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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by Mihail Milushev April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org 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. Best, Mihail Milushev

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org comment
by Adesope Ridwan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

By increasing the price of .org domain will bring a serious Suffer we lower class user. Please I urge you to leave the price as it is.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by scottyih＠gmail.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: 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] Stop picking on non-profits!
by Mike Stroven April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

There is no compelling reason to change the domain registration pricing limits. This is just big-government meddling in the way non-profit groups can advertise. -Mike Stroven Macomb, MI USA

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Feedback on the .org agreement
by Andy Green April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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? <http://www.countinghope.org> *Andy Green* Chair Person E andy.green(a)countinghope.org T +44 7762 026530 [image: Facebook] <https://facebook.com/countinghope> [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/countinghope> [image: Instagram] <https://instagram.com/countinghope> [image: YouTube] <https://youtube.com/channel/UC4-kIc5WEKVlSdHB4UorlCQ>www.countinghope.org Counting Hope is a registered charity in England & Wales (No. 1174235) based in North East Lincolnshire. We empower people through education.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Allow Unlimited Price Gouging on Domain Names
by William Verch April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICann, Please do NOT allow unlimited price gouging on domain names of any sort. There are limitations that will keep this from being a free market. Like any monopoly it will become patently unfair, and we the consumer will be without recourse. Sincerely, William Verch

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org domain registry renewal
by Jack Honderd April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please continue the pricing limit condition as part of any renewal agreements. Registering domain names is a public trust and should be treated as such, especially .org domains. PIR should not be able to set any price it wants. Thank you, Jack Honderd

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't remove price caps on .org domains
by Heather Brooks April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, Speaking as a 30+ year employee of a nonprofit research institution, I can tell you that every penny counts. Our ability to conduct freshwater research, environmental education, and watershed restoration depends on grants and donations and we carefully weigh the cost of every service we use. Removing price caps on .org domains could impact prices of the domain names for multiple websites we publish to disseminate information about protecting, preserving, and restoring streams and rivers, locally and globally. Please don't limit our work by adding to our financial burden -- leave price caps on .org domains in place. Thank you, Heather P. Brooks | Web Developer Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311 https://www.stroudcenter.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Unjustifiable limitless increase in pricing
by J. Gleason April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The fact that a decision of such consequential impact is quietly slipping by the public at large in this esoteric forum is disturbing. I will simply refer to one of the comments I read because it so articulately and completely outlined all the reasons why removing price increase caps on .org domains makes no sense. The comments I refer to are from Zak Muscovitch zak at muscovitch.com Wed Apr 10 15:27:37 UTC 2019 My inarticulate summary would be: Don’t equate the non-profit sector with the commercial sector. Harm will be done. Non-profits can not compete on pricing of essential services. They must pay this in the same way they must pay for heat and electric power for their facilities. If it ain’t broke, don’t “fix” it. Thanks for your consideration of these comments. James Gleason Arlington, VA

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

April 25, 2019

The whole point of .org is that it's used for open source projects that typically don't generate any revenue. Increasing pricing on this domain will surely affect how people will continue to contribute to open source.

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