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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by dcm-51＠aa-seta.org April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments objecting to the .org renewal
by G Luka April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a .org 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] No to uncapped price increases
by Harischandra Shenoy April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I strongly oppose uncapped price increase to .org domain names. Small organizations that exist for non profit and personal websites that use the .org will be severely affected if arbitrary pricing is allowed. Please retain existing price increase structure with 10% cap.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increase.
by DriveU Minibus Hire April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Increasing the price of a product that is already overpriced as the product doesn't really exist anyway, costs very little to maintain the registry, can only be seen as exploitation and must lead to business suicide. I have already dropped my ownership of many domains due to the increase of prices over the years and my business has not suffered at all, so this move will simply put the nail in the coffin for me. Good luck with your plans.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the new .org agreement
by Jesse Hawks April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant, as well as a small business owner. One of the functions of my company is suggesting the best solutions for an organization, many of which are non-profits. We recommend the use of .org addresses for these clients, as it is the most recognized TLD for non-profits and gives an immediate recognition of their status. Additionally many non-profit organizations simply do not have substantial capital to invest in a digital presence, which is vital for their exposure and growth, .ORG addresses are a cost effective solution for what otherwise could cost thousands of dollars. By changing these policies you not only hurting these organizations but in our opinion marking the .org and .info TLD's as obsolete and unessential as the value they afford a customer will vanish. 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] Submitting comments opposed to the proposed .org registry agreement
by Jim Neuendorf April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a domain name 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.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Namecheap Price Cap
by Rick Corrigan Jr April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I have noticed that the price cap will be cut and raise the price for my .org domain. If this is true, I will be leaving and go somewhere else to host my domain or I will not renew. I have so much invested in my .org and it would be a pain to email every single person in my 200+ contact to switch to a different domain. I would hate to have to overhaul all my information to another hosting site. My current email for .org - rick(a)ironsecurity.org<mailto:rick@ironsecurity.org> Thank you, ________________ Rick Corrigan, Jr. CompTIA Network+ | Security+ CE | Cybersecurity Analyst Plus (CySA+) CE

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

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: 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 far too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders. Sincerely, Monique Y. Wells Founder and CEO, Wells International Foundation http://wellsinternationalfoundation.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/WellsInternationalFoundation 10 *To Know* Global Game Changers in Women's Empowerment - 2018 - The Introducer Magazine The List: 12 Global Entrepreneurs to Watch <http://walkerslegacy.com/latest-buzz/the-list-12-global-entrepreneurs/?utm_…> - 2015 - Walker's Legacy Visit our YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPU4szgNs5VG1F_4RF8dLFw> channel! Enjoy photos of our 2019 International Women's Day event - The Successful Woman Join us in Paris for The Successful Woman <http://the-successful-woman.com> 2020!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increase
by rudyneira＠grandecom.net April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I oppose price increase. With a price increase, I may have to discontinue domain names that I have for future business growth.

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

April 25, 2019

I am a .org 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! -- Karl Kedrovsky email: karl(a)kedrovsky.com web: http://www.kedrovsky.com linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlkedrovsky twitter: https://twitter.com/karlkedrovsky facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karl.kedrovsky

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