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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Writing to express opposition to the terms of the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Louis-Georges Bruneau April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a domain name registrant. ICANN staff 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 policy making is supposed to be a ‘bottom up, multi-stakeholder model’. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are essentially a public trust, unlike new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private interests. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. Unlike new gTLDs, registrants of legacy TLDs registered their names and made their online presence on legacy TLDs on the basis that price caps would continue to exist. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .org registrants who are not-for-profits or non-profits would be unfair to them. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being transferred from these organizations to one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .org registrants receiving no benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit nearly unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domain Price Increase
by John Cancel April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I work for a public school district that has already seen it’s budget shrink year after year. Please do not increase the cost of our domain.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Marc Robards April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a .org 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] DO NOT INCREASE PRICES
by Stephen P. April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep rates stable
by Kerry McCormick April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please don’t remove the cap from domain names. It may serve to boost competition but in the end consumers lose. Kerry

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Hello
by ADELEYE AKINTOYESE April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Pls this propose doesn't worth it ..it won't encourage new business trip come on board if he price in than normal please stop this priceong.

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

April 25, 2019

For the sake of protecting the internet, I find any policy or agreement that will cause an unreasonable surge in the current cost of the .org and other domains unwanted and uncalled for. Please, shelf this. SAmuel Anderson

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed
by Valeria Evans April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is appearing to be like “bait and switch.” Not in agreement; greed trumps compassion once again. Purpose and Destiny Family School Community Resource Network

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domain price increases
by Tnavonni April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

formulation of a domain name is the domain of the individual(s) who first create the entity identity. assigning a .org, or .biz, or whatever suffix has been established to further monetize such distinctions is in keeping with the constant goal of more profits today, than yesterday. stop the unjustifiable increases to the cost of living. greed only adds to the general malaise that pervades our collective societies with ever increasing burdens. what will come next, a charge for the prefix Mr., Ms, Mrs.Sir, Madame? those that advocate these increases should be stripped of their positions and relegated to proof reading essays from high schoolers.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Ricetown VFD April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. Increasing the prices too high would prohibit a small nonprofit organization like us from being able to keep a web presence. 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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