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

[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by John Romine April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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 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. John Romine

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Marco Fatica April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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 .org 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.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] My comment
by Troy S April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Please DO NOT implement this proposed change to the .info registry agreement. You are going to make prices skyrocket and stifle innovation. People use the .info for everything and this will cause personal website, businesses and everyone to get to a point where you must get financial backing just to create your own domain. Please DO NOT IMPLEMENT!!! Troy <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] Restore price increase caps on .info renewal agreement
by Matt Lutze April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Good day, The Internet grew out of a common goal to have a space for the world to connect and communicate. Being able to build a space on the Internet shouldn’t only be accessible to the wealthy. Removing the price caps encourages and ensures that the cost for creating a space and registering a .info domain will become unaffordable for much of the Internet community. You have a duty to the community first. Please be responsible and restore low price increase caps for .info registrations to keep registration costs affordable. Respectfully, Matthew Lutze

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Price control
by u9623＠protonmail.com April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Because a registry has a monopoly on a particular name, a user who has registered that name cannot rely on competition to keep prices in check. This is a clear case where regulation is necessary to protect the people from undesirable rent-seeking behaviour. A regulator that decides to remove price controls despite being extremely aware of the lack of competition must be regarded as negligent and hostile to an accessible Internet. Why is it reasonable to potentially impose a 1000% price increase on registrants? For the removal of price controls to not be absurd, there must first be relevant competition between registries. Until that is reality, you need to agree with the community and reject your proposal. Thank you, Anonymous

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Do not sell out our legacy TLDs!
by mardanlin＠gmail.com April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

It is incomphrensibly immoral to give a corporation the opportunity to buy these legacy TLDs out from the internet as a whole. There is too much corporate welfare as it is, stop selling out and do the right thing!

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by David Jimenez Sequero April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

To the attention of the ICANN committee, As an individual domain name registrant, I strongly believe 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. I sincerely hope this proposal is not progressed any further. Thank you for your attention, David Jimenez Sequero -- David J. Sequero | davidjise (at) gmail (dot) com | PGP ID: 0432213D PGP FP: E219 213D 64F2 ADE4 5443 746E E59E 01A2 0432 213D

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .info pricing
by Aaron B April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

ICANN, Please leave pricing controls as they are for .info domains. Thanks, Aaron

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by Jonathan Saewitz April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

I am a domain name 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. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being received by one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .info registrants receiving no benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit nearly unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits. 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] Keep price cap please
by Balazs Varga April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Hello, The proposed removal of price cap on .info domain would increase inequality on the Internet as small organizations, businesses and entities rely on an affordable and predictable price for their online presence. Legacy gTLDs should be protected and handled separately from new gTLDs as they already have a huge number of users who chose them consciously because of its conditions and predictability in pricing. Please reconsider keeping the price cap on .info, .org and .biz TLDs. Thank you, Balazs Varga

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