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

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

April 25, 2019

I am a .info registrant. 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. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants!

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

April 25, 2019

Im not happy with increasing charge for domains at all Why the hell we have to pay extra charge for you worthless fat people who set there and no good at all.

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

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed renewal of .info registry agreement
by Kathy Cooksey April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Aloha ICANN representative, Please continue restricting what whole registries can charge per domain name per year. The price cap helps keep the internet "open to all", which is "at the heart of ICANN's policy-makiing," to quote icann.org. I have registered igmabsorbers.info for several years now to disseminate the results of my astronomical research. I currently $15/yr out of my own pocket to provide this service to the astronomical community (both professional and amateur). If this grows too large (say $50–$100), it will not be worth it. This may happen eventually with the current 10% fee increase in the ICANN contracts but removing the cap will expedite the closing of my site. Mahalo for your consideration, Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Kathy Cooksey kcooksey(a)hawaii.edu | Ph. 808.932.7195 | Rm. STB219 Associate Professor of Astronomy University of Hawai'i at Hilo http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kcooksey/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

April 25, 2019

I am a .info registrant (not-for-profit). Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN 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 should be looking out for the .info registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders. Thank you for your time.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] ICANN fees
by Todd Warren April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do NOT support letting PIR set whatever prices it wants

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

April 25, 2019

registration fees need to be kept at low levels for .info, for the functioning of many worthy organization's + charity's domain! my porchfest.info is used by many groups who are running terrific neighborhood events

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Price caps removals
by Ville Valkonen April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is just silly. ICANN should be the instance not craving for money. If this happens, you have failed. Badly. -- Kinds regards, Ville Valkonen

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] comments-info-renewal-18mar19
by Dave April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please reconsider removing the price cap on .info domains. Similar to .org, these have traditionally been used by organizations whose primary goals are not to make money, but to promote dissemination of information to denizens of the www. By and large, these are groups who should be allowed to pursue their goals without economic hindrance, which removing the price caps would certainly create. David WhiteLos Angeles, CA

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] keep .info PIR renewal cap to 10%
by Christian Sepulveda April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please keep the current policy of PIR cap of 10% on domain renewal. Many .info domains are for non profits and other non-commercial organizations. Without such a cap, costs can become prohibitive and problematic. Thanks Chris

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