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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by LaVere Soper April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-profit). I've read about a lot of bad decisions under the UDRP. The URS seems even worse. I heard the URS is very new and is being reviewed now to see if it is working properly. It is too soon to include an untested policy on .org domains where for a few hundred dollars anyone could try to shut down someone else's website. Telling the .org registry that it can charge any price it wants for renewing a domain name is a terrible idea. Why would you allow them to set a crazy high price? They could try to force the domain owners to pay a very high price each year to renew their domain name, and if the domain owner either won't or can't, then the .org registry could take away their domain name, set a high registration price on it, and then try to find someone else who is willing to pay a high price for it. This is very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason. You let the new domain extensions charge any price they want, but that hasn't gone so well. Lots of people got burned when the new registries offered low rates for the first year, and then after people registered the domain names and some built web sites on them, some of the prices were raised through the roof. .Org has been working just fine for decades where the prices maybe go up a little bit each year. Allowing huge price increases from one year to the next could ruin .org for everybody. I think you should pay a little more attention to what is good for the owners of .org domain names. The registries are doing fine. They don't need your help as they are already making plenty of money.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Raymond Etornam April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

We are a .org registrant (not-for-profit). ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed .org Renewal Agreement
by MacLea, Kyle April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am very troubled by the what appears to be ICANN Staff's cavalier attitude for registrants and the public interest when it comes to the removal of all price caps in the Proposed .org Renewal Agreement. I am asking for ICANN to reverse this decision and reinstate the price caps. Kyle MacLea, Madbury, NH, USA

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against lifting price cap
by Gregory Harris April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am usually against unnecessary legislation and oversight, but in this case, I believe regulation and price caps are required. Please do not allow PIR to determine prices without regulation. Thanks, Gregory Harris

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Potentially devastating to nonprofits
by Charles April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Many nonprofits run on extremely lean budgets as they devote themselves to making a positive social impact. The internet has been a way to expand that impact at lower cost. Unregulated prices on .org domains could create a devastating financial pressure on nonprofit organizations, many of whom scramble month to month financially to make ends meet while they serve some of the most vulnerable and disadvantages people in society. The .org TLD should not have unregulated prices that subject them profit-motive driven market forces - that violates the spirit in which .org was originally established. Charles

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Retain Price Cap
by Seth Sanford April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

It is unfair to remove the price cap on .org domain registrations. What will protect non-profits from being subjected to exorbitant price increases? Please consider retaining the cap. Thank you, Seth Sanford

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Concerned about org price caps
by t3db0t April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

As the owner of a nonprofit and a .org, I'm extremely concerned about price caps being removed from new .org purchases. Potentially higher prices allows for blatant price-gouging and can only punish nonprofits who struggle enough as it is. —Ted Hayes swymm.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Continue to cap increase
by Ilisa Kessler April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please continue to cap the increase of .org Without a cap, nonprofits will be greatly effected. There will be a strain on many of our already pinched budgets. Increases year over year are expected, but within reason. Once any cap is removed, there is no longer protection for all of us charities. Thank you for your consideration. ilisa kessler COO Special Olympics Northern CA & NV Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by marios basileiou April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names? Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .Org Price Caps
by Taylor Smith April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please don't do this! Keep them low as they are. Sincerely, A concerned non-profit member.

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