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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ICANN .org comment
by Sean Gunther April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Regarding which domains to impact, .org owners are providing a public service and therefore should not be subject to price increases even if passed on through third parties. Commercial (.com) entities with active business models have the resources to absorb cost increases and should therefore shoulder the burden of infrastructure cost realities. Thank you, Sean Gunther Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Billy Liu April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. 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.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] 10% cost increase per year is high enough
by SireeBob Bobsworth April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

People shouldn't need to pay arbitrarily high amounts just to maintain a domain name. Please do not allow PIR to increase the cost beyond the current 10% per year limit.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Submitting comments opposed to the proposed .org registry agreement
by MS April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. 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] Comments on proposed changes to .org registration
by Martin Espinoza April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Rent-seeking is basically evil to begin with, raising fees on .org registrations would be doubly evil. You're talking about limiting free speech by making having one's own presence on the internet more expensive. That's also evil. Don't be evil.

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

April 25, 2019

Please do not proceed with the renewal of your agreement under the current conditions set to allow for uncapped price increases. This is an unjust practice that will lead to stifling small organizations and business in real world situations. rob kroeger, vp of operations Infintech An i3 Verticals Company

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

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, 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. Dear ICANN, 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? -- Damon Turney, Ph.D. Energy Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering City University of New York New York, NY 10031 dturney(a)ccny.cuny.edu office: (212) 650-5470 cell: (805) 571-3764

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement):
by mark.crosby＠smitix.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, I am vary concerned that the removal of price limits is going to lead to price gouging. I understand some increases are needed, but please don't leave it up to "the market". There are too many greedy, self-interested people in the market. Thanks! Mark Crosby Principal Smitix Services Ltd. IBM PartnerWorld member since 1998 Microsoft Partner Network since 2004 Web: <http://www.smitix.com/> http://www.smitix.com Mob: <tel:%2B1%20%28403%29%20681-1001> +1 (403) 681-1001

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Robert Williams April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I oppose the removal of the price cap provisions that exist in the existing agreement. The price cap is an important check on the Public Interest Registry because they have no competition for registering .org domain names, so they have no incentive to consider the best interest of the consumer. I hope that you will continue to protect consumers so that the internet may be open to everyone, not only those who have enough money to pay high prices for domain names. Sincerely, Robert Williams

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on Proposal Regarding Price Increase Cap
by Ben Hekster April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern— In my opinion, removing the price cap on domain name renewal fees would be enormously detrimental to the open character of the Internet as we know it today. It is not difficult to imagine that the ultimate effect will be the gradual disappearance of many small, volunteer-driven Web sites for whom a price increase at some level would become intolerable; at the expense of commercial operations who can easily absorb the same. I strongly feel that this decision would have a very negative effect. Sincerely, Ben Hekster

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