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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Fee Increases for Domain Names
by Kenneth McLean April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Hello, I am against a non-listed increase rate for domain names. It does not foster the encouragement for organizations to grow, and expand in the online world. Ken -- [image: Solar Ship] <https://www.solarship.com/> *Kenneth McLean* | Solar Electrical Lead | Solar Ship Inc. O: +1 519-751-2590 | solarship.com <https://www.solarship.com/> [image: Twitter] <https://www.twitter.com/solarshipinc> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/solarship> [image: LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/solar-ship-inc-> [image: YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/SolarShipMedia>This email may contain confidential and/or private information. If you received this email in error please delete and notify sender.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .info price caps
by Michael Keegan April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019

As the owner of many domain names, I do not want to see price-caps removed and believe price increases would be unfair. Further, legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different and 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. Michael Keegan CEO Yellow Pages Directory Inc. 48 Wall Street, Suite #1100, New York, New York 10005 http://www.paperlesspetition.org http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org http://www.whitepagesgoesgreen.org

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by InternetProject March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019

On November 6, 2001, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that it had chosen mta.info instead of mta.nyc.ny.us. The President of MTA argued that the domain name in.US was too long and difficult to remember. The .INFO was intended in 1997 when it was proposed by the IAHC, International Ad Hoc Committee, and was created in 2000, two years after ICANN was created. .INFO has paved the way for more flexible but also smarter naming policies, bringing meaning through the TLD. At the time, the registry was communicating with "Where the World goes for information". The lack of a framework for gTLD pricing policies has led to some disappointments, as evidenced by the reactions of registrars when Uniregistry significantly increased its prices on its extensions. Similarly, the « Dot Chinese Online » has increased its prices by 25 since 15 March 2019. The market is not ready for significant price fluctuations on underutilized TLDs. The .INFO, used by many companies and individuals, is also not ready for such developments. An entrepreneur who has registered his domain name cannot tomorrow see a multiplication per cent of the selling price of his .INFO. While Europe is implementing a charter of good practices for online platforms, the "Platform to business" project, it would be interesting to develop such a policy for ICANN's gTLDs in order to frame tariff increases in an assessment to be defined. -------------------------------------- Clément GENTY Doctorant | PhD Candidate www.genty.info École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers 151 bd de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris

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