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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep the Domain Price caps in place - Keep the small buisiness engine of America Running!
by truetools＠gmail.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, As an internet company that relies on a free and open Internet, we demand that the price caps remain in force. Since there is currently a monopoly for ICANN we can only hope that sense prevails and ICANN does not damage the its' reputation. Please do not remove the caps that encourage new Internet businesses to start and thrive.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Revision of .org Registry Agreement
by Robert Basler April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant. The cost of TLD's should support the operation of the registries and technical infrastructure and that is all. To date these costs have been covered by relatively low-cost registry services. Unlimited price increases are ridiculous, and even a 10% per year increase is unreasonable and unsustainable.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Martin Theis April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Madam or Sir, I am a .org 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? I thank you for your consideration. Martin Theis

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .ORG price increases will hurt non-profit
by Brandon Mead April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Good afternoon, I am a board member multiple non-profits which help children and my local community. I’ve also help found multiple charitable organizations big large and small. Please consider the lifting of restrictions of .org domains as this will especially be detrimental to all, but especially small) non-profit organizations from being able to buy and maintained a website. I am not opposed to small increases if they are necessary to maintain the .org registration costs; however, lifting all restrictions to price increases could have significant negative effects to the charitable organizations which heavily utilize .org domains. Thank you for your consideration and have a great day! Best regards, Brandon Mead -- Grace and peace, Brandon Sent from mobile device. Please excuse typos and brevity.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment
by Sidao Li April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a consumer, please do not remove the price cap on .org please. As a local nonprofit there’s already a very small amount of resources that we can operate on. Sidao Li 916.509.1196 | lisidao(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I Strongly Oppose Price Cap Removal
by Colin Strong April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I strongly believe that the removal of the price cap for .org and other domain name registration would be extremely harmful to the ability for people to express themselves openly using the internet. Additionally, .org domains in particular are important ways for non-profit organizations to share their missions with potential donars and participants. Removing the price cap on renewal and registration costs would make websites unaffordable to new non-profits and organizations who may not have the budget to cover the increased cost of domain registration that will result from this disastrous decision. Removing these price caps is a danger to the internet. Please reconsider.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Debarshi Nayak April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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 Informatique April 25, 2019

April 25, 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. Veuillez prendre note que depuis le 1er avril nous avons changé d’adresse. Nos coordonnées électroniques et téléphoniques restent inchangées. Please note that since April 1st we are at a new location. All email and telephone communications remain unchanged. Notre nouvelle adresse / Our new address : 101 boulevard Roland-Therrien, #500 Longueuil, QC, Canada J4H 4B9 Informatique T. astus.com fbasev1.0

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Charlie Dillon April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org 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?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Brennan Hitchcock April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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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