain reasonable, affordable and stable. Gustavo Palminha Enviado do Correio<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> para Windows 10

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