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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org change comment
by spirit of the aspects™ April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

there is almost nothing more important to me than the internet in our world. i would like to appeal to ICANN to keep .org prices competitive and affordable to low income organization's. i am a hard working organization founder with low income and am asking ICANN to relate to individuals who have very little money but are doing high works with .org domains. i feel the true vision and spirit of the internet is information access, free availability of our world's work, the heritage of our planet, the hard work of the world, a place of opportunity and connection...the internet is part of the spirit of our world. .org domains rising in price would be an internet hinderance and an income based gatekeeping mechanism for those able to do high work with .org domains. .org domains may be the highest activism domain and in my view should not be a monetarily challenging domain to obtain. i feel it is ideal for morals, standards, and strategy to dictate these decisions not monetary interests. please hear the calls of individuals over corporate pilfering of our priceless and irreplaceable internet... Phillip Walker - Forest Grove, Oregon Spirit World co-founder and owner @ spirit of the aspects™ & aspects of black™ hellraised soldier - guardian angel - the spirit of sacrifice - spiritual sanctuary unconditional fidelity & dedication - eternal union || [https://www.28spirituality.com](https://www.28spirituality.com/) free / donation dark & light synth record label || https://spiritoftheaspects.com/

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] An awful idea
by Tony Cardenas April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is a monopoly and increasing the prices will surely make the internet as a whole way less competitive. Please do not allow free increase of prices. If you want free increase of prices, why not allow free market to take place? Either it's a controlled monopoly, or it's a free market, but you can't have a monopoly free of rules.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .Org Domain Price Increases Will Be A Disaster
by Brandon Warner April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

At a time of record income and wealth inequality where the internet is one of the last places where we still have some equality and resemblance of democracy, to go ahead and lift price caps on domain names and let the greedy capitalists, who would effectively have a monopoly on the .Org domain, have a free for all would be a major betrayal to regular people trying to build and maintain their online projects. We should be working to find ways to lower prices for domain names and hosting services, not increasing prices. This will lead to a massive backlash and just intensify the class warfare that is already on the rise. Don't unleash the greed. Do the right thing. Regards, Brandon Warner

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Dont raise the domain price!
by Lonell Multimedia April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dont do it! -- [image: --] Cedric Lonell [image: https://]about.me/cedriclonell <https://about.me/cedriclonell?promo=email_sig&utm_source=email_sig&utm_medi…>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't increase prices
by Nancy O'Donohue April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

It will damage small business owners like me. Thank you. Nancy O'Donohue joy(a)lakeshorehealing.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Synergia Network April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. 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! Personally I will close any domain name I have in my possession if there is a price release (org or info or biz).

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Mitch Tarpley mkjaffiliates.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is what you are telling us - In alignment with the base registry agreement, the price cap provisions in the current .org agreement, which limited the price of registrations and allowable price increases for registrations, are removed from the .org renewal agreement. This is an unacceptable proposal and policy. First of all it is a very poor business practice to allow for unrestrained and out of control price increases from suppliers. There is always a strike back of some kind, from the consumer base. This unacceptable proposal should not be adopted. A cap of 10% increase is more than reasonable. It is more than we, in the real world see in annual net gains. The only reason to remove the present CAP and POLICY is so that unreasonable increases can be set in the future. It is your obligation (as our buffer)to protect the consumers (registrants). We (registrants) are asking you to show good faith in your capacity as an industry forebearer. Please, take the stance to be unyielding in your negotiations to leave in place our current price protections. Sincerely, Mitch Tarpley MKJ Affiliates Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price changes for PIR
by Delwin Holeman April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I'm against letting PIR set whatever prices it wants for .org domains Delwin Holeman ID Web and Print, LLC P: 706-338-1464 idwebandprint.com <http://www.idwebandprint.com> delwin(a)idwebandprint.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep domain fees low
by Joe Wilson April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please keep the caps on domain fees as they are. We need those caps to prevent price gouging and to help the web flourish. Joe Wilson Office: 303-532-5838 Mobile: 512-293-9009

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the provisions of the .org agreement
by Dewey Bushaw April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. We rely on keeping costs down and while we do not ask for a special discount as a nonprofit for our domain name we do ask that price increase percentages stay capped. 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! Dewey Bushaw Let's Share Inc Board Member

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