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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I oppose price increases
by Valts Silaputnins April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] CAP limits for domain charges
by Anwar Khan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please let the CAP limits be there. Do not burden us with more costs of owning a domain.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] increased cost of domains
by Paul Finger, MD April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please justify why the price must go up.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ICANN changes
by Mike Spencer April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sir/Madam, Removing price caps on all .org, .info, and .biz top level domains will significantly increase the wholesale price that hosting companies have to pay, as a client, those costs will be passed on to me and effect the entire internet in very detrimental ways! No! Mike Spencer.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't remove price call on .org
by Srinivas Kag April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

That's it. Don't give freehand to corporate. Keep internet fair and free.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal fees
by Mark H. Turpin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, I would like to ensure fees are minimized and that we cap the earnings for the registrations/renewals of domains. We should all strive to ensure affordable access to domain registration and the public, open, format of the internet. I would encourage the organization to do everything in its power to keep fees capped, and keep the internet available to all.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Putri Madarina April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. 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. Best Regards, Putri Madarina

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal
by Nicolas Gonzalez Raposo April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

It's abusive to overrule the anual price raising regulation. Customers like me purchased a domain under a set of rules of payment and now you are trying to modify them unilateraly. Not only is it unethical but a lot of people like me will be threatened to not beeing able to keep our non-profit websites running because prices could skyrocket out of the blue. Hope you do the right thing.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ICANN proposal for allowing unlimited increases in .org domain registrations
by James Fowler April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

We do NOT support this proposal. While some qualified organizations with a .org registration well funded, the majority are small organizations relying on member donations for their support and existence. In many countries, domain registration is restricted to a single organization. Enabling monopoly abuses of power is outside of the ICANN charter and should be avoided in support of an open internet. Thank you. -- James Fowler Chief Information Officer Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training http://adst.org Capturing, Preserving, Sharing - Oral Histories of US Diplomacy

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Leave rules in place to keep .org fees reasonable.
by Kevin Kleber April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

.org is home of schools, nonprofits, charities, hospitals, and in general (but not exclusively), groups with more noble primary goals than making as much money as possible. Unduly raising the rent on .org domains would hamper the people with acting from the conviction that money isn't the most important thing in the world. I would asume ICANN itself registered a .org in order to place itself on one side of this particular fence. It looks to me like making large sums of money at the expense of others eventually turns in to an exercise in shooting oneself in the foot. Make the choice for yourself. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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