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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove price controls
by Rod Roark April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

This invites price gouging and is outrageous.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep caps on pricing of .org domains
by Mary Klein April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

To whom it may concern — As the owner of a .org domain, our organization is using that domain in the public interest. Domains for .org entities should be protected from exorbitant price increases. We do not compete in the for profit market and have fixed income budgets. Please maintain reasonable caps on price increases for .org domains. Sincerely, Mary Klein Mary Klein Editor / Executive Director Western Friend 2625 Middlefield Road, #565 Palo Alto, CA 94306-2516 650-318-1652

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

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-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 .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. Robert Shugart rshugart(a)protonmail.com

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Re: [Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Perry McGee April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hi there, I only have 1 concern relating to .org domains. A .org is traditionally used for non profits or non commercial organizations. These organizations generally do not have an abundance of cash reserves or have very strict budgets that require predictable increases, etc. to accommodate for well in advance. Removing the cap on .org domains will likely put these organizations at a disadvantage when competing against commercial organizations for TLDs and removes their ability to forecast accurate budgets multiple years in advance. Regards, Perry

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement Public Comment
by Alan Guillermo Garcia April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I strongly disagree with the part allowing for unlimited fee increases for .org domains. Many NGOs would be pushed out of their domains and would further enable the monopolization of content and domains on the WWW by companies and corporations with deep pockets. Neoliberal reforms have no place on the Internet. Best, Alan Garcia alangarcia(a)email.arizona.edu

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Leandro Xavier April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please do NOT allow the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to set whatever price it wants! Thank you

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Regarding Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Manish Baxi April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Dear ICANN team This is with reference to the document titled Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement, published at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/org-renewal-2019-03-18-en. As an owner of .org and .info domains, I am quite disturbed by the proposed changes under the section titled Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services. By removing the current price cap on .org and .info domains, ICANN would practically allow PIR to charge anything they wish for such domains. This would be totally detrimental to not-for-profit organizations that run their websites on such domains, totally from their own pockets. I urgently request you to let the price cap continue so that not-for-profit organizations can continue to run their websites from .org and .info domains without fear of being charged heavily for owing such domains. Thanks ~ Manish

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

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-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 Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Zubair Latif April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .org 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. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .org registrants who are 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 .org 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-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment against ORG increase
by Justin Pierce April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hi, Non-profit organizations should have availability of an affordable domain name. Please keep the price caps.

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