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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Tom Aparo April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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. Thank you for your consideration! -Tom Aparo Live Oaks Bible Church Palm Harbor, FL

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Compromise your non-profit status
by Galen Currah April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

An increase of the ten-percent "cap" on domain price increases would seriously compromise your status as a non-profit organization, as well the public perception of your purpose as a service provider.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by geoffmaria＠blueyonder.co.uk April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant. Removing price caps on .org is a bad idea. ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants. 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. Regards M jones 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 Kristen Alice April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I am writing in strong opposition to the proposed removal of the cap on .org domain name prices. I manage .org sites for both a nonprofit organization, and for a coalition of disaster relief organizations. Both entities rely on the affordability of these names to communicate with clients, stakeholders, and the public. This proposed change could force us to abdicate domains we've spent considerable time and effort branding, and would imperil our ability to communicate critical, time-sensitive information to the public. Nonprofit organizations often lack the funding to weather sudden, unexpected price increases, and these proposed changes would add an additional strain on those doing good in our communities. Therefore, I strongly oppose the removal of the price cap on .org domain names. Thank you for your consideration. Kristen Apruzzese

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by George Donnelly April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

this is a govt granted monopoly therefore you can not permit the private company holding the monopoly to charge as they please

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increases
by Pouyan Golshani April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi I’m writing this to express my concern and opposition to lifting price increase caps for .org domains. Increasing the pricing increase limits will drastically increase prices of domains going forward and limit usage Thanks Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] domain
by MDJ Café Rencontre 12-17 du Grand Joliette April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, Our organization gives services to youth that are in great needs and lean on goverment's subside to exist witch are very low. Every increase in administration cost as our domain name equals less services for our teenagers. Please consider this in your decision. --

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Threat to non-profit status
by Galen Currah April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

An increase of the ten-percent "cap" on domain price increases would seriously compromise your status as a non-profit organization, as well the public perception of your purpose as a service provider.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] comment
by Audra April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am strongly opposed to the removal of the price cap for the .org domain. Doing so serves no useful purpose and will be a detriment to many organizations and businesses.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Diagreement
by Istvan Miklos April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I disagree with the proposed request. It is hard for us to start any kind of business when prices skyrocket. Currently, the domain name prices are good. I don't need the shark-like competition in the domain name field too. It is enough that I have to pay around 3600 euros for 1024 IPv4s. In Romania, that amount is huge, compared to the national currency. And then there's the hardware that we have to buy to start a hosting business or whatever. The answer is NO! Istvan Miklos Bit Concept SRL Cluj Napoca, Romania

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