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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Form Post from Firefox
by Zachary April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

If .org domain prices can rise by more than 10% per year, then ICANN needs to be stripped of all authority and ability to operate, plain and simple. utf8=✓ authenticity_token=gagT2pFaKhUmI7AL06L6K6GzUMgebfiuZpgzVnIwPYLzFjmrE1qNoEGL8KmRLLsoRmCki2P4IPao+dnDKFpcQQ== terms_of_services=yes commit=Continue

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] maintain price cap
by Peter piper April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by Leonid Krasnopolsky 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. Sincerely, Leonid Kr.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org pricing
by Douglas Lovell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Regarding removal of a price cap for .org domains. ICANN has a charter to keep domain name access fair and equitable. Granting a monopoly to PIR for .org domains, that they may manage them, is only equitable if they are held to equitable pricing. Regardless of their non-profit status, with a monopoly, there is no price control. At the same time, PIR needs to be able to charge enough to cover its costs. Uncertainties in forecasting costs for a contract period-- prices of energy, labor, and equipment for example --certainly make an open pricing grant attractive. Other things, such as management salaries and efficiency of operation, are more under their control. To maintain efficiency of the market, ICANN cannot both grant a monopoly and grant open pricing. It must make the qualifications for providers of the service open enough that more than one provider can meet them and - accept fixed-price bids for service from subjectively qualified providers, and use a selection formula that includes price before granting the monopoly, or - enable multiple providers (more than two, preferably) to offer service with open pricing, so that competition can set the price.

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

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: 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. Deanna Gray 727-667-4571 www.graygraphicsonline.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the new .org agreement
by Elsie Zayas Muniz April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, 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? Sincerely, Elsie

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Remove Cap!
by Andrew Reynolds April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not remove the current restrictions of 10% price increase per year! I am a small business with a .org website and it could greatly impact my business in a negative way. Sincerely, Andrew Reynolds

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price hike
by Jay Thompson April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Aren't there enough entities trying to ruin the internet? ICANN shouldn't be part of raising the price of entry. Domains should generally be cheap enough that anyone can have their own. Jay

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

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant, and have registered many .org domains in the past. 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] .org
by Nicholas Tillman April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I run a multiple personal websites under .org which do not collect any money other than donations as they are utilized for 501c3 organizations, nothing is for personal monetary gain. Increasing the price for .org would only add an unnecessary burden to us who are only trying to make the world better through ministry, outreach, philanthropy, and humanitarian aid. Please don't allow fees to increase and potentially stifle voices in the world making a difference! Thank you.

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