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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removing price caps on .org domains
by James Kistruck April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Re: Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement I strongly object to the proposal to remove price caps on .org domains. Domain registration is a public good, and should be as cheap as reasonably possible. Nothing has changed to make domain management substantially more expensive, so a move to an unlimited pricing system for long-standing domains such as .org is unwarranted and unfair. It will hurt the thousands of small, charitable organizations that need websites to communicate to the public. James Kistruck

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal
by Shellie Zepeda April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

The idea of raising the price of .org renewal prices to any amount would make it prohibitive for non-profit organizations. I'm sure there are 100 large entities that could afford the price increase, but there are 1000's of small groups that could not afford sky-rocketing prices. We are a PTO and all our funds are donated who operate time donated by volunteers. We barely have enough to function as it is. Please don't take advantage of the most vulnerable of organizations with gree. Thanks so much!!! Shellie Zepeda shell(a)deepspace.net <mailto:shell@deepspace.net>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Allen Shiels April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

The original gTLDs should always be affordable to rich and poor alike, none more so than .org. Privileged and Confidential Communication: This electronic mail communication and any documents included hereto may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient) of this message, any review, use, distribution or disclosure by you or others is strictly prohibited. Please contact the sender by reply email and delete and/or destroy the accompanying message.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please help keep our non-profit costs down
by ian April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Would appreciate it if you would help ensure that registration costs are kept low for non-business domains ending in ".org" and ".info". You have the ability to help keep the Internet open and available to many by helping control the costs. Please do!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org price cap removal
by Henri-R Brisard April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

I’ve been informed that .org price caps will be removed, providing the controlling company now an opportunity to amass untold riches - on the back of non profits? I want to believe that’s impossible but the web is abuzz at this horrific news. “PIR would be able, if it so chose, to sharply increase prices on .org domains with the result that revenues from .org registrants could increase by hundreds of millions of dollars annually, with much of that revenue coming out of the operational funds of non-profit organizations.” This news have many of us wondering why this would be a priority, to extract millions out of the operational funds of non profits. They already are mostly all stretched thin, and now you want to pin them against the wall? “They may soon be free to increase prices until the pain threshold of registrants is reached and the registrants simply cannot afford to continue renewing their .org domains.” The idea there is willful harm done to non profits is beyond me. But we all get a sense of backdoor deals that the public is obviously unaware of. And this is being done at the time of record growth and reliance on the web for all things - including education. Many of us are keeping a close eye on this and will be vocal in this outrageous action by the concerned and named bodies. I stand in absolute opposition to this. Pls take the time to research and find profits elsewhere. H! Sent from my side of the street

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

April 29, 2019

Legacy TLDs are fundamentally different from gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are not bought and paid for like gTLDs are, and this means that the risk/reward model for the registrar is completely different, and should stay different. Unlike with new gTLDs, a registrar for .org does not have to consider their potential market; it has been served up to them on a silver platter. Uncapping price increases turns the silver platter into an invitation to feast. Organisations with registered .org domains, many of them non-profits, have established identities and will face very difficult choices in the face of large price increases: do they walk away from their identity in the world, or do they cough up increasingly large sums of money so that the public remembers who they are? I recommend leaving the current price increase cap in place. Even the 10% cap is stretching the limits of "reasonable". Best, -- Jack

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

April 29, 2019

Hello, I am a .org registrant (for a posthumous medical trust) and I am very concerned about the removal of price caps currently being discussed for .org domains. 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. I hope you will take my concerns seriously. Kind regards, | | | Saron Harford | | Designer & Developer | | Tiger-Fruit Web & Graphic Design | | m: | +353 868 272 999 | | w: | www.tiger-fruit.com e: saron(a)tiger-fruit.com | | Thank you for supporting Irish business

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Reconsider Proposal
by Daljinder Japra April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Good morning, I am against some of the details within the renewal package - price caps should still exist for domain prices. I shouldn’t have to worry about the possibility of not being able to afford the renewal of my domains. I appreciate your time. Regards, Bobby Singh

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I'm against removing the caps
by Patrick Horgan April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Please keep the current price caps in place. Patrick Horgan

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

April 29, 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? Regards, Flavius Fultman

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