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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Avinash S April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

I am a .org 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-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Coco Chanel April 29, 2019

April 29, 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] The increase in .org costs will impact non-profit organizations most of all
by Cliff Stoll - Chief Bottle Washer April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Dear ICANN people, I respectfully object to the change in prices for .org domains -- the main users of these domains are nonprofit and non-governmental organizations. Please prevent or reduce the associated price change! -Cliff Stoll (the impact on me will be trivial, but for many non-profits, this may be serious!)

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Raise prices on .ORG!!!!
by Jon Roig April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Based on my research, you should raise prices on dotORG domains to $1000/ yr and only allow emoji.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Philip Neustrom April 29, 2019

April 29, 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 xXiamnerdyXx . April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

I am a .org registrant (not-for-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.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Concerns
by Damien Desfontaines April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Hi folks, Please do not remove price limits for .org domain names! Allowing to put one nonprofit in a position of extracting large amounts of money to other nonprofits is a terrible idea. Best, Damien

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC Comments re: Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Brian Scarpelli April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

On behalf of the Intellectual Property Constituency, I am submitting comments on the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement. Best regards, Brian Scarpelli Senior Global Policy Counsel +1 517-507-1446<mailto:+1%20517-507-1446> | bscarpelli(a)actonline.org<mailto:bscarpelli@actonline.org> ACT | The App Association 1401 K St NW (Ste 501) Washington, DC 20005

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Puetz Kevin A April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

I am a .org registrant. Legacy gTLDs are a public trust, established as by government or quasi-government entities in the early days of the internet, with fundamentally different expectations from for-profit new gTLDs. The companies who maintain these registries are essentially hired to maintain the required recordkeeping for this public trust, in the manner of utilities. and should be treated that way, with significantly less independence than for-profit gTLDs established as private property. 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-org-renewal-18mar19] Statement in opposition to .org domain changes
by Al Mithani April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Hello, I am against having .org domains follow the same rules as the new TLDs, including allowing the registry to set prices arbitrarily. The .org TLD is now part of the fabric of the internet, and it should have a separate set of rules from the new TLDs. The registry for the .org domain is a steward of a public resource, and should not profit off of the value of the .org TLD which was created by the public. If the registry wants to arbitrarily set prices, it should create a new TLD - not take advantage of the history of the .org domain name. -Al Mithani

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