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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Renewal of .org Registry Agreement Proposal
by Terrell Mitchell April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

While I can appreciate that the current registrar would like to make more money, they took on the job of administering a resource for the public. And for the public good. I do not believe that their costs are increasing at such a rate as to cause the need to remove price caps. I also see that you believe their is some benefit to “bringing it in line” with other TLDs that do not have price caps. Is it that difficult for you to keep track of different pricing? Just don’t do it. You should be looking out for the public. Not in the business of making it easier for companies to line their pockets.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] comment
by William Godel April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Do not raise or eliminate the cap on price hikes for domain renewal. Absolutely not. Prices are already too high, and competition is extremely limited. In the absence of price hikes rent seeking behavior by the few players in this space will dominate, with no benefits to the public.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] stop it
by sing major April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Please TLD org is free. 发送自 Windows 10 版邮件<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>应用

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Re: [Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by John Blackwood April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Any renewal of the .org registry agreement must have a clause restricting fee increases to at most 10% - and ideally to a much smaller amount as even 10% isn't justifiable except as a cash grab. John Blackwood Director E: john(a)xnor.ca (mailto:john@xnor.ca) P: 613-297-0597 (tel:613-297-0597) W: https://nxor.org/

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org fee increases
by jonathan ledbetter April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

The idea of an unlimited fee increase for .org addresses seems like a poorly disguised funding grab on what are generally considered to be not-for-profit organizations running awareness websites, charities, or general information and updates on relevant subject matters. Ten percent increases seem more than adequate to accommodate inflation, any infrastructure costs, and a healthy profit margin.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Can we not break the internet?
by CJ Mallette April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Perhaps you can raise the qualifications for registering a .org TLD, such as those understood to exist for .edu TLDs? Raising rates for renewals for .org TLDs is something that I would expect would break the internet. .org conveys a since of legitimacy and trust to the original registrars of domains such as Debian.org, KDE.org, Gnome.org, and Wikipedia.org, among other smaller non-profit entities around the country if not globally. Removing the caps on the rates for renewal removes the promise that serious negative disruptive impact on the lives for people around the world, and especially in the USA, would not happen. It undermines the confidence and trust placed in the .ORG TLD. ICANN is the vanguard of this trust. This is not a decision that I believe should be taken lightly.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Blatant money grab and mission creep
by Paul Rigby April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Can see what’s happening here. You guys tried this before. And failed. Start by removing price caps on a less popular extension. Then apply the same standards to the more popular extensions. Who benefits? Certainly not the owners of the domains. I can recall a time when domains were free to register. Payment for domains was initially introduced supposedly to discourage registration of multiple domains by domain squatters. Now we see it becoming a profit center for bureaucrats and cronies. What happened to PUBLIC BENEFIT? You state on your website: "ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable.” Exactly how does the public benefit from removing price caps from domain registrations? To whom will this proposed avalanche of cash go? What do they propose to do with it? As the owner of .com domains I can’t condemn this apparently corrupt wealth transfer enough. Thank you for keeping price caps. In fact lower or abolish the prices if you really want the public to benefit then everyone could have their own domain name. Thank you Paul Rigby

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Jeff Arnold April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Jut for the record, I'm an average guy who owns a .org domain, and I use it to provide mail services for myself and my family. I can afford $10US or $20US a year to maintain it. HOWEVER, with the proposed removal of price caps, it's very easy to imagine the cost of my domain going to $35US/year or even more. I may be able to afford that, but my wife would never approve the expense. It's very easy to imagine that this proposed change would lead to me losing my domain. For me, that's maybe not such a big deal - but for others, that could be a HUGE problem. Especially when you start to account for non-profits running on shoestring budgets, this price-cap proposal becomes terrifying. I would STRONGLY encourage you to pretend that companies like VeriSign are predatory (oh wait! you don't have to pretend! that's actually true!) and that many organizations would be more effective spending their money getting aid to where it's needed rather than paying companies like VeriSign to maintain an online presence (oh, wait! again, you don't have to pretend! that's actually true!). Please, in all seriousness, think about the children. Do NOT remove the price cap on .org domains.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I Say No
by Renato Sabolboro April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

The recent intent to charge more for .org domains is unconscionable. There is really no extra cost associated compared to now. In fact it should be cheaper now as more domains are registered. It is just a money grab. Renato Sabolboro

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Bad idea
by Sage Arbor April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Allowing an uncapped increase in domain price will have the effect of lowering shared human knowledge. People will not renew urls or not even buy in the first place because they can not plan for future costs. Please keep the 10% annual cap. Sent from my Huawei Mobile

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