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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Unlimited Price increase proposal for PIR .org domain names
by Bryon Dolan April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Dear ICANN directors, I am just now hearing about this proposed change to your policies regarding removing the PRICE PROTECTIONS for PIR and specifically the .org DOMAINS from a current rate of NO MORE than 10% a year increase, to WHATEVER increase the PIR wants. I find that this is probably driven by big corporate businesses that have influenced all of you in someway for you to even consider such a change to your policies. The commercialization of the Internet over the last 20 years has happened due to people like you that have protected the freedoms and affordability to the masses but now you seem to be letting your guard down. Please don't allow this change to happen as it will affect small businesses such as myself that are doing everything we can to remain profitable but now face another threat of ever increasing prices that simply cannot be passed onto our customers. Thank you, Bryon Dolan

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Myke O Neill April 27, 2019

April 27, 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!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .Org Domain Opinion
by Julius Yawson April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

The recent issues concerning pricing of .org domains registration and renewals would simply put most non-profit organizations out of the digital world. Most non-profit organizations rely on this domain extension to run their web services. Increasing the cost will simply throw us out of proper work. Thank, Julius

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not let PIR raise prices on .org
by Matt Linton April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Hello, I would like to leave the comment that allowing a monopoly to raise prices to whatever level they desire on the. Org domain would be terrible for the internet, over which you are the steward. Please do not allow huge price hikes on. Org.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Ayodele Kayode April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

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. Ayo Emma +2348037482513 www.linkedin.com/in/ayoEmma-51b561139

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by vestira April 27, 2019

April 27, 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 should stand up for the public interest and registrants! I approve this message. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] protect nonprofits from profit-seeking monopolies
by Dallas Itzen April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

NOT OK TO REMOVE PRICE CAPS-THAT MONEY CAN GO TO HELP HURTING BEINGS!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Jason Banks April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a .org 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? This just seems like a money grab with little or no justification. For an organization that is founded "for charitable and public purposes", allowing unfettered increases in price of .org domains seems like a bad joke. Jason Banks --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domain price caps
by junior gorg April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am requesting that ICANN not support the lifting of price caps on .org or any other domain names in the near future. Sincerely, Bruce Barker

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Raveesh Nagpal April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

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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